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The huge pitfall with non-fiction, of course, is the increased likelihood of mispronunciations. Too many and a book is spoiled. |
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Edit- Scratch what I had said. I'm trying to add opinions to the list spoilers including unrated narrators, and I've now had the idea to also try adding opinions on cast recordings by including them under one non-rated spoiler tag at the bottom of the list.
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I don't listen to audio books much so I'm not really qualified to rate narrators, but I would like to give a solid 5 to R C Bray's reading of The Martian. It was outstanding, in my opinion. I have not listened to any of his other readings but I had to give a thumbs up to this one.
Another one is Mark Sullivan for his reading of the book Beneath the Scarlet Sky. I was hesitant at first because authors don't always make the best readers but he does a wonderful job of it. I don't know if he has read any other books. Another 5 for him. Bergette |
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Her narration of the Twain alone I would've probably gave a 3 but she mangled up the Trollope more. She was the only narration option I could find for it. I can say she gave a try to doing the voices and accents, and well, she gave a try. Seeing she was the only option for the Trollope had me research her and so I found she spent decades recording unabridged narrations for books which many otherwise had no narrations before, and some such as The American Senator are still that way. So for that I commend her. I now realise she has a huge catalogue and I usually see a version from her anytime I search for a classic audiobook. |
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I've started listening to Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman.
It's a full cast recording, but Philip Pullman does the narrating and he does a rather good job. I'll give Pullman a 4 out of 5 stars and an 8 out of 10 stars. |
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I know how hard it is to keep track of these things, but the ratings don't seem to reflect the following posts? You might not have got that far, but I noticed a subsequent update.
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I just had the idea to help keep things clearer for anyone checking the list and posts, that if I'm making a post and the list isn't updated through it, I'll try to mention what # post the list is updated through when posting.
(E.G.- The list is updated through mid-post #43 as of when I'm posting this.) |
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The name Wyman isn't on SeaBookGuy's list but pwalker8 mentioned them. Is that what you meant, or is Wyman maybe an aka for someone on SeaBookGuy's list?
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Aaaaand I'm caught up with all the posts so far.
Well, except for the questions I have for CRussel just above, and this one: Quote:
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There's a lot of info in the OP list so as mentioned above if anyone sees anything amiss please let me know and we'll figure it out, whether it's spelling, math(s), missed info or whatever.
Also as mentioned, relevant opinion quotes are now included in the spoilers for each narrator from this thread as reference. Hopefully this'll help anyone looking for an idea of a narrator to quickly read a short focused synopsis of what we think. If you see any mistakes with any of your quotes or would prefer anything be added, deleted or changed with any part of your quotes just let me know and it shall be done! On the same wavelength, if anyone ever wants to update any rating they've given just post and we'll revise it. Finally, I think this narrator rating list could be useful in two different ways. The first is for someone wanting to know about a particular narrator which they can then look up on the list alphabetically. The second is for someone wanting to find a good narrator in general or out of a group of specific options for a book they're interested in. In this case, it might help to more easily see the highest-rated narrators, so there's a try-out of bolding any narrator over 4 stars with two or more ratings. |
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I decided to find what I'd listened to George Guidall on before and just realised it's the oddest thing that Audible does not list the narrators in one's library of bought books. I figured out that I listened to him on Zorba the Greek and he did a good job so I'll give him a 4.
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