*audiobook; corrected
Do they do anything particular with their voice or tone in order to enhance the story?
Merlin Sheldrake reading his Entangled Life is one I’ve listened to numerous times. Delightful, educating. Always uplifting.
His pace is a little slow, so I listen to him at 1.10 or 1.15 speed.
That said, the content carries better with his voice as it is his experiences he’s written about. And he’s a decent musician
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry cause its read by NdgT
Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files, read by James Marsters (Spike, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
Marsters does a unique voice for most of the characters, and it’s a treat. I repurchased Ghost Stories because the narrator had changed and the Marsters version was released afterwards.
Do you mean audiobook rather than ebook?
Yes!
Steven Pacey reading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law series is outstanding. The books themselves are among my favourites, but Steven makes them even more special. He has different voices (and accents) for the characters and manages to stay consistent with them. His pacing is also excellent.
Came here looking for this. Was not disappointed 🙏
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Listen to samples of books read by Stephen Fry. He’s among the best reading voices out there.
World War Z is phenomenal as an audio book. Absolute all-star cast of readers with a great story, 1000x more entertaining than the movie.
I’m going to be controversial.
I think the best audiobook is text to speech.
I prefer to not filter any stories through an other person. I want the raw data from the book, without any other feelings and impressions added to the original.Do you have preferences about which text to speech engine that you use?
I like Google tts. I tried Samsung’s one and I just couldn’t find a good pitch/tone that I liked from it.
Gilbert Gottfried reads 50 Shades of Gray
Fun story: my boyfriend and his sister used to live together and we’d all party at their place. After months of his sister crushing hard on this guy she worked with, she and him had gone to her room for some alone time. Her asshole brother decided that was the time to blast this audio directly through her bedroom door.
8 years later and they’re still dating so I guess it worked.
