Knife Children in audio June 25
I see "Knife Children" has been scheduled by Blackstone-Downpour-Audible for release on June 25. The cover art doesn't show yet, but should pop up in due course.
https://www.downpour.com/knife-childr...
I actually was able to more-or-less audition the narrator this time around, a new experience for me suggested by my agent who had arranged similar things for a couple of other Spectrum authors. I'd wanted a male narrator for Barr -- in contrast to the original tetralogy which split male and female viewpoints half-and-half, and which had a female narrator. Blackstone sent us short audio samples of three potential readers, something only possible with new technologies; Tim Campbell, who turns out to be a Bujold fan, seemed to have the best grasp on the emotional tone of the story. We spoke on the phone later, and I was able to offer some pronunciations as requested. Should be good!
Ta, L.
Later: Aha! They seem to be using Ron Miller's cover. Good.
L.
https://www.downpour.com/knife-childr...
I actually was able to more-or-less audition the narrator this time around, a new experience for me suggested by my agent who had arranged similar things for a couple of other Spectrum authors. I'd wanted a male narrator for Barr -- in contrast to the original tetralogy which split male and female viewpoints half-and-half, and which had a female narrator. Blackstone sent us short audio samples of three potential readers, something only possible with new technologies; Tim Campbell, who turns out to be a Bujold fan, seemed to have the best grasp on the emotional tone of the story. We spoke on the phone later, and I was able to offer some pronunciations as requested. Should be good!
Ta, L.
Later: Aha! They seem to be using Ron Miller's cover. Good.
L.
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Jerri wrote: ...I also noticed when looking at Audible that Grover Gardner is doing a new version of The Spirit Ring. I like the version I previously purchased by Jessica Almasy, any reason for doing a new version with a male narrator, since Fiametta is the main Point of View Character as I recall?"
We switched audio companies when the old contract for it ran out, to bring all my works under one roof. New company, new reading. No one asked me about narrators on this one, but I know Grover likes doing my work. Actually, the PoV is split exactly equally between Fiametta and Thur, so there is no obvious choice for gender on the narrator's voice.
Ta, Lois.
One of the very first Audiobooks I got, about 14 years ago (from the now-defunct Fictionwise), was Reflex by Steven Gould. It has an alternating male/female viewpoint and the audiobook was narrated by a man and a woman for each point of view. I find it a shame that that technique is not used more, where appropriate - the Sharing Knife tetralogy, for example.
Thank you again, Lois, for "Knife Children". I have enjoyed it many times on Kindle and I'm looking forward to Tim Campbell's audio version.
I also noticed when looking at Audible that Grover Gardner is doing a new version of The Spirit Ring. I like the version I previously purchased by Jessica Almasy, any reason for doing a new version with a male narrator, since Fiametta is the main Point of View Character as I recall?
Jerri