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message 1: by Simone (new)

Simone Frigerio | 48 comments I'M growing particularly fond of short story collections/anthologies who employ a large number of voice talent. presently i'm getting into The Vampire Archives, a collection of 80 vampir-ish tales read by no less than 20 different actors. I must say the change helps the narrative (s) to stay fresh.

i was wondering if any of you encountered other similar "editorial endevours" :)


message 2: by Jim (new)

Jim (jimmaclachlan) Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury was a read by a bunch of different narrators. It's OK, definitely sets the stories apart, but I think I prefer just a couple/few really good narrators to many. It can be a bit too jarring. It's especially bad when they're trying to fluff it up with famous names. For instance, Harlan Ellison isn't a bad reader, but he's certainly not my favorite. Neither is George Takei. I noted some of them in my review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 3: by Simone (new)

Simone Frigerio | 48 comments Unfortunately for me, Ellison pops up in many of the otherwise astounding multivoiced productions done by Skyboat Media, currently my favorite audiobook producer...

i tried listening to him, but for pete's sake, he screams, as if he had some kind of hearing problem... not for me :(


message 4: by Jim (new)

Jim (jimmaclachlan) yeah. I'm another fan of Skyboat Media & Rudnicki, but Ellison's reading of his anthology Voice from the Edge, vol 1: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream was awful. He whispers & screams. I spent far too much time adjusting the volume.


message 5: by ✨Susan✨ (last edited Oct 20, 2015 11:39AM) (new)

✨Susan✨ (suswelch) | 223 comments http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-T...

This was very good. A great version of a classic.


message 6: by Simone (new)

Simone Frigerio | 48 comments i don' care for abridgements, sorry :(


message 7: by MissSusie (last edited Oct 20, 2015 11:46AM) (new)

MissSusie | 2420 comments LA Theater Works is great too, they record like a stage show, I think some are actual shows.

http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_h...+


message 9: by MissSusie (new)

MissSusie | 2420 comments Susan wrote: "http://www.audible.com/pd/Classics/Ma..."

Oh my Benedict & David Yes Please!


message 10: by ✨Susan✨ (new)

✨Susan✨ (suswelch) | 223 comments I love these, they remind me of the old great radio shows.


message 11: by Jeanie (new)

Jeanie | 4024 comments The anthology Dangerous Women with George R. R. Martin as one of the editors has a different narrator for each story... results vary.
The free short story anthology from the Legend of Drizzt series also has varied narrators... also varied results.

Orson Scott Card did a radio play version of Ender's Game that is over seven hours and has a different narrator for each part... I prefer the original Ender's Game, but the radio play is interesting and well done.

Neil Gaiman did a full-cast version of The Graveyard Book, but I didn't have a problem with the one he narrated all by himself.

I did like Gaiman's American Gods with a full-cast production though.


message 12: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 1947 comments there is a whole category at the audies devoted to multi-voice narrations - may are in the 5-6 person range, but some have more


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