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Posted 2015-11-16 4:47 PM (#11847 - in reply to #11837)
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pizzakarin - 2015-11-16 8:13 AM There is a recording of The Martian Chronicles read by Steven Hoye. It is what made me fall in love with the stories. He has just enough of a 50s radio voice to make the stories retrofuturistic instead of feeling dated. His voice and reading style smoothed over a lot of the little issues I probably would have had in print.

I went for the version narrated by Mark Boyett for the same reason you liked Hoye - that 50s radio vibe.  I toyed with the radio dramatization version too but opted for the single voice for my first read through.  What do you all think of the dramatized productions?  I really liked the one for Ender's Game and I will definitely try more in future.  It really comes down to what I'm in the mood for at the time.

My first read for this challenge is actually a re-read, which I hope counts too.  I heard a sample of the narration for Horus Rising, book one of the Horus Heresy and thought I'd like to read that again.  It's been some years since I read it on paper and I always seem to get more from a book on audio if I've already read it.  Fantastic narration that really fits the theme.  I wish Black Library was available on Audible though as they are really expensive.

A rec for those looking for a book with a great narrator that also a real hoot is The Necromancer by Jonathan Howard.  This is a case where I don't think I would have enjoyed the book near as much had I just read it.    I went back immediately for book 2 but to my horror discovered it was done by a different narrator.  I find switching voices in a series to be more annoying than a cover art change in the middle of a run -  no matter how excellent it is on it's own.

I've just started Leviathan Wakes which has a good narrator too.  It's been on my list for some time and the preview for the ScyFy series, that looks really excellent by the way, has scared me into reading it now before the show comes out. 


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