[Publib] importance of narrators in audio books

[Patty Dwyer Wanninger]

Anna Fields is a great narrator - two great listens are Bel Canto and 
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. Her real name, I 
believe, is Kate Fleming, and she died two years ago in a mudslide, or 
something, in the Pacific Northwest.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a great book; read by Sally Darling it is 
sublime. The Sally Darling narration is out of print, or out of audio, 
or whatever we call it. There is a new version read by Sissy Spacek that 
I have not yet heard.

A Christmas Carol read by Frank Muller is better than the one read by 
Jim Dale.

My Antonia is a great book to read but I have yet to find a listenable 
audio.

And Barbara Rosenblatt and Judy Kaye enliven many authors' works. I will 
often try new authors if I like the narrators.



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> [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Mary K Chelton
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> yalsa-l at ala.org; alsc-l at ala.org; glisann at qc.edu
> *Subject:* [Publib] importance of narrators in audio books
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> I am still collecting opinions, anecdotes, etc. for either background 
> or use in my PLA preconference presentation on "Audio Book Narrators 
> as an Independent Appeal Factor." The idea is that, over and above 
> genre, pace, characterization, mood, etc., the narrator can make or 
> break somebody's desire to read/listen to a book all by him/herself. 
> An example is my love for Michael Connelly's books where any desire to 
> listen to them was killed when I discovered the rights had been sold 
> to somebody using a narrator other than Dick Hill. In that instance, I 
> returned to text; in others, I've given up.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Mary K.
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> Mary K Chelton
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Patty Dwyer Wanninger
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