Following Sue Arnold’s highly positive recommendation of the unabridged Philip Pullman-narrated Northern Lights audiobook in Saturday’s Guardian newspaper, the Bookwitch features a blog with her thoughts on the audiobooks. Something both critics seem to be fans of is the voice actor Sean Barratt, cast as Iorek Brynison and Lord Asriel in the readings. You can also take part in discussions about the audiobooks over in our dedicated area of the forum by clicking here.
His Dark Materials Audio Recommendation
March 18, 2008
I loved it. I never thought it would be that good or that fun to “read” books this way but I’m glad I was proved wrong. A real treat.
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great:)
Why is this news? Didn’t this come out a long time ago?
I have TGC, but none of the others.
It’s news because it featured as a recommendation last weekend in a national, and because we don’t talk about the audio versions enough.
THANK YOU, IAN! I completely agree with you. Reading the book in and of itself it completely fantastic, but listening to the audiobook is another experience altogether. Sometimes I find myself really caught up in the story…and stop what I’m doing altogther…
That wasn’t to say I don’t thoroughly enjoy the audiobooks; I think they’re wonderful!