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tchansen t1_j0963ue wrote

Previously, my favorite narrator was Wil Wheaton for many of the characteristics listed above. He’s lost the #1 spot (for me) to Andy Serkis whose narration on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was so amazing and entertaining.

Wil’s a strong second place though.

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bofh000 t1_j09be21 wrote

Yes, Andy Serkis is amazing.

I’m now listening to The Witches Abroad, the new version with Indira Varma and Bill Nye. They are incredible too. Indira Varma too is a narrating genius.

My other faves are Miriam Margolyes and of course Stephen Fry. I am very pleased audiobooks are getting such a premium treatment :)

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VelociRache1 t1_j0agvn4 wrote

Wil Wheaton made Ready Player One a fun adventure. His love of nerd culture really helped make the protagonist Wade likeable through his impressions of diffrent classic media. Plus he gave the pretty blank love intrest more personality with line delivery. I tried to actually read the novel and Wade comes off as such an asshole without Wil giving it his all. I even got Ready Player Two on audio book cause Wil was back to narrorate. But even he couldn't save that dumpsterfire of a book.

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