Audio Versions

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 6825

Hi --

Anyone else besides Michelle (anti-Jim Dale) and Heidi (pro-Jim Dale)
who has heard both the Dale & Fry versions?  I've not heard the Fry
versions -- I own the cassettes & the CDs of all 4 books and can't
really justify springing for another whole set in any format.  I seem to
recall that some of the British members who had heard both versions also
expressed a preference for Jim Dale, but I could be remembering
incorrectly.

I enjoy the Dale versions enormously.  My only real complaint is I don't
care for his interpretation of Hermione (and it still doesn't sound to
my ear as though he's pronouncing it as Her-my-uh-nee with 4
syllables).  I would say that her voice still comes off fairly whiny in
my mind even in GoF (Heidi said she thought the whininess had pretty
much been eliminated by GoF).  But, I enjoy every other aspect of his
interpretation so much that I'm willing to forgive him on the Hermione
issue, even though she *is* my favorite character!  <g>

Penny