Audiobooks vs. Text (was: Canon, fanfic and other interpretations)

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 16586

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Shannon Heisey" <winsome at p...> wrote:
> Hi guys.  I'm behind on email as well.  I have the Jim Dale version 
of Harry
> Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and I also have the rest of the 
books
> through Library of Congress, done by one of their readers, and I can
> honestly say that Jim Dale does some characters well and 
others...well,
> leave a little to be desired.  Maybe I'm just prejudiced because of 
the
> books I got from the Library of Congress, but that happens.  As 
someone else
> on this list said,  he definitely has the Draco drawl down pat, and 
I
> definitely like the way he does Snape and some of the older women 
such as
> Sprout.  However, I don't see Hagrid having a Scottish accent for 
some
> reason, and I'm not really crazy about the way he tries to do house 
elf
> voices <grin>  But that's me.  I read the other books first, and the 
guy who
> reads them had a lot of different voices.  Even the way he intoned 
for each
> of the characters was different.  I'm not sure what I'll think of 
the movie,
> but I'm sure I will see that too.
> 
> Shannon

Well I just ordered the Fry readings so I will be able to compare 
(thanks for the heads-up on the Sunday-Times discount offer).  I do 
like Jim Dale's interpretation of Gilderoy Lockheart, of Draco, and of 
Mad-Eye Moody.  I can't wait to get the new recordings!

Haggridd