[HPforGrownups] Audio Versions of the Books

[Jane Starr]

No: HPFGUIDX 131172

--- Mich Verrier <mich at ntl.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi All. Has any one read the audio versions of the
> books? Both the 
> US and the UK versions? What I mean is the US and
> Canadian versions 
> are read by Jim Dale and the others are read by
> Stephen Fry I 
> think; I am just wondering what people think of both
> these 
> narrators and their style of reading? 

Jim Dale only reads the US version - it is just that
Scholastic, having missed out on the Canadian rights
for the print books, managed to get their (American)
audio versions into our market. If you want the
original UK version which is the same as the Canadian
version, get the Stephen Fry versions. I ordered them
from Amazon.co.uk and was very happy with their
service.

Which you will prefer depends - I find people
generally prefer the one they heard first. I ADORE
Stephen Fry's versions but I got the Jim Dale versions
from the public library and found them very
irritating. Fry reads the books more the way I would
read them to my kids, whereas Dale acts it out more. I
never even considered buying the Dale versions because
I wanted the original text and anyway, I've always
liked Stephen Fry as an actor and had never heard of
Jim Dale.

> PS Does anyone 
> know whether Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
> and Quidditch Through The Ages are available in
> another format besides print? Like Audio Tape or CD?

Don't think so, but try searching Amazon.co.uk - if
anyone has them, they will.

> PS  What is a Kneazle? I read it once in Fantastic
> Beasts and Where to Find Them but I forget what it
> is. 

Sort of a cat but smarter and with a tail more like a
lion's. Crookshanks is half kneazle.

JES (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)


		
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