RMansfield
December 10th, 2012, 04:15 PM
I'm going through the Dark Tower series for the first time and doing so with the audiobooks. Currently I'm in the fifth book, Wolves of the Calla.
Ii had a few months between listening to the first and second books, but since returning to the series, I've been listening nonstop on my commute and at other moments as time allows. Because of that initial gap, I don't even think I noticed a different reader for the second book when it switched from George Guidall to Frank Muller. However, I DID notice the switch from Muller back to Guidall in book five. It's a shame there isn't just one reader for the entire series.
I'd be interested to know what others think about the differences between the Guidall and Muller. And to be fair in asking such a question, I thought I'd throw in my opinion.
I believe that both readers are very talented and have great range in bringing out the personalities of the characters in the books. To me both capture Roland quite well, and in regard to that main character, I don't think I have a preference.
Overall, though, I believe that Muller has slightly more range. And in regard to Eddie and Susannah, I felt that the voices Muller created for them defined them for me. Maybe it's simply because Muller read The Drawing of the Three where we were first introduced to these two. Regardless, I miss hearing his voices for them in the book I'm currently listening to.
I'm sure this has all be discussed before. Forgive a new reader for bringing up old subjects if that's the case.
Ii had a few months between listening to the first and second books, but since returning to the series, I've been listening nonstop on my commute and at other moments as time allows. Because of that initial gap, I don't even think I noticed a different reader for the second book when it switched from George Guidall to Frank Muller. However, I DID notice the switch from Muller back to Guidall in book five. It's a shame there isn't just one reader for the entire series.
I'd be interested to know what others think about the differences between the Guidall and Muller. And to be fair in asking such a question, I thought I'd throw in my opinion.
I believe that both readers are very talented and have great range in bringing out the personalities of the characters in the books. To me both capture Roland quite well, and in regard to that main character, I don't think I have a preference.
Overall, though, I believe that Muller has slightly more range. And in regard to Eddie and Susannah, I felt that the voices Muller created for them defined them for me. Maybe it's simply because Muller read The Drawing of the Three where we were first introduced to these two. Regardless, I miss hearing his voices for them in the book I'm currently listening to.
I'm sure this has all be discussed before. Forgive a new reader for bringing up old subjects if that's the case.