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   From: the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm   
      
   On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:45:02 -0500, Bill O'Meally wrote:   
   >   
   > I know a number of posters have preferences for the various audiobooks   
   > and/or recorded productions. For the better or the worse, I am not   
   > familiar with any of these. A friend recently asked what I thought his   
   > pre-teen children would like. My thoughts, of course, are that they   
   > should read the actual books. Still, there's a lot to be said for a   
   > good production or an expressive reader. I told him I would put the   
   > question to the Tolkien groups. Any favorites out there for both TH and   
   > LotR?   
      
   I think the Rob Inglis readings of /The Hobbit/ and /The Lord of the   
   Rings/ are excellent. He does different voices for the different main   
   characters, without making them cartoonishly different.  He reads   
   clearly and at a good pace.  He reads the complete text, and his   
   pronunciations are usually good. (I just can't accept "SMEE-g'l, but   
   that's a rare exception.)  He sings the songs, and though he doesn't   
   have a professional singing voice I think it is good that he sounds   
   like an ordinary person.   
      
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