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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by darknavi on Monday August 28, 2023 @01:32PM (#37297633)
+1 for audio books in general. Proper audio book recordings with good narrators are so freaking awesome.

My favorite narrators (that I follow more than authors them selves):

- Ray Porter

- Jeff Gurner

- Tim Gerard Reynolds

- Carl Prekopp

Plex (media server) and Prologue (audio book front end) on iOS is a magical combo.

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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by theshrike79 on Monday August 28, 2023 @04:08PM (#37299765)
Also:

- Neil Gaiman (especially stuff he's written)

- Stephen Fry (could listen to him read a phone book)

- Wil Wheaton

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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by darknavi on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @02:55AM (#37304257)
I love Wheaton in a few audiobooks that I've listened to him in. I didn't love Ready Player 2 but he made it more enjoyable.
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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by scott-smith_us on Monday August 28, 2023 @06:47PM (#37301371)
I joined Audible a few years back and although most narrators are OK, I noticed very quickly how a bad narrator could ruin an audio book. I started paying attention to who the narrator was, and Ray Porter immediately stood out as one of the best. Someone else must have noticed too, because he's narrated a surprising number of the books I've read so far.
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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by darknavi on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @02:54AM (#37304249)
Definitely. He is one of the narrators I will follow and listen to specifically for the performance.

Scifi plus Ray Porter? I'm in for the whole book.

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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by ansible on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @11:38AM (#37323810)
I've been listening to the Aubrey / Maturin book series by Patrick O'Brian, narrated by Patrick Tull. To my untrained ear he seems to do a good job with the various UK accents of the different characters, as well as various other Europeans.
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