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Are you the reader of the audiobook? You'd be superb, of course; but preparing a professional quality audiobook is, I assume, sufficiently time-consuming that I'd regretfully understand if readers were forced to listen to your words in the tones of George Clooney, Anthony Hopkins, or Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

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No. And I have never liked the audiobooks for any of my publications.

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Having become quite accustomed to your own voice delivering your material in your various lectures that are on YouTube, and to how well you do it, it's been a let down when I've tried listening to a couple of your books on audio.

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If you could have anyone read an audiobook of yours, who would you select?

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The obvious choices: Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Wallace Shawn.

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Wallace Shawn for Roland, 100%.

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Since he sounds like Laurence Harvey, who died in the 1970тАЩs if I recall, I suppose we need to find a tall somber Englishman with precise and emphatic diction and an Oxbridge accent.

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Hugh Laurie? (when he's serious, not like Jeeves or anything)

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Get Julian Glover while he's still above ground

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Or you. You sound a lot like Laurence Harvey.

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Just saw this. Happy to volunteer my cheap services if need be.

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Well, we both suffer from earwigs

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I wouldnтАЩt mind hearing Brian Cox read your books.

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Ouch. I like reading, and I'd already purchased the ebook before this exchange, but I was hoping for good news. I definitely agree that Paul Giamatti wasn't the best choice for Doors of the Sea.

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