Thomas Murray

Very good, not as excellent as it could be

Revisado: 05-23-23

The author sometimes goes off on interesting personal responses and, occasionally, even reveries, which don’t reveal enough particulars about the players. At times this is a record of the author’s responses to players and less about their accomplishments.
The narrator is engaging most of the time, but he mispronounces the names of several players.
This is not a deal breaker, but some younger listeners or casual fans may be unfamiliar with particular players, considering that the book covers individuals going back as far as a century.
There aren’t an excessive number of corrections needed, and it should not be time consuming to correct these (It’s not as if the producers have to produce cds or tapes. Streaming new material should be easy. And it’s likely that such attentiveness will make a professional impression that will motivate listeners to consider further acquisitions from the producers.)
The equivalent would be
spelling and grammatical errors in the printed text. But such failures would be very expensive to correct with a new edition. Here correction should be easier.
Print publishers employ proof readers. Audio producers can surely review pronunciations for narrators who may not be familiar with every detail in a work.
I don’t blame the narrator, but someone should review the product before releasing it.
Often companies use freelance narrators and leave them on their own to rush out product and save money. But a work with technical terms and many proper names should elicit a bit more review and supervision.

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Curry surprises

Revisado: 01-02-23

It takes a little time to warm to Tim Curry’s approach to this classic tale, but he soon engages the listener with his distinctive interpretation.

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Fry is on his game

Revisado: 12-22-22

Fry is a marvelous writer and performer. His placing of these stories in contemporary contexts is particularly impressive.

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Tension-filled, gripping story

Revisado: 08-28-22

Narrator grabs and holds listener throughout. What at first may seem a far-fetched premise unfolds to not only be credible but fully engaging.

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First days of Easy and Mouse

Revisado: 08-22-22

More contemplative than later Easy Rawlins stories, in keeping with the protagonist recalling his formative years. Winfield’ again shows his mastery of multi-character narratives.

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First days of Easy and Mouse

Revisado: 08-22-22

More contemplative than later Easy Rawlins stories, in keeping with the protagonist recalling his formative years. Winfield’ again shows his mastery of multi-character narratives.

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Winfield is the best

Revisado: 08-21-22

Winfield brings the world of Socrates Fortlow to life. He inhabits every character and creates engaging verisimilitude. He makes us one with a man with whom we have little and everything in common.

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Fine performance unsatisfying plot

Revisado: 07-09-22

Flynn is great character and narrator was excellent, but windup of the mystery stretches credulity. Nor is enough backstory given to be convincing as to how Flynn has the contacts and connections that are central to the plot.

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TJJ

Revisado: 04-04-22

Outstanding narration. Defoe can be a little slow for the modern reader, but you’d never know this, thanks to this first rate performance.

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Davidson’s narration stands up to repeated listenings

Revisado: 03-14-22

A consistently engaging set of episodes from Mortimer that intermittently includes incidents and phrases that will cause you to laugh aloud. Davidson is adept in his portrayals of a host of characters and his pacing uniformly involves the listener.

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