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All the orders are now packed and ready for shipment. It was a thrill; they look damn good if I say so myself. I think everyone will be pleased. Again, remember these are MP3 discs NOT audio CDs. I recommend playing them on your computer using Windows Media Player.
All our U.S. customers should have them early next week. Our Canadian customers by the end of next week. And our overseas customers within a week or two. ENJOY!
Mateo
Barry Morse is no longer with us.
But he is.
And probably always will be.
I don’t know how many people out there are audio book fans. Some narrators are better than others. In particular, I’m very fond of the Lord of the Rings books as read by Rob Inglis – he not only did a great job of reading the books but he also performed Tolkien’s songs. It’s one of those rare cases where the audio book is just a little better than the book by itself.
And that’s exactly what Barry Morse did with Resurrection. He took it to a new place. He didn’t just read it – he performed it. I heard much of the dialogue in the book in Barry’s voice while I was writing it, but even I was surprised a lot of times by how he phrased things, how he brought deeper meanings, deeper emotions to the words.
When I read bedtime stories to my daughter, there’s a certain tone I hear in my own voice that’s “story-telling voice” – it’s perhaps a little more expressive than my normal conversational voice. And while I’ll try to change my voice for the characters, it’s not the same thing as Barry Morse does in the audio book. He finds the dramatic heart of each character – Balor’s rage, Helena’s sad determination, and Koenig’s descent into madness and then his own determination to make amends. It always reminds me of the difference between merely saying words and acting.
This audio book is in many ways Barry’s toast to us. Hearing Victor Bergman and Barry living again, resurrected if you will, it’s one more flick of the cigar at the end of “Black Sun”. My toast to Barry?
“Bergman, Tony. Victor Bergman. Remember? I…used to live here.”
And you always will.
[b]Procyonstar wrote:[/b]
[quote]My copy’s arrived…Wales UK :cheer:[/quote]Wow, that was quick. :ohmy:
I shall go and wait by the letterbox. :silly:
Sigh… still waiting. It is mighty cold out here by the mail box. 🙁 One of the problems with living at the bottom of the planet…
You should have it soon. I sent a book to a friend in Sydney a few weeks ago. I sent it on a Saturday in L.A., and he got it on Wednesday in Sydney.
Enjoy!
Wow! Received mine today in Florida (US). I wasn’t expecting it until at the earliest tomorrow (Tuesday) if I were lucky. Listened to the first few minutes and it is so great to hear Barry’s voice. He is great. Thanks to everyone at Powys.
Got mine in Cincinnati, Ohio today. The packaging for it looks awesome. Will start listening to it tonight!
Just got mine in New York! :cheer:
Had to tinker with the file-names a bit to get the tracks in the right order to play on my iPod. Will be listening to it during my commute! B)
[b]Exabyte2e64 wrote:[/b]
[quote]Just got mine in New York! :cheer:Had to tinker with the file-names a bit to get the tracks in the right order to play on my iPod. Will be listening to it during my commute! B)[/quote]
I noticed something similar – when I copied all the tracks over to iTunes, they all got renamed and lost their unique numbering.
All except the 3 tracks that had their bit rate reduced in order to fit everything on one CD. Those 3 kept their original track names.I’ll have to keep tinkering with this, as I’d hate to have to manually rename the other 75 tracks that lost their identities
I just got it today and am very impressed with the quality of the packaging and insert.
It’s moving to hear Barry’s voice doing “reader’s theater”, as it were. His story telling style is very engaging and unrushed.
I can hardly wait to hear more. He’s really bringing Resurrection to life for me.
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