Can anyone explain to me why Stephen Fry reads the audiobooks over in the UK, while we Americans get Jim Dale — a different British actor?
I mean, I can ALMOST understand wanting to have an American read it in the American version, but replacing one perfectly good Brit with another? Surely there is a reason for this illogical duplication of effort resulting in an inferior product? (No offense, Jim.)
Sure, Jim does neat voices, but STEPHEN FRY. The voice of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Short of reading it yourself, having Stephen Fry read a book to you is the pinnacle of book reading enjoyment.
Hopefully when the Harry Potter prequel and sequel serieses come out they’ll save themselves a bunch of time and money and just give us Americans the Stephen Fry versions. I don’t think I can sit through another 14 volumes knowing that there’s a better product out there that just isn’t available to me.
