tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384058120723815048.post9031327130149374645..comments2022-07-10T05:41:29.014-04:00Comments on <center>Mind The Rant</center>: Harry Potter Audiobooks: Team Dale vs. Team FryDick Hartzellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065924271517452841noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384058120723815048.post-29544562981147116512012-06-09T12:39:35.723-04:002012-06-09T12:39:35.723-04:00Thanks for weighing in on the debate. Despite the...Thanks for weighing in on the debate. Despite the compliments I pay to Fry in my post my sympathies lie with Dale, too -- but that's inevitably because he's pretty much the only one I've listened to. And thanks to the copyright divide I'd wager that those who prefer Fry do so for the same reason. More's the pity, though, because I think anyone who loves the Harry Potter stories should be entitled to give both narrators a fair hearing. Each brings something unique to the party, and I consider it incontrovertible that both actors invested themselves fully in the story -- to borrow a baseball metaphor "they left it all on the field". About Fry reading as if "exclusively to children": certainly the first Harry Potter novel is geared to a younger audience than the last ... but perhaps you mean Fry reads this way throughout all 7 books? I've got to return to Pottermore Shop to hear the clips of Fry reading from the later novels to see if you're right.Dick Hartzellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065924271517452841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384058120723815048.post-22733879366578953302012-06-09T11:08:50.436-04:002012-06-09T11:08:50.436-04:00As a devout Harry Potter fan, I have listened to b...As a devout Harry Potter fan, I have listened to both Dale and Fry read Harry Potter. Or rather, I've listened to Fry read it and Dale perform it. I'll admit Dale has a few literary flaws, the but about the Dursleys necks is one, but the voives Dale uses are far superior, the quality of the story is much more potent with Dale, it's just better. One thing I felt is that Fry reads it as if he's reading exclusivly to children. Dale manages to encompass a fuller range audience with his tellingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com