To my dearest, favorite narrator Jim Dale,
Your voice is like buttered velvet, but not in a gross way. Will you please read the phone book to me?
The plan for this blog post was to reflect on the impressive audiobooks that have come out over the past year, as nominations for the 2014 Audie awards have just closed. Then I realized that there's really only one voice actor that I hold dear (besides Neil Gaiman, of course, I can listen to him read source code), and that's Jim Dale, ahem, MBE.
Dearest Jim Dale,
Your voice is like buttered velvet, but not in a gross way. Actually, that's a terrible description, what I mean is that your voice is complex and sophisticated and terribly pleasing. Will you please read the phone book to me?
For me, what makes a great book even better is superior narration, and I'm a big fan of Jim Dale. With every word, I'm more convinced that our world is filled with magic and wonder. He seems to almost