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Elanor · 03-13-2001, 04:08 PM

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Re: lets seeee......

Nicol Williamson is fantastic. Of course, the Hobbit is much lighter than LotR, but NW is perfect. It's also really great to hear how the many different voices are clear, despite all being read by one person. It's always obvious who's speaking. Nicol Williamson uses several different accents and styles for the different races/creatures. I can't remember exactly what, but there were nice subtle differences there. I think Gollum was slightly Welsh - it made all the "blessss us and splash us my preciousss" very effective!

I wish I could download the tapes somehow so you could listen, but I'm afraid I just don't have the first idea how to do that...

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Elanor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: my own corner of the Shire Posts: 316	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 9</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: lets seeee...... Nicol Williamson is fantastic. Of course, the Hobbit is much lighter than LotR, but NW is perfect. It's also really great to hear how the many different voices are clear, despite all being read by one person. It's always obvious who's speaking. Nicol Williamson uses several different accents and styles for the different races/creatures. I can't remember exactly what, but there were nice subtle differences there. I think Gollum was slightly Welsh - it made all the "blessss us and splash us my preciousss" very effective! I wish I could download the tapes somehow so you could listen, but I'm afraid I just don't have the first idea how to do that... </p> __________________ "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." Henny Youngman (1906 - )