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Originally Posted by jgaiser
I started with Simon Vance. Everybody tells me Patrick Tull is sooooo much better. Tried Patrick Tull. Went back to Simon  Unfortunately if you haven't already got the Vance books in your library, you are out of luck. They are no longer available on Audible. Through the luck of sales I managed to get all the Vance books prior to their disappearing. Nearly finished my reread/listen of M&C. |
I suspect most of us have a predilection for the first narrator we tried. I'm with you, Jerry, in that I gave my loyalty to Vance and couldn't be converted to Tull, although I did give him a try. For me, Tull's real strength is his voice for Stephen Maturin, which objectively speaking I think is superior to Vance's. But I prefer both Vance's Jack Aubrey and his overall narrative style and I'm used to his Stephen.
Charlie convinced me to buy the Vance books when they went on a super sale (even though he prefers Tull himself) and I've been grateful ever since!