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I was given the Rob Inglis readings of
'Lord of The Rings' years back. I just love
the reading,he more or less 'acts' each
character,with a different voice and gives
accents slight twists;whilst each voice is
still 'the narrator' you can instantly tell who
is 'speaking' each time.He also sings the songs
in the story,to tunes he created himself,as
opposed to simply reading them as poems.
At around 55 hours it is not for the faint of
heart,but if ,like me, you love the book, then
this is the one to go with.
The only other version I have ever come across
is read by Peter J Reynolds, and is specifically a
'talking book' for the visually impaired. PJR uses
a naturally plummy,upper class voice,which is
clear enough,but may not suit all listeners.He
also simply 'talks' the songs,and gets the correct
pronunciation of many names wrong,where the
letter C is given value of K rather than a 'soft C'
So in his version Celeborn, is Seleborn,which did
not sit comfortably with me.
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