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Originally Posted by issybird
I haven't run into the age issue with Simon Vance, but I agree it can be a factor even with favorite narrators. I can't remember what book it was, but I know I abandoned a book read by Nadia May, also one of my favorites, because her voice was too old for the story.
The flip side, and it pains me to make a sex-specific condemnation, are narrators who are too young for the story as evidenced by their over-inflection, which just grates. Unfortunately, I've just run into this with women; perhaps it's because I'm not interested in whatever books are being read by young male narrators.
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It could be an experience situation, i.e. they don't have enough experience to know how to read properly. I really like Wil Wheaton, who narrates "Ready, Player One", the first half of Rodger Zelazny's Amber series and a number of John Scalzi's books. Old Man's War and Redshirt are the only Scalzi ebooks that I have, but I have a number of his audiobooks, mostly because Wheaton does the narration. Wheaton is in his mid 40's now, but he's been acting and doing voice work since he was a kid.