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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Super Pony" data-source="post: 6021167" data-attributes="member: 6669292">I've been getting into audio books a bit more as my commute times increase and I was growing tired of my music.  There are some really good narrators out there.  But I've found that some narrators that knock it out of the park with one book or series aren't a great fit elsewhere.Steven Pacey's reading of the <a href="http://www.audible.com/series/?asin=B005NAILNU" target="_blank">First Law Trilogy</a> by Joe Abercrombie is really good.  If you live in the UK you can get Mr. Pacey's reading of The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie as well...here in the states, the narrator that we get just doesn't fit as well.I love <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B002V5GWG8" target="_blank">Voice of the Whirlwind</a> all on its own and have for years, but for an audio version, Don Leslie's reading of it is quite good.The <a href="http://www.audible.com/series/?asin=B006K1TB3A" target="_blank">Avery Cates</a> series is entertaining (not groundbreaking by any means), but Todd McLaren's reading of it is enjoyable.Todd McLaren also narrates <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B002V1LE9C" target="_blank">The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian</a> compilation, and does a good job there.  I also like his representation of <a href="http://www.audible.com/series/?asin=B007FEAE6E" target="_blank">Takeshi Kovacs </a>in the first two books of that series...but Richard Morgan's over the top gonzo sex scenes are uncomfortable to have read aloud to you...you have been warned ;-)John Lee is a great narrator of classic works like <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B0030CNJZI" target="_blank">Count of Monte Cristo</a>, and the dense sci-fi of Alastair Reynolds' books (<a href="http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B0049WSD36" target="_blank">Pushing Ice</a> is my favorite over the <a href="http://www.audible.com/series/?asin=B007149KP4" target="_blank">Revelation Space</a> series).Roy Dotrice's reading of the <a href="http://www.audible.com/series/?asin=B006K1QER6" target="_blank">Song of Ice and Fire</a> series is quite popular these days.  Having read the books beforehand it took me a while to get used to his style of reading over my own imagined characterizations.When it comes to authors reading their own stories it can be something of a let-down.  So I was pleasantly surprised with Neil Gaiman's reading of <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00354ZSS2" target="_blank">Neverwhere</a>The variety of narrators on <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B0036G94XY" target="_blank">Burning Chrome</a> do a swell job.  <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00354ZSS2" target="_blank">http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00354ZSS2</a></blockquote>

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