Narrating Audiobooks From Other Worlds

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Arts, Science Fiction, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The field of audiobooks has exploded since the introduction of mp3 players, and it continues to expand. But it takes a unique set of skills to voice audiobooks in sci-fi and fantasy genres. I talk with audiobook narrators John Pirhalla, Luke Daniels, Amy Landon, and Heath Miller about juggling dozens of voices or accents at the same time, and the kinds of choices they have to make when voicing characters who are not human. We discuss their approach to making dense worldbuilding narration feel like an intimate conversation, and how to voice the game mechanics in Lit RPG books. They have to do all that while competing against a very sci-fi type of threat: AI and voice cloning. Today’s episode is sponsored by Henson Shaving. Go to https://hensonshaving.com and enter IMAGINARY at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase. (Note: you must add both the 100-blade pack and the razor for the discount to apply.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If just thinking about your bills makes you feel confused and disorientated,
0:05.0	like your head is full of Raspberry,
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0:18.0	UK residents, T's and C supply.
0:21.0	Hey everyone, before we begin, we are doing another listener call-out.
0:26.7	This September will be the 10th anniversary of Imaginary Worlds.
0:31.3	I can't say the time has flown by because 2014 feels like a different historical era.
0:36.7	To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show I like to talk with you about some of
0:41.2	your favorite episodes. Was there a sci-fi or fantasy book, game, movie, TV show, or comic book that you didn't know about until you heard about it on imaginary worlds? And then after you read, watched or played it, did
0:56.8	that work of culture become really important to you? Did it speak to you on a deep personal level?
1:03.2	If so, please email us.
1:05.4	The address is contact
1:07.4	at imaginaryworlds podcast
1:09.8	and we might get in touch with you.
1:13.0	Thanks.
1:14.0	You're listening to imaginary worlds,
1:20.0	a show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.
1:23.5	I'm Mark Milinsky.
1:25.6	Every year I do a call out on social media
1:28.2	for episode ideas.
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