#George Guidall

[neil-gaiman]

Hello! Would you ever consider doing a new audiobook of American Gods with you as the narrator? I have trouble reading physical books due to disibility, so i listen to your audiobooks. American gods is my favorite of your books, and the only audiobook is a full cast recording, which is very well done, but I'm not a fan of the format and have trouble following it. Would you ever consider creating a version with either you or another single narrator? Obviously that would be a huge project and you are under no obligation to, but I thought I would ask. Cheers! Keep up the amazing work.

There is a one voice single narrator audiobook of American Gods narrated by George Guidall. He's really good.

[bookclub4m]

Episode 201 - Weird West

 It’s episode 201 and time for us to discuss the genre of Weird West! (Just in time for Halloween!). We talk about the potential temporal and geographic restrictions on western fiction, folklore, tall tales, and more!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian, narrated by John Pirhalla

The Gunslinger by Stephen King, narrated by George Guidall

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Sixth Gun Omnibus, vol. 1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree, and Tyler Crook

The Witch Owl Parliament by David Bowles and Raúl the Third

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Other Media We Mentioned

Vermilion: The Adventures of Lou Merriwether, Psychopomp and Molly Tanzer

The New Adventures of the Lone Ranger (Probably the version Matthew saw)

Lucky Luke

The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

Links, Articles, and Things

Episode 029 - Westerns

Episode 082 - Steampunk

Episode 106 - Alternative/Alternate History

Episode 183 - One Book One Podcast: Upright Women Wanted

Space Western (TVTropes)

Skin-walker

Land-grant university

Map shows where Colorado’s 8 known free-roaming wolves wandered in September

Libro.fm’s Audiobook Listening Copy Program

Jonah Hex

10 Weird Western Books by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

The Witch Owl Parliament by David Bowles and Raúl the Third

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones (forthcoming 2025)

Sisters of the Wild Sage: A Weird Western Collection by Nicole Givens Kurtz

Lone Women by Victor Lavalle

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

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Join us again on Tuesday, October 15th when it’s time for our “We All Read the Same Book” episode as we discuss A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher.

Then on Tuesday, November 5th we’ll be discussing the genre of Dark Academia.

[anditendshowyoudexpect]

oh man i completely forgot George Guidall didn't do books 2 to 4

i know Frank Muller did the first book too and i think i have it in my collection but Guidall's version was my first, so obviously i imprinted on his voice and took me a while back then to get used to Muller and then back to Guidall

both are excellent tho and we lost Frank Muller too too soon

[katenepveu]

I bought the Julie Rose translation of Les Miserables because that's what my audiobook uses (narrated by George Guidall), and I enjoy this bit from the notes:

Hugo’s relationship to the bishop-theologian Charles-Louis Hugo (1667–1739) was a family tradition that does not stand up to close genealogical examination.

How tactful!

[ferociousconscience]

If you want a copy of the Julie Rose Translation's audiobook (narrated by George Guidall), send me a message using tumblr chat.

[arwainian]

Reading This Week 2023 #2

Lots of good reading this week! I got a LOT of books/comics out from the library, and I made it through most of them. There's one loan I haven't started yet, but I know in my soul once I start reading it I will not stop, so I need to get some other things first

Finished:

Teen Titans: The Silver Age Omnibus, Vol. 1

Thank you to my dad for lending me this tome, and for also being willling to lend me the next volume when i'm ready to read it over spring break. I love these teen superheroes so much,,,,

Before Trans: Three Gender Stories from Nineteenth-Century France by Rachel Mesch

GOD this book was absolutely fantastic, and I actually geeked out about it on my plane with someone I sat near bc they had also read it and just MWAH. if you are interested in queer/trans history and historical figures, and historical queer/trans literature, read this book. read this book anyway if you're not because it will GET you interested by telling you such excellent biographical stories of three "women who dressed as men (wink)" who were roughly contemporaries of each other, just in different circles

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, narrated by George Guidall

another classic i can now say I've read (thank you audio books), and also this delivered Plenty of ideas for my wip so Yay!

Started and Finished:

fe3h fic -

pocketful of posies by redamantian First Proof by printers_devil Not Yet Come To Pass by golbat How to Talk to Strangers Without Passing out, and Other Tips for Your First Artist Alley by ellipsometry

honestly didn't think i would have to indent/collect the fic reading together this week, but then I read two more fics last night (and skimmed/abandoned a few more that i decided weren't worth it). First Proof has an Excellent character voice with Annette narrating and interesting worldbuilding, so if you check any of these out, make it that one

Beastars, Vol. 2-3 by Paru Itagaki, translated by Tomoko Kimura

*shakes Libby app* deliver the next volume of this series you coward!

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, written by Tom Kin, illustrated by Bilquis Evely, colored by Matheus Lopes

absolutely GORGEOUS art, and a classic revenge journey that is well told. really glad I was able to get this out of the library and thank you to @misspickman for the recommendation!

nightwing and red robin hit the town (or do they?) by xscintillate

I think I might have had this open on my phone bc i saw a post of fic recs and this was on it? anyway it was cute and good

Ongoing:

The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

OKAY i finally read the second chapter, and it was good. I get it now, I get why my dad recommended it to me and i WILL keep reading it

[danbensen]

From my Patreon

Queen of Angels by Greg Bear - Way back in high school, I listened to this audiobook narrated by the prolific genius George Guidall. He's still the best thing about this book, which I wouldn't have revisited except that a reporter for the Economist mentioned it. I thought I might have missed something the first time around, but no, it's still just as dull and pointless as before. There's a vague sketch of a plot and a vaguer glimmer of a theme. Something about where evil comes from? You could easily read the first and last three chapters and get everything important.  

[cleoenfaserum]

JURASSIC PARK in TANDEM-1/1 with WESTWORLD TANDEM-1/2.

The first tandem I am going to bring to you on this Crichton adventure are Jurassic Park (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg and West World directed by Crichton, both films based on Crichton's novels.

Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the first installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the first film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, and is based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Crichton and David Koepp.

The film is set on the fictional island of Isla Nublar, off Central America's Pacific Coast near Costa Rica, where a wealthy businessman, John Hammond (Attenborough), and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of de-extinctdinosaurs. When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park's power facilities and security precautions, as all hell breaks loose... (Wikipedia)

IMdB RATING: 8'2 TIME 2'06'06

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After the film's enormous success, Spielberg asked Crichton to write a sequel novel, leading to the 1995 book The Lost World. This, in turn, was adapted as the film The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Released in 1997, it was directed by Spielberg and written by Koepp. Another film, Jurassic Park III, was released in 2001, under the direction of Joe Johnston, with Spielberg as executive producer. It featured an original script that incorporated unused elements from Crichton's original Jurassic Park. A fourth installment, Jurassic World, was released in theaters in 2015. Spielberg again produced, with Colin Trevorrow directing a script he wrote with Derek Connolly. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth film in the franchise, was released in 2018, with Spielberg as producer once more and J. A. Bayona as director. A sixth film, Jurassic World Dominion, was directed by Trevorrow and released in theaters in 2022.

AUDIO BOOK:

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 American science fictionaction film. It is the second installment in the Jurassic Park franchise and the second film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy. A sequel to 1993's Jurassic Park and loosely based on Michael Crichton's 1995 novel The Lost World, the film was directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp. Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough.

After the original novel's release and the first film's success, fans pressured Crichton for a sequel. Following the book's publication in 1995, production began on a film sequel. Filming took place from September to December 1996, primarily in California, with a shoot in Kauai, Hawaii, where the first film was shot. The Lost World's plot and imagery is substantially darker than Jurassic Park. It makes more extensive use of CGI to depict the dinosaurs, along with life-sized animatronics.

See the Cast of 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' Then and Now (screencrush.com)

IMdB RATING: 6'5

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Spielberg expressed disappointment with the film, stating he had become increasingly disenchanted with it during production. It earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects. A sequel, Jurassic Park III, was released in 2001. (Wikipedia)

THE AUDIOBOOK

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The Lost World (Part 02) by Michael Crichton - Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 03) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 04) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 05) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 06) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 07) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 08) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American science fiction action film directed by Joe Johnston and written by Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor. It is the third installment in the Jurassic Park franchise and the final film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, following The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). It is also the first film in the franchise not to be directed by Steven Spielberg, as well as the first not to be based on a novel by Michael Crichton; however, the film features characters and ideas by Crichton. 

The plot follows a divorced couple who deceive paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant into helping them find their son, who has gone missing on Isla Sorna. (Wikipedia)

IMdB RATING: 5'9

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[biblioncollection]

AudioExpert Read by George Guidall ISBN9781980092766 from @AudioBiblion on Vimeo.

[piyasahaberleri]

Resimde, beyaz kulaklıklı bir iPhone'daki sesli kitap gösterilmektedir.— UnsplashHiçbir şey bir perçinleme ile kıvrılmakla kıyaslanamaz sesli kitap Juliet Stevenson, George Guidall yada Stephen Fry şeklinde biri tarafınca okundu.İnsanlar gelecekte en sevilen öykü anlatıcıları olmaya devam edecek mi yoksa robotlar mı bu duruma hükmedecek? sanayi ilave olarak? Apple, suni zeka anlatımlı anlatıma haiz bir kitap seçkisini sükunet içinde yayınladı, bu yüzden ikincisine bir talep olduğuna inanılmış olduğu açık. Günlük posta.Bu yeni özellik, uzmanların 2030 yılına kadar 35 milyar doları (29 milyar £) aşacağını tahmin etmiş olduğu bir pazar için Spotify ve Amazon şeklinde şirketlerle sıkıntılı rekabetin yalnız başlangıcı.Apple'ın AI seslerinin robotik, suni karakteri, kısa sürede Fry'ın sıcak, hoş tonlarının yerini almayacaklarını açıkça ortaya koyuyor, sadece teknoloji ilerledikçe, sonunda daha insansı gelebilir.Metinden konuşmaya tercüme kullanan robot sesli sesli kitaplar, Apple cihazlarındaki Kitaplar uygulamasında "AI anlatımı" aranarak bulunabilir.Bu, "bir insan anlatıcıya dayalı bilgisayarlı sesle anlatılan" ve hem parasız hem de ücretli olarak indirilebilen duygusal yada kurgu kitapların bir listesini görüntüler.Aralarından seçim yapabileceğiniz iki değişik AI ses türü vardır ve her ikisinin de Amerikan aksanı vardır ve yalnızca İngilizce konuşurlar.Madison bir sopranodur ve Jackson bir baritondur; sadece iki ses daha, Helena ve Mitchell yakında kurgu dışı yayınlar için hazır olacak.Satış noktasının raporuna bakılırsa teknoloji devi, yarattığı gelişmiş konuşma sentezi teknolojisini kullanarak e-kitap dosyalarından yüksek kaliteli sesli kitaplar ürettiğini iddia etti.Suni zeka anlatımlı sesli kitapları destekleyenler, daha ilkin basılıdan sesliye geçişi finanse edemeyen yayıncılara ve yazarlara yeni bir pazar sağlayabileceğine inanıyor.Apple'ın dijital ifade teknolojisinin sesli kitap yazmayı daha erişilebilir hale getireceğini önermesiyle bu, okuyucuların kullanımına sunulan sesli kitap sayısında mühim bir artışa niçin olabilir.bu Muhafız Apple'ın bu girişim üstünde ortaklaşa iş yapma mevzusundaki ilgilerini sormak için bağımsız yayıncılarla temasa geçtiğini iddia ediyor.Firmanın yazarlara, değişen teknolojinin arkasındaki işletmenin romanlarını sesli kitaba dönüştürme harcamalarını ödeyeceğini ve katılımını gizli saklı tutmalarına karşın telif tutarı alacaklarını bildirdiği bildirildi.Ek olarak, Apple'ın internet sayfasına bakılırsa, yayıncılar ve yazarlar ek sesli kitap sürümleri oluşturma hakkını saklı meblağ.Sesli düzenlemeleri bilhassa gönderilen sesli kitapların "bir insan tarafınca anlatılması icap ettiğini" söyleyen rakip Amazon'un aksine, firmanın otomatik ifade mevzusunda değişik bir duruşu var.

[cordensangels131]

The Cold Dish & Death Without Company by Craig Johnson; read by George Guidall

Part 1 & 2 of the Walt Longmire series

[taksez]

So I’ve been thinking about Guidall’s narration of American Gods. I think its a perfect choice because to my ears, his voice is Wednesday’s. This means we’ve got The Most Unreliable Narrator. A lying, embellishing, improvising, hedging, fabricating immortal telling a tale of events he set in motion. So, very much like Shadow, what do I believe? 

[yahyabasridanu-blog]

The History of LoveThe History of Love audiobook download

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Written By: Nicole Krauss Narrated By: George Guidall, Barbara Caruso, Julia Gibson, Andy Paris Publisher: Recorded Books Date: May 2005 Duration: 9 hours 55 minutes LISTEN NOW

[katenepveu]

So about Les Mis Letters. I've been listening to the George Guidall audiobook, because I have time for that when I don't have time for reading. I'm not sure that this is the best thing to do, because I am taking a mental red pen to whole paragraphs at a time as I listen, and that's less of a problem when I can visually skim. I may switch back to text-first when I get far enough ahead.

However.

George Guidall's reading of today's entry, 1.1.10 ("The Bishop Before/in the Presence of an Unknown Light"), is so absolutely spellbinding that it makes the whole project worth it right there. Even while I was fully aware of all the ways Hugo was stacking the deck, I was utterly transfixed, and went about in a fog for several hours after.

A+ chapter, 10/10, would read or listen again.

[ferociousconscience]

Hey there dear Sir!

I've recently felt the urge to get obsessed with yet another thing and have decided that Les Mis does look quite interesting, so I wanted to ask where you would suggest one starts getting into it, there's a bunch of movie adaptations that have released within the past almost century, are there any outliers that are particularly good? Do you have a favorite play of it that you can recommend watching, if it is to be found somewhere in the depths of the Internet? Any input is appreciated really!

A wonderful day to you

a friend, enemy and lover

Good sir!!!! My friend! My enemy! My lover! You want to get into Les Mis!! This is an admirable endeavor and I wish you the best of luck. You have at your feet 161 years of love, fandom, and adaptation to dive into, which in truth is my favorite part of les mis. I will answer this ask in some semblance of order. Have a look under this readmore!! (karate chop motions)

I often think of the question of where would be a good way to start too. I myself got into it in a weird way. I tried to read it when I was young and had energy to devour huge books, but the translation I got was honestly abysmal and hard to read. I put it down pretty quickly. Later, I was part of a theater troupe for a handful of years, and while we never end up doing les mis (our director hated mainstream musicals LOL), I was pretty immersed in the fandom after the 2012 film came out, left the fandom after much lurking, and only rejoined recently after reading the book again. (Different translation this time!) I do think that for the general public, the musical is a great starting point, even if it changes a lot and musicals can be a hard sell for a lot of people. HOWEVER, I do not think the 2012 film is a good adaptation in any sense, and I do not think anyone should start there. This is perhaps a controversial opinion, but I do genuinely believe that one should avoid it at the start for various reasons. In the interest of keeping this reply short I'll save my opinions on the 2012 version for now. If you do want to get into the musical, a 4K re-upscale of the 10th Anniversary Concert is free on youtube (tho it is cut down, an older version of the present day musical which has many revisions, and lacks a lot of staging because it is a concert as opposed to an actual stage production). I think this version has a fantastic cast with talented performers. Also free on youtube is the admittedly kind of silly and yet still very compelling 1978 film, a non-musical cinematic version which is near and dear to my heart,. It also cuts down a looooot, drastically changes the ending, and is more focused on the Valjean and Javert side of things. As for the particularly good ones, I have answered that in a recent ask. Please do take a look there, and I hope it answers your question! Generally the older french adaptations are better and more faithful, lol. If you cannot find a particular adaptation of les mis, feel free to DM me, and I will either send you files, torrents, or I will hunt them down for you myself. As always, feel free to DM me here or on Discord (username is @vondieerde). I can also recommend reading the book once you feel you have a good grip of the story and you want more! So much more!!! Please do, though it is sort of a monolith (we in the fandom call it "The Brick" because you can make a sturdy house with copies of it lol). I will firmly state that I think the Julie Rose translation is the best, and can also really really recommend the Audiobook of it narrated by George Guidall, who has a wonderful voice and is a natural storyteller. If you were to read the book, reading one chapter a day (the chapters are pretty bite-sized), you would be done in exactly a year, 365 days (funny how that works out). I would love to do a book club style discussion of any chapters you read, should you really want to sink your teeth into the story and learn as much as you can. I've spent the last few years studying the heck out of the book and I want to talk to as many people I can about this thing I've fallen in love with again. message me on discord you fool i know who you are

[whatsheread]

Tried by War showcases Lincoln as Commander in Chief

Tried by War showcases Lincoln as Commander in Chief

After reading Stamped from the Beginning, I wanted to compare what others said about Abraham Lincoln and his approach to slavery. Since my husband already listened to Tried by War by James M. McPherson, I took the opportunity to do just that. Unfortunately, Mr. McPherson’s portrayal of Lincoln as the commander in chief is exactly what I expected. Tried by War is not for anyone looking to learn…