Narrating Stephen King

entertainment weekly has a post up about good and bad choices for audio book narrators. "For example: “Not Scary Enough: Joe Mantegna reads Stephen King’s Thinner”, “Too Scary: Willem Dafoe reads Stephen King’s The Langoliers.”
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So, just a quick list of my favorite Stephen King audio books:
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1. Stephen King reading Needful Things.
2. Frances Sternhagen reading Dolores Claiborne
3. Raul Esparza reading Under The Dome
4. Sissy Spacek reading Carrie.
5. Frank Muller reading Shawshank Redemption
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Worst ever -- though I've already lodged this complaint -- Grover Gardner reading The Stand.
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I have noticed a few people complaining that it is hard to keep up with all the characters in Under The Dome. That's actually a place where the audio edition is very helpful. Raul Espraza does such a good job giving each character their own voice that you easily keep up with who's who.
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Check out this great post on Stephen King audio books:
http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2008/10/02/four-kings-is-a-winning-hand/
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http://shelf-life.ew.com/2010/01/15/celebrity-audiobooks-the-good-and-the-bad/