I started listening to Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary” audiobook today, and I have to say that Ray Porter is the single-best audiobook narrator in the business. The guy brings so much personality to his work that there is a marked difference between reading a book yourself and listening to one performed by Mr. Porter.

I first heard Ray when I picked up the Bobiverse series – a fantastic sci-fi series by Dennis Taylor that is hilarious and creative – and have sought out his work ever since. The man is a storyteller in the truest sense of the word.

Is it weird to have a favorite audiobook narrator? Because I do.

If anything, when it comes to audiobooks, a good writer is almost secondary to a good narrator. Kind of like how the way a song makes you feel can be a lot more important than the lyrics themselves…

Maybe I’m just overthinking it, though.

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