Audiobook DJ

 Looks like 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for Simon. The message below was posted by Simon earlier today:

Now, forgive me, but I'm going to blow my own trumpet here because I think some of the people I should thank subscribe to this list:
Booklist Magazine and the American Librarians Association have just announced that their 2008 'Voice of Choice' (catchy little title for a brand new award) is... yours truly!

To all the librarians who may have had a hand in it - I thank you.  I have been asked to speak at the Odyssey awards thingy tomorrow night in Anaheim (the ALA are having their annual wing-ding there right now) and perhaps I may get to see a few of you.

 - Simon

And on  top of that, Dune won the Audies Award for Science Fiction earlier this year. I know Simon wasn't the only narrator for that title, but he definitely carried the load of the work. Congrats Simon! For those who haven't had the pleasure of listening to Simon read to you, well, you're missing out. A frequent compliment you hear fans give a narrator is that they could listen to (pick your favorite narrator) read a phone book. Now, the Dune books are not phone books, although they're certainly as BIG as phone books. But they are incredibly long and Frank Herbert can wax a little more eloquent than you might wish in places. So listening to these long books, a narrator can either grow on you or begin to wear thin. It's a tribute to Simon and the other narrators in this series that their performance is always fresh and attention-grabbing.  All in all, a prestigious award to a very deserving recipient