Episode 18 - Discussing Infinite Jest with Sean Pratt from Concavity Show

Episode 18 - Discussing Infinite Jest with Sean Pratt

1 hour 16 minutes Posted Sep 16, 2016 at 4:04 am.

Sean Pratt’s background & how he got the part

So you want to be an audiobook narrator

The economics of recording an audiobook

A state of “flow”

How many hours did this really take?

When we first meet Ken Erdedy

Acting vs. Reading: Tom Robbins

A silk purse out of a sow’s ear

Reading the paratext & The Four Voices of Nonfiction

Just skip the endnotes: a debate

No really, how to do the endnotes?

Blood Sister: One Tough Nun & comedy

Do you listen to yourself?

Always Be Entertaining

How to navigate all the voices

Don’t do it like a puppet show

Hal watching a video cartridge

Some of Sean’s best audiobooks

Speed vs. Tempo

To honor the text

Easter egg

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In this episode we speak with audiobook narrator extraordinaire, Sean Pratt. Sean is the narrator of the 56-hour-long audiobook of Infinite Jest. He has also narrated over 800 other books. Believe it or not, Infinite Jest is not even the longest book Sean has narrated! We discuss the mechanics of recording, the different voices in the book, the endnotes issue, what it takes to become an audiobook narrator, and many other things

You can find Sean on Twitter at @SPPresents and his website http://www.SeanPrattPresents.com

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