To accompany his reading of The Hobbit, Andy Serkis and Harper Collins UK will be releasing a brand new complete audiobook of The Lord of the Rings in September of this year.
There is a current Lord of the Rings audiobook narrated by Rob Inglis (published in 1965), it seems high time for a new narrative read of Tolkien’s masterpiece. The audio quality of Inglis’s reading leaves a lot to be desired when compared to the quality of audiobook recordings in the past decade.
There’s no question Serkis will bring Gollum to life in this new reading, a bigger question will be how does he handle all the songs Tolkien wrote into LOTR. The songs, I think, was the strong poing of Inglis’s reading.
Looking forward to listening in September.
This September @andyserkis returns to Middle-earth in the brand new audiobook of J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings.Here’s your first behind-the-scenes look at this magical new recording 👇Begin your audio adventure: https://t.co/cWytKnfl92 pic.twitter.com/pZbr8GgtdL
— HarperCollinsUK (@HarperCollinsUK) July 7, 2021
This is really unnecessary… There are already great unabridged audiobooks of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings out there by Robert Inglis… He does a wonderful job realizing the characters and bringing the situations to life with song and the languages… I like Andy Serkis, but this just seems like a cash-grab to me…