Dune - Creating The Audiobooks

In this video the actors and post-production team explain what it was like to bring one of science fiction's greatest literary achievements to life as an audiobook.

• Category

  Entertainment

[faviv]

I'd love to see the notes, too. Dune is a great old book (well, a series...)

[Scott Brick]

Katy pronounced it correctly. It's my copy of the pronunciation guide that's shown, and none of the syllables have an accent. The first syllable is capitalized, as are each of the first syllables of every word on the list, yet no stress indicator is provided. (On the few occasions when stresses were provided, they were done by capitalizing the appropriate syllable.) Speaking with Brian Herbert, he consulted his father's recordings for the way to stress Alia, and it was on the second syllable.

[despuescebamenta]

Who voiced the Baron Harkonnen? He was great and I can't find credits for the full cast anywhere.

[tetrisclock]

For Bene Gesserit, is the stress on the first or second syllable?

[Scott Brick]

My pleasure, always happy to talk about Dune! Thanks for listening.

[Doug McCool]

Also, we named our daughter 'Alia', but we're sticking to the no-stress-on-the-i pronunciation. :)

[Doug McCool]

I thought I had heard you say it the "movie" way, before. I was told by a doctor from the Middle East that that was how he would pronounce it, as well. In any case, thanks for the reply.

[GregofCanada]

I own the first audiobook, great experience.

[horusrage]

you can find better copies I have a few ... problem is the one with more then one guy doing it while great in quality is very high as a download ... I have the latter copies now and gave the earlier to relatives to keep. I personally purchased them all and I think it was completely and utterly worth it.

ftr though it was very very very very costly.

[TucoRamirez2]

Scott Brick is the man!

[nynosix]

ah tray a dees