The Daylight War: Voyager Interview
Posted by Meg
A couple weeks ago, Voyager asked U.K. fans to submit questions to ask Peat before the release of The Daylight War. The cream of the crop were chosen and Peat answered them on Voyager’s site. Peat fields questions on his writing process, favorite books and some hints as to what is coming after The Daylight War. Check out the interview here.
Pre-order the U.K. version of The Daylight War here. Peat will be traveling to England this February/March along with a host of other places. Check out his full schedule to see if he is coming to a city near you.
I loved the first two audiobooks (Peter Joyce versions) and have to agree with some others above – I’ll be leaving the series at this point if Peter Joyce will not be reading any further books. It’s a shame but there are a lot of other series out there that keep the same narrator throughout, comping the experience consistent.
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So are we going to get a response hear or some where else any body got any ideas I check every day
Peat said he’d use the blog (I guess that is the Peephole).
I also check back each day :-).
These things take time though – I doubt its the only thing on his plate!
Yeah, the guy has been touring like mad for weeks, all over the place. I imagine he’s actually taking some time to spend with his family.
But still, I also wait with baited breath in the hope that they will do a Peter Joyce version. I bought the Pete Bradbury version on iTunes, and although the guy is good in his own right, it is just not the same without the consistency. I would gladly fork out the £16 for another copy with Peter Joyce as narrator though since I love Mr. Brett’s work so much.
It’s also interesting to note that this has happened before: Peter Joyce narrated a bunch of Raymond E Feist’s later work, all of which were excellent. Then, BAM! A Crown Imperilled was released and John Meagher is the narrator….which was a damn shame since Peter Joyce had narrated the books in a series and his portrayal was spot on.
Anyway, from what I have listened to Daylight War already, it is fantastic and everything I hoped it to be. I shall wait to see what Mr. Brett says about the possibility of another version before giving it a shot. In the mean time I have returned to listening to the first two.
Cheers!
So have I there so good. A few days is not a week though
so I hope were not waiting to get let down il be devastated if the rest of the series is ruined iv read the book. And purchased the audio book as well I have not returned it even though I can’t listen to it and will also be buying a peter Joyce version fingers crossed peoples
Hi, absolutely loved the first two audio books read by Peter Joyce, completely gutted when he was replaced, that being said I’ve purchased the third book with new narration. I would like to say there is nothing wrong with Pete Bradbury and he’s obviously a very accomplished reader but all the continuity has gone from the story. The most disappointing thing is I’m about two hours into the story and I’ve not been gripped as I was in the previous two books, I’m not desperate to listen to the next chapter because its become a choir rather than a pleasure, I know it’s not that this is a bad book it’s as if I’ve started listening to a trilogy without reading the first two books. What makes this worse is that this has possibly got another to books to go and if nothing changes I won’t get the end.
It’s a real shame that after writing such an amazing series of books that it’s been let down by something so trivial.
I guess we could all start from book 1 and listen to Bradbury all the way through.
Would help with the continuity then…
Us Brits pronounce our word differently to how the Americans do! That is why we need a Brit or someone who speaks English or read this. It’s a great story but with pete Bradbury reading it its lost its sole as he can’t say the name of the characters how a Brit would!
I would rather sack it of all together than start again with Bradbury are you mad it’s like a different story all together when I listen to an audio book if the narrator sounds funny I don’t even try to listen to it
This is a flippin outrage
I purchased the first two audio books of the Peter Brett and am now feeling cheated I am unable to read the books as I have a sever eye condition so I am unable to read for long periods of time so you can understand the crushing disappointment that I felt when herd the voice of the narrator for example who the flippin hell is Allen, looking at all the negative response that this new narrator has received, even I can see that the new narrator was a bad idear and I’m Partially blind. Please change the narrator
Many thanks
This is disgusting you should be ashamed peter v brett!!! It has now been 2 weeks since you told us we would have an explanation two why peter Joyce has not continued on his great work and nearly 2 months since you released your latest book/audiobook this is not how you treat your fans this is not how you release an audio book with no answer to why it’s been spoilt buy a change in narrator .
thanks for nothing!!
We may speak the same language but we are poles apart in how we pronce it. This is one of the things that is getting under the skin of us Brits as we do love the book and they mean a lot to the fans. It just feels like we are being taken for a ride as it might be cheaper for your publishers just to give us the amarican virsion but it you look at the reviews on iTunes and audible.co.uk you will see most of the people there want peter Joyce back. Other good audio book keep the same narrator so please do the same for us.
Just finished listening to the desert Speir Read by Peter Joyce. Absolutely brilliant! Please please please get Peter Joyce To read the next one!
I do wish to add my voice to those clamouring for a Peter Joyce audio book version of The Daylight War as I don’t want to risk there being any doubt that there is a groundswell of opinion out here. I share the extreme disappointment and impatience expresses in the posts of others here, but do find it difficult to feel solidarity with the accusatory and nasty posts. Nevertheless, I do really hope this is resolved soon. Please?
Concur, not with the tosh about British and our pronunciation but once the journey starts with a character it should not be changed.
I would appreciate it if the author makes further effort to address the comments left as it would be to all benefit to have site of any action to be taken.
It goes with out saying my money is in my pocket until there’s a Joyce version otherwise it’s the beat of his wings come August for me.
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Apologies for the delay, but after six weeks of touring, I was left with some major real-life stuff to deal with in addition to piles of business admin. I also needed to have some discussions with the publisher on this issue.
It pleases me that most, if not all, of those of you posting have been polite and patient. I will have a post up soon. Working on it today.
I just finished the Daylight War Audiobook and am already in anticipation for the next instalment – dare you to leave us with such a cliffie, Peat 🙂
I found it horrible however to see that people rated the audiobook so badly due to the new narrator . I loved Peter Joyce’s narration, but it took me about 15 minutes to get used to the new voice – sometimes people are just overly dramatic!
Hope you don’t let yourself be bothered by them too much!
The Demon Cycle is fantastic!!!
Just like mirror what Chrissie said above and say thank you to the author for yet another fantastic book. Pre-orderd the book and devoured it within a week and because i love the audiobooks almost as much as my hard copies i bought the audiobook from audible.co.uk. I was shocked when i realised that it was not the same narrator. However, while I too look forward to the return of Peter Joyce as the UK voice, once i got over the change in the narrator i realise how subtle Pete Bradbury is in his narration and i find myself enjoying book all over again.
Top-Gun High-Five,
Breen
I to am incensed at the change in narrator,
Why why why ruin a series by changing the whole dynamic part way through. The guy is not even close to Peter Joyce and there has been no explanation why the change was made. Sorry but can’t continue with the series, as the publisher obviously doesn’t understand or doesn’t care what the reader wants.
Very disappointed indeed
I hope this gets sorted out soon. I am just listening to both books again.. hoping buy the time im finished this problem would be sorted.
Best Regards,
mrrix
Hi,
I just want to echo the same thoughts as everyone else. Listening to the sample on audible.co.uk, the flow and spirit of the previous books isn’t there for me.
Changing Narrator in a series throws the listener out of the story IMO. However, it is not to say changing narrator doesn’t work. if the story has a different main character, this sometimes works well. This series however, i feel the same narrator really is needed. Peter Joyce portrays the characters and the feel of the book really well and is easy listening.
To put context why the listeners are outraged, I would strongly suggest Peter listens to the first few chapters of books 1 & 2 read by Peter Joyce and then try book 3; its a strong disconnect for the listener.
Kind Regards,
Kris
hi
I waited so long just listing to books 1 and 2 waiting for book three to come out and bam !!! no peter joyce and we get this bradbry guy that I cant even listen to I held out on other books but am now listing to the demon war saga by Raymond e feist read BY PETER JOYCE if any one wants some easy listing I suggest you change authors because looking at these posts your singing on deaf ears
My post on the topic is about done, and will be up on the blog Friday morning.
does not sound promising
Doesnt sound promising at all 😐
Guess this will be a very carefully written let down
I really hope that it’s not going to be a let down. Please Peter, do the right thing.
The post is up, and can be found here: https://www.petervbrett.com/2013/04/12/demon-cycle-audiobooks/
I will try to respond to comments as much as time allows.
Don’t even waste your time reading wht Brett has to say unless you like reading rubbish
At last I have got round to listening to the third book and sadly I have to agree with the others who have protested.I really do not understand why you didnt continue with Peter Joyce as everybody enjoyed his readings so much.I see that you yourself did say that he was undeniably talented and after trying to trace his work I found out that he does read a lot of audiobooks on Audible and elsewhere.Well,I won’t jump ship just yet but I see he also reads the Feist sagas as well…
Best wishes