#38: How Ray Porter Created the Voices of Project Hail Mary

This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with award-winning audiobook narrator Ray Porter, best known for narrating Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary. With more than 500 audiobooks under his belt, Ray shares how he approaches storytelling, creates distinct character voices, and what it was like bringing Project Hail Mary to life.

They also talk about the emotional impact of the book, the science behind the story, and the upcoming film adaptation starring Ryan Gosling.

CHAPTERS: 

0:00 - Introduction

1:00 - Acting to Narrating Audiobooks

2:10 - Process From First Audiobook to Now

3:55 - How He Got Project Hail Mary

4:55 - Creating The Characters

8:05 - Hardest Thing to Narrate in PHM

10:00 - Do You Take Away The Same Thing as Readers?

11:35 - What to Listen to After Project Hail Mary

12:13 - Ryan Gosling

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