The inflection is good, the pacing appropriate, and the interactions Einstein has with others (as well as those interactions within the dreams) are excellent. The German is clear and as best I can tell (my grandmother was a German immigrant) accented/pronounced correctly and without hesitation or stumbles. Gardner does a wonderful job with this recording. So I got this Audible version, not realizing it was re-recorded by a different voice actor. I have no idea what the condition of it will be if/ when it's found, and I haven't looked to see if that version is still available and in what format. It's probably still in one of my cassette players, perhaps out in the garage somewhere. With that in mind, I went and pulled out my cassette version of this book, only to find cassette #2 missing from the case. I have close to 300 titles in my Audible library now, and actually spent a few years in the early 2000's as an audiobook technical editor myself, listening, editing out background noise, matching pitches and tones from different recording sessions, at times splicing together and inserting a missed word in the text, etc. As it was my first audiobook, I had no basis for comparison.
Nowhere near Einstein's voice quality, and no effort to do character voices or anything. The cassette version was performed by Michael York. However, it's hard sometimes to hear a different voice reading something you have spent more than 30 years hearing another person read to you. in all actuality, I think this is how it should have been all the while. Harder does a wonderful job, and vaguely resembles the tone of Einstein's voice enough to be able to imagine it truly being Einstein musing over his remembered dreams. I was spoiled by the cassette version of the audiobook, though. I traveled to many countries and often found myself far more accepting of local customs and traditions than my travelmates, which I attribute in large part directly to the diverse scenarios contained in this thought-provoking book. It means a lot to me and was very instrumental in the way I developed my worldview, perceptions, and interests.
(Which, in hi-tech fashion for the mid-1980s, was a dual cassette tape player and recorder, with radio, so I could actually record some of my favorite songs right from the radio - I was over the moon with joy!) I've since lent that book out a couple times, but still protect it as best I can. Sure, it came on two cassette tapes and I didn't have my own tape player, but I was saving up my allowance to buy one and wanted to be ready to use it just as soon as I had my player in hand. I have the small hardcover print book, but was so concerned about "messing it up" that I purchased it again as an audiobook.
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