"The thing is, I pay pretty well for my audio books. . ." "YEAH, YOU DO, thank you for that, you pay very well!" Realest part of the whole video 🤣😂

@jacobstamm

5 ай бұрын

That made me smile. Our boy Sandman keeping it real as always.

@adoniscreed4031

5 ай бұрын

Real recognised real 😂😂😂

David Tennant and Henry Cavill are big names to try and get, hopefully they will both have availability to do something in the future. Both have brilliant reading voices

@tadious9415

5 ай бұрын

Henry Cavill seems most likely since he's a huge Cosmere fan! But would love to see David Tennant do it too.

@SpookyCam01

5 ай бұрын

​@tadious9415 oh dang i didnt know he was a cosmere fan. I like him even more now.

@tadious9415

5 ай бұрын

@@SpookyCam01 yeah there was an interview he did at some point where he got asked if he reads for pleasure and has any recommendations. And Henry just went off on how anything by Brandon Sanderson was great and how cool he thought stormlights world building was.

@hassassinator8858

5 ай бұрын

​@@SpookyCam01He posted a pic of Words of Radiance once lol

@SpookyCam01

5 ай бұрын

@@hassassinator8858 i looked it up and saw. He is so cool

Loved William DeMeritt as the narrator for this book!

@nadelcnu

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely. His voice has become my head canon for Nomad in the other books.

@julide27

5 ай бұрын

I read it rather than listening, but after watching The Sunlit Man book discussion, I had to go back and listen. The way he did Aux' voice added so much to the character! I wish I had listened to it the first time around!

@markbyrd7710

5 ай бұрын

He did one character in a way I didn't like, but I thought about it later and if he didn't know that character, created a voice based on only the interaction in this book, it makes sense.

@BrittanyBaker-jt8ky

5 ай бұрын

@@markbyrd7710came here for this. Every other voice was FANTASTIC but this one voice was damaging to my soul.

@garygordon9243

5 ай бұрын

Where can I find it? I use audible and I can only seem to see the Spanish version available

David Tennant as hoid would work SO well

@lyingcat9022

5 ай бұрын

Haha right?!?

@gregortheoverlander4122

5 ай бұрын

Would actually be perfect, 100%.

@SpookyCam01

5 ай бұрын

Can we get david tennant for the movies whenever they get made, please?

@Griffnix

5 ай бұрын

Narrator for Dragonsteel.

@Bdurp

5 ай бұрын

The guy that voices Hoid in the graphic audio versions is fantastic! I'd have a hard time hearing him as anyone else at this point.

Will was so good for sunlit man! Loved his voice for Auxillary. He's also got such a chill vibe.

@andrasbiro3007

5 ай бұрын

That makes me feel like I'm missing out by reading book.

@_Debu

5 ай бұрын

@@andrasbiro3007 You Are! lol

Loved DeMeritt's performance for The Sunlit Man! It would be great to see more of his narrations in future Cosmere works!

Yknow i didnt know how i felt about someone other than Kate Reading or Michael Kramer voicing a Cosmere book but then I heard Aux talk for the first time and was 100% in

That dude is hilarious. Loved his whole vibe. I don't do audiobooks because i can't focus well on them but if I did I would definitely seek out his stuff. "maybe your wife" at the end sent me

The Jack Nicholson comment makes so much sense. I kept thinking the Cinder King sounded Joker-y and now I know why.

@crapminestaken

5 ай бұрын

Oh yeah. As soon as he said Jack Nicholson my immediate response was “oh the Cinder King” 😂

I want to listen to the audiobook still! DeMeritt has a wonderful voice, and I enjoyed hearing him back in the book club videos for Sunlit Man. “Safe black man voice” killed me. XD SO glad I’m not the only one who can’t stand listening to audio at higher speeds.

There were so many words in this video I never expected to hear in a Brandon Sanderson video. Love it lol

@docstockandbarrel

5 ай бұрын

Indeed, lol

Glad to see we got an "undulating" in there =) 24:54

Love the part where he said "undulating"

@vincentpelletier57

5 ай бұрын

He used it most appropriately too!

He did well . I enjoyed it . I’ve been mostly doing audiobooks since I can now do it at work . I love Michael and Kate . But this was a nice change . I can’t wait for the new storm light

I don't normally listen to books in audio format, but I'm going to go re-read Sunlit Man just to hear William's rendition of it. Especially after also listening to him participate in the bookclub videos. What an excellent human being.

I could listen to William DeMerritt talk about this FOREVER. You can tell this guy’s knowledge of voice work is immense.

“My safe black man voice” absolutely sent me 😂

@trogdoar149

5 ай бұрын

lmao, same.

@SandWhale919

5 ай бұрын

Waiting for the "sorry to bother you" movie comments

@BlackHand531

5 ай бұрын

I was dying in the middle of a cross walk 🤣

@wooshbait36

5 ай бұрын

Stop being racist

I still desperately want a David Tennant Tress audiobook! Make it a "UK" edition or whatever but just let me buy it :)

I absolutely love to read either a digital or physical version while listening to an audio book. Both together helps my immersion and focus.

@Magna_Black

5 ай бұрын

I do that too..but mostly with sequels, first books i like to just read it and create my imagination first..then with sequels i read along with the audio

I would love to see or hear William in the Cosmere again. Especially in an adaptation featuring Sig or Nomad

Hearing him made me want to listen to the audiobook now

I remember when I started listening to sunlit man I was instantly in love with the narrator! So glad to see this

The first few seconds of Sunlit Man I was disappointed that it wasn't Kate or Michael, but could not be happier with how your version turned out! The part where they meet the ancestors gave me chills to the bone, your gravitas adds so much to the scene

Faaaaack, we could have had a Hoid David Tenant. Dreams shattered!

I love DeMeritt's VA in Snapshot and Sunlit man! I really hope they bring him back for more.

The Sunlit Man was my surprise favourite of the SP. And I think it's also thanks to William DeMerritt's engaging narration. I'm from Germany and like many of my generation I grew up on audio books (though technically they're more like dramatisations). I love that English audiobooks are getting more popular and discovering new narrators

"Did you get to talk to Henry Cavil on the Phone" "I did!" "Is he dreamy?" "He is!" Please Brandon start a podcast with this man, it's comedy gold

The audio for Sunlit Man was AMAZING!

Oh my! I normally don't do audiobooks because it's far more efficient to read, but this guy's voice is sublime. I might start listening just for the voice. For reference, I normally listen to youtube at at least 1.5x.

@georgeevans9044

5 ай бұрын

We have different views of efficiency, lol (I like to listen while getting chores done). But you do you!

You always want people who do your favourite stuff to be nice people. I am super glad that Will really was a chill and nice guy in this video

While I love Michael Kramer and Kate Reading, I also REALLY enjoyed William DeMeritt for Sunlit Man and hope he becomes a regular feature. An absolute gem of a moment was the Cinder King saying "stop laughing at me!" when he was getting mocked for thinking he could protect someone like Nomad. Absolutely loved his performance back to front.

Glad to put a face to the voice! Excellent work William! I love having this content on the channel :)

Getting to the speed discussion was amusing, as someone watching this video at 2.25x speed (before you ask, it's a plugin that allows fuller playback speed control). Depending on the audiobook, I will listen between 1.25x and 2x speed, but most books fall between 1.35x and 1.65x.

Will was sooo amazing voicing Sunlit man , love his personality! Hopefully he will get to voice another book of yours in the future!!

Loved him on the book club and continue to love him here he just seems like and awesome guy and a great narrator

I would genuinely be happy if William eventually takes over as the primary Cosmere narrator. Or at least gets more screen time beyond the two he's already done

He’s fantastic! This is such an awesome interview. Thank you. Once I find a favorite narrator, I totally stick with them and will listen to everything they read. I recently introduced my husband to audiobooks… (ie. WoT) now he’s obsessed. lol Might I say, I have fallen in love with both James Marsters and Stamos as of late. I will absolutely listen to anything Marsters reads!

This was the best single person audio book performance. Graphic audio is the only one who has you beat, but they have a full cast

I love this interview. Please more content like this.

This was fantastic. William is an absolutely sensational conversationalist and this interview was superb. Thanks for sharing!

That voice!! perfect for the book :)

really appreciate Williams artistry on sunlit man, I could listen to him all day long ❤ I really do hope we get to enjoy more of his narrations

Such a great interview. Good narrators are always amazing, and William is so dang wonderful at that!

Love this audio book. His voice fit the main character so well IMO. Love Micheal and Kate but it was nice to have a different.

Thanks, Brandon, for making me feel better about blurting out about my stupid car wreck at LibertyCon in 2012. I was really anxious and amazed to meet you, and I made it weird. 😂

He was a really brilliant narrator. Also I listened to the book at double speed. But then,I listened to this video at double speed too 😳

@wooshbait36

5 ай бұрын

Wow you are so cool, you want a medal?

Huge fan of Will, ever since he started doing the Laird Barron Colridge novels!

Love this chat, and I love the Sunlit Man narration! I am one of those that prefers to listen while reading the physical copy and it just adds a whole other level to the magic when you put the two together. 🥰 I’ve already listened to it twice, and I’m looking forward to it again before SA5.

Wow really cool guest, I clicked on this video not at all expecting to find it so interesting, not being a fan of audiobooks generally. Nice one!

What a cool dude. I might have to listen to Sunlit Man now. Thanks for this episode Brando and team.

William seems like an awesome guy. Loved this interview. Now out to find some of his other audiobooks

William was great on Sunlit man. Joseph and Kate will of course always be my favorites but Will is great too.

Such a great voice for Nomad, home run, truly! This was a fun interview to listen to at normal speed, and I had some good laughs. Thanks to the both of you!

This was a delight of an interview to experience… thanks for sharing it!

I just finished this book this afternoon. Great timing for this to drop. Loved the narration!

THANK. YOU. SO. MUCH for bringing up the romance/porn genre! Romance has gone the drain REALLY fast. I wish it would just stop!

Really nice to have this kind of content!

I listen to audiobooks at 1.3 speed. For something like stormlight it actually saves hours but is still easy to follow.

Wonderful interview! I always love learning more about narrators.

v excited for this talk :D

Love this video, the two of you are great!

William DeMeritt was a cool choice for book 4.

This dude is hilarious hope you continue to hire him for more roles

I love William so much. I love how he makes this channel. He's just so _not Brandon_ in great ways. I want a million videos with him.

Such a cool book and audio for the book.

This was lovely!

"I pay pretty well for my audio books" *excitedly* "Yeah you do! Thank you for that"

Just for the record, I watched this whole video at double speed. Most videos on youtube are just fine for that and it saves a lot of time in the long run.

Sunlit Man was the first book I actually read myself in a long time. It was a gateway back into reading for me, and I have read at least a few pages, if not chapters on end literally every day since 31 December 2023. I have since listened to a sample of the audiobook, and I do love the narration, but I have a strong internal representation of Nomad's voice, so I'm not sure I could listen to the whole thing.

In my entire life I had read about 10 full length novels. 8 Months ago I made an audible account while there was a sale going on so I paid like 1 dollar a month for three months, something like that and total I ended up with like 5 books for the total of 3 dollars. Completely spiraled from there and I just realized a couple days ago that I have 'read' 32 and a half novels in the past 8 months. Dresden books 3-17, the entire WoT, and I'm on the third Mistborn novel now. It's crazy that in the last 8 months I have consumed more than three times the amount of novels I had in my entire 29 year life up to that point.

I listen to almost all audio books at 1.2 speed. It still sounds (mostly) normal and is easy to follow and it cuts 20% off your listening time

Oooo this is a brilliant video. Mr. DeMerritt is so eloquent and gives such interesting insights I’ve never thought about !

That was an incredible Henry Cavill impression! Would love to see more mainline Cosmere books with this guy who is more proficient with English accent

Hoid sounded different than I'm used to hearing him with Michael Kramer, but now it hit me, that has to be DeMeritt's Jack Nicholson voice.

lol you must be a nightmare for your team . It’s one thing to spring the books on the fans but to your whole production publication staff “ hey so I have FIVE NEW BOOKS “ , “do your thing guys” hahahaha 😉 😊

I got to say the word "representation" gets my hair up because I don't know where the conversation will go but I like how it was handled here and that dude's voice is great.

I love to listen to audiobooks as I lie down and go to bed. Very nice for that. Also, I can get them for free from my library which is super nice.

My D&D DM is a very successful audiobook narrator, and it is really impressive how many difficult and different voices he pulls out.

Awesome Audiobook 👏

Loved his voice in the audiobook.

I was initially thrown off at not hearing Michael Kramer reading a cosmere novel, but his narration is honestly incredible. Can't wait to hear more from him and other voices in the industry

Snuck in the undulating!

Sweet insight into audiobook narration

The way to get to double speed (or higher) is to go up slowly (0.05x) at a time, when you feel comfortable with that, go up again. Eventually you get to 2x. Each jump feels noticeable but trivial.

I listen to most books and KZread videos at 1.25 speed, it just helps a lot for me

The only times I have been able to listen to an audiobook at 2x speed has been when listening to older books with older narrations. I remember 20k leagues under the sea was paaainfully slow. Maybe its a time period thing, but I love the pace of modern audiobooks.

I could listen to this man's wise beautiful voice for hours. And William is also quite nice to listen

William did a great job.

One of the most core memories I will ever have is shuffling through and replacing the Harry Potter cds cause each one only held like 40 minutes of book

Regarding listening at an increased speed: I’ve trained my mind over the course of a few years to have a sort of time dilation of sound. Most of the time when I’m listening at 2x, my experience is of hearing someone speak at 1-1.5x. With audiobooks especially, it’s to the point that I often check whether my speed is actually as high as I expect it to be because my experience of the telling is much more accustomed to that sped-up pace. I was unable to appreciate books at my current speed in the same way when I was first experimenting with faster speeds, but now I listen to everything at 2x and only rarely does it not feel “normal” to me, and with what I think is a pretty solid appreciation of the craft that goes into narration. If I feel a book merits leisurely soaking it in more or if the narrator is using a much faster pace, I’ll slow down my speed to match what feels most natural. However, this has also broken my brain to the point where experience most normal-speed audio as occasionally painfully slow and it’ll take some retraining to go back to that pace if I ever do. That said, my brain says William DeMeritt sounds really great at…I think I did 1.8? Especially voicing Aux!

Auxiliary was spot on I don’t think there was a better choice

Oh, i hoped they would talk more about the auxillary’s voice. That’s a great story. Anyway - interesting conversation, thx! :)

Nice insightful convo. Chill dude

2x squad! I use it mostly when doing immersive listening!

I don’t like the dramatized full cast thing . I do enjoy the back and forth between Kate and Michael though

23:18 : Fun fact, the guy who translated Dracula into Icelandic in the early 1900s thought the original book was boring (or something) so he decided to make a whole bunch of changes, including adding a lot more erotica into the novel. Nobody noticed until like 2005 that it was pretty much a completely different book.

I would never have picked him as the voice! The only time I’ve ever been able to picture the person is The Dresden Files narrator 😹 He mentioned Scott Brick and he was wonderful in the wow books.

I only own 2 physical books of Mr. Sanderson’s, both being copies I purchased and had him sign at Comic Con :) But I own every other book he’s written on Audible and have listened to multiple series 3-6 times.

About 1.6x speed is just perfect for abudiobooks. For many KZread videos 2x or more is good, unless they are dense, then I drop to 1.5x.

"maybe your wife" killed me