SHAY-bahn

Michael Chabon is doing a Sunday serial in the Times Magazine called "Gentlemen of the Road". The first chapter is online as an .mp3 with Chabon narrating. I'm of two minds about authors reading their works aloud. (On tape, at least, rather than in a live reading.) Clearly, they're the authorities on what exactly it's supposted to sound like, but at the same time, sometimes voice actors and the like just read better. I adore Chabon's writing, but honestly, I'm sort of disappointed in his voice. Next time they put up an audio, I'm going to try listening before I read the passage to myself; maybe that way I won't have such a strong idea of what I think it sounds like.

At least I now know how officially to pronounce his name, though...