Weekly Picks: War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Solo read by Rebecca.

Collaborative read by Stephan Möbius, Chris Goringe, Peter Yearsley, Joseph Morris, Kara Shallenberg, Mike Shapiro, Tony Gray, Kristin Luoma, Chip, Kathleen (Kathy) P. King, and Jean Crevier.

NOTE: “War of the Worlds” is under copyright until 2016 in the UK and EU. If you are in these juristictions, then downloading the LibriVox audio may be a breach of copyright law.

This week’s highlighted work is War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, presented in two different versions: a solo reading and a collaborative reading. In a solo reading, one person reads the entire book, just as in most commercial audiobooks. Collaboraborative readings reflect the distributed nature of the LibriVox community; readers select individual chapters or sections to read, then catalog the entire work together. Some listeners prefer the consistancy of the same reader for the entire book. Others enjoy hearing the diversity of reading styles and character interpertations. Many do not notice the performance at all, finding that once they get into the book’s world, the narrator fades into the background. Either way, you’re sure to find a version of this reading that you enjoy with these two works.

Listen

• A 30 second clip of the solo reading.
• Listen to all of “War of the Worlds (solo)”.
• A 30 second clip of the solo reading.
• Listen to all of “War of the Worlds (collab.)”.

What is this? Every week the volunteers at Librivox pick a different recording to present to our listeners. The spotlighted recordings vary from week to week in order to call attention to the variety of works available here at Librivox and to show how much we appreciate all the effort and work our readers put into each project. The featured selection may be poetry, novels, short stories or non-fiction. All of them can be found within our growing catalog and are available for download. Want to learn more?