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Childhood & Frankenstein

Posted on September 13, 2005 by | Posted in upcoming titles | Comments: 28 Comments on Childhood & Frankenstein

We are fully subscribed for Notes from the Underground and Psmith in the City, so I have added 2 more books. (If you wish to record some other book in its entirety yourself, just let me know). If you wish to volunteer to read chapters of the two chosen books, please comment below, and:

a) name the book you wish to read
b) name the chapters you claim
c) make it clear who you are

The new books are:

Frankenstein, or Modern Prometheus
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

gutenberg e-text: here.

UPDATE: all chapters claimed
-Letters – eric c.
-ch 1-2 – carl
-ch 3-4 – ian (UPDATE)
-ch 5-6 – paula
-ch 7-8 – alex
-ch 9-10 – jeff
-ch 11-13 – karen
-ch 14-15 – kristen
-ch 16-18 – gord
-ch 19-20 – mjd-s
-ch 21-22 – eric s.
-ch 23-24 – hugh

NOTES:

  • save files: frankenstein_1-2_shelley
  • ID3 tags:

  • album: frankenstein
  • track: frankenstein_ch_1-3
  • artist: shelley_mw
  • Other notes:

  • PLEASE read recording notes before recording.

UPDATE

Childhood
(note: *not* Boyhood!!)
by Leo Tolstoy

gutenberg e-text: here.

Chapters to be claimed:
-ch 1-3 – hugh
-ch 4-6 – ewa
-ch 7-9 – spunwithtears
-ch 10-12 – gautam p.
-ch 13-15 – damien h
-ch 16-18 – squiddhartha
-ch 19-21
-ch 22-24
-ch 25-27 – scoot

NOTES:

  • save files: childhood_1-3_tolstoy
  • ID3 tags:

  • album: childhood
  • track: childhood_ch_1-3
  • artist: tolstoy_l
  • Other notes:

  • PLEASE read recording notes before recording.

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Psmith & Notes from Underground

Posted on September 13, 2005 by | Posted in upcoming titles | Comments: 19 Comments on Psmith & Notes from Underground

The next choices for LibriVox are:

1. Notes from the Underground, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Find the gutenberg e-text here.

and,

2. Psmith in the City, by P.G. Wodehouse.
Find the gutenberg e-text here.

The objective is to have the chapters recorded ahead of time, and then podcast one at a time in sequence, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (I hope). I hope, soon also, to get some technical help to make this a more reasonable process.

UPDATE
Official LibriVox Chapter Assignments have been made. I’ll be offering a few other options soon too for other volunteers. This project may soon baloon out of control!

Psmith in the City

by P.G. Wodehouse

ch 1-3: kristen
ch 4-6: podchef
ch 7-9: kara
ch 10-12: tis
ch 13-15: aaron
ch 16-18: luke
ch 19-21: eileen
ch 22-27: bruce
ch 28-30: miette

NOTES:

  • save files: psmithinthecity_1-3_wodehouse
  • ID3 tags:

  • album: psmith_in_the_city
  • track: ch_1-3
  • artist: wodehouse_pg
  • Other notes:

  • the P is silent, and it’s pronounced “woodhouse.”
  • PLEASE read recording notes before recording.

Notes from the Underground

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Part One
ch 1-3: greg
ch 4-6: randy
ch 7-9: aaron
ch 10-11: jeff
Part Two
ch 1-3 + poem: podchef
ch 4-7: gordon
ch 8-10: amelia

NOTES:

  • save files: notes_p1_1-3_dostoyevsky
  • ID3 tags:

  • album: notes_from_the_underground
  • track: p1_ch_1-3
  • artist: dostoyevsky_f
  • Other notes:

  • PLEASE read recording notes before recording.

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boing boing finds librivox

Posted on September 12, 2005 by | Posted in in the press | Comments: 2 Comments on boing boing finds librivox

boing boing’s got a link to us! (disclaimer: I sent em an email!)

UPDATE:
… and subsequently, we’ve made it to the del.icio.us popular page. cool. Total hits as a result: 10,463 … wow.

I’ve had a few suggestions too about the project, and shortly (I hope) I’ll be writing up a “Call for Volunteers” to see if we can get some non-vocalists to contribute to the project as well, with some technical expertise to try to make this a more robust site that can handle more interest from people and really make a contribution to the global public domain audio library.

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The Secret Agent – chapter 5

Posted on September 12, 2005 by | Posted in Podcast | Comments: 2 Comments on The Secret Agent – chapter 5

Well, Branko Collin has delivered another great installment of the Secret Agent. Wonderful recording.

Here are the stats:

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 5
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Branko Collin
Time: 50:01
Bit rate: 40 (?) kbps
File size: 15.0 MB

Next up: Greg from Open Stacks with Chapter 6.

By the way any comments or suggestions will be much appreciated. Also, a volunteer to convert the files to ogg, and put them up on our ourmedia page as well would be nice.

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