| Jun. 1st, 2008 @ 05:51 pm Something different |
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Current Mood:  satisfied
Because I am something of a glutton for punishment (and it's fun) I signed up to do a 2nd book for Librivox. It's Carnacki, the Ghost Finder (although just the first 6 chapters, the others aren't PD yet). If you're a fan of Warren Ellis' Gravel character, the name is probably familiar to you. Carnacki is the one who uses the famous Sigsand MS in his cases.
The stories are fun - Lovercraftian, although I think it's more proper to say Lovecraft is Hodgsonian as I believe Hodgson published first (the Carnacki stories were published in the 1910's, Lovecraft's first published work was 1923), and Lovecraft was something of a fan of his work (see an excerpt of an essay wherein Lovecrat gives his views).
Anyway - if you'd like to hear the first story here it is. It's rather longer than the chapters of Psmith, since each chapter of Carnacki is actually a complete short story. This one is 44 minutes long. I think it turned out pretty decent. Not perfect, mind - 44 minutes of finished recording turned to be about 6+ hours of work (although, granted part of that was because I accidentally deleted the wrong file and had to re-record 2/3 of the damn thing, but still) just for 'decent'. Perfection is a level of commitment I need to get paid to do.
If you do listen, let me know what you think. |
