This project is complete and all audio files can be found in the catalogue: https://librivox.org/a-town-is-drowning-by-frederik-pohl/
Volunteers outside the USA: Frederik Pohl died in 2013. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 50 years; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
Volunteers outside the USA: C. M. Kornbluth died in 1958. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 50 years; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
Source text (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66768):TORN FROM TODAY'S HEADLINES
This novel takes you right into the heart of the new flood country, the Northeast United States which had generally been free of hurricanes and attendant floods. Now disaster has struck, more than once--terrible and grim.
Although this novel will give you an accurate and brilliantly vivid picture of what it's like to live through a flood, even more importantly it will show you what the people are like who fought the catastrophe and how those who survived are still fighting. In the persons of Starkman the burgess, Groff the dynamic young executive, Sharon the shrewd opportunist, Mrs. Goudeket, the resort owner, and others, you will meet and understand the varying human elements that the flood unleashed and intensified. Through it all you will sense a growing feeling of pride--that despite the selfishness of some, the people of the town met the terrible onslaught with courage and a sense of mutual help.
Already well known for their superb science fiction, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth demonstrate here their equal power in the realistic contemporary novel. (Summary by book jacket)
Notes from the narrator
To me, A Town is Drowning was an interesting reading and recording assignment as it provided a look back at the dialogue and narrative structure for the dramatic works of the 1950’s, my earliest memories.
Echoes of World War II, the Atomic Bomb, and the Cold War were ever present in this 1955 world; as was the idea of American Idealism and Opportunity. The story narrative tended to be strait-forward, black and white, with minimal cultural gray issues.
Yet I also observed aspects found in the 2022 world, the struggle for equality across ethinic backgrounds, stereotypes, and class divisions, the lure of money and power, and increasingly - the occurrence of natural disasters, today attributed to global climate change. Authors Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth created a realistic contemporary novel for 1955, but for me, much of their story resonates with the world of today.
I hope you enjoy listening to, A Town is Drowning.
Maurice Donegan
Atlanta, Georgia
August 17, 2022
Target completion date: 2022-08-17
Prooflistening level: Standard
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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
- Project Code: oP21ZI3t
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Pohl (Frederik Pohl)
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_M._Kornbluth (C. M. Kornbluth)
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 18
- Does the project have an introduction or preface: Yes
- Original publication date (if known): 1955
- If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Maurice Donegan
- Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
Genres for the project: General Fiction/Published 1900 onward; Action & Adventure Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: drama, disaster, redemption, flood, downfall, climatechange
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Chapter # of A Town is Drowning. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "A Town is Drowning by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth. Section Title."
End of recording:"Chapter # of A Town is Drowning, by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of chapter #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of A Town is Drowning, by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth."
Filename: atownisdrowning_##_pohl_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. atownisdrowning_01_pohl_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: Rapunzelina
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
