These stories can be found at http://librivox.org/the-happy-unfortunate-and-the-hunted-heroes-by-robert-silverberg/
Here are two early stories by the well known SF Author Robert Silverberg. The Happy Unfortunate was published first in Amazing Stories in 1957 and explores the angst caused when the human race reaches into space but at the cost of needing to breed a new species; specialized 'spacers' who can withstand the tremendous rigors of acceleration.
The Hunted Heroes was published in Amazing stories a year earlier, in 1956. It is a futuristic story that holds great hope for the resilience of the human race after the war destroys most of the world. (Summary by Phil Chenevert )
- Target completion date: 2014-Jan-01
- Text source for The Happy Unfortunate: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25035
text for The Hunted Heroes http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25627 - Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): 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.
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available):
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 6
- Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: no
- Original publication date (if known):
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Genres for the project:
science-fiction
Keywords that describe the book: - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
Start of recording (Intro)- "Chapter [number] of The Happy Unfortunate& Hunted Heroes . - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name]" - Say:
" The Happy Unfortunate& Hunted Heroes , by Robert Silverberg . [Chapter]"
- "Part [number] of The Happy Unfortunates by Robert Silverberg . This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of The Happy Unfortunate & Hunted Heroes , by Robert Silverberg . "
- Example filename
happyunfortunate_#_silverberg.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. happyunfortunate_1_silverberg.mp3) - Example ID3 V2 tags
Title: ## - [Section title]
Artist: Robert Silverberg
Album: The Happy Unfortunate & Hunted Heroes
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