[SOLO] The Romance of Excavation, by David Masters - dlo

Post by **Kikisaulite** » January 19th, 2019, 7:00 am

Chapter 07 is PL OK!

Post by **Kikisaulite** » January 19th, 2019, 7:27 am

And chapter 8 is also PL OK!

Steven Seitel · Post by **Steven Seitel** » January 19th, 2019, 8:50 am

Here's chapter 15 again, with the "end of book" outro deleted:

https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/romanceofexcavation_15_masters_128kb.mp3

Duration is now 14:02 and volume is now 88.44 dB. I've updated the MW.

Cheers,

Steve

Steven Seitel · Post by **Steven Seitel** » January 19th, 2019, 11:35 am

Chapter 9. Duration 20:41, Volume 89.22

https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/romanceofexcavation_09_masters_128kb.mp3

Thanks for doing all the PL so quickly, Kristine.

Steve

Steven Seitel · Post by **Steven Seitel** » January 19th, 2019, 3:20 pm

Chapter 10. Duration: 14:47 Volume: 88.41 dB

https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/romanceofexcavation_10_masters_128kb.mp3

Steve

Post by **Kikisaulite** » January 21st, 2019, 6:34 am

Chapters 9 and 10 are PL OK!

And 15 is also OK now.

Steven Seitel · Post by **Steven Seitel** » January 22nd, 2019, 4:18 pm

Here is Chapter 11. Duration 31:15 Volume: 88.49

https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/romanceofexcavation_11_masters_128kb.mp3

Layard, like many of the earliest archaeologists, was little better than a tomb robber:

In 1847 the young British diplomat Austen Henry Layard explored the ruins. Layard did not use modern archaeological methods; his stated goal was “to obtain the largest possible number of well preserved objects of art at the least possible outlay of time and money.” (Wikipedia)

Almost makes Indy look legit.

Steve

Post by **Kikisaulite** » January 22nd, 2019, 5:34 pm

Chapter 11 is PL OK!

True it is about the tomb robbers. For one, Schliemann is sincerely hated by many a today's historian for what he did to Troya. Really makes old Indy and Lara Croft look real "archaeologists".

Steven Seitel · Post by **Steven Seitel** » January 23rd, 2019, 12:47 pm

Chapter 12. Duration 18:19 Volume 89.35

https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/romanceofexcavation_12_masters_128kb.mp3

Chapter 13. Duration 22:59 Volume 88.56

https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/romanceofexcavation_13_masters_128kb.mp3

Steve

Steven Seitel · Post by **Steven Seitel** » January 23rd, 2019, 2:03 pm

And Chapter 14. That shoots the book. I wonder what happens next?

https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/romanceofexcavation_14_masters_128kb.mp3

Duration: 10:50 Volume: 89.26 dB

Steve

Post by **Kikisaulite** » January 23rd, 2019, 5:43 pm

All three chapters are PL OK!!!

Congratulations!!!!
Next happens this: you celebrate the completion of a nice book, but David can start rounding things up and get this into the catalog!

Post by **Kikisaulite** » January 23rd, 2019, 5:46 pm

Any projects for next solo book?

Steven Seitel · Post by **Steven Seitel** » January 23rd, 2019, 8:27 pm

Kikisaulite wrote: ↑January 23rd, 2019, 5:46 pm Any projects for next solo book?

Well . . . yes. I just signed up to read Tutankhamen: And the Discovery of His Tomb ... by Sir Grafton Smith. If you're interested in PL-ing, that would be terrific!

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=73533&p=1547518#p1547518

Thanks for the great work on Romance of Excavation. You turn chapters around faster than I can read them. Good show.

Steve

Post by **dlolso21** » January 23rd, 2019, 8:31 pm

Steven & Kristine,

Thank you for sharing your time and talents.

This project is in the Librivox Catalog: https://librivox.org/the-romance-of-excavation-by-david-masters/

David O

Steven Seitel · Post by **Steven Seitel** » January 23rd, 2019, 8:35 pm

Wow, David. That's really fast. I can say one thing about this LV organization: it doesn't gather any moss . . .

Thanks for all the great help. I really enjoyed reading this book. I've signed up to do another one, too:

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=73533&p=1547518#p1547518

Steve