[COMPLETE] The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - cs

Cori · Post by **Cori** » February 6th, 2009, 2:49 am

Oh, that'd be fabulous, Jim!

I may have to resign my Vigilante title and become Decorative MC instead. But hey, teamwork's good!

Steampunk · Post by **Steampunk** » February 6th, 2009, 3:09 am

Cori wrote:Oh, that'd be fabulous, Jim!

I may have to resign my Vigilante title and become Decorative MC instead. But hey, teamwork's good!

Anything to give you more podcast time, Cori. And I don't see any reason you can't be both decorative and vigilantistic (is that a word?)

I'll try to get to this later today (Friday). If not, then sometime over the weekend.

Jim

Cori · Post by **Cori** » February 6th, 2009, 3:13 am

Whenever you get a chance.

No pressure, but this is going to make 344 people very happy in the first instance (that's the number of people signed up to get an email once this is ticked complete in the database.)

Steampunk · Post by **Steampunk** » February 6th, 2009, 7:48 am

Cori wrote:Whenever you get a chance. No pressure, but this is going to make 344 people very happy in the first instance (that's the number of people signed up to get an email once this is ticked complete in the database.)

Yeah, I saw that. I'm on it!

Tom: Any thoughts as to the summary, or are you happy with the original as written by tubeyes?

Jim

y2kdaddio · Post by **y2kdaddio** » February 6th, 2009, 9:26 am

Haven't seen the summary. Can you please direct me to it?

y2kdaddio · Post by **y2kdaddio** » February 6th, 2009, 9:31 am

Jim,

I take that back. I did find the summary and it looks fine to me.

Tom

Steampunk · Post by **Steampunk** » February 6th, 2009, 4:46 pm

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/the-chessmen-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs/

Tom: Congrats on your first solo. Great job!

Cori: FYI... I backed up and deleted the chessmen files in your directory.

Jim

Cori · Post by **Cori** » February 7th, 2009, 1:27 am

Thanks Jim! Super work, Tom!

hortangur · Post by **hortangur** » April 10th, 2009, 5:08 pm

just logged in to say great job man.

d/led chessmen last week.

just finished listening to it today

I drive for a living and can't take the drivel on the radio any more
so I found this site and gave it a try.
good move.
put it on my mp3 player and it was perfect listening.
I must have reread all the john carter books a dozen times
listening to it was real cool

very well read.

once again thanks for the hard work!

y2kdaddio · Post by **y2kdaddio** » April 10th, 2009, 5:49 pm

hortangur,

Thanks for your very nice post. This was my first "solo" and comments like yours make it all worth while. It is a big commitment and I had never read Edgar Rice Burroughs before. At first, the story was really weird to me, but then I really found myself getting into it.

Working on another solo right now and almost finished. A Journey in Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor.

Safe driving and good listening to you.....

Y2K

PS I'm with you about the garbage on radio. I also download and listen on my trips.

docgoblin · Post by **docgoblin** » April 10th, 2009, 7:21 pm

Y2K,

I'm a new user to LibriVox and Chessmen was my first download.

Your reading was fantastic and kept me riveted. I literally could not stop listening. The fact that you're not familiar with Burroughs is amazing. He's a difficult read even if you're a regular.

I shall be downloading your new project, as Astor's novel has always intrigued me. I will be looking for future works as well.

I only hope the other Burroughs' books are done nearly as well. You have set the bar very high.

y2kdaddio · Post by **y2kdaddio** » April 11th, 2009, 8:41 am

The Astor book is kind of interesting. At times, it's somewhat "swashbuckling" as Burroughs is; at other times, it's very "philosophical" and explores the author's feelings about life after death.

Somewhat different than Burroughs, but a fun read, none-the-less.

vorpal · Post by **vorpal** » January 10th, 2010, 6:34 pm

Tom, I know I'm a bit late, but I also wanted to gratulate you on your work here.

It was the first LibriVox audiobook I pretty much had to listen to from start to finish, and didn't just use as a substitute for the written text while driving.

A very professional narration, clear and enjoyable, even for a non-native speaker like myself. Thank you for bringing the Chessmen to my iPod!

y2kdaddio · Post by **y2kdaddio** » January 10th, 2010, 6:47 pm

When a Librivox volunteer receives a note like yours, it makes all the time that goes into recording and editing a book worthwhile. (And it was a great story....hard to go wrong with a good story)

Best wishes for a prosperous and healthy New Year.

With Regards,
Tom