Jack London wrote at least four stories about boxing; A Piece of Steak (1909), The Mexican (1911), The Abysmal Brute (1911), and The Game (1905). The Game is told from the point of view of a woman, the fiancée of one of the competitors. This is to be his last fight and they are to be married on the morrow. Against her better judgment, she agrees to watch the bout. (Introduction by Tom Crawford)
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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 Game]. - 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 Game], by [Jack London]. [Translated by [translator]]. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapter [number] of [The Game] by [Jack London]. [Translated by [translator]]. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain.
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name]"
Only if applicable, say: "[Chapter title]"
End of recording
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 Game], by [Jack London]. [Translated by [translator]]."
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
Example filename game_##_london.mp3
Example ID3 V2 tags Title: ## - [Chapter ##] Artist: Jack London Album: The Game
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Chap 1 fixed and re-upped. Also fixed the time which was incorrect previously.
Chap 2 uploaded. I hope I did a decent accent for Silverstein. I tried to read it as I thought London wrote it...
01:16 said "particularly" text "peculiarly" in "she had been peculiarly unexposed."
08:55 said "walking" text "waking" in "So he left her to remain in the
shop in a waking trance"
25:21 said "and in the wrong place" in "boy and girl, the pair of them, and made
for progeny"
25:51 said "frank-eyed" text "frank-faced"
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You'll need to select an MC, which for this project is: ek - gloriana