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Jules Verne takes aim at some amusing stereotypes of Americans in this story of a pre-rocketry attempt to shoot a cannonball to the Moon. Those Yankees don’t do anything by halves!
His means is a Columbiad cannon so enormous that it must be bored 900 feet into the ground, so immense that 1200 smelting furnaces would be needed to create the iron for its casting, so stupendous that 100 tons of guncotton would be needed to loft its cannonball heavenwards.
The journey must be watched from the tallest peak of the Rocky Mountains through a new telescope with a reflector measuring 16 feet in diameter and a tube reaching skyward 280 feet.
And then - a simple telegram upsets all the preparations. An unknown Frenchman has taken ship and is on the way. And he has firmly decided that he will ride inside the projectile!
(Summary by Mark F. Smith)
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44278
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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[*] Project Code: DNcgSwdk
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Jules Verne) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 28
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1865
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
Genres for the project: Action & Adventure Fiction; Travel Fiction; Fantastic Fiction/Science Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: space travel, moon
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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 From the Earth to the Moon. 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], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"From the Earth to the Moon, by Jules Verne. Translated by Louis Mercier (1820 - 1875) and others [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
- "Chapter [number] of From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Translated by Louis Mercier (1820 - 1875) and others This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - 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 From the Earth to the Moon, by Jules Verne. Translated by Louis Mercier (1820 - 1875) and others"
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
[*]Example filename fromtheearthtothemoon_##_verne_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. fromtheearthtothemoon_01_verne_128kb.mp3)
[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Jules Verne
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: From the Earth to the Moon
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin) - You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: icequeen
- When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
- If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
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