Suggest a "Staff Pick" for archive.org
New staff picks are available on the Librivox home page of archive.org (bottom right-hand corner) and are also posted on the LV blog.
Ruth
Ruth
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I don't know how often we put up old recordings there, but I've just started listening to http://librivox.org/scaramouche-by-rafael-sabatini/ and actually dreamed about it last night, which is quite the sign of an impressive book, I think**. I'm 3 chapters in and really enjoying it.
[** Though the night before, I dreamed I was Gregory House, investigating a bomb plot in a most SherlockHolmes-esque way. So perhaps my brain is just a culturally-fevered place in general.]
[** Though the night before, I dreamed I was Gregory House, investigating a bomb plot in a most SherlockHolmes-esque way. So perhaps my brain is just a culturally-fevered place in general.]
There's honestly no such thing as a stupid question -- but I'm afraid I can't rule out giving a stupid answer : : To Posterity and Beyond!
As often as I can. I am always on the look-out for hidden gems. The current staff picks are very much a mixture of old and new. There is much good wine in old bottles.Cori wrote:I don't know how often we put up old recordings there
You obviously have a vivid imagination. My dreams are far more mundane.
Ruth
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I have just put up some Hallowe'en staff picks on the front page.
(I shall definitely be using Scaramouche next time, Cori. I think I will do a selection of 'oldies but goodies' in early November.)
Ruth
(I shall definitely be using Scaramouche next time, Cori. I think I will do a selection of 'oldies but goodies' in early November.)
Ruth
My LV catalogue page | RuthieG's CataBlog of recordings | Tweet: @RuthGolding
If I might suggest something for one of the next staff picks, two of my absolute favorites here:
Falkner's Lost Stradivarius: http://librivox.org/the-lost-stradivarius-by-j-meade-falkner/ (cataloged June 2008, oldie enough? )
Sue Anderson's recording of The Story of a Common Soldier. Really great reading: http://librivox.org/the-story-of-a-common-soldier-of-army-life-in-the-civil-war-1861-1865-by-leander-stillwell/ (not oldie, cataloged last month)
Falkner's Lost Stradivarius: http://librivox.org/the-lost-stradivarius-by-j-meade-falkner/ (cataloged June 2008, oldie enough? )
Sue Anderson's recording of The Story of a Common Soldier. Really great reading: http://librivox.org/the-story-of-a-common-soldier-of-army-life-in-the-civil-war-1861-1865-by-leander-stillwell/ (not oldie, cataloged last month)
Leni
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Thank you, Leni! This is making my job a whole lot easier.
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Fellow primates take note:
November 24th is the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
Jim
November 24th is the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
Jim
Spotlighted on Librivox home page on the Internet Archive.Steampunk wrote:November 24th is the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
Ruth
My LV catalogue page | RuthieG's CataBlog of recordings | Tweet: @RuthGolding
December theme, anyone?
We could be obvious and go with Christmas/winter themes. Or, to honor the Antipodes among us, summer themes. Maybe Ruth's "oldies but goodies"? (most of our catalog is, after all, stuff that's old and good.) Maybe a mix? Maybe just something you've heard (or read) that you think should be a "pick."
Remember, LibriVox is all of us we're all staff! So... pick!
Jim
The current picks at the LibriVox Archive.org Homepage:
# Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
# Animal Ghosts
# The Book of Hallowe'en
# The Canterville Ghost
# Life of the Spider
# The Tragedy of Macbeth
# Famous Modern Ghost Stories
# Nachtstücke
# Short Ghost and Horror Collection 004
# The Beetle
We could be obvious and go with Christmas/winter themes. Or, to honor the Antipodes among us, summer themes. Maybe Ruth's "oldies but goodies"? (most of our catalog is, after all, stuff that's old and good.) Maybe a mix? Maybe just something you've heard (or read) that you think should be a "pick."
Remember, LibriVox is all of us we're all staff! So... pick!
Jim
The current picks at the LibriVox Archive.org Homepage:
# Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
# Animal Ghosts
# The Book of Hallowe'en
# The Canterville Ghost
# Life of the Spider
# The Tragedy of Macbeth
# Famous Modern Ghost Stories
# Nachtstücke
# Short Ghost and Horror Collection 004
# The Beetle
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Also of interest on this topic might be a recording of a book review by Asa Gray in The Atlantic, July 1860 in Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 12.RuthieG wrote:Spotlighted on Librivox home page on the Internet Archive.Steampunk wrote:November 24th is the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
Ruth
http://www.archive.org/download/nonfiction012_librivox/darwinoriginofspeciesreview_gray_ce.mp3
Jo
2009 contributions - maybe there are more?
http://librivox.org/christmas-holidays-at-merryvale-by-alice-hale-burnett/
http://librivox.org/een-kerstlied-in-proza-by-charles-dickens/
http://librivox.org/music-on-christmas-morning-by-anne-bronte/
http://librivox.org/the-christmas-angel-by-abbie-farwell-brown/
http://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2009/
http://librivox.org/adventskalender-2009-by-various/
http://librivox.org/christmas-holidays-at-merryvale-by-alice-hale-burnett/
http://librivox.org/een-kerstlied-in-proza-by-charles-dickens/
http://librivox.org/music-on-christmas-morning-by-anne-bronte/
http://librivox.org/the-christmas-angel-by-abbie-farwell-brown/
http://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2009/
http://librivox.org/adventskalender-2009-by-various/
I second Christmas Holidays at Merryvale. Such a cute book and just 35 minutes long - fun for the whole family.
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The Christmas staff picks are now posted here and here*, and the 2009 Carol Collection is also spotlighted on the Internet Archive page.
*Picks are at the lower right corner of this page, and the page may take some time to update for some people.
Ruth
*Picks are at the lower right corner of this page, and the page may take some time to update for some people.
Ruth
My LV catalogue page | RuthieG's CataBlog of recordings | Tweet: @RuthGolding
I'd love to recommend http://librivox.org/the-seventh-man-by-max-brand/ to everyone - I've just catalogued it this minute. It's a Western, but not of the typical kind. It's been read by a new volunteer, Robert Keiper (this is his first solo). I was DPL, and greatly enjoyed Bob's reading. He's brilliant at creating voices for different characters (even women and children), and keeps them completely consistent. The reading is flawless. Go check it out, and drop rkeiper a PM if you liked it (being new, naturally he's anxious for feedback)!
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein