COMPLETE - Dragons of the Air by H.G. Seeley - dc

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Dragons of the Air by Harry Seeley (18 - 8).

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/dragons-of-the-air-by-harry-seeley/
Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" ("Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") in the 19th century. When Harry G. Seeley, a student of law at that time, attended a lecture on flying reptiles, his interest in paleontology was piqued, and he pursued paleontology for the remainder of his life. He determined that dinosaurs could be divided into two groups, the lizard-hipped dinosaurs and the bird-hipped dinosaurs. He is also credited with characterizing flying dinosaurs as warm-blooded active flyers rather than cold-blooded passive gliders. His popular book on the flying dinosaurs, Dragons of the Air, is a comprehensive treatise on the structure, classification, and possible evolutionary origins of the Pterosaurs as well as their relationship to birds. ( Jeffery Smith)
  • Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35316
  • Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard



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    Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Animals; *Non-fiction/Nature; *Non-fiction/Science/Life Sciences

    Keywords that describe the book: paleontology, fossil, dinosuar, pterosaur

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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 Dragons of the Air. 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]"
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      "Dragons of the Air, by Harry Seeley. [Chapter]"


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    • "Chapter [number] of Dragons of the Air by Harry Seeley. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
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      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
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      "[Chapter title]"
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      "End of [Chapter]"
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      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
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      "End of Dragons of the Air, by Harry Seeley. "

    There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
  • Example filename dragonsoftheair_##_seeley_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. dragonsoftheair_01_seeley_128kb.mp3)

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Jeffery Smith
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Post by craigdav1 »

MW coming up.
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Post by JefferySmith »

Beautiful! Thanks so much, Dave!!!

Jeffery
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Post by craigdav1 »

Let me know if any changes are needed.
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Post by JefferySmith »

It looks good. I've bookmarked this page. I hope to get started in 2 weeks.
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Post by JefferySmith »

Hey Dave,

The author of the book lists his name as H. G. Seeley, and the Librivox template asks for his first name (which is Harry). As a result, the template produced his name as Harry rather than H.G. Should I go with H.G. in the recordings? And, if so, should we change the template name to H.G.?

Jeffery
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Post by craigdav1 »

H.G. is fine for the recordings since that is the name used in the book. I'd leave Harry on the project screen.
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Post by JefferySmith »

Got it! Thanks much.
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Post by craigdav1 »

Moving to Going Solo forum.
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Post by JefferySmith »

Chapter 0 is up
https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/dragonsoftheair_00_seeley_128kb.mp3
recording time - 04'28"
536 words

Please include constructive criticism of the recording quality, delivery, etc. Anything that will help me improve my recordings is welcome.
Thanks, Dave

Jeffery
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Post by craigdav1 »

0 PL OK.

Nice delivery. Given the nature of the text, I appreciate the slower pace. Ever word is important.
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Post by JefferySmith »

Chapter 1 is posted

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/dragonsoftheair_01_seeley_128kb.mp3
838 words
recording time: 06:55

all constructive comments welcome
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Post by craigdav1 »

1 PL OK.

Nice read.
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Post by JefferySmith »

Hi Dave,

Remind me, if I have a statement like "See Figure 3 on page 265", do I just omit it? I have always omitted captions to illustrations because including them would be confusing, but this seems like a gray area.

Jeffery
Jeffery Smith
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Post by JefferySmith »

Chapter 2 is posted.
https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/dragonsoftheair_02_seeley_128kb.mp3
1,992 words
recording time 16'17"

All criticism welcomed.
Jeffery Smith
Chula Vista, CA
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