This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/masters-of-the-vortex-by-e-e-smith//
Volunteers outside the USA: E. E. Smith died in 1965. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 50 years; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
"Masters of the Vortex" is a 1960 novel by E.E. "Doc" Smith which incorporates and expands upon three short stories, "The Vortex Blaster", "Storm Cloud on Deka", and "The Vortex Blaster Makes War". Somewhat confusingly, it was originally published under the title "The Vortex Blaster", the same name as the first short story, before being republished as "Masters of the Vortex". It is the final novel, or a spinoff, of The Lensmen stories. It follows the adventures of Neal "Storm" Cloud, a brilliant mathematician who makes it his personal mission to snuff out wild nuclear vortexes all over the galaxy, at great risk to his own safety. He visits multiple alien worlds and their intelligent species, and gains a crew and a protege. Can he successfully destroy the nuclear vortexes? And are all of them random occurrences, or are they being used for nefarious means? (Summary by Harley James)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/68397
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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
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[*]Project Code: 2T8z6emr
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Smith (E. E. Smith)
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vortex_Blaster
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 18
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1960
[*]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?:
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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Science Fiction; Action & Adventure Fiction
Keywords that describe the book:
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of Masters of the Vortex. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Masters of the Vortex, by E. E. Smith. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of Masters of the Vortex, by E. E. Smith. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Masters of the Vortex, by E. E. Smith."
Filename: mastersofthevortex_##_smith_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. mastersofthevortex_01_smith_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: Annise
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.