This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-isle-of-dead-ships-by-crittenden-marriott/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69065There is a floating island in the sea where no explorer has set foot, or, setting foot, has returned to tell of what he saw. Lying at our very doors, in the direct path of every steamer from the Gulf of Mexico to Europe, it is less known than is the frozen pole. Encyclopedias pass over it lightly; atlases dismiss it with but a slight mention; maps do not attempt to portray its ever-shifting outlines; even the Sunday newspapers, so keen to grasp everything of interest, ignore it.
But on the decks of great ships in the long watches of the night, when the trade-wind snores through the rigging and the waves purr about the bows, the sailor tells strange tales of the spot where ruined ships, raked derelict from all the square miles of ocean, form a great island, ever changing, ever wasting, yet ever lasting; where, in the ballroom of the Atlantic, draped round with encircling weed, they drone away their lives, balancing slowly in a mighty tourbillion to the rhythm of the Gulf Stream.
Fanciful? Sailors’ tales? Stories fit only for the marines? Perhaps! Yet be not too sure! Jack Tar, slow of speech, fearful of ridicule, knows more of the sea than he will tell to the newspapers. Perhaps more than one has drifted to the isle of dead ships, and escaped only to be disbelieved in the maelstroms that await him in all the seaports of the world.
Facts are facts, none the less because passed on only by word of mouth, and this tale, based on matter gleaned beneath the tropic stars, may be truer than men are wont to think. (Summary by the author's prologue)
Target completion date: 2023-03-13
Prooflistening level: Standard
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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: 2wmXOzEv
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available):
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[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 19
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1909
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Genres for the project: Action & Adventure Fiction; General Fiction; Nautical & Marine Fiction; Sagas
Keywords that describe the book: seafaring, island, sargasso sea
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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:"Chapter # of The Isle of Dead Ships. 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."] "The Isle of Dead Ships, by Crittenden Marriott. Section Title."
End of recording:"Chapter # of The Isle of Dead Ships, by Crittenden Marriott. 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 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 The Isle of Dead Ships, by Crittenden Marriott."
Filename: isleofdeadships_##_marriott_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. isleofdeadships_01_marriott_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: icequeen
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.
