Volunteers outside the USA: Fritz Leiber died in 1992. 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.
• This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-green-millennium-by-fritz-leiber/From the classic science-fiction and fantasy author Fritz Leiber comes this intriguing tale of a green cat.
From the author's introduction: "The world Phil Gish lived in was not a pretty one, and Phil didn't enjoy living in it. He was disillusioned, purposeless, hopeless, and haunted by the fear that a robot would take over his job. But then Phil was a timid person, not much given to adventure seeking. If he hadn't been so mild he might have found his kicks at All Amusements, the syndicated playground where anyone could find fun, providing he had the proper sadistic and otherwise aberrated elements in his personality. But Phil was good—and bored.
And then one day a cat perched on his window—not an ordinary cat—a green cat. For the first time in years Phil was happy. He promptly named the cat Lucky because he somehow knew that as long as the cat stayed with him he'd feel fine. But Lucky didn't stay long. In a matter of minutes he had disappeared into All Amusements park. It was then that Phil became involved in a grotesque world, peopled with the most extraordinary personalities. Just what the cat is and its ultimate meaning is the secret of it all. You will be surprised." (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65482
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Magic Window:
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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Science Fiction; Fantastic Fiction/Fantasy Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: sci-fi, fantasy, sf, American Literature, golden age science fiction, phil gish, lucky, green cat
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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.
NOTE: The author's last name, Leiber, is pronounced with a long "i" as in "rider."
Say:
End of recording:" Chapter # of The Green Millennium. 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 Green Millennium, by Fritz Leiber. Chapter Number."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of chapter Number." [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 Green Millennium, by Fritz Leiber."
Filename: greenmillennium_##_leiber_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. greenmillennium_01_leiber_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: alg1001
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