COMPLETE: The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley AF/kr

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Stephan
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Post by Stephan »

Complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page:
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The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. 1826
The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The plague gradually kills off all people. Lionel Verney, central character, son of a nobleman who gambled himself into poverty, finds himself immune after being attacked by an infected "negro," and copes with a civilization that is gradually dying out around him. (Wikipedia)
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    Full Text at Project Gutenberg
    Individual chapters are linked in the notes column of the Magic Window below.
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  7. DURING RECORDING:

    Start of recording (Intro)
    • "[Volume One,Two, Three....Chapter One, two, three, etc.] of The last Man. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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      End of Chapter [Number]"
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    thelastman_##_shelley.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number from the Magic Window.

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Last edited by Stephan on December 13th, 2007, 2:37 am, edited 8 times in total.
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Post by kayray »

I'll MC this for you, Stephan; give me a minute to set up the window...
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Post by Rowen »

Oh, this sounds interesting. :) May I lay claim to chapters 1, 4 and 4a in volume 1?
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Post by Stephan »

Thanks for claiming, Rowen. You're down for 1.1, 1.4, 1.4a
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Stephan,

I'll read Vol 1 Chap 2 if you like...

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Post by Stephan »

Hi again. Chapter 2 is yours.
If you're into Sci-Fi, you might want to claim here too - quickly i might add.
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=125405#125405
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Post by Rowen »

Quick question, should we not say at the start of recording for example "Chapter 1, Volume 1, of The Last Man etc etc.."... so that people know which chapter in which volume they are listening to?
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Post by Stephan »

Omg, yes. I should have noticed this. Thank you very much, Rowen.
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Post by Rowen »

Section 1 is uploading to your server now :) 28.4MB
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Post by Stephan »

Yay, no download-upload work for me. Thank you very much, Rowen.
I fixed the first post concerning your suggestion to let readers mention each chapters volume number. Very important, how could i forget.
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Stephan,

Section 02 (35:13 minutes; 32.2 MB) completed and on your server.

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Post by Stephan »

Thank you very much, Jo.
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Post by Gesine »

May I do the intro, 00?
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Post by Stephan »

You got it, Gesine.
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Post by bryterlayter »

hi!!!!

can i claim chapter 5 vol 1?????

i m new on librivox but seriously motivated and since u will kindly do the noise removal i guess there wont be much problems!

Looking forward


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