COMPLETE City of Endless Night by Milo Hastings - dc

[queenk8]

City of Endless Night by Milo Hastings (1884 - 1957).

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An example of early dystopian science fiction written shortly after World War I, "City of Endless Night" imagines a future with a very different ending to the Great War. Set in 2151 and in an underground Berlin, our protagonist is Lyman De Forrest, an American chemist who enters the city to discover the hidden truths of a forbidden metropolis. The subterranean world hosts a highly-regimented society of 300,000,000 sun-starved humans. As the first outsider to enter, he's horrified by what he finds, but will he accomplish his mission and escape the living tomb?
( Kate Follis)

• Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9862
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  Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Science Fiction; General Fiction/Published 1900 onward; Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers
  
  Keywords that describe the book: eugenics, dystopian, futuristic
  
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[craigdav1]

MW coming up.

edit: Let me know if any changes are needed. Sounds like an interesting book. Hope you're not knee deep in snow.

[queenk8]

Thank you! Just up to my shins so far, but more snow coming. It has the advantage of making things extra quiet around here.

[craigdav1]

Do we need to advertise for a DPL or have you asked someone?

[queenk8]

I was just about to put the word out for a DPL. You're always a favorite, but I'd never impose if your plate is full or the material isn't up your alley.

[craigdav1]

Actually I'd really enjoy being the dpl on this book.

edit: Off to the Going Solo forum.

[queenk8]

Thank you!

[queenk8]

Chapter 1 is ready for PL:
https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/cityofendlessnight_01_hastings_128kb.mp3
Time is 11:34

[craigdav1]

1 PL OK!

[queenk8]

Chapter 2 ready for PL:
https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/cityofendlessnight_02_hastings_128kb.mp3
37:19

[craigdav1]

2 PL OK.

Engaging story.

[queenk8]

I need to make a correction to the way the chapters are broken up. Silly me, made the assumption that the chapters would be pretty even in length, but chapter 3 seemed long, so I checked my word counts for each chapter and a few of them are excessive. Chapters 5, 6, 12, and 14 need to be split into two parts. I have no issues correcting the magic window, but the intro/outro for chapters 1 and 2 will need to be edited. It's a tiny change - simply substituting "Section" for Chapter, so I'll do that cleanup this evening and submit new recordings. Chapter 3 will be part of the next submittal too. Sorry for the mixup, but glad I caught it now.

[craigdav1]

No problem. I'll just re-listen to the intros and outros for sections 1&2. The maximum length of recordings is around 70m though many readers prefer to keep them shorter. It's your call when they are less than 70m.

[queenk8]

No problem. I'll just re-listen to the intros and outros for sections 1&2. The maximum length of recordings is around 70m though many readers prefer to keep them shorter. It's your call when they are less than 70m.

Thanks - I don't usually mind reading long chapters, but over 10k words in a chapter is pushing it

[queenk8]

That wasn't so bad. All ready for PL:
https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/cityofendlessnight_03_hastings_128kb.mp3
52:42

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/cityofendlessnight_01_hastings_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/cityofendlessnight_02_hastings_128kb.mp3