COMPLETE The Beast-Jewel of Mars-mtf

[EVKesserich]

The Beast-Jewel of Mars by Leigh Douglass Brackett (1915 - 1978).

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-beast-jewel-of-mars-by-leigh-douglass-brackett/

Following the suspicious death of his girlfriend, Captain Burk Winters sets off down the dangerous path of a Martian vice called 'Shanga'-- the Going Back. What starts out as an effort to rescue Jill Leland will pit the former starship captain against the dark underbelly of the canal cities, conspiracies of greed and, above all, the vengeance of a planet that will not bow to economic conquest without a fight. ( EVKesserich)

• Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63872
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  Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Science Fiction
  
  Keywords that describe the book: adventure, science fiction, Mars, sword and planet, pulp
  
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[silverquill]

If you need a DPL for this project, I'd be glad to join you.

[EVKesserich]

If you need a DPL for this project, I'd be glad to join you.

That would be fantastic, Larry! Thank you!

[mightyfelix]

I can set this up for you. Back in a minute...

[mightyfelix]

Ok, all set!

[EVKesserich]

Ok, all set!

That was fast! Thank you! I hope to have the first section ready tomorrow or Wednesday.

[mightyfelix]

Ok, all set!

That was fast! Thank you! I hope to have the first section ready tomorrow or Wednesday.

Sounds great. Do you plan to fill in the MW now, or as you go? (I prefer to do it up-front, but I'm realizing that many soloists don't share my preference. ) If it is all as you want it, then I can go ahead and move us to Going Solo now.

[EVKesserich]

Ok, all set!

That was fast! Thank you! I hope to have the first section ready tomorrow or Wednesday.

Sounds great. Do you plan to fill in the MW now, or as you go? (I prefer to do it up-front, but I'm realizing that many soloists don't share my preference. ) If it is all as you want it, then I can go ahead and move us to Going Solo now.

Sorry, I totally forgot that step. Combining Chapters One and Two, since the first is really more of a prologue and too short to stand by itself. Now everything is set up, so please go ahead and move it at you convenience.

Btw, I absolutely love the name 'Devorah'. So pretty.

[mightyfelix]

Thank you.

Ok, we've moved! Good luck, and let me know if either of you needs anything!

[EVKesserich]

If you need a DPL for this project, I'd be glad to join you.

That would be fantastic, Larry! Thank you!

First section (Chapters I & II) up, clocking in at 46:04. Thanks again!

ETA: Re-uploaded because I forgot the closing. New time is 46:10. @ self

[silverquill]

Section 1 is PL OK.
Poor Burke . . . .

[EVKesserich]

Section 1 is PL OK.
Poor Burke . . . .

That was fast, thank you!
One of the reasons I like this piece is because I think Burke has a little more depth to him than some of your more standard one-off pulp protagonists.

[EVKesserich]

Section 1 is PL OK.
Poor Burke . . . .

Section Two ready for PL at 29:09 seconds. Hope you're staying warm!

[silverquill]

Section Two ready for PL at 29:09 seconds. Hope you're staying warm!

Another PL OK.

Yep, a bit cold up here in New England.
Spent a few years in southern Ohio, Portsmouth to be exact.
Might take a drive over to Portsmouth, NH, tomorrow.
Or a few miles the other direction is New Boston, NH.

[EVKesserich]

Section Two ready for PL at 29:09 seconds. Hope you're staying warm!

Another PL OK.

Yep, a bit cold up here in New England.
Spent a few years in southern Ohio, Portsmouth to be exact.
Might take a drive over to Portsmouth, NH, tomorrow.
Or a few miles the other direction is New Boston, NH.

Ah, that is a good reference point-- I'm almost smack-dab between Portsmouth and Cincinnati. And, if you've spent any time here, I'm sure you enjoyed our four lovely seasons: Winter, Raining, Still Raining, and Construction.

I'm working on chapter four and, for what ever reason, it seems my memory deceived me on the length. It will probably be under (or just over) 20:00. Would you advise rolling that into chapter five (ie, three recorded sections), or going back and splitting things up properly by chapters? I've only done one solo project previously, and I was advised then that individual sections shouldn't be too short. Not sure what (if anything) needs to be done here.

Thanks for your patience!