[COMPLETE] Short Science Fiction Collection 090-ag

Post by **alg1001** » January 27th, 2023, 2:00 pm

quartertone wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 8:32 pm
The Vanderlark - Margaret St Clair

Hi quartertone,
The Vanderlark is PL OK.
Thanks!
-Amy

quartertone · Post by **quartertone** » January 27th, 2023, 7:54 pm

Hi Amy,

I recently learned/remembered about all the various post-processing plugins of Audacity (De-clicker, De-esser, DC normalize, limiter).
In listening to my older recordings ("older" = 3 weeks ago) there are a lot of harsh SSs and mouth noises that I neglected to edit out. So I did some post-processing on my first couple recordings so it would be easier on the ears.

The new versions are uploaded:
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf090_informationplease_whiteside_qtn_128kb.mp3
15:45

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf090_knowledgemachine_hamilton_qtn_128kb.mp3
31:08

I didn't edit/change anything else, so hopefully it should be a quick spot-check.

Sorry!/Thanks!

Post by **alg1001** » January 28th, 2023, 7:19 am

Hi quartertone,
They sounded fine to me! I think you are being overly self-critical. The new ones will have overridden your first so you should be all set.
Have a good weekend!
-Amy

scoutman77 · Post by **scoutman77** » January 28th, 2023, 4:04 pm

keep out
Fredric Brown
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29142
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf090_keepout_brown_reh_128kb.mp3
8:25
scoutman77
it's been a bit since i've had time to record and upload, please give a listen and let me know if I've messed up.

Post by **alg1001** » January 28th, 2023, 5:43 pm

Hi Scoutman77,
You still have it. Everything is fine. PL OK

Thank you for your story!
-Amy

noomatik · Post by **noomatik** » January 31st, 2023, 12:02 am

Hello. I have nearly completed editing my recording of "From Beyond the Stars." I have a question regarding the author byline. Although there is a tendency to list this story under the author's common pseudonym "Murray Leinster," the original publication in "Thrilling Wonder Stories" seems to credit it under his given name, "Will F. Jenkins." Which name should I include for LibriVox's purposes?

Post by **alg1001** » January 31st, 2023, 4:55 am

Hi Vincent,
The story will be credited to him in the catalog either way so you can use Murray or Will.

Post by **alg1001** » January 31st, 2023, 7:43 pm

Hi,

I did one.
Let There Be Light by H. B. Fyfe
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf090_lettherebelight_fyfe_ag_128kb.mp3
14:19
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32592

Will someone please proof listen it for me?

-Amy

quartertone · Post by **quartertone** » January 31st, 2023, 8:29 pm

alg1001 wrote: ↑January 31st, 2023, 7:43 pm Hi,

I did one.
Let There Be Light by H. B. Fyfe
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf090_lettherebelight_fyfe_ag_128kb.mp3
14:19
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32592

Will someone please proof listen it for me?

-Amy

Can anyone PL, or do we have to be approved in some way like the 1 minute reading test?

Anyway, I took a listen, and it sounds good, though I found a few issues.

The only real one is that you didn't say your "read by ___" either at the beginning or end.

The others were word mistakes. None really changed the meaning, so they could probably stay, but I don't know how word-perfect you like to keep things:

Timestamp - [what you read] (what was in the text)
3:37 - blue jeans (blue denims)
7:13 - hear (heard)
8:37 - in the line (in line)
11:23 - look for us (look for this)

Otherwise ok!

Post by **alg1001** » January 31st, 2023, 8:38 pm

Hi,
Saying your name is optional. I opt not to.
The first timestamp lines up, but none of the others do. I don't see a need to update any of those.
Thanks,
Amy

quartertone · Post by **quartertone** » January 31st, 2023, 9:15 pm

alg1001 wrote: ↑January 31st, 2023, 8:38 pm Hi,
Saying your name is optional. I opt not to.
The first timestamp lines up, but none of the others do. I don't see a need to update any of those.
Thanks,
Amy

Oh, I didn't realize that about the saying your name. PL ok then!

Post by **alg1001** » February 1st, 2023, 4:47 am

Thanks, quartertone!

quartertone · Post by **quartertone** » February 1st, 2023, 9:45 pm

Here's another one!

A good story, but the author's sexism is pretty blatant. (I mean, there are only two characters but he calls the female character "the girl". She has a name, dude.

) Eh, well; "it was a different era" etc.

The Long way Back - John Barrett
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69564

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf090_longwayback_barrett_qtn_128kb.mp3
36:27

Swoserin · Post by **Swoserin** » February 2nd, 2023, 11:26 am

My first recording and submission…

Title: 2BR02B
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf090_2br02b_vonnegut_sw_128kb.mp3
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/21279/pg21279-images.html

noraurora · Post by **noraurora** » February 2nd, 2023, 1:31 pm

The Natives by Katherine MacLean
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33843

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf090_natives_maclean_nat_128kb.mp3
Duration 5:54

A nice short one to round out the collection :)