This collection is for science fiction stories of less than 74 minutes in duration that are in the Public Domain AND THAT ARE 100 YEARS OLD OR MORE (Anything published in 1924 or earlier can be included). Gutenberg plain text, us-ascii, uncompressed files of less than 80 KB or 10,500 story words can generally be read in less than 74 minutes (depending on your reading speed the word count estimate could be considerably higher or lower). If the story exceeds this length, it may be necessary to split the story into multiple parts.Librivox has officially contributed a whopping 100 of these numbered collections of science fiction short stories! To celebrate, we are doing something a little special with this one. All stories included in this deluxe edition of the Short Sci-Fi Collection are at least 100 years old! We thought it would be a great idea to celebrate the expansive genre of science fiction by going back to its early years and experiencing the kinds of stories that molded one of the most imaginative, forward-looking genres of fiction while also reminding us that a tale well told is not limited to a specific time or place. So join us at Librivox as we blast off into a glorious past that influenced where we have been and where we are going! (Summary by Ben Tucker)
Claiming stories is unnecessary (duplicates or stories more recent than 1924 will be held for future collections).
Finding Texts:
I've created this helpful page of unrecorded Sci-fi Stories from 100 years ago or older: viewtopic.php?t=102876
It is non-exhaustive and I will most likely continue to update it as I find more stories. You aren't required to read from this link above and can record any story that meets the criteria stated above..
File Requirements:
• Recording must be a mono MP3 file with a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit rate of 128 Kbps.
• File name must be formatted entirely in lower case letters and use under-bars to separate values as in:
ssf100_titleinoneword_authorlastname_readersinitials_128kb.mp3 (e.g. ssf100_crystalegg_wells_abc_128kb.mp3) Exclude definite articles like “The” from the file name.
Recordings require 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the file.
Beginning Announcement:
“[story title] by [author]. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
You can then optionally say: "Recording by [your name]".
Then repeat: "[Title], by [author]. Translated by [translator]."
Ending Announcement:
"End of [title], by [author] Translated by [translator]."
You can then optionally say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
• Recordings require 5 seconds of silence at the end of the file.
Posting completed recordings:
• Send your completed recording to us by using the LibriVox Uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
[*]You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: brownrottger
[*]When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
[*]For help with posting completed recordings see the How To Send Your Recording wiki page.[/list]
• Always post a message to this forum thread after a successful upload. The message must contain:
o The story title
o The author’s name
o The URL displayed by the LibriVox Uploader after the file has successfully uploaded
o The URL for the online version of the text. So there can be a choice of file format to download, please use the Gutenberg main page for the source such as https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29975
o The duration of the recording
• If this is your first submission to the Short Science Fiction Collections please provide:
o Your name/pseudonym as you wish it to appear in the LibriVox catalog
o Your personal website URL (optional)
• Check this forum thread frequently for messages pertaining to your story!
Level of prooflistening: standard
For help with recording issues see the LibriVox Newbie Guide to Recording.
For help with noise cleaning in your recordings see theNoise Cleaningpage of the LibriVox wiki.
More help with most anything can be found in Need Help?Got Advice? forum topic
Questions can be posted to this thread.
Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process (unless you are the BC or PL). Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks![/color]
Magic Window:
BC Admin
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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Science Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: sci-fi, vintage, early sci-fi
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