This project is now complete! All audio files can now be found on the catalog page for this project: https://librivox.org/the-great-stone-of-sardis-by-frank-r-stockton
About this title: The home of Roland Clewe, a small house plainly furnished, but good enough for a bachelor's quarters, stood not half a mile from the station, and near it were the extensive buildings which he called his Works. Here were laboratories, large machine-shops in which many men were busy at all sorts of strange contrivances in metal and other materials; and besides other small edifices there was a great round tower --like structure, with smooth iron walls thirty feet high and without windows, and which was lighted and ventilated from the top. This was Clewe's special workshop; and besides old Samuel Block and such workmen as were absolutely necessary and could be trusted, few people ever entered it but himself. The industries in the various buildings were diverse, some of them having no apparent relation to the others. Each of them was expected to turn out something which would revolutionize something or other in this world, but it was to his lens-house that Roland Clewe gave, in these days, his special attention. Here a great enterprise was soon to begin, more important in his eyes than anything else which had engaged human endeavor. . . .
- Target completion date: 31 December 2009
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6127/6127-h/6127-h.htm
- Type of proof-listening required: Standard PL:
IMPORTANT - soloist, please note: in order to limit the amount of languishing projects (and hence the amount of files on our hard-pressed server), we ask that you post an update at least once a month in your project thread, even if you haven't managed to record anything. If we don't hear from you for three months, your project will be opened up to a group project as soon as a Book Coordinator can be found. Files you have completed will be used in this project. If you haven't recorded anything yet, your project will be removed from the forum (contact any admin to have it re-instated).-- Do the intro and disclaimer match the instructions in the first post of the project thread?
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BC Admin - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
Start of recording (Intro)- "Chapter [number] of The Great Stone of Sardis. - 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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"Recording by [your name]" - Say: The Great Stone of Sardis by Frank R Stockton
[Chapter # - Chapter name]"
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[Chapter # and Chapter name]"
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greatstoneofsardis_##_stockton.mp3 - Example ID3 V2 tags
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Artist: Frank R Stockton
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