I am almost done with "Call of the Wild" (an old LibriVox classic - has librivox.blogsom.com as the URL and I must say, this is so well read and such a wonderful book, that it made me happy all over again about LibriVox.
Thanks again to the readers (Gordon, Kristen, Jean and Miette). If you haven't heard it before, go get it and listen to it. Its awesome.
http://librivox.org/call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london/
Brad
Listener Praise for Call of the Wild
I want to add my own praise to this work as well. I loved it!
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'White Fang' is also fantastic, but be warned: Gordon Mackenzie's reading completely tired me out. Only listen near nourishment, and in a warm, cosy place.
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Thanks for the great comment/suggestion ChrisHughes!ChrisHughes wrote:'White Fang' is also fantastic, but be warned: Gordon Mackenzie's reading completely tired me out. Only listen near nourishment, and in a warm, cosy place.
BTW: Your signature links seems incomplete. Where it goes is surely not you.
[url=http://librivox.org/newcatalog/people_public.php?peopleid=254]Alan's LV catalog[/url]
We loved Call of the Wild too!
Chris, better add an "a" to your link ;-)
Chris, better add an "a" to your link ;-)
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Sheesh. Thanks all. Spellchecking is a man's best friend.
PS My post implies that Gordon read all of 'White Fang', but it was a collaborative effort. Just Gordon got a particularly exciting bit!
PS My post implies that Gordon read all of 'White Fang', but it was a collaborative effort. Just Gordon got a particularly exciting bit!
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Same here. Thumps up for Call of the wild.kayray wrote:We loved Call of the Wild too!
Chris, better add an "a" to your link
Regarding the book itself, is there secondary literature available that discuss London's motives? Frankly, I didn't bother when I read it 25 years ago. But today, I really wonder, why do dogs talk and think in that novel? Does it mean anything or it just prose?
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Sonoma State University has some great information on Jack London:
http://london.sonoma.edu/
London clearly had an important message with both Call of the Wild and White Fang (which are mirror-images of each other).
BTW, it's interesting to note that at one time Call of the Wild was banned in many European states (Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany) for being "too radical".
Contributing to the recording of these books for Librivox was my first time re-reading London's work since childhood. I was surprised by how well the novels stood up over time.
I'm now interested to read more of London's works, particularly "The Sea Wolf" and "The Iron Heel".
http://london.sonoma.edu/
London clearly had an important message with both Call of the Wild and White Fang (which are mirror-images of each other).
BTW, it's interesting to note that at one time Call of the Wild was banned in many European states (Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany) for being "too radical".
Contributing to the recording of these books for Librivox was my first time re-reading London's work since childhood. I was surprised by how well the novels stood up over time.
I'm now interested to read more of London's works, particularly "The Sea Wolf" and "The Iron Heel".
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Thank you, Gord. That is great page there.GordMackenzie wrote:Sonoma State University has some great information on Jack London:
http://london.sonoma.edu/
I read about this on Wikipedia and found it rather surprising.London clearly had an important message with both Call of the Wild and White Fang (which are mirror-images of each other).
BTW, it's interesting to note that at one time Call of the Wild was banned in many European states (Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany) for being "too radical".
Regards,
Igor
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What an impressive little piece!
What an impressive little piece!
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Aww! Thanks Stephan =) ... I recorded that one out "on the ice" ... but gave up near the end and finished it up inside... apologies for the change in sound quality =)Stephan wrote:Check out "To Build a Fire" in our catalog too.
What an impressive little piece!
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This is the funniest thing that happened today! I just finished “The Idiot”, by Dostoyevsky, and I didn’t know what novel should I start reading now, and this morning a friend , student at Nouveau Riche University, recommended me exactly the same book, “Call of the Wild”, by Jack London! Now, randomly, I see this post in forum! I have to read it