The Urantia Book

[Great Plains]

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Urantia_Book):

The Urantia Book is a spiritual and philosophical book that discusses God, science, religion, history, philosophy, and destiny. The book originated in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. sometime between 1924 and 1955, but its authorship is considered to be a mystery.

The authors of The Urantia Book state their intent is to "present enlarged concepts and advanced truth" in an "endeavor to expand cosmic consciousness and enhance spiritual perception". Among many other topics, it expands on the origin and meaning of life, describes humankind's place in creation, discusses the relationship between God and people, and presents a detailed biography of Jesus. The book is 2,097 pages long, and consists of a Foreword and 196 papers, divided into four parts.

The Urantia Foundation first published The Urantia Book in 1955 in English. In 2001, Urantia Foundation lost the U.S. copyright to the English version in a court decision and it went into the public domain.

This is such an odd book. It might be interesting to record. It's quite long, though: 2,097 pages, as stated above.

[LeonMire]

Oh wow, I didn't know the Urantia Book had passed into the public domain. I might be persuaded to BC this book, if there's enough interest in it.

It looks like there is a computer-generated audio version of the Urantia Book on Archive already:
http://www.archive.org/details/UrantiaBook1

But that doesn't mean we couldn't do one too.

[Great Plains]

I'd be willing to read some sections. Certainly not all of it.

But I think there are longer works in the catalog. It may be a long-term project, but we could do it.