[SOLO] The Collected Writings from The Fantasy Fan Magazine, by Clark Ashton Smith - philc

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The Fantasy Fan Magazine Presents: Writings of Clark Ashton Smith (1893 - 1961)

This project is in our catalog at https://librivox.org/the-fantasy-fan-the-complete-writings-of-clark-ashton-smith/

Volunteers outside the USA: Clark Ashton Smith died in 1961. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 70 years for authors who died after 1971; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
Collected here are all of Clark Aston Smith's writings he submitted to The Fantasy Fan Magazine. The Fantasy Fan Magazine was a periodical dedicated to people professing their love of and celebrating fantasy and weird fiction. In addition to the opinion pieces and non-fiction articles, The Fantasy Fan also included man short stories and poems by some of the authors it celebrated such as H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith, a personal favorite of editor Charles D. Hornig. Smith contributed quite a variety of stories, poems and articles to The Fantasy Fan over its two-year tenure. From the weird and creepy journeys to unknown worls of "The Kingdom of the Worm" and "The Primal City" to the strange and haunting poetry of "A Dream of the Abyss" and "Necromancy" to the insightful essays on M. R. James and fantastic fiction in general, Smith shows the breadth of his writing skill within the pages of this sadly short-lived 'zine. (Summary by Ben Tucker)
Source text (please read only from this text!):
The Kingdom of the Worm : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46339
A Dream of the Abyss : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46534
The Ghoul : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46615
The Weird Works of M. R. James : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46616
Revenant : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48866
Prose Pastels I. Chinoiserie : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49511
Prose Pastels II. The Mirror in the Hall of Ebony : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64893
Prose Pastels III. The Muse of Hyperborea : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64901
Prose Pastels IV. The Lotus and the Moon : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64938
Prose Pastels V. The Passing of Aphrodite : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64961
The Epiphany of Death : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64915
Necromancy : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64919
Clark Ashton Smith: An Autiobiographette : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64860
On Fantasy : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64860
The Favorite Weird Stories of Clark Ashton Smith : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64961
The Demoniac Face : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64860
Medusa : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64860
The Primal City : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64860

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  • Project Code: OZfhqpR9
  • Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith (Clark Ashton Smith)
  • Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
  • Number of sections (files) this project will have: 18
  • Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction; Poetry; *Non-fiction/Essays & Short Works

Keywords that describe the book: weird fiction, weird poetry, m. r. james

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Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

For the first section, say:
"Section (or Chapter) # of The Collected Writings from The Fantasy Fan Magazine, by Clark Ashton Smith. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] " The Collected Writings from The Fantasy Fan Magazine, by Clark Ashton Smith. Section Title."
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"Section (or Chapter) # of The Collected Writings from The Fantasy Fan Magazine, by Clark Ashton Smith. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of The Fantasy Fan: The Complete Writings of Clark Ashton Smith, by Clark Ashton Smith."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: fantasyfan_##_smith_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. fantasyfan_01_smith_128kb.mp3)

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Last edited by flavo5000 on February 9th, 2023, 8:50 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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I will set this up for you. Looks wonderful! :thumbs:
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philchenevert wrote: February 7th, 2023, 8:04 am I will set this up for you. Looks wonderful! :thumbs:
Thanks Phil! It'll be a short one.
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I can't resist. I will volunteer to DPL.
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Section 1:
1:18 should be "'The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Maundeville'"; I heard "'The Voyages and Travelers of Sir John Maundeville'"
2:39 Remove throat clear
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brownrottger wrote: February 7th, 2023, 4:59 pm I can't resist. I will volunteer to DPL.
Christine
Thanks again!
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Sections 2-4 are PL ok.
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brownrottger wrote: February 7th, 2023, 8:01 pm Section 1:
1:18 should be "'The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Maundeville'"; I heard "'The Voyages and Travelers of Sir John Maundeville'"
2:39 Remove throat clear
Fixed!
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Secton 1 is now PL ok.
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flavo5000 wrote: February 8th, 2023, 4:51 pm 5 through 13 are up for PL!
In line for PL.
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Sections 5-7 are PL ok.
Section 8:
1:21 remove repeat "like the kiss of lightening"
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Sections 9 and 10 are PL ok.
Section 11:
10:12 should be "'My ancestors and my family lie here'"; I heard "'My ancestors and my family live here'"
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Sections 12 and 13 are PL ok.
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brownrottger wrote: February 9th, 2023, 9:34 am Sections 9 and 10 are PL ok.
Section 11:
10:12 should be "'My ancestors and my family lie here'"; I heard "'My ancestors and my family live here'"
8 and 11 should be fixed!

Also 14-18 are up for PL!
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