Oooh, a first edition!

[luzula]

So today I got my first edition of Flight of the Heron, and it's lovely! ♥ I didn't get it just because I wanted one, though I admit it is satisfying--it's for reading the audiobook from, because Librivox is strict about copyright. Anyway, look at this beautiful map on the inside of the front cover! I haven't seen that in any of the later editions.



It has the position of Ardroy and Loch na h-Iolaire marked, which is of course very helpful, since they are made up by the author. I mean, you can figure out the general position from the books anyway, but it's good to get a more specific one. I see which (actually existing) pass they're going over in Chapter 1 now, which I'd been confused about. Here is the modern Ordnance Survey map for reference, and here is the 18th century Roy military survey map of the same area, which...doesn't look like they really got those mountains right.

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[luzula]

Yes, for Librivox, which is a community where anyone can record books in the public domain. The copyright for Flight of the Heron runs out January 1, 2021. : )

Actually I've recorded for Librivox before, so if you want to listen to me reading the autobiography of Peter Kropotkin (19th century Russian anarchist) you can do so here and here. It's about 17 hours long. Listening to the reading now, I think it's...okay? Like, not my best work, but it's okay.

Flight of the Heron is going to be SO MUCH better, I can tell. I feel like I was made to read that book, at least Keith's POV. He is delightful, and I love those long convoluted old-fashioned sentences.

I think I would really enjoy recording Sutcliff as well (there are some similarities in style) but alas, her work won't be public domain for a long time.

[seascribble]

Ohhhhhhhh, I see. That is very cool!