Yay, finally! New podfic: "The Course"

[luzula]

Title: The Course
Authors: Bone and Aristide (thisisbone and cimmerians)
Rating: NC-17
Fandom: due South, Fraser/Kowalski
Read by: Luzula
Format: mp3, 64 kbps
Total length: 4 hours and 32 seconds, in six parts.

Download:
Part one, 40:52 minutes, 18.7 MB, download at Sendspace
Part two, 40:50 minutes, 18.7 MB, download at Sendspace
Part three, 34:45 minutes, 15.9 MB, download at Sendspace
Part four, 44:48 minutes, 20.5 MB, download at Sendspace
Part five, 42:46 minutes, 19.6 MB, download at Sendspace
Part six, 36:31 minutes, 16.7 MB, download at Sendspace

ETA: It's now also up at jinjurly's wonderful podfic archive: right click and download.

ETA2: nos4a2no9 made an audiobook version! You can download it here: right click and download.

Notes: Thanks to the authors for letting me podfic this delicious, classic story! I remember the first time I read it--I couldn't stop reading, even though it was late at night and I was getting up early the next morning. I had so much fun recording it. Also thanks to zabira--I can't seem to make a podfic without her metaphorically holding my hand at some point.

There's a slight whirring or chirping sound that I couldn't completely get rid of without making the voice sound flat, I hope it doesn't bother you too much. If I do another big project, I might buy a better microphone so the quality is better.

English isn't my native language, and if I was unsure of the pronunciation of a word, I looked it up, but of course it's hard to do that if you think you're saying it right. So there might be a few mispronounced words--I didn't want to subject anyone to four hours of beta-listening. If you catch one, I'd be grateful if you let me know.

Any feedback on the reading is welcomed with open arms. And of course, please feedback the authors, too.

If you have a suggestion for something else you think I should record, please tell me. (But I'm not taking requests, as such--I'll probably only record it if I enjoy it and I think it feels right when I read it.) I might be taking a little break after this big project, but I did enjoy it a lot, so I'll probably podfic again.

Hope you enjoy! *g*

Comments

[daraq.livejournal.com]

This is one of my favorite stories! Downloading, with much thanks!

[luzula]

You're welcome, I hope you like the recording!

[roadrunner1896.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you.

I will downloading it over the next few days an am looking forward to listening to it.

[luzula]

You're welcome, I hope the recording works for you! And thanks for the comment.

[akamine_chan]

Oh, my. I know what I'm going to be listening to. That was a huge project to tackle, luzula...

[luzula]

Yeah, it was kind of huge, and it took a lot longer time than it could have, too, since I kept re-recording for various reasons (for example, in the beginning I talked too close to the microphone, which kind of overloaded it...). I hope you like it!

[akamine_chan]

I'm almost done listening to the whole thing and I'm so impressed, luzula. Not only with your interpretation of the story, but with your grasp of the English language. My mother struggled with English for forty years, so I know how hard it can be.

Congratulations on a wonderful job!

[zabira.livejournal.com]

OH, wow, OH YAY!!! what a great sunday morning gift this is, luzula!

i am so excited to listen, and so glad you enjoyed doing it and will be making MORE!

\o/

[luzula]

I'm glad to be able to give you a Sunday morning gift. : )

(Though also kind of envious: I wish it were morning again here, and not soon-to-be-Monday.)

Yeah, I learned a lot while doing this, so I think the next thing I do won't take such a long time. For example, when I was halfway through I realized that I could write down the times in the recording when I made a slip of the tongue and and had to do a retake. This speeded up the editing process considerably, since I didn't have to listen to the whole thing through. (If you do that, though, you have to start backwards, since otherwise it messes up the time markers when you edit stuff out.)

[zabira.livejournal.com]

yeah, the first couple of long ones were a HUGE learning experience for me too. it definitely gets easier.

yay! so very glad you want to keep at this...hi. i may like podfic a leetle bit!

[zabira.livejournal.com]

oh, and you should post to podslash! :)

i am listening to part one right now, and i love it so far. i can really FEEL ray and fraser's longing.

[luzula]

I'm just waiting for it to go up on the archive, I'll post to podslash after that.

And I'm so glad you're enjoying it! Yay!

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

Oh, AWESOME! Thank you so very much! :-)

[luzula]

You're very welcome! Hope you enjoy it. : )

[cimmerians.livejournal.com]

Thank you again, Luzula--this was the best gift and compliment an author could possibly have. Thank you so much for all your hard work and care!

Best--
Aristide

[luzula]

Oh--you're very welcome, and it was entirely my pleasure. I really enjoyed how the story regularly changes POV, because it gave me a chance to play with the different voices.

And thank YOU for writing great stories. *g*

[nos4a2no9.livejournal.com]

Wow, zabira hinted that you were going to take this on, but I didn't expect to see it so soon! I'm so excited to listen to this, and congratulations for finishing such a huge project! I'm sure it sounds great, and I'll be sure to send you some feedback.

[luzula]

Yeah, well, I have a lot of fannish time atm, for various reasons (good and bad). Also, in a week or so a third person will move into the place where I live, and I wanted to make sure it was finished before that. *does SO not want to risk a male middle-aged Hungarian mathematician hearing me read porn*

[thisisbone.livejournal.com]

Thank for doing this! It really is a HUGE compliment! It's so much WORK! :)

[luzula]

Well, you're welcome--it's a wonderful story, and it was a labor of love. *g*

And I hope it doesn't feel too strange for you--it's kind of a risk to let someone else record your words, because the way they speak might not match the way it sounds in your head.

[leafy22.livejournal.com]

Downloading now - yay!

[luzula]

Thanks for letting me know!

[cold-poet.livejournal.com]

I haven't listened yet, so I have no actual feedback, but I wanted to say thank you. :) I love the long recordings, they're great for when I want to sit a knit for a couple hours. :)

[luzula]

I like knowing that people are listening, so thanks for letting me know! : )