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One of my favourite novels, H. Beam Piper's _Little Fuzzy_ is in the public domain (because he died intestate and the Commonwealth of Pa. failed to renew his co

One of my favourite novels, H. Beam Piper's _Little Fuzzy_ is in the public domain (because he died intestate and the Commonwealth of Pa. failed to renew his copyrights before they were turned over to his estate). There is a professional-quality reading of it by Tabithat: https://librivox.org/little-fuzzy-by-h-beam-piper/ https://librivox.org/little-fuzzy-by-h-beam-piper/ which I recommend highly. Unfortunately, the quality of the readings can vary widely, and my family has often been unwilling to put up with a poor quality recording on long trips. That said, I use their app on my phone while doing boring tasks at work, and greatly appreciate the project.

rectangleboy 1y ago
> Unfortunately, the quality of the readings can vary widely . . . I tried LibriVox in college to listen to difficult-to-understand poems (at the professor's recommendation) on my iPod and my ears couldn't take the harsh plosives that nearly every recording I tried had.
- WillAdams 1y ago
  There is a collection of different authors reading Coleridge's "Kublai Khan" which is a great way to get an experience of a lot of different readers and possibly find one you like. For my part, I'm grateful that folks volunteer their time and energy, and when there is only one reader for a given text, accept it.
Der_Einzige 1y ago
It really is the e-book version of trying to do "netflix n chill" with FOSS. It's sad that the best tech projects are not useful to normies.
- nl 1y ago
  I don't think "netflix n chill" means what you think it does.
  - linsomniac 1y ago
    If you're one of today's lucky 10,000: It is slang for having sex, beyond the literal meaning.
  - Der_Einzige 1y ago
    It means what I think it means. Do you think a girl wants to deal with you trying to get your torrent streaming system working with your TV? Hell no!
    - kps 1y ago
      If she doesn't, it wouldn't have worked out anyway.

rectangleboy 1y ago

> Unfortunately, the quality of the readings can vary widely . . . I tried LibriVox in college to listen to difficult-to-understand poems (at the professor's recommendation) on my iPod and my ears couldn't take the harsh plosives that nearly every recording I tried had.

WillAdams 1y ago
There is a collection of different authors reading Coleridge's "Kublai Khan" which is a great way to get an experience of a lot of different readers and possibly find one you like. For my part, I'm grateful that folks volunteer their time and energy, and when there is only one reader for a given text, accept it.

Der_Einzige 1y ago

It really is the e-book version of trying to do "netflix n chill" with FOSS. It's sad that the best tech projects are not useful to normies.

nl 1y ago
I don't think "netflix n chill" means what you think it does.
- linsomniac 1y ago
  If you're one of today's lucky 10,000: It is slang for having sex, beyond the literal meaning.
- Der_Einzige 1y ago
  It means what I think it means. Do you think a girl wants to deal with you trying to get your torrent streaming system working with your TV? Hell no!
  - kps 1y ago
    If she doesn't, it wouldn't have worked out anyway.