Compliments
A place for the kind words that people have posted on my blog pages from time to time. I find it really inspiring and encouraging to read about so many appreciative ears in one place.
Audiobook recording is a peculiarly solitary business, so connecting with listeners is wonderful. 🙂
Thankyou all!!
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Thank you so much for your work on Paradise Lost. Out of the contributors, I like yours the most.
Cori,
Thank you so much for your message of encouragement to me on my post about the difficulties I am having recording for LibriVox. You have given me the motivation to continue!
Thankyou Stephen, I really appreciate your comment. Tender Buttons is an odd little piece, but I loved reading it. It was also released on my birthday, a tiny gift back to the world.
I’ve been having problems getting to TB and the ‘babies at archive.org, Simmon, their servers do get busy for days at a time. More solos on the way, I’m finishing one at the moment, and another, long-term one’s starting up. Or hop across to the future page and make suggestions. *grins* Best wishes for your own emmigration and the eventual reincarnation of your bookshelves.
Hi Cori,
Your voice is beautiful and you read beautifully. My first librivox book was your reading of “The Water Babies” and I have been hooked ever since. Please do more solos! Weirdly, I had also accidentally emigrated to Australia and have since given away most of my vast home library. The digital (portable) realm provides some solace, hence my desire to encourage you to continue your good work.
Cheers,
Simmon
(I tried to download Tender Buttons, but there was some problem with the file.)
I never reach out, and perhaps I should thank readers more often, but, your Tender Buttons is as important to me as anything else and it has been that way for some time. Thank you.
It’s a fair point, Richard, well made. In proof-reading a book by the sometime-pirate Alexander Esquemeling, I definitely came to sympathise with the non-pirate side. The pirates were SO VILELY ANNOYING, pillaging and destroying communities already fighting an unequal battle against a harsh living environment. On the other hand, much like the ninja (without being too frivolous) — the notion of piracy and the associations of freedom and “fortune favours the bold” are pretty appealing. This is more a library for the concept-lovers than those armed to the nines with Kalashnikovs and with serious designs on innocent shipping.
Pirates aren’t all that cool, generally speaking. A few specifics, and most of the fictional glorifications.
Oppression makes lawlessness a bit too romantic. I doubt it would be as fun as it sounds from the security of the couch or armchair, all the despicable activities.
I would like to thank you for reading.
(PS I’m a pirate)
I loved reading the first part of Inferno, John, and I’m glad you enjoyed them too! I don’t have immediate plans to do a solo recording of it, but it would be wonderful for a future project, I will bear it in mind!
Please, if you do nothing else with your time, I beg you to complete Inferno. Cantos I-V were simply beautiful.
The rest are unlistenable.
I never have done professional VO, John, but I’d be interested to. *smiles* Thankyou for stopping by and commenting!
Thankyou ever so much, FW. Tender Buttons is the least loved-on of all my solos, and in fact, yours is the first comment I’ve had on it, apart from the original proof-listeners. I know a strange few are listening to it at archive.org, just from the downloads, and it’s been sold on eBay a number of times … but … I’m glad to hear that it’s actually enjoyable too!
Aww, thankyou, Alana!
Just sending you some fan mail, Cori! 🙂
Alana
I think your reading of Tender Buttons must be perfect. Your voice and skill gave voice to Stein’s work very well.
Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your work, you really have a perfect voice. I think I first heard your chapter in Lost World, and then tracked down your other recordings. If you don’t do professional VO work I think you should.
Either way your work in the public domain is both impressive and laudable. Thank you.
Nevertheless you did an excellent job!
I just wish more people could see the value in literature, modern as well as classic and that, despite excellent TV shows and other entertainment, they could experience the works and opinions which these excellent writers have to offer.. and of course, could experience what you and the rest of the LibriVox people have to offer.
Also, thank you for your reply.
Thank you Cori, I will do my best!
Thankyou both, Bernd and Jay! I’ve added some text to this page finally, though I’m still hiding behind my voice to some extent.
I’m glad you liked that poem, Jay — I had a cold I thought would never end when I recorded it, and I certainly felt awfully Poe-like at the time.
Cori, you rock! I didn’t know you’d read so much – you’ve got such a great voice. If you’re not doing some paid stuff too then you’re nuts!
Really enjoyabe!
Thankyou ever so much, Michael — that was a joy to work on … I was so lucky to get a section (it had been picked by someone else, who was later unable to record it.)
Jay, I’m so glad you’re writing your own works too … I’m very happy to be expanding the public domain, but sometimes I do wonder about those who come after us, and what there’ll be around for them to read. Make sure you leave ’em a good choice!
You bring literature to life! You not only inspire me to listen (and read) works of great writers but you also inspire me to write my own – I only need to think on how you would present it and then then next line of my work pops into my head! Thanx a million. I plan on listening to all your projects!
Regards
I have always had a taste for the work of Edgar Allan Poe but I never thought I would actually feel his words in such a remarkable way in which you read it (with reference to a Dream Within a dream). Thanks so much for you contribution and I need to say- I now am a wholehearted fan of yours!
Currently listening to Divine Comedy, thank you for doing such a great job.
you have such a nice voice. It sounds so perfect. A no nonsense person. So you got me really smiling when i started listening to your ‘sucking’ podcast.
Thats why I came here to see who’s hiding behind this voice.
Thankyou! I certainly hope to …
I’ve just finished listening to “The Troubadour”. I can’t say I thought that much of the story, but I absolutely love your voice, I could just listen to it all day. In fact maybe my opinion of the story was caused by the fact that my attention was on your voice rather than the content. I hope that one day your voice earns you great riches. Keep up the good work!
Thankyou GM!
And no problem, John … I’ll be blogging here when the second collection is done — but you’d also be welcome to sign up for an automagic email when it’s complete, through LibriVox (email addresses deleted once sent, and not used for any other purpose.)
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11273 (click-me link at top of thread.)
Just downloaded the Librivox SF Collection Vol 1
Thanks for compiling these!
Please advise when Vol 2 becomes available.
– John
Your voice captivates me. I could listen to you all day and night. My MP3 Player is full of nothing but you, which I use when I can’t sleep. I just wanted to say thanks, you and one other old gentleman are my favorites.
What a great ‘record’. You are a LibriVox superstar…
In case you did not know, you are making the world richer (read this)