The plot thickens and another great rendition of Conrad is in.

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 10
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Gina of a.b.d.f.t.c.o.w
Time:
Bit rate: 64 kbps
File size: 13.3 MB
Internet Archive page (for Ogg & 128kbps file)

Next up: Chapter 11, read by Jan of Urban Art Adventures.

NOTE: LibriVox is always looking for volunteers, please comment here, or visit our Forum.

Chapter 9 for your listening pleasure, superbly-rendered by Michèle Pacey.

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 9

Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Michèle Pacey
Time:
Bit rate: 64 kbps
File size: 27.8 MB
Internet Archive page (for Ogg & 128kbps file)

Next up: Chapter 10, read by Gina.

The next installment is in, another thrilling reading, this time by Mitchell Dwyer, who has a great literary podcast, the Literate Loser (now in the process of doing Mark Twain’s Puddinhead Wilson). In any case, here it is:

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 8
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Mitchell Dwyer, from Literate Loser
Time:
Bit rate: 64 kbps
File size: 30.6 MB

Next up: Chapter 9, read by Michèle Pacey

PS. Sorry for the delay folks - in the future we’ll finish a book before we begin a podcast. And if you feel like volunteering, we’ll be adding many books to our stable soon, check the brand new FORUMS for details.

Whew! A long wait, but worth it. Lloyd had some technical troubles with Chapter 7, and had to redo the recording, and here it is (gotta love that London accent):

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 7
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Lloyd Davis from Perfect Path
Time: 30:53
Bit rate: 40 (?) kbps
File size: 14.8 MB

Next up: Chapter 8, read by Mitchell, the Literate Loser.

Greg from openstacks delivers another stellar installment of the Conrad’s Secret Agent. Here are the stats:

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 6
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Greg from Openstacks
Time: 56:25
Bit rate: 40 (?) kbps
File size: 16.9 MB

Next up: Chapter 7, by Lloyd Davis from Perfect Path.

Well, Branko Collin has delivered another great installment of the Secret Agent. Wonderful recording.

Here are the stats:

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 5
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Branko Collin
Time: 50:01
Bit rate: 40 (?) kbps
File size: 15.0 MB

Next up: Greg from Open Stacks with Chapter 6.

By the way any comments or suggestions will be much appreciated. Also, a volunteer to convert the files to ogg, and put them up on our ourmedia page as well would be nice.

Due to some scheduling conflicts, Andrew will be doing a future chapter, and I’ve recorded chapter 4. Hope you enjoy. One note, I’ve found exporting from audacity to mp3 at 40kbps is ideal; 32 kbps is too distorted, and 48 the file size goes way up. This one’s about 38 mins, and came in just over 10MB at 40kbps, and I think the sound’s pretty good. Branko, I think you were asking about that re: chap 5?

Anyway, here are the stats:

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 4
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Hugh McGuire
Time: 38:12
Bit rate (?): 40 kbps
File size: 11.5 MB

well, fling93 delivers on chapter 3. I have not listened yet, but look forward to it. well done fling. now andrew, get busy!

here is the: file.

Wonderful. Our first non-me volunteer comes through with a great rendition of chapter 2! Thanks to Neal, the podchef, who has a great weblog/podcast about cooking, food, life on a little island off the coast of Washington State, and general good living. Neal’s podcast was one of the first I listened to and really had me hooked, for undefinable reasons - all the best about podcasting, I think.

Also we’ve had a number of volunteers step up for chapters:
Chapter 1 - Hugh (me)
Chapter 2 - Neal the Podchef
Chap 3 - andrew
Chap 4 - fling93
Chap 5 - Branko Collin
Chap 6 - Greg of OpenStacks
Chap 7 - Lloyd Davis of Perfect Path
Chap 8 - Literate Loser
UPDATE
Chap 9 - michelle (& lowell)
Chap 10 - gina
Chap 11 - jan from uaa audiobooks
Chap 12 - derek
Chap 13 - paula from the writing show

Wow. All done. Now get to the recording studio folks!

Again, if you are going to read, please check this first.
The gutenberg e-text of the Secret Agent can be found here.

And here is the audio recording of: chapter 2 of the secret agent, by joseph conrad.

(Note that the file is for now hosted by neal, I’m waiting for it to show on ourmedia & I’ll change the link).

All right, we are ready to go. The weblog will be twiddled and tweaked over the next little while, but let’s get the ball rolling.

The innaugural LibriVox project book will be Joseph Conrad’s, The Secret Agent. We will use the e-text from the Gutenberg project, found here.

If you would like to record a chapter, please comment below to “reserve” the chapter, and also send me an email at librivox(at]yahoo[dot]ca . There are 13 chapters to read.

If you plan to do a reading, please read this first. Note, the text, and these recordings will be Public Domain.

The podchef has signed up and (sort of) volunteered for chapter 2! If you know any podcasters please let them know about this project - could be a great project for all the community.

The audio clip for chapter 1 of the Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, read by me, can be found here: Secret Agent - ch 1 - J. Conrad.