[vicsireland] Christmas recommendation: archive.org audio recordings ...
- From: Barry McMullin <barry.mcmullin@xxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:06:58 +0000 (GMT)
Hi all -
In the spirit of Christmas, I just thought I'd pass on some
listening recommendations. This may already be familiar to many
of you, but the site <archive.org> offers a very large archive of
free, "classic" (i.e., out of copyright) audio recordings, some
of which are of high quality. They can generally be downloaded as
MP3 files, and you can listen on computer or transfer to MP3
player, iPhone etc. The main entry point is here (URLs follow):
<http://www.archive.org/details/audio>
Anyone who likes science fiction might particularly enjoy this
early BBC adaptation of Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" trilogy:
<http://www.archive.org/details/IsaacAsimov-TheFoundationTrilogy>
Another favourite of mine (though I have not yet listened to this
version) is "A Canticle for Leibowitz". Originally written in the
Cold War atmosphere of the 1960's, it deals with events after an
anticipated nuclear apocalypse; but of course, all sorts of other
apocalypses now seem possible, so it's still fairly fresh! It's
available here:
<http://www.archive.org/details/ACanticleForLiebowitz>
Happy listening, and happy Christmas to all,
- Barry.
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