[vicsireland] Re: Christmas recommendation: archive.org audio recordings ...
- From: pat mc carthy <patmk1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:52:49 +0000
happy christmas
i just started listing to a book on my iphone thanks
Sent from my iPhone
On 22 Dec 2011, at 01:06 p.m., Barry McMullin <barry.mcmullin@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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