amplificathon

Title: Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
Author: omphale
Readers: luzula as Benton Fraser, crinklysolution as Ray Kowalski, izzady as Ray Vecchio, and helens78 as Frannie Vecchio and assorted other roles.
Fandom: due South
Characters and pairing: Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski, Ray Vecchio (preslash Fraser/Kowalski)
Rating: PG-13 for violence
Length: 2 h 27 m 16 s
Author's summary: A midcentury AU, in which there are photographs, parachute troops, invasions, exploding trees, foxholes, misunderstandings, bullets, letters from home, smokejumpers, roommates, and more exploding trees. Ray Vecchio gets a lot of sand in his boots, Benton Fraser gets a little disconnected from reality, and Ray Kowalski gets to jump out of airplanes and maybe fight a war.

Notes: Thanks to the author for letting us record this! It was so rewarding, and collaboration is so much fun, and frankly, I am so proud of this podfic that I could burst. If you don't know due South, you can still listen to this, since it's an AU. Be aware that it's a story about war, though, so check out the warnings on the original story post.

The sound clips separating the sections are from all over. Many of them are from this torrent where you can download a huge collection of WWII radio news clips. I don't know how much time I spent listening to them to find ones that fit! At least I know more about WWII now? In the smokejumper sections, most of the audio is from this 1949 documentary about smokejumping (which, hey, also features a guy firmly grabbing another guy's crotch). The music used is, in order, "The White Cliffs of Dover" with Vera Lynn, "Il est Rythme" with Johnny Hess, "When the Lights Go On All Over the World" with Vaughn Monroe, "What's the Use of Getting Sober" with Louis Jordan, "Bed on the Floor" with Woody Guthrie, and finally "Cold Missouri Waters" with Cry Cry Cry at the end (the only one that isn't period music--it's about the historical event that inspired the end of the fic). The remaining sound clips are mostly from freesound, I think.

podfic_lover beta-listened, and also put together the podbook. There are two versions of it: one plain m4b file with a cover, and one "picturebook version" using the period photos from the original story post as chapter covers. The podbook cover was made by podfic_lover using caersmane's original Big Bang art for the story.

Download mp3.
Download plain podbook.
Download picturebook podbook.

Title: Baghdad Ain't Shit
Fandom: Generation Kill
Author: buffyaddict13
Reader: luzula
Characters: Ray Person + ensemble
Rating: R
Length: 1:17:33
Author's Summary: Character study of Ray through his teenage years through the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Notes: Wow, Ray POV is so much fun to read. Thanks to the author for letting me record it, and thanks to sly_hostetter for beta feedback! For the Semper Hi Fi challenge.

Download mp3: HERE
Streaming:

Title: Death-Defying
Author: keerawa
Reader: luzula
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: R
Length: 1 h 33 m 55 s
Author's summary: Fraser is a contract-killer, and Detective Ray Kowalski needs to stop him before he kills again.
Notes: This is a repod, so be sure to check out podfic_lover's previous version, too! I love this fic to bits, and really wanted to perform it myself. Also, it gave me the chance to read poetry aloud, which I love. Thanks to the author for the blanket permission!

Download at Sendspace.

Audiobook:
Cover Artist: katekat1010
m4b: 44 MB, 1:33:56
Archive Direct Link: http://podfic.jinjurly.com/audfiles/052012070803.zip


Title: Intemperance
Author: basingstoke
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mary Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Irene Adler
Rating: R
Length: 1 h 54 m 30 s
Author's summary: "Intemperance," a story from the secret journals of Doctor John H. Watson, intimate friend and long-time companion of the infamous Sherlock Holmes: A most curious and instructive report of the great man's improbable fecundation, gestation, and parturition.
Notes: This was a delight to read! Thanks to the author for the blanket permission.

Download at Sendspace.

Audiobook:
Cover Artist: cybel
m4b: 54 MB, 1:54:30
Archive Direct Link: http://podfic.jinjurly.com/audfiles/052012070804.zip

Thanks to Cybel for the audiobooks!

Title: Voices in the Wind
Author and reader: luzula
Fandom: due South
Characters: Caroline Fraser, Benton Fraser
Rating: PG-13
Length: 8 m 15 s
Summary: The wind speaks to Caroline.
Notes: For the Do-Over Challenge at fan_flashworks. This is a re-pod of my very first podfic (from 2007), and wow, how my reading has changed. The original is here, if anyone is interested, although I kind of want to hide my face when I listen to it. My characterization of Caroline has also changed since then, and this version of her makes my heart ache.



Title: Eat Dessert First
Author: brigantine
Reader: luzula
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Elaine Besbriss/Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 28 m 48 s
Author's summary: Post CotW, Officer Elaine Besbriss realizes just how much she's not out there alone.
Notes: For the Triangle Challenge at fan_flashworks. I love how playful and companionable this fic is, and it reminds me of how much I like Elaine. Also, there is yummy porn. Thanks to the author for letting me record it!

Download at Sendspace.

Title: As the Starling Said
Author: mctabby
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Jane Austen's Mansfield Park
Pairing: Mary Crawford/Maria Rushworth
Rating: R
Length: 46 m 22 s
Author's summary: Let other pens dwell on Edmund/Fanny. This is Mary/Maria, in the disagreeable aftermath of Mary/Edmund and Maria/Henry.
Notes: Austen femslash! And it's deliciously written, too--I like that it's from the POV of an Austen character who isn't virtuous and squeaky-clean. Thanks to the author for letting me record it!

Download at Sendspace.

Ha, it's pretty funny that I'm podficcing all these rare fandoms after amplificathon is over. But hey, I was on a fangirl trip all April, and podficcing rare fandoms is pretty much my default mode anyway...

Title: What to Do After Firing
Author: dira
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Generation Kill/A Companion To Wolves
Pairing: Brad Colbert/Ray Person
Rating: NC-17
Length: 1 h 24 m 27 s
Author's summary: November 2000. Ray and Navi have their first multiple breeding, and Brad and Frost look after them when it's over.
Notes: If you like the concept of soul-bonded psychic wolves and/or you like hurt/comfort, you're probably going to enjoy this, regardless of if you know the fandom or not. Thanks to the author for the blanket permission! ETA: Warning for dub-con sex, though! Check out the story warnings if you're not familiar with the trope.

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points: 5 + 9 + (5+10) + 5 = 34

Title: A Fine and Private Place
Author: resonant
Reader: luzula
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 26 m 38 s
Author's summary: Set immediately after "Eclipse." Fraser seizes the day.
Notes: A spontaneous little podfic--I was re-reading this fic and just had to record it. Thanks to the author for the blanket permission!

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points: 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 = 18

Total points: 52

Title: The Hills of Iowa
Author and reader: luzula
Fandom: Dar Williams' song "Iowa"
Pairing: Narrator/OFC (femslash)
Rating: PG
Length: 28 m 11 s
Author's summary: My dreams didn't come true back in high school, and I sure didn't expect they would when I was middle-aged. It isn't the sort of thing that happens.
Notes: Recorded for the fan_flashworks Triangle challenge. You can definitely listen to this without knowing the song, but here it is on Youtube if you want to hear it (and there are bits of it in the podfic, too). Thanks to cantarina for beta-listening!

Download at Sendspace.


Title: Night is the Colour of a Self
Author: troyswann
Reader: luzula
Fandom: due South
Characters: Fraser, Kowalski, Dief (gen)
Rating: G
Length: 7 m 13 s
Author's summary: Four wolves--or, 3 wolves and a half-wolf. Or... not.
Notes: Recorded for the author's birthday.


Title: Live A Little, Die A Little
Author and reader: luzula
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Victoria Metcalf/Maggie MacKenzie
Rating: R
Length: 8 m 31 s
Author's summary: In a bar in the backwoods of Canada...
Notes: Recorded for the Awesome Ladies Anthology II, but since they encouraged reposting...

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ETA: Oh yeah, and this is not podfic, but if you'd like to hear me read Peter Kropotkin's autobiography "Memoirs of a Revolutionist", you can download Volume I here and Volume II here. It's about 16.5 hours of 19th century socialist history and Russian history. : )

I've posted an index of all my 2011 podfic. The reason I'm linking it here is that I've stopped posting to this comm and am only posting to the Dreamwidth amplificathon nowadays, so if you don't keep an eye on that comm, you might be interested in checking out my index. : )

These podfics are for andeincascade, for her generous donation to helpsomalia.

Title: Pacta Sunt Servanda
Author: arrow00
Reader: luzula
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 15 m 37 s
Author's summary: War breaks out.
Notes: I'm grateful to malnpudl for listening and assuring me that my voice didn't sound too scratchy (it always gets a bit rough in the winter). Thanks to the author for the blanket permission.

Putting this one up streaming since it's fairy short (but you can download if you want, of course):


ETA: This is so weird. I know I pasted in the right code, but the embed above is appearing as another user's podcast that was on my flist a while ago. I emptied the cache, but it's still there. Arrrgh! Tell me if it looks like the right file for you. Here is an alternative download link in case the streaming doesn't work.

Title: How The Ray Was Won
Author: catwalksalone
Reader: luzula
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Kowalski/Vecchio
Rating: PG
Length: 55 m 26 s
Author's summary: See title. Or. One name, two men, three tasks and a motif. Or several.
Notes: This was a bit tricky to record because it's a story about people telling a story, and I was unsure of whether to separate the storytelling bits with some kind of sound cue, but I finally decided not to. I'm grateful to crinklysolution for beta listening and assuring me that the structure wasn't confusing in audio form, and for catching a couple of mispronunciations. Also, with this podfic I feel like I really learned to read Frannie, so yay for that! My Vecchio and Kowalski still sound too similar, though, but I hope you are still happy with this, Ande. Thanks to the author for the blanket permission.

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Title: Come With Me
Author: zabira
Reader: luzula
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Victoria Metcalf/Benton Fraser
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1 h 11 m 42 s
Author's summary: Late at night, lying awake listening to the hollow sounds of the sleeping prison, her mind was irresistibly drawn to him.
Notes: This is the essential Victoria story for me--she's mostly seen through other people's eyes in fic, but in this story she really comes alive. I recorded this story in a lonely cabin above the Arctic circle, and the background sounds during the storm scene are from an actual storm. *g* . The podfic also includes a deleted scene. Thanks to the author for her blanket permission!

Recorded for ladiesbigbang. mific has made awesome complement art for this, including a podbook cover (also see mific's post about the art):

( Art! )

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