Amplificathon, yay!

[luzula]

My plan for this Amplificathon is to record long stories in rare fandoms (where "long" = more than one hour). I'm aware that this is not a good strategy for winning--in fact, these are stories that I've wanted to record previous years, but didn't do because it was more profitable point-wise to record shorter fics. But I've done the mad-race-for-the-finish-line the two last years, and managed to end up in the top three both times, and I figure that's enough for me. I don't have the energy for it this year. Good luck, fellow participants! *salutes you*

Here are my first ones!

Title: Nice Work If You Can Get It
Author: astolat
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Isaac Asimov's Robot books
Pairing: Greg Powell/Mike Donovan
Rating: R
Length: 1 h 4 m 10 s
Author's summary: It was the only the beginning of a relentless campaign of terror and romance.
Notes: I know this is a rare fandom, but believe me when I say that you don't have to know the canon to appreciate this. If you like 1) slash, 2) science fiction, and 3) the "X makes them do it" trope, then I guarantee that you will enjoy this story. I'm aware that Powell should have an Irish accent, but I'm afraid that is beyond my skills. Thanks to the author for her blanket permission! Also, thanks to podcath for beta-listening to portions of this.

Download at Sendspace.

Points: 5 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 11 = 27

Title: Shalbatana
Author: ellen_fremedon
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars books, gen
Rating: G
Length: 51 m 35 s (all right, so it's not quite an hour--apparently I read faster than I think)
Author's summary: "Tell Nadia we've found a rover. Not one of ours."
Notes: This story, OTOH, is fairly canon-dependent, and was also more of a challenge to read. I love these books, and was overjoyed when this story turned up at Yuletide--it just fit right into canon. Also, it has lots of landscape description, which is something I love, but which sadly doesn't turn up much in fanfic. Thanks to the author for letting me record it!

Download at Sendspace.

Points: 5 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 6 = 22

Total points in this post: 49

Comments

[dodificus.livejournal.com]

Your archive pages are here: Nice Work If You Can Get It (http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it) | Shalbatana (http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/shalbatana)

I'm aware that this is not a good strategy for winning

Gawd, if you were in it to win it you would go *crazy* by the end of it all. It's been so full on the last couple of years. My aim this year is to listen to ALL THE PODFIC. Or a lot of it anyway:)

[luzula]

Hee, well, it did kind of drive me crazy last year. And this year it's an even longer time period, too.

My aim this year is to listen to ALL THE PODFIC. Or a lot of it anyway:)

Wow, that's quite a daunting goal in its own right!

Thanks for the archive pages!

[dodificus.livejournal.com]

I LOVED 'Nice Work If You Can Get It', absolutely loved it. And I'm half way through Shalbatana and I'm still doing ok with it even though I have zero knowledge of canon:)

[luzula]

Yay! \o/ I'm so glad to hear that. Actually, I'm working on another long Asimov robot story.

And yeah, Shalbatana doesn't have a complex plot or anything (it's basically a road trip), but you might miss out on some of the characterization stuff.

[luzula]

Hey, there's an editing error in Shalbatana that I fixed. Could you re-upload it for me?
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9vzuhy

[dodificus.livejournal.com]

Should be re-uploaded now:)

[luzula]

Thank you! : )

[idella]

OMG OMG OMG you recorded Shalbatana!! I have like, a gazillion things in my to-listen queue, but this just shot right to the top.

[luzula]

Eeee! I'm so glad there is an audience for it! It's an awfully rare fandom, but I love those books (and the story) so much that I had to record it. I hope you enjoy it.

[idella]

Seriously, one of my favourite YT stories in the history of YT + recorded by you = pretty much the best thing ever. I gasped so loudly when I saw this post that they probably heard me on Mars. In the future. Anyway. I LOVED this so, so much. My favourite thing was probably how you got the emotion of the story across: Nadia and Hiroko gleefully bouncing the Rover, and Nadia reflecting on Ann and arguing with Arkady, and her surprise when she was discovered by the Sojourner Rover. Really, the whole thing was my favourite. Thanks for recording this. It was really great to fall in love with this story all over again. And there will be relistens in the future, yes. :D

(Er, I don't know if it really matters at this point, but you left an editing clap in during the bit near the end where Nadia's repairing Sojourner.)

[luzula]

Oh, you give the best feedback! Seriously, thank you. And this is what I love about recording podfics in really rare fandoms: most people just scroll by, but then there's the occasional fan who is overjoyed. &hearts

And thanks for catching the editing mistake! Since I haven't deleted the original files yet, I'll fix it and re-upload.

[(Anonymous)]

I listened to Nice Work If You Can Get it, and it's utterly lovely. Thanks for introducing me to this story and for your brilliant reading! <3

[luzula]

Yay, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for coming back to tell me so--I really appreciate it.

[devo79.livejournal.com]

Both fics are in fandoms I'm not very aware of.

But that didn't really matter since they're well written and your reading makes them so easy to become interested in.

[luzula]

I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed them despite not being familiar with the fandoms! Thank you. : )

[scintilla10.livejournal.com]

I thoroughly enjoyed your reading of Nice Work If You Can Get It. Excellent job!

[luzula]

Thank you! I'm so glad to hear that : )