Verbal amplirecathon post; theme: stories I have never read before

[lunchee]

oh god. it's still the 21st somewhere in the world, right??

Introduction:

(Podfic is a way for me to listen to stories I might never read myself, through the emotional lens of a reader who really cares for it. I enjoy this experience thoroughly. All my recs are podfics of stories I have never read [+1 that I have], sometimes in fandoms I'm not in, sometimes in things I have not even seen.

I have done a podcast for each rec, where I flail about about how much about how much I like it and why, and also include little clips of each podfic, which you can stream directly, download individually, or download the whole lot in m4b format. Enjoy!)

The recs:

1. Forty-six and two || 58mins|| Download || read by fire_juggler || Teen Wolf || Derek Hales/Stiles Stilinski

Download the podcast rec
Long story short: Try it! It gives you an interesting viewpoint into transgender issues; you will like it!


2. Some Victory || 44mins || Download || read by cookiemom6067 || Star Trek Reboot || Kirk/Spock

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Long story short: Try it! It is funny and about rock stars, you will like it!

3. 5 Times Darren Tried to make Chris stop Smoking || 1hr40 || Download || read by adistantsun || Glee RPF || Darren Criss/Chris Colfer

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Long story short: Try it! It is super charming and might help you quite smoking, also there is a lot of smut; you will like it!

4. The progress of Sherlock Holmes || 7hrs45|| Download || read by cellardoorpodfic || Sherlock BBC || Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, John Watson/Mary Morstan

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Long story short: Try it! It will actually make you like 1st person point of view; you will like it!

5. a thousand threads of what might have beens || 2hrs40 || Download || read by revolutionaryjo || Sherlock BBC || Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

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Long story short: Try it! It has amazing sound design and jo is cool! You will like it!

6. In Our Line of Work || 1hr40 || Download || read by crinklysolution and podcath || Inception || Eames/Arthur

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Long story short: Try it if you enjoy super competent characters! You will like it!

7. Written by the Victors|| 5hrs30 || Download || read by a village of podficcers || Stargate: Atlantis || John Shepperd/Rodney Mckay, John Shepperd/ Teyla Emmagen

Download the podcast rec
Long story short: Try it! I have never seen SGA and know nothing about it, but this is literally the best podfic I have ever heard. You will like it!

8. The Ebb of the Sea || 30mins || Download || read by fire_juggler || Teen Wolf || Derek Hales/Stiles Stilinski

Download the podcast rec
Long story short: Try it if you enjoy fairytales/fables! Selkies! You will like it!


And one rec for a podfic of a story that I had read before:

9. Famous on the Internet || 5mins || Download || read by juice817 || Supernatural RPF || Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles

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Long story short: Try it! It is about a celebrity who trolls the internet. You will like it!



Download all the podcast recs in one m4b (30MB, 1hr).

Thanks for listening!

Comments

[lunchee]

I'm sorry I didn't make it clear /o\ I went back and edited as soon as I could after getting this comment, so hopefully it helped later people who read it. Thanks so much for dl-ing it anyway, and I'm chuffed you liked it, yay!

if I know there is a podfic (or there will be one) I try to wait...

Oh my god, YES. If there is podfic, I am so there! I love how readers bring their interpretation to the table, and with how quick some readers are, the wait sometimes is not very long at all! Mostly though, my podfic habits are all about readers or eye catching summaries. Because I am easy.

Forty-six and two was such a pleasant surprise! I kind of relate TW in my head to more crack than serious business, but the podfic reading and writing was wonderfully enjoyable, even while being quite sombre in nature most of the time. And like I said, inception is not my usual cup of tea, but in combination with who was reading AND the very enticing summary, I was all ears :D It was wonderful work guys, I really enjoyed it!

[podcath]

I cannot believe how quick some readers are. But yes, in most cases I'll actually prefer the podfic. i do like to *read* extremely experimental stories and ones that jump in time a lot (though i've asked someone else to read the different time in a couple of fics to mark the difference).

And yes, TW tends to be and produce crack, but then we've always been great at changing genres from the source text--romance out of cops and scifi; drama out of comedy and vice versa...the beauty of fandom!!!

[lunchee]

i do like to *read* extremely experimental stories

Same! Somehow they're more fulfilling for me to make rather than stories that are straightforward prose. It actually feels weird for me not do anything beyond putting in a music intro/outro. Maybe this mean I'm growing as a person/podficcer?!?

we've always been great at changing genres from the source text...the beauty of fandom!!!

We really are! We're also pretty good at exploring the genre and extrapolating from the source text too, I think. I guess fandoms just got everything covered :D