"Not To Yield", by Kass

[luzula]

Here's my first contribution to amplificathon! As I understand it, a mod will see this post and upload the file to the archive, is that right? Or do I need to email them?

Title: Not To Yield
Author: Kass
Fandom: Shackleton (tv series)
Pairing: Shackleton/Hurley
Rating: R
Format: mp3, 128 mbps
Length: 19:34 minutes, 17.92 mb
Download: at Sendspace, or at the archive: right click and download. cybel also made a podbook with a gorgeous cover made from a photograph from the expedition (you can see the cover down among the comments). Download the book at the archive: right click and download.
Notes: So, this is basically RPS about Antarctic explorers in the beginning of the 20th century. You don't need to know anything about Shackleton beforehand to read/listen to it (I didn't, when I read it). It's written as Shackleton's journal entries, and the rhythm of the language is just lovely--I really enjoyed recording it. The slash is wonderfully understated (and not explicit). Thank you kindly to Kass for letting me record it!

Points: 5 + 1 + 3 + 3 = 12 points

Comments

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's utterly gorgeous! I love hearing it in your voice. (Your English is beautiful; whereas my Swedish is -- well, nonexistent, really.) It's awesome to hear how the words sound in the rhythms of your voice.

A handful of the phrases in the story came from Shackleton's actual diary, so I tried hard to make the tone of the story match the lines I'd borrowed from him. Hearing you read it, it all sounds like poetry, which makes me so happy.

Thank you SO MUCH!

[luzula]

Yay, thanks! I'm so glad you like it. It was quite different to read compared to other podfics I've done, because there's no dialog. So yeah, sometimes it did feel a bit like reading poetry.

And I think I'll have to check out that tv-series. Which one did you base it on? There seems to be several on IMDB.

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

It's based on Shackleton (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272839/), which is a gorgeous short miniseries (which draws on the published diaries of the expedition members, and often duplicates images found in Frank Hurley's spectacular photographs; there are a ton of frames in the film which are exact duplications of Hurley's historical photographs. It's amazing, honestly. :-)

[luzula]

Thanks! I'll check it out.