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I usually stick to podfic in fandoms I already know and love. Sometimes, however, I have followed a podficcer into unfamiliar territory, with spectacular results. Here are four stories I would have completely missed if not for the wonderful folks who recorded them. In alphabetical order:

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themusecalliope

I struggled with an idea for a theme for this rec list for a really long time...and then went with my original idea...Opposites!

( So...here we go )

yue_ix

However, better late than never, right? This is a post that I was supposed to post weeks ago but it got too wordy and I had to choose between 30+ "most awesomest covers!" I had bookmarked. Podficcers are too talented for me. :D <33

I've split these into categories to help me focus on a manageable number since I tend to TL;DR squee.

About me and how I rec: ( Read more... )

** Use of Collage recs ** ( 2 recs: Bandom - MCR (cover by aneas), Teen Wolf (cover by quintenttsy) )

** Use of one own's ressources recs ** ( 4 recs: Inception (cover by bessyboo),Bandom - AI (cover by reena_jenkins), Skyfall (cover by greedy_dancer) and TSN RPF, (cover art by jeyhawk and cover by Lunchee) )

** Composition rec ** ( 1 rec: Bandom - MCR (cover by theopteryx) )

** Overall Feel ** ( 1 rec: Teen Wolf (cover by neverbalance) )

Thank you for checking out!

podmod

Amplirecathon 2013 ends today (though the rec request and self-rec posts have just begun! Go visit them!) but we are thrilled to announce that something even better is officially opening its doors today:

podfic_love, a year-round podfic reccing community! Check out the welcome post here, and if you can, please support it by signing up as a reccer for one of the upcoming months!

As for this fest, thank you again for your thoughtful and creative rec posts. Under the cut, please find the links to the rec posts from this year ☺

( Amplirecathon 2013 Master List )

podmod

And here is the second of today's two Official Mod Posts: self-recs.

If you are a podfic artist, then one of the bodies of work you know best of all is your own! In the comments below, rec one (or more) podfic(s) of yours that you think stands out, that you want to particularly direct listeners to. And explain why! Interpret the prompt in any way you want -- just name a work of yours that you love and talk about why.

podmod

Welcome to the final day of Amplirecathon! Today, anybody may post any recs they want, without needing to have signed up.

This is the first of two Official Mod Posts for gathering recs that will be made -- a rec request post! In the comments of this post, if there are any categories of podfic rec that you'd like to ask for, make a request and others can reply to your comment with podfic recs that fit your request.

For example, if you're like us and loved

kalakirya's characterization recs and would like to request other podfics where people feel the reader particularly stood out at their characterization of one or more of the characters in the story, you can post a comment with that request. Or if you are trying out a specific new fandom and want more recs in that fandom, or want recs of readers who have a certain style, etc.

Got it? Okay! Request and rec away!

akamine_chan

Just a random sampling of some podfic I've listened to recently and loved.

( Recently listened-to podfic I have loved, and why... )

analise010

Instead of writing out all of my feelings, I recorded them! Here you'll find the podfic title, reader, fandom, and pairing, along with an audio rec of why I like the story...and maybe a little introduction.

Shout out to

vassalady for beta listening to these recs. :D

( Masturbation )

( Biting/Marking )

( Chocolate Penises )

( Cross Dressing )

( Spanking )

( Hooker Fic )

klb

Like many others, I have grown to be wary of fic WIPs over the years. Although many of them take you on a wonderful ride and finish beautifully, plenty get abandoned as well, and leave a sense of dissatisfaction at not having gotten to see the story end.

But I do love serialized storytelling. I love following a TV show week after week across a season. I love following a book series that comes out with new volumes every year or two. I love Homestuck, with its frequent little updates, and I am excited about catching up on Nightvale so that I can start waiting for new episodes twice a month. It's so nice getting a lovely bite of a story, small enough to not be overwhelming even on a busy day. It's nice to have a built-in period of anticipation and then the excitement of a new update, to be able to download the file already knowing how the reader interprets the characters, already knowing the premise and the world, getting to just dive into the next part and let it wash over me. It's nice to get to live with a story over the course of months instead of days because it is parceled out piece by piece.

And the thing that makes most podfic WIPs different from fic WIPs is: the story is finished! I may be choosing to wait for the next bit of performance before I continue the story, but I'm not forced to wait. If I decide that waiting is making me too unhappy, I can go to the text at any time and read as much of the story as I'd like. It won't be the same as hearing the podficcer's performance, of course, but I can let the podficcer's interpretation of previous chapters shape my experience of the later chapters even if I'm not hearing them performed.

So there's my pitch for podfic WIPs and why I adore them. And now, here are recs for three current podfic WIPs that I think are fantastic:

Revelations, Avengers, Loki/Thor, read by ann_ciudad and written by astolat

( Rec! )

Hands in My Hair, Hockey RPF, Patrick Kane/Andrew Shaw/Jonathan Toews, told by anna_unfolding

( Rec! )

Letter to a G.I., Glee, Kurt/Blaine, read by nielrian, written by dyrnekeeper

( Rec! )

So there you have it! Three stories I'm currently getting in serialized form via podfic and very much enjoying.

busaikko

I was trying to think if there was a theme to my podfic recs, and was nearly sure there wasn't, and then I realized that the one thing I wanted to praise all of them for were the readers, for taking on challenging voices and stories. Characters whose canon characterization can be two-dimensional (the comic relief, the villain, the tough guy, the hero), or who have distinctive accents or voices, or who are doppelgangers distinguished by the reading. I personally would be nervous reading Nick Fury's POV, so it blows me away that it's been done so awesomely. So here are some great character voices:
( gen (SGA), femslash (dueSouth, HP) and slash (Avengers, dueSouth) )

jesperanda

There's a heat wave in London. John endures it admirably, thanks to his military experience. Sherlock endures it petulantly. What could follow is told in these two stories, read in tones as sultry as the weather being described, each accompanied by a bonus track.

The main stories are read by

scienceofobsession and

afrogeekgoddess, who made their podficcing debuts around the same time I did, so their works are sentimental favorites of mine. And when I realized they had both recorded on a theme ... well.

Plus a little

verityburns, for good measure.

All fics are Sherlock/John, and explicit.

( John is starting to notice that it is very hot in the flat indeed. )

Current Mood: hot
Current Music: Mental loop: "Wicked Game," Chris Isaak

kalakirya

( a bunch of recs for Teen Wolf, Avengers, Teen Wolf again, Warehouse 13, the Eagle, Merlin, Anthropomorphic Fandom-ness, and Jeeves and Wooster, in that order. )

busaikko

Podfic coverart has size and purpose limitations that I think make it different from other fanart: it's often viewed at various sizes, some quite small, and it has to convey a lot of information (title, themes, characters, etc.) in that tiny space. My recs are for covers that work with those limits (because often I am choosing podfic from my iPod menu while cycling to work, and because otherwise there would be too many beautiful covers to choose from):( covers chosen for size, graphics, images, and meta )

knight_tracer

I love podfics of all shapes and sizes! I love that I can always find something to fit into different situations, jobs lengths, and varying attention spans. Here are a few podfics I've listened to and loved lately.

( 4 short )

( 1 for the middle )

( And a few long )

Thanks to the mods for allowing me to post a day late due to family drama.

piscaria

If there's a theme to this reclist, it's podfic I've listened to so often that I practically have it memorized. Although each of these stories is well-written in its own right, the performances in these podfics are what really stood out to me. Each reader added something unique in her performance, making each one a joy to listen to.

( 7 recs in The Eagle, Merlin, Inception, and Teen Wolf )

kalakirya

Though I do listen in lots of fandoms, Avengers fandom is my happy place, and I've been listening to a lot of Avengers-ish stuff recently. So, here are four podfics that I really enjoy and have listened to more times than I care to count :D

( recs under the cut )

(apologies for the fact that no one's name is linked. I have no idea why DW is not cooperating today, but it's not /o\)

ailis_fictive

This is a fairly theme-less rec list. I only started listening to podfic in March, and I've been wallowing my way gaily around since then--coming in through Avengers fandom, but listening to bits and pieces across most of the fandoms I read and a few I don't, really, but will pick up if if the story looks interesting (by which, honestly, I usually mean hot) enough.

This rec-list is heavily MCU-Avengers slanted, in part because that's the fandom in which I've listened the most and in part because I've tried to pick mostly podfic from within the last year, and most of the other fandoms I listen in with any focus (Star Trek reboot, BBC Sherlock, Stargate Atlantis) tend to be older. It also reflects my biases, which are: longer fic (I listen to little under 10 minutes; 30-90 minutes is my preference, but I'll listen to multi-hour with great appreciation), accent-agnostic, reasonable production values (I'm not looking for perfection, but it needs to not be a struggle to understand), and any rating, but with a preference for funny or explicit. Links tend to be to A03 if the podfic has its own page, because that's how my notes track and the A03 page usually has multiple format links if they're available.
( 4 detailed recs )
And because I'm incapable of doing anything in moderation (I discovered, while working on this, that I have over 200 hours of podfic in my keep-file, and over 600 hours that I haven't listened to yet--and that's collected since the end of March!), some shorter-if-I-can-restrain-myself rec collections.
( 18(!) brief recs )

Current Mood: accomplished

reflectedeve

I've always been a pretty pairing-centric consumer of fanworks, as many of us seem to be; largely, I think, because this is the area where I'm most dissatisfied with most of the "professional" media I consume. That said, I have a special place in my heart for good gen, especially when it comes to podfic. Podfic is an artform I often use to help me get through things: my latest, tricky art project, or a night when I'm having trouble relaxing into sleep, or cleaning and organizing in preparation for a move. (There's such incredible comfort in being read to, in the direct sense of connection provided by another human voice!) As such, there's often nothing better than a quiet story exploring chosen family or a plot-heavy tale of adventure.

These are five of my very favorites (two recent, three older) ... and because that didn't seem like quite enough, one extra that isn't too heavy on the romantic tension, but instead focuses on the personalities and different communication styles of the characters in question. (And um ... one of those characters is named Gen?)

( Fandoms: Elementary, Teen Wolf, Leverage, Iron Man, Doctor Who, Star Trek: AOS, The Queen's Thief )

podmod

Happy Amplirecathon!

We hope you're enjoying the fabulous recs so far. This year, rather than reccing ending when this challenge ends, we're thrilled to announce that there'a s podfic reccing comm that will be starting up by the end of the month. The mods of that comm have asked for podfic reccing tips to point to, and since we're in the middle of a rec challenge, we know there are people here who can answer that!

So this is a post for crowdsourcing reccing advice. If you have reccing experience, or rec-reading experience, or just some good ideas, please comment to share:

-What helps when reccing podfic? What information do you like to include?
-What do you want from a rec as a consumer? What makes a rec the most helpful and enjoyable for you?

I'll paste advice up into the body of the post as it comes in, to create an easy reference for future reccers!

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Amplirecathon 2013: List of Rec Posts (And New Comm Announcement!)

Final Day of Amplirecathon: Self-Rec Post

Final Day of Amplirecathon: Rec Request Post

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8 Kinky Recs in 8 Different Fandoms!

Podfic WIPs and why I love them (and three delightful current examples)

Amplirecathon: 12 femslash recs in 4 fandoms

Podfic Recs: Readings which amazed me

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8 recs in no particular order because I felt like randomly reccing things I <3

Cover Art Day! (somewhere in the world...)

The Long and the Short of it...

Seven Podfic Recs in Four Fandoms

four Avengers-universe podfics I rec

Amplirecathon: Lots of (mostly Avengers-MCU) recs

Amplirecathon: five gen podfic recs, plus one

Crowdsourcing Podficcing Reccing Tips!

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