Admin reply: Aw, c'mon, be kind. This is a classic of early SF.

Added: August 15, 2008

Admin reply: Well, first, if you do not like any particular story that we are podcasting, you do not have to listen. Second, someone can have extreme views and still be an interesting writer-- especially from a historical perspective. I think Smith is a great example of pulpy space opera SF before physics was so much more sophisticated. His writing is stilted, soapy, and decidedly silly at times, but still worth the listen or read. "The views of any particular writer that we narrate do not necessarily represent those of Uvula Audio. yada yada..." Third, I take it that you are a native American from your name? Although Smith's character Stevens does casually wipe out a boatload of six-armed Ganymeade aborigines in "Spacehounds" (hmmmm an homage to Burroughs I wonder?) and refers to them as "Indians", go easy on the guy-- we are talking about someone who wrote almost 80 years ago. He is a product of his times, and in my opinion a lot of what he says was tongue-in-cheek. Not that it ameliorates anything, but compared to his contemporaries Smith is not all that racist; I could point out dozens of his peers who were far more actively impugning of the "non-white" races than Smith.

Added: July 21, 2008

Admin reply: First, thank you ever so much for the donation. It was actually quite kind of you. We get so few donations that when we do get one, we appreciate your thoughtfulness more than you can imagine. Since we do our recordings because we love it and not for money, it is *always* nice to see someone appreciate our work.

Second, I'm so sorry, but "I Libertine" was the very first bookcast that we ever did. Hence the quality of the podcast is not as high as it is now, several years later. Since then we have learned quite a bit about podcasting, sound editing, and recording. We have also gotten much better equipment. Also, unfortunately, that particular story does change change tone very quickly and gets loud and soft from paragraph to paragraph quite a bit. Please feel free to listen to our newest podcasts and see the difference in quality. We have an ee doc smith book that premieres this week, and then more Baum coming up in a few weeks!

Added: July 4, 2008

Admin reply: Louis, I'm sorry that you feel that way about the sound FX. We usually only include sound FX with children/young adult stories. Since TMOB is being podcast on both the adult and kid's streams, we thought we would default to the YA style of presentation. If it makes you feel any better, future serious adult podcasts will have no sound FX.

Added: May 23, 2008

Admin reply: Uh, do you mean Doc Savage? Or is that a reference to my masterful narrating skills?

Added: April 30, 2008

Admin reply: Thanks, Chris. I, Libertine was the first book that we podcast. I suspect that the quality of our work has gone up since so you may want to listen to something more recent...

Added: April 14, 2008