fandom reads me to sleep

In honor of amplificathon's looming deadline (June 2! Getcher podfics in!) I'm popping out podfic like a cat with kittens.

Anyway:
Fever Dreams is Slings & Arrows, Oliver/Geoffrey/Ellen, written and recorded by me. It's 6:01 minutes long and is a 2 meg mp3.

Dust Storms is NCIS, Abby/everyone, writ and read by me, five 100 word drabbles about dust. It's 3 minutes long and is a 2 meg mp3.

the hours between dawn and nothing is a M*A*S*H story, written by furies and read by me. It's 49:42 in length and is a 38 meg mp3. Warning: There is some significant ambient noise in the second half, which, if it bothers people, I will rerecord. In fact, I'll probably do it anyway and pop it up, but for now, I listened and you can totally hear me over the annoying periodic cracking sounds. Anyway.

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I've also been listening to podfic like a madwoman; I have a whole folder bookmarked but for now, some things what I've liked:

I Would Rather Be Anywhere Else Than Here Today, written by spuffyduds and read by zabira. I have to send feedback to the author here; this is a marvelous Oliver story, just perfect, maudlin and queeny and crying in his bourbon while all around him people have actual lives. Plus it's funny! It's 25:22 minutes long and an 11.5 meg m4b. In this case the story surpasses the reading, but only because it's such a spot on Oliver voice that it wouldn't be right unless it was read by Stephen Ouimette himself.

Time To Forget is a sweet Jack/Ianto story about what it's worth to keep memories, even if they hurt. It's by miss_zedem and read by jadesfire2008, who reads beautifully, with a lilting British accent that totally works for Ianto. It's 7:09 and a 2.8 meg mp3.

Twelve Steps to Understanding is NCIS, Tony/Gibbs and Gibbs/Ducky, and hot and yearning and so, so Tony and so Gibbs. It was written by ingenius_inc and read by dodificus, and is 39:45 and a 43 meg mp3.

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Oh, and massive heaping thanks to general_jinjur, chr0me_kitten and anatsuno, three tiny geniuses I am proud to consider my friends, for putting together this whole thing, moderating and hosting and making fandom record podfic to begin with. You guys are so good to us.

let me podfic you!

Okay, so since today is podfic day, if YOU have anything you want me to record, just toss me a link and I am all over it. Let's say nothing more than like 5000 words, in Doctor Who, SGA, NCIS, Torchwood, Bones, House, Slings & Arrows, and, you know, try me.

I mean, feel free to suggest some of your favorite stories by other folk (esp if you've secured permission), but mostly just go ahead and pimp yourself -- throw me a link and I'll like it!

I like doing Ziva best, I have learned, but my Jenny and Gibbs are also surprisingly not bad! I do a pretty good Radar and Margaret, and my Tenth Doctor, I swear, is getting better. I can't do Welsh, but can do Canadian, American South, NY, etc. Stories with people with distinctive voices particularly welcomed! I have completely lost the ability to do the Sorkin voices, but I'm practicing and will probably get it back. I used to do a mean Josh and Leo.

Let me podfic you!

big podfic day!

So I recorded a whole mess of podfic today (as well as three yesterday, and some recs) for your audiological enjoyment.

Also, I am still on a recording jag, so if you've got something you'd love to hear podficked, bring it on! I am particularly interested in NCIS (Ziva? Doesn't anyone have Ziva fic for me to record?!) and Slings & Arrows (I learned I do a pretty good Geoffrey! And I can manage an Oliver and Ellen too, as well as a pretty caricatured Darren...), as that seems to be the way the wind is blowing in my fannish world these days, but I'm also all over attempting the Tenth Doctor again if you've got some. I'll take anything < 5000 words, and, again, this is a very good time for you to pimp yourself and link me to anything of yours you want recorded for posterity and to show the courts...

Today's haul (all links to amplificathon entries:

Toiling Upward in the Night, a Jekyll (the Stephen Moffat miniseries) story by ainsley, 5:46

O Lamentable Day! (7:36) by me, and also likethesun2's remix, The Brave Man With a Sword (12:45). Slings & Arrows, Geoffrey/Darren. Hilarity ensues!

Arrival, a M*A*S*H story about Radar, by hobsonphile, 2:40.

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And a couple recs:

Blooded, an NCIS fic written and read by malnpudl, who seems to be on the same podficking jag I'm on. It's absolute spot-on McGee voice, which I swear I don't think I've ever read. And while it's brilliant alone as a McGee think piece, set at his first murder scene and all overwhelmed with Gibbs barking orders and McGee trying not to throw up, it also has bonus Gibbs/Tony. Beautiful end to end.

The Only Sound (archive link) is a post year-that-wasn't Jack/Ianto fic, that's notable not only for the delicate balance of truth and vulnerability in Ianto's love for Jack, but also a whole host of great character voices. It's written by crystalshard and read by jadesfire2808, who has a gorgeous English accent and slides effortlessly from Tosh to Owen to Gwen, each with their own vocal quirks. She doesn't give Jack an American accent, but seriously? Who can blame her. *g* 25:15

amplificathon is making me seriously happy, and I already have stories saved to listen to on the overseas flight, but there needs to be more. People have done a good job reaching out for weird pairings and fandoms, but I find myself craving some classic stuff. Like, seriously? There's not one Ten/Rose up there. So you don't have to let me record your fic, but let somebody! We've got till June 2nd till the challenge proper is over, but of course there's no deadline on recording podfic in the universe at large, but now's the time!