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Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Sun 18. Dec 2016, 20:24
by Newgatenovelist
10 and 11 are PL OK.

Not going for the French accent seems fine. I usually reserve those for characters I don't have to sustain for long periods of recording, or for books that have a heightened or melodramatic style or something like that (a villainous Italian count! a dastardly French conspirator!). If in doubt, don't do it!

This plot is going all sorts of places I didn't expect.

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Mon 19. Dec 2016, 14:40
by lezer
Thanks!
Yes, the plot keeps developing... 2 more short chapters ready!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Mon 19. Dec 2016, 17:36
by Newgatenovelist
12 and 13 are PL OK. Go, Anna, go!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Mon 19. Dec 2016, 22:22
by lezer
Well, if you put it like that! Chapter 14 and 15 ready too!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Tue 20. Dec 2016, 22:00
by Newgatenovelist
And 14 and 15 are PL OK! Keep 'em comin'!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Wed 21. Dec 2016, 15:53
by lezer
Chapter 16 is up!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Wed 21. Dec 2016, 22:39
by Newgatenovelist
PL OK! Don't leave me hanging!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Thu 22. Dec 2016, 11:16
by lezer
Chapter 17 & 18 up!

I couldn't stop anymore, of course - the remaining chapters only have to be edited. But I won't give the end away ;)

I've also made the cover picture already, Hokus. I don't remember how to upload/send it to you...

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Thu 22. Dec 2016, 13:51
by Newgatenovelist
Don't do it, bishop, you fool!

17 and 18 PL OK.

If you ever have the chance to watch Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, you might like it. It's set in the Melbourne in the 1920s, and has some of the glamour of this book. The title character drives too fast, picks up the most attractive blokes in town and generally enjoys life while she's busy solving crimes. The music is great, too. It's one of my guilty pleasures.

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Thu 22. Dec 2016, 14:12
by lezer
A long chapter 19 is up too!
Exposition, and some cliffhanger...

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries? Haven't heard of them, but I'm going to look it up, thanks!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Thu 22. Dec 2016, 18:00
by Newgatenovelist
Oooooooh, I guessed some, but not all, of that. PL OK.

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Thu 22. Dec 2016, 18:46
by lezer
And the last chapter!

Yes, I had an idea who the Chief was for a chapter or 2 before, but I hadn't figured out how they did it.
And I hadn't expected what happens in the last few minutes of the book!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Thu 22. Dec 2016, 21:44
by Newgatenovelist
Aaaaaand it's PL OK!

My pc is also sorting all the chapters as part of the same book, so that looks okay, too. Congrats!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Fri 23. Dec 2016, 00:08
by lezer
Thank you so much for the PL-ing, Erin! And so quickly!

Hokus, I'll write a better summary tomorrow. I also have a "cover" picture ready.

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Fri 23. Dec 2016, 13:14
by Newgatenovelist
You're most welcome! It was fun, and it'll be good listening for this time of year. I'll come back and check out your cover, too. Happy holidays!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Fri 23. Dec 2016, 15:09
by lezer
Hello Hokuspokus,

I remembered that I could just upload the jpg via the uploader: https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... Airman.jpg

And here's the updated summary:
The scene of this classic ‘whodunit’ story from the ‘Golden Age of detective fiction’ is a 1930’s Aero Club, filled with small open-cockpit aircraft and a host of excentric characters. Experienced flight instructor George Furnace dies in a plane crash near the airfield, in full view of witnesses. The verdict at the inquest is ‘death by misadventure’. But an Australian bishop, who had signed up for flying lessons just before the incident, starts to question this. Could it have been murder? Or suicide? It takes some persistent work by police detectives Creighton and Bray, that takes them all over the UK and to France, to unravel the whole story.
Author Christopher St John Sprigg (1907-1937) had a passion for aviation; he had previously published two beginners textbooks on the art of flying, so presumably he got his details right. Famous crime fiction novelist Dorothy L. Sayers wrote a glowing review for this novel at the time.
Let me know if you need something else. Thanks!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Sat 24. Dec 2016, 10:02
by Viktor
Congratulations! Here's the download page, files will be ready in some minutes:
https://listen.legamus.eu/sprigg_deathairman/

Merry Christmas everybody!

Re: solo[ENG]Death of an Airman - Christopher St John Sprigg

Posted: Mon 2. Jan 2017, 09:32
by Hokuspokus
I am so sorry Anna. All the progress here completely escaped me. Thank you for your PM.
Happy New Year!

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://legamus.eu/blog/?p=908

Re: COMPLETE [ENG] Death of an Airman - St John Sprigg-hok

Posted: Mon 2. Jan 2017, 12:03
by lezer
Thank you, all!