Free Audiobook - Book One - Green Comet

[arjaybe]

Book One in the Green Comet trilogy. Books two and three are Parasite Puppeteers and The Francesians.

Description

As Elgin wakes from a centuries-long sleep, it’s to the memory of danger and loss. Even in the confusion of re-animation, he wonders if this time she’ll be there. But then he remembers the mysterious Visitor and the perilous mission that took Frances from him, and darkness closes in again. Even so, there’s always the hope that this time will be different, that they will have found a way. It was always like this. Hope would always rise again, no matter how often it was struck down.

This audiobook is a straight recording of a reading of the novel. You will find no sound effects, no music, no attempts at accents or voices, just a clean, simple presentation.

If your device is BitTorrent capable you can use the torrent link on my site to download the audiobook.

Otherwise you can use the direct link to the ZIP file.

Green Comet website.

Approximately 134,000 words

ISBN - ePub: 978-0-9919532-3-3

Download Green Comet audiobook free.

Creative Commons Attribution and Share-Alike

rjb

[Cinisajoy]

Cannot open file on your audio book. Ignore two downloads in your count.

[arjaybe]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Cannot open file on your audio book. Ignore two downloads in your count.

You have to unzip it.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by arjaybe

You have to unzip it.

How do I unzip it? I tapped and just got could not open.
The only reason I mentioned it was because I downloaded twice thinking maybe the first one had an error.
PS: I grabbed it because I wanted to hear your voice.

[arjaybe]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

How do I unzip it? I tapped and just got could not open.
The only reason I mentioned it was because I downloaded twice thinking maybe the first one had an error.
PS: I grabbed it because I wanted to hear your voice.

It'll be worth it:-) When I tested on my tablet I was able to unzip it. I'll check.

[arjaybe]

If your device is BitTorrent capable you can use the torrent link on my site to download the audiobook.

Otherwise you can use the direct link to the ZIP file.

[Cinisajoy]

Downloading now.

[Alyssa Miranda]

arjaybe,

Thanks for posting free audio versions of your books – much appreciated! It's the first time I've had experience with this format, and thought it might be helpful to others who have similarly lacked familiarity with the format if I shared how I accessed the files. I downloaded the zipfile for “Green Comet,” which upon clicking on it expanded into separate ogg files (one for each chapter), a format I'm not familiar with, and which is unrecognized by Windows Media Player on my laptop. Windows then asked me if I would like to go the Microsoft Store to obtain an app that would play the ogg files. I demurred, deciding instead to see what's available online, and ultimately decided on “Freemake Audio Converter,” which is free, simple and worked fine on the sample files I tested, converting them to the wmv format playable on Windows Media Player without incident. I'm in the process of converting the remaining files and will post additional feedback after more extensive listening. Once again, thanks!

[arjaybe]

Thank you, Alyssa, for taking the time to drop a comment, and for the effort you went to, and for explaining it here for others. I admit I'm a little surprised that Windows can't read an open format. At least it recognized its shortcomings and offered you a way to overcome them, even if you chose the more independent route.

Thanks again

Jim

[Alyssa Miranda]

Jim,

Here is an update on my previous post re: converting the ogg files to the wmv format readable by Windows Media Player. I began converting more of the Green Comet files using Freemake Audio Converter only to discover that the free version of this software is limited to files less than 3 minutes long. Greater than that and you have to either purchase a one-year subscription for $19.95 or the software outright for $39.95. While I found your narration to be fine I would suggest switching to the much more common mp3 format (which is readable by Windows Media Player) to avoid the hassle I encountered in simply accessing the files.

Alyssa

[arjaybe]

Originally Posted by Alyssa Miranda

Jim,

Here is an update on my previous post re: converting the ogg files to the wmv format readable by Windows Media Player. I began converting more of the Green Comet files using Freemake Audio Converter only to discover that the free version of this software is limited to files less than 3 minutes long. Greater than that and you have to either purchase a one-year subscription for $19.95 or the software outright for $39.95. While I found your narration to be fine I would suggest switching to the much more common mp3 format (which is readable by Windows Media Player) to avoid the hassle I encountered in simply accessing the files.

Alyssa

I chose OGG because it's an open standard. All operating systems should be able to play it without any hinderance or encumbrance. At the time MP3 was fully closed and would have been an insult to my listeners, and was unacceptable for my website and my stories. Freedom is important to me, as are my readers.

Your best bet would be to find a way to enable your computer to handle OGG. It should be quite simple and should certainly not be predatory like that freeware you're using for conversion.

Your second best bet would be to find an open source, non-freeware conversion program. I'm not familiar with Windows software, but surely there must be something. (Here's an example that I found by googling "open source audio conversion for Windows" - https://www.freac.org/ - I haven't used it, of course.)

If neither of those is acceptable or possible for you, then I will convert the books myself (using one of several free and open programs available for Linux) and provide you with a link to Dropbox.

Until MP3 is shown to be completely free and open, I won't be using it. I will do this for you, though. If it is what you want, go to my website and use the contact form.

rjb

[GrannyGrump]

Try Audacity for format conversion. Free, open-source, wonderful audio editor. It supports quite a few file types, and with installation of some additional codecs, even more. Very good on-line help documentation. Windows, Mac, Linux
http://www.audacityteam.org/download/

PortableApps makes a dandy portable version for Windows, run it from a thumb-drive!
https://portableapps.com/apps/music_...acity_portable

[Alyssa Miranda]

Granny,

A quick thank you for recommending Audacity, which played the ogg file with a simple click of the play button!

Alyssa

[arjaybe]

Originally Posted by GrannyGrump

Try Audacity for format conversion. Free, open-source, wonderful audio editor. It supports quite a few file types, and with installation of some additional codecs, even more. Very good on-line help documentation. Windows, Mac, Linux
http://www.audacityteam.org/download/

PortableApps makes a dandy portable version for Windows, run it from a thumb-drive!
https://portableapps.com/apps/music_...acity_portable

I should have thought of Audacity since I use it all the time. Now Alyssa can play and/or convert, whichever she wants. Thank you Granny!

[Alyssa Miranda]

Granny alerted me to Audacity (highly recommended) as an alternative to Windows Media Player, and I've since found another - VLC, also free.

Alyssa