Free reading of Alice in Wonderland

Happy xmas! I've just posted a 2:23 reading I did of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland -- the first book I ever read to myself, and one of my all time favorites. The reading's under a Creative Commons Attribution-only license, so do anything you'd like with it! MP3 Link, Other formats

[#1 posted by TerrinTokyo , December 25, 2007 1:42 AM]

Sweet! thank you Cory. btw, I'm sure you must know about Neil's kudos for 'Little Brother', but just in case: http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/12/changing-planes.html

merry all to you!

Terri

[#2 posted by Father Brown , December 25, 2007 1:52 AM]

absolutely delightful

thanks, Cory!

I've always loved the original John Tenniel illustrations from the early editions of the book - -paired with Carroll's text, they've made it the greatest children's book (better than the Harry Potter series in my estimation) -- even inspiring many rock musicians Grace Slick John Lennon, Robyn Hitchcock

[#3 posted by Sue Grant , December 25, 2007 1:56 AM]

Thanks for the great reading for my late Christmas Eve, and that was a lovely compliment by Neil Gaiman on Little Brother. I can't wait to read the book.

[#4 posted by agnot , December 25, 2007 2:40 AM]

Thanks, Cory, for the interesting posts on Christmas day in Great Britain.

I may or may not speak for "woodsy types" hunkered down for the holiday in off-road cabins throughout the forests of North America. However, I find the fall=out of holiday season, the frenetic energy, the crowds and crazy driveres, the pseudo-giving and pseudo-caring, to be detrimental.

I noticed Christmas lights being strung on the day before Thanksgiving. On asking the mall employees, I was informed that they were two days behind schedule!

Let's face it, the original pagan holiday, the Winter Solstice, will remain in the past so long as multi-national corporations claim Christmas as the season in which they get into the black.

My holiday is January 3rd, "Return to Normalcy Day." Actually, "Normalcy Plus," I can buy things and take vacations from winter weather at huge discounts.

For whatever etherical reasons, my cell phone lacks the bandwidth to listen to Alice in Wonderland tonight, but I will look forward to finding it on my computer when I wake on Christmas morning.

Happy whatevere !

--
freeman

[#5 posted by lamarlowe , December 25, 2007 5:35 AM]

For real? The first book you read to yourself? I'm glad I read it when I did, after Curious George, Dr Seuss, the Happy Hollisters, and all the "See Spot Dick Jane" crap I sometimes literally cut my teeth on. But how special the book must truly be to you! I would love to hear how your perspective on the tale has evolved over time.

Thank you for the gift. You really shouldn't have! :)

Merry Christmas.

[#6 posted by devoinregress , December 25, 2007 7:14 AM]

librivox.org also has several audio versions of Alice in Wonderland under the CC no rights reserved license.
http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?title=alice+in+wonderland&author=&status=all&action=Search

Merry Christmas BB!

[#7 posted by mdhatter , December 25, 2007 7:35 AM]

Merry Christmas BB!

[#8 posted by chazzbro , December 25, 2007 10:50 AM]

Downloading now, thanks!

You'll find some Poe and some U.S. historical documents I've read here:

http://freemp3audiobooks.com/free-audio-books.html

Kinda fun!

[#9 posted by oliviab , December 26, 2007 2:29 AM]

Thanks for the lovely reading. I've got a copy of the book by my bed and was planning to read it over the holidays. Your way is more fun, plus I can lie down and close my eyes.

[#10 posted by natalief , December 27, 2007 1:48 AM]

This is amazing! I love to listen to audio-books whilst knitting and this has always been one of my favourite books since I was a young child!

[#11 posted by erindipity , December 29, 2007 1:31 PM]

Most excellent, eloquent elocution!
Thank you, Cory :)