Happy Sixth Anniversary, Classic Tales Podcast!
Last Friday, marked the 6th anniversary of B.J. Harrison's The Classic Tales Podcast. This gives me the perfect opportunity to write about some of my favorite stories he has produced during the many years I've listened to the Podcast.
I am trying to remember what the first story I listened to was, I think it was Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Speckled Band." Although I had read that story a bunch of times, B.J. really made it come alive to me. Ever since then, each time I read a Sherlock Holmes story, it is his version of the sleuth I hear in my head.
Also, if you haven't heard B.J.'s Jeeves and Wooster you are so missing out. But don't worry, he has bundled all of the books and stories he's recorded by P.G. Wodehouse for you. You will love every minute of it and be in constant stitches!But getting to listen to some of my favorite stories is only part of what makes me love this podcast. There are so many wonderful books and short stories I've discovered through the years. I will be eternally grateful to B.J. for introducing me to Wilkie Collins and The Moonstone. If you haven't read/listened to this book, do it NOW. The first five hours are free to download at thebestaudiobooks.com. Trust me, you'll thank me for the recommendation, and like me, be indebted to B.J. for producing it.
I can't even begin to imagine how much work goes into producing one episode of The Classic Tales. He has to create the voices for each character, record and edit, and then post it on to iTunes. He does this because he wants to share great literature with the world. With you and me. He does this because he knows it will be much easier for the general public to tackle Hamlet as an audio book than trying to read the text. He's brought us the lightest and most fanciful stories, such as Alice in Wonderland to the weightiest such as Moby Dick. The variety and of his choices speaks not only to B.J.'s commitment to literature, but to his vast knowledge of it. And he shares it all for free.
Oh, and get the app (available for Apple and Android platforms). The bonus features are so worth the couple of bucks you'll put down for it!
And don't forget to tell your friends about it!
Happy Anniversary, B.J.! Thanks for all you do for us!
Sounds exiting! Will work on downloading to my I pad. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI am one of BJ Harrison's greatest fans; but I was taken aback when I learned he was creating Moby Dick because it had already been done. Not only done, but consummately done by Frank Muller. With so many great books waiting to be created in audio, I wondered why not do an audio that had not already been created? I wanted to drop Frank Muller a line telling him what a great job he had done, but I discovered that he was involved in an unspeakable tragedy involving a motorcycle accident. I believe the Moby Dick endeavor would have been put to better use in the creation of one of my favorite childhood books, "Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan".
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