Doc Savage - Birds Of Death
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Doc Savage is the popular nickname for Clark Savage Jr. a near-superman whose exploits were documented in over 181 issues of Doc Savage Magazine during the 1930's and 1940's. Reprinted by Bantam Books, they are continuing to be released with over 24 million in print. I have been collecting them for years, I used to purchase them as they came out now I am looking through used book stores and eBay.
Doc Savage books are a special kind of book. The writing style is fast and furious (now called "pulp"), the pace is exciting. When you pick up a Doc Savage adventure you never know if you are heading for the center of the earth, the steaming jungles of South America, a lost city in Arabia or the Canadian wilderness but you know the action will be non-stop. Escapist fiction at its finest, the setting is the 1930's but the enemies and their plots are timelessly fiendish. Doc and his trusty associates battle criminals that cannot be touched by the authorities, masterminds that pull U.S. warships under the water, cause earthquakes, direct meteors that cause men to lose their brains, walk through solid metal, kill innocents with nefarious gadgets, etc. Criminal organizations that create monsters, steal millions, invent invisibility devices, sabotage American war efforts (remember the time period), conquer lost cities where the streets are literally paved with gold, etc
Birds Of Death was originally published in Doc Savage Magazine October of 1941, it was republished by Bantam Books in Omnibus #9. This adventure follows Doc Savage and his associates as they battle strange yellow canaries whose mere song can kill a man and then bring him back to life! From the streets of New York to the deepest darkest jungles.
I read this book into the microphone, trying to give the proper emphasis to the words and convey the feelings being written about. I'm not very good with different voices so the various characters sound a lot alike. But the story shines through my attempts. I've also added a lot of sound effects. Its not an "audio adaptation" but I think it really enhances the audio.
Download these files and prepare to sit back and enjoy a rip-roaring adventure! There are over 3 hours of excitement awaiting!
All of the files have been lowered to 64k bitstreams to keep their file size down. It results in a slightly lesser quality audio but the file size is 1/2 of normal. To download, rightclick on each link and select "Save Target".
chapter01.mp3 (6.6mb, 14 minutes 7 seconds)
chapter02.mp3 (5.8mb, 12 minutes 29 seconds)
chapter03.mp3 (9.2mb, 19 minutes 40 seconds)
chapter04.mp3 (7.1mb, 15 minutes 12 seconds)
chapter05.mp3 (5.6mb, 12 minutes 4 seconds)
chapter06.mp3 (10.1mb, 21 minutes 35 seconds)
chapter07.mp3 (8.3mb, 17 minutes 46 seconds)
chapter08.mp3 (6.4mb, 13 minutes 39 seconds)
chapter09.mp3 (5.5mb, 11 minutes 50 seconds)
chapter10.mp3 (5.1mb, 11 minutes 2 seconds)
chapter11.mp3 (9.6mb, 20 minutes 29 seconds)
chapter12.mp3 (4.9mb, 10 minutes 38 seconds)
chapter13.mp3 (4.5mb, 9 minutes 47 seconds)
chapter14.mp3 (2.9mb, 6 minutes 15 seconds)
Other related files, right-click and "Save-As"
CD jewel-case front page graphic
CD disk label for "Roxio CD Label Creator" program (4.6mb)
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