As Read By The Author
Wonder Cabinet
Wonder Cabinet Productions
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🗓️ 3 July 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
As audio producers, one of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the storms, the footsteps of a creature emerging slowly from the ocean. So that’s what we’re bringing you today: Great writers, epic sound design.
Original Air Date: July 03, 2021
Guests:
Nnedi Okorafor — Neil Gaiman — Lidia Yuknavitch — N. K. Jemisin — Ann Patchett — Richard Powers — Pattiann Rogers — Lorrie Moore — Kelly Link — Mark Sundeen
Interviews In This Hour:
Nnedi Okorafor's Alien Invasion of Lagos — Neil Gaiman Brings Us To The End Of The World — Lidia Yuknavitch’s Dream World: How Dreams Shaped Her Dazzling Speculative Novel — A Not So Distant Future in the N.K. Jemisin's 'Broken Earth' Trilogy — Ann Patchett on 'State of Wonder' — Richard Powers on Writing the Inner Life of Trees — Pattiann Rogers on Bee Poetry — Lorrie Moore on Bringing Characters To Life With Brevity — Kelly Link on 'Pretty Monsters' — Mark Sundeen on 'The Making of Toro'
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, it's Anne. |
| 0:07.7 | For this episode, to the best of our knowledge, we thought we'd get into the spirit with our own |
| 0:12.6 | curated collection of books read out loud by the authors. |
| 0:18.3 | So this is a world where in some ways the, the apocalypse happens again and again and again. |
| 0:23.9 | Not the whole book's obviously excerpts. |
| 0:26.5 | They're like tiny trailers for your ears. |
| 0:30.2 | This is what you must remember. |
| 0:32.4 | The ending of one story is just the beginning of another. |
| 0:37.6 | So grab your popcorn and turn up the volume. |
| 0:46.3 | Wisconsin Public Radio. |
| 0:53.5 | It's to the best of our knowledge. I'm Anne Strange Hamps. |
| 1:01.1 | The books I love most have a certain cinematic quality. The words on the page unfold in my head |
| 1:09.0 | in full glorious sound and color. |
| 1:12.8 | I can practically see the waves crashing on the beach, |
| 1:16.8 | smell the salt in the air. |
| 1:20.7 | As audio producers, one of the most fun things we get to do |
| 1:24.7 | is bring the soundscape of a novel to life. |
| 1:30.3 | Cue the monsters, the storms, the footsteps of a creature emerging slowly from the ocean. |
| 1:39.3 | So that's what we're bringing you today. |
| 1:42.3 | Great writers, epic sound design. |
| 1:45.0 | Like this. |
| 1:51.0 | Only two people on the beach witnessed the watery abduction of Adora and the two men. |
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