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Nathan Fillion sighting .. err hearing ... on podcast novel

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UPDATED: Sunday, November 12, 2006 20:05
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Sunday, November 12, 2006 5:01 PM

PUMAMANREDUX


I found this item and dunno if it was reported

http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2006/11/01/firefly-star-nathan-fillion-app
ears-in-podcast-novel
/

The Cap'n is doing a quest reading spot in a podcast - novel thingy (Part 2 of things) .. well heres the info .. it reads better than my try to type a synopsis of it ...


Quote:

Fresh from the first-ever launch party for a novel in the online community Second Life, the 7th Son podcast novel trilogy has achieved another “first” in podcast history: Actor Nathan Fillion, star of the TV sci-fi series “Firefly” and film “Serenity,” will appear in the free audionovel 7th Son, Book Two: Deceit on Nov. 14 as a special guest reader.

Fillion, whose future projects include appearances in this season of ABC’s hit series “LOST” and the lead role in the supernatural thriller film “White Noise: The Light,” will read a segment at the beginning of the Nov. 14 episode. Called “The Story So Far…”, this segment recaps events of the novel’s previous episode. ......

[snip]

7th Son, Book Two: Deceit and Book One: Descent can be found at JCHutchins.net, and at Podiobooks.com.






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Sunday, November 12, 2006 5:49 PM

EMPIREX


OK, I've heard of these things before, but I never really took an interest.

This is a dumb question, I'm sure, but...

What the heck is a podcast? And how do the rest of us get to hear it?

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Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:22 PM

PUMAMANREDUX


Podcasts can be dloaded to ones ipod ....
Apparently if you download the (free?) itunes player you can listen to podcasts ...

Not up on these things but perhaps a more technically minded person can clarify ...

I have seen podcasts made into mp3s and other more computer friendly formats ....

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Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:22 PM

EMPIREX


Damn! And I don't have an ipod. That's what I get for being behind the times. Took me forever to get one of those new-fangled cell phones...

So which fabulous awesome kind-hearted Browncoat is going to upload this for the rest of us not-ipod-having loosers?

Anyone? Anyone? =D

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Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:05 PM

PUMAMANREDUX


Podcasts are ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

or

Quote:

A podcast is a multimedia file distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. The term, as originally coined by Ben Hammersley in an article in The Guardian February 12, 2004 [1], was meant as a portmanteau of "broadcasting" and "iPod".[2] Like 'radio', it can mean both the content and the method of delivery; the latter may also be termed podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster. ....


this site offers some help to dload itunes .. scroll to half way down (note: I have not verified the tips, nor do I know the webpage writer, I just find semi-useless links and post em here on sites like fff.net)

http://www.mrexcel.com/tip106.shtml





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