And I'm doing it again. Last December, I went into #SkyboatMedia's studios where #GabrielleDeCuir directed #WilWheaton, who reprised his role as Marty Hench for the audiobook of #TheBezzle. It came out *amazing*:

https://archive.org/details/bezzle-sample

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Cory Doctorow's "The Bezzle," a Martin Hench novel, read by Wil Wheaton : Cory Doctorow : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The forward and first three chapters of the audiobook for The Bezzle, the second Martin Hench novel, a sequel to Red Team Blues that's out on Feb 20, 2024 from...

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> He has a jaundiced view of everything, but he tells it with such style and verve that readers are caught up and ride along on the surface until the shark beneath the water jumps out and bites the villain where it hurts.

I'm headed into #SkyboatMedia's studios on Monday with #WilWheaton to record the audiobook for this one, directed as ever by the amazing #GabrielledeCuir. Keep your eyes peeled for a presale crowdfunder in January!

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The occasion is a crowdfunding campaign for the audiobook - because Amazon won't carry my audiobooks on Audible, I self-produce them and pre-sell them on #Kickstarter. The campaign is going brilliantly, and there's still time to back it:

http://lost-cause.org/

Usually I hire voice actors like #WilWheaton to read my audiobooks, but this time, at the urging of director #GabrielleDeCuir, I read it myself. It came out *great*:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkmW4UFJwtI

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When it was done, the director - audiobook legend #GabrielleDeCuir - sat me down and said, "Look, I've never said this to an author before, but I think *you* should read *The Lost Cause*. I don't direct anyone anymore except Wil Wheaton and #LeVarBurton, but I'd direct *you* on this.."

I was immensely flattered - and very nervous. Reading *The Internet Con* was one thing - the book is built around the speeches I've been giving for 20 years and I knew I could sell those lines.

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I was excited (and a little trepedatious) at the prospect, but how could I pass up a chance to work with director #GabrielleDeCuir, who has directed everyone from Anne Hathaway to LeVar Burton to Eric Idle?

Reader, I *fucking nailed it*. I went back to those daily recordings fully prepared to hate them, but they were *good* - even *great* (especially after my engineer #JohnTaylorWilliams mastered them). Listen for yourself!

https://archive.org/details/cory_doctorow_internet_con_chapter_01

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The Internet Con, Chapter One : Cory Doctorow : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Chapter One of the audiobook edition of The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, forthcoming from Verso Books on Sept 5, 2023, and read by the...

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