LibriVox is otherwise pretty normal, but this has me puzzled. The CD (!) case insert says: “Read by Justin Barrett, braindouche, Cow Nose the 50 Pound Cat, Sibella Denton, Esther, and Andrew Lebrun. Total running time: 00:54:13.” Seems insane to me. Why put the whole reading on a CD? Why 5000 digits? Why are there no chapters? What if they made a mistake? Did they double-check the result? Who needs any of that anyway?

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    2 months ago

    The voice actors in this case were NASA employees.

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      2 months ago

      Hmm, maybe this was considered for putting onto the Voyager Golden Record or something like it…?

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        2 months ago

        Nah, it’s just fun