Altivo's Fabulous Furry Tales #2: Jack London and the Wolves

[altivo]

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Fourteen minutes this week, just under 7 MB download. I'm afraid the sound quality is a bit off, but not that bad and I can't spend a lot of time with it today. This week's topic: Jack London's The Call of the Wild and White Fang.

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Written transcript also available upon request. Hope you enjoy it. :)

P.S. After some confusion last time, here's a bit of info for the uninitiated. You do not need an iPod in order to listen to a podcast. The 'cast is just an mp3 file and it can be played back on any device that reads mp3 files, including, most likely, the same PC you are reading this on. The XML link is used to subscribe with an RSS reader that automatically downloads each new podcast when it is released. You don't need such software in order to listen, though.

Comments

[calydor.livejournal.com]

Ah, much more emotion in your voice this time, that's nice.

It is ironic that Chibiabos has so many times asked me if I'd read Call of the Wild, and every time I have said no, but the instant you mentioned Buck as the main character I realized I've seen at least two, maybe three different movie renditions of it.

In the line of Call of the Wild, though not written from the view of the wolves, would probably be "Never Cry Wolf" by Farley Mowat. It is a real life story of his spending ... half a year, I think, studying a wolf pack, and coming close to what I think all furs deep within seek - finding the very essence of the animal he came to love and admire.

All in all, a good 'cast, and again I look forward to the next one.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Amusingly, I've not read the text of Mowat's Never Cry Wolf though I have seen and very much enjoyed the film version.

Here's a deal for you: You find and read The Call of the Wild (I'll bet you can even get it in Danish if you like) and I'll make a point of reading the original of Never Cry Wolf.

Did you know that Farley Mowat was barred from visiting the United States? The Reagan administration considered him too subversive, and when he was invited by colleges to come speak or act as a guest professor he was denied entrance. I don't actually know if that ban was ever lifted.