Phil Rossi’s CRESCENT gets some press
Phil Rossi pulled of some great press with a story in the Loudoun Times. In the article, Phil pays homage to fellow podiobook author Mur Lafferty and talks a bit about what makes the podcast version of his audio book… better, if you will:
In the book, Rossi describes Crescent, a space station so big it’s a veritable floating city, as “a disembodied talon, black, silhouetted as it floated 400 miles above the gray-green expanse of the planet Anrar 3.”
Throughout the audiobook – or podiobook, if you prefer – Rossi fills the background with contextual sounds and ambient music: A crescendo mounts as Evans’ ship descends toward the space station, the automated voice of the ship’s computer confirms commands, in the bar music can be heard from the jukebox, and as Evans enters the space station, intercom pages and crowd chatter leak through the speakers like residual white noise. Rossi pays careful attention to the proximity of each speaker and background noises.
These are effects that cannot be obtained in the pages of a book.
“It hearkens back to the roots of storytelling,” Rossi said about audiobooks. “The coolest thing about the whole process is connecting with people and reaching them on a very visceral level. I love to hear people say, ‘Your novel made my day,’ or ‘It kept me up at night,’” he said – although he would prefer to hear the latter.
There you have it, listeners of Crescent. Phil wants you to keep the comments coming!
September 5th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Way to go Phil! Love your book and hope to hear more from you in the future.
September 6th, 2007 at 9:03 am
Yes, I can’t wait for more of his stuff. I hate the cliffhangering that happens waiting…