Dear Listeners:

The following are some things you should know about the audio archive. 
  
**I will only make available fics by those authors who have granted their permission for me to encode their work this way. This is to keep freaking out and offense at a minimum.
If you'd like a particular work encoded and hosted on Return to Thundera, please contact the author. It is up to them whether to have their work available in this format. Reader requests will not be honored without author consent.

**The computer program that encodes text-to-audio that I use is not perfect. It doesn't always pronounce even the most common words correctly, although there is a pronunciation key where I can "fix" such problems, with varying degree of success, if brought to my attention. I have not had time to listen to every single fic I've encoded, but readers can inform me of goofs if they so wish. Depending on the degree of them and the capacity I have to correct it, I will see what I can do.

**I have tried to pre-include any problematic canon pronunciations. Some canon names such as "Tygra" were difficult to get precisely right so I got as close as I could. Please don't ask me to fix that. It's about as good as it's going to get. 
Also keep in mind that your mileage may vary depending on regional differences, accents, and slang that you're accustomed to. The pronunciations are based on US accents, and more precisely, my mid-western twang. I input what sounds right to my ear and I likely won't tweak po-tay-toe because you say it po-tah-toe. 
  
**Summaries and ratings/warnings for each fic encoded are provided on the download page. Heed this info to make decisions on whether to download, and maybe even more importantly, to decide where it would be appropriate to listen (i.e. if the work is violent, has a lot of cursing, or explicit sex, those who have children in the home or whatnot may wish to know beforehand so they can listen when little ears are away ;) 
 If you download something and get in trouble or damage little Johnnie or Susie's psyche forever, it's just like the traditional archive in that would probably have to be filed under the "it's your own damn fault" tab. 
 
**I am going to cross-reference the audio archive with the traditional fic archive on the site. 
If you hear something you like, please take a moment to contact the author or leave a review to let them know. Or, if you have suggestions for improvements - say, you heard a lot of grammer mistakes while listening and want to offer some constructive criticism, some authors probably wouldn't mind that either.
The idea here was to make another option for readers, an option that will allow people a convenient way to digest stories - especially the longer, epic variety. I hope you enjoy this chance to listen to fan fiction and any listener feedback is welcome so long as you understand the limits in which I'm working.
 
**Output files are in mp3 format. These files can also be burned onto CD-R's for listening on the go. You can download a sample (this file, in fact) from the site to see how you like the sound and voice of the narrator. If you don't care for it, that's fine - it is not for everyone. But it's best you know beforehand which is why I'm trying to head off potential problems preemptively.
However, if you still have questions not covered here or elsewhere in the audio archive, feel free to email me.
 

Your audio archiver,
Purrsia