io9, a science fiction blog, has posted up a short interview with Steve Feldberg, the director of content for Audible.com. In it Feldberg talks about the various titles already released by its imprint “Audible Frontiers” and other exclusives arranged for Audible-only distribution, as well as hinting at some of the forthcoming titles set to be released over the coming months. Have a peek HERE.
Posted by Jesse Willis
Rich Carlson writes in to tell us that “James Follett’s 1981 science fiction classic Earthsearch” began today with part one, and is continuing each weekday for two weeks. This was a BBC Radio 4 production from 1981. Attentive listeners will note that many of the cast member in this production also appeared in the BBC R4 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings (they were recorded the same year).
Earthsearch
By James Follett; Performed by a full cast
10 half hour parts – Approx. 5 Hours [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC 7 / The 7th Dimension
Broadcast: June 30th to July 11th 2008
On a mission to find Earth-like planets for colonization the starship Challenger encountered a meteoroid shower that killed all of the adult crew and seriously damaged the ship. The only human survivors were four babies – two boys, Telson and Darv, and two girls, Sharna and Astra. The four have been raised from childhood by androids and tutored by two disembodied voices called Angel One and Angel Two.
Episodes:
1. Planetfall
2. First Footprint City
3. Sands of Kyros
4. The Solaric Empire
5. The Pools of Time
6. Across the Abyss
7. New Blood
8. Marooned
9. Star Cluster: Tersus Nine
10. Earthfall
And don’t forget, you can use the “listen again” feature to catch missed episodes for up to a week after they air!
Posted by Jesse Willis
This week Taylor Kent interviewed Mark Kalita of Broken Sea Audio Productions (and practically every other podcast audio drama) on the Snark Infested Waters podcast |MP3| – Kalita talked about some of his old shows, and some of the intriguing new ones that are coming. And while we’re talking Snark, our own Dani Cutler was interviewed a couple weeks back, she also talked about her voice acting |MP3|. You can subscribe via this feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/SnarkInfestedWaters
Posted by Jesse Willis
Today is the 100th anniversary of The Tunguska Event, a huge and mysterious explosion in Siberia. To mark the occasion, Podiobooks.com is releasing Doctor Jack’s Soapbox Seminars, a series of lectures designed to explain and discuss the event. This is a work inspired in part by Bill DeSmedt’s SFFaudio Essential Singularity. Check out the promo |MP3| and subscribe on Podiobooks.com!
Posted by Jesse Willis
It Came Out On Wednesday is a podcast from ComiXology.com, dishing the dirt on the latest comics to hit the new release shelf. They recently talked to Timothy Truman, writer (and occasional artist) of Conan the Cimmerian from Dark Horse Comics. Download the |MP3| or subscribe to the feed:
http://comixology.libsyn.com/rss
Posted by Jesse Willis
PodCastle, the fantasy fiction podcast, features “Spell of the Sparrow” by Jim C. Hines read by Chris Furst |MP3|.
You can subscribe to the feed at http://feeds.escapeartists.net/PodCastle_Main
Posted by Charles Tan