A big box of goodness from Blackstone Audio today! One title, includes a previously released title, the full length novel Martian Time-Slip (although this is a new recording with a new narrator) and a new short story The Golden Man, which is the basis for the new film Next.

A Galaxy Trilogy: Star Ways, Druids’ World, and The Day the World Stopped
By Poul Anderson, George H. Smith & Stanton A. Coblentz; Read by Tom Weiner
12 CD, 1 MP3CD, 12 cassettes; 13.5 hrs - [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 9781433202255 (CD), 9781433202261 (MP3CD), 9781433202247 (cassettes)

Long before Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, or Isaac Asimov, there was an earlier generation of dreamers and writers who defined the science-fiction genre, in what today is affectionately known as the pulp era. Heralding back to the early television days of Flash Gordon and the earlier tales of Jules Verne, Bram Stoker, and H. G. Wells, these great science-fiction writers of the 1950s and 1960s included among their ranks such icons as Poul Anderson and the prolific Robert Silverberg, who would write some of the hippest genre literature of its era. Now you can experience this unique moment in genre literature with three exciting, imaginative short novellas from some of the pioneers of pulp science fiction.

Martian Time-Slip & The Golden Man
By Philip K. Dick; Read by Grover Gardner
8 CDs, 1 MP3CD, 7 Cassettes; 9.5 hrs - [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 9781433200663 (CDs), 9781433200694 (MP3CD), 9781433200670 (cassettes)

-Martian Time-Slip:
On the arid colony of Mars, the only thing more precious than water may be a ten-year-old schizophrenic boy named Manfred Steiner. Although the UN has slated “anomalous” children for deportation and destruction, some suspect that Manfred’s disorder may be a window into the future. But what sort of future? In Martian Time-Slip, Dick uses power politics and extraterrestrial real-estate scams, adultery, and murder to penetrate the mysteries of being and time.
-The Golden Man:
In the post-nuclear America, monstrous mutants roam freely. A government agency, the DCA, is formed to rid the world of mutants. But there is one of the new species that is not a monster: eighteen-year-old Cris Johnson. He is a perfect specimen of young manhood, an icon of masculine beauty. He is the golden man. But the DCA’s fear that he might mate and produce a new race of golden men with survival skills far superior to ordinary men makes his destruction paramount.

Komaar: A Miles Vorkosigan Adventure
By Lois McMaster Bujold; Read by Grover Gardner
10 CDs, 1 MP3CD, 9 cassettes; 12.5 hrs - [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 9781433202582 (CD), 9781433202599 (MP3-CD), 9781433202575 (cassettes)

Komarr could be a garden with a thousand more years’ work, or an uninhabitable wasteland if the terraforming fails. Now, the solar mirror vital to the terraforming of the conquered planet has been shattered by a ship hurtling off course. The Emperor of Barrayar sends his newest imperial auditor, Lord Miles Vorkosigan, to find out why. The choice is not a popular one on Komarr, where a betrayal a generation before drenched the name of Vorkosigan in blood. Thus, the Komarrans surrounding Miles could be loyal subjects, potential hostages, innocent victims, or rebels ready for revenge. Lies within lies, treachery within treachery, Miles is caught in a race against time to stop a plot that could exile him from Barrayar forever. His burning hope lies in an unexpected ally, one with wounds as deep and honor as beleaguered as his own.

Voyagers II: The Alien Within
By Ben Bova; Read by Stefan Rudnicki
11 CDs, 1 MP3CD, 9 Cassettes 13 hrs - [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 9781433202346 (CD), 9781433202353 (MP3CD), 9781433202339 (cassettes)

When Keith Stoner awoke, he found himself in a world changed almost beyond recognition. Eighteen years before, Stoner had been the American member of a joint U.S.-Soviet mission to capture an alien ship. The Soviets had to pull out, but Stoner persisted, and while on the strange ship, he fell into suspended animation.Jo Camerata, the ambitious young student who fell in love with Stoner, is now head of Vanguard Industries, which has recovered the alien ship. As a result, her company is now in control of its vast new technology and the fortune it reaps—and in control of Keith Stoner. What Camerata doesn't know, however, is that someone else has been awake, someone who dwells within Stoner's mind. The alien presence that has kept Stoner alive all this time is now free and intends to explore our world, letting nothing stand in its way.

posted by The Time Traveler of the Time Traveler Show

Labels: Ben Bova, George H. Smith, Lois McMaster Bujold, Philip K. Dick, Poul Anderson, recent arrivals, Stanton A. Coblentz

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Utopia and dystopia go hand in hand, and LibriVox obviously knows this. They've got the audiobooks to prove it. One retro Science Fiction story and a proto-Science Fiction book. First up is Sir Thomas More's foundational Utopia - a book which has probably influenced more SF than even Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. Second is a short story from mainstream great E.M. Forster. First published in 1909, it is a dystopia that predicts computers, television, the internet, instant messaging, videoconferencing, google and even pizza delivery - at least sort of. If you've got a portable MP3 player be sure to use the handy podcast feeds!

Utopia
By Thomas More; Read by Jenilee
1 Zipped File of MP3s or podcast - Approx. 4 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: May 2007
"This book is all about the fictional country called Utopia. It is a country with an ‘ideal’ form of communism, in which everything really does belong to everybody, everyone does the work they want to, and everyone is alright with that. This country uses gold for chamber pots and prison chains, pearls and diamonds for children’s playthings, and requires that a man and a woman see each other exactly as they are, naked, before getting married. This book gave the word ‘utopia’ the meaning of a perfect society, while the Greek word actually means ‘no place’. Enjoy listening to this story about a country that really is too good to be true."

Podcast feed:

http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/utopia-by-thomas-more.xml

The Machine Stops
By E. M. Forster; Read by Erin Tavano and Jenilee
3 Zipped MP3s or via podcast - 1 Hour 12 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: May 2007
Almost all humans have lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual lives in isolation in a ‘cell’, with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Most humans welcome this development, as they are skeptical and fearful of first-hand experience. People forget that humans created the Machine, and treat it as a mystical entity whose needs supersede their own. Those who do not accept the deity of the Machine are viewed as ‘unmechanical’ and are threatened with “Homelessness”.

Podcast feed:

http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/the-machine-stops-by-e-m-forster.xml

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: dystopia, LibriVox, Online Audio, podcast, science fiction, utopia

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Audible.com is strutin' and preening! Ya, their cool. They've got a Hugo and Nebula award winner podcasting for them. The StoryPod 2.0 podcast featuring stories by James Patrick Kelly started last Friday. On offer are 13 stories over 13 weeks. Even if you've downloaded the FREE version of some of these stories, you may still want to subscribe. Jim has added an exclusive commentary on his Nebula Award winning novella Burn. StoryPod 2.0 will also hear Jim's 1996 Hugo-winning novelette, Think Like a Dinosaur, plus three other Hugo and Nebula-nominated stories: Undone, Saint Theresa of the Aliens, and Men Are Trouble. Tommorow's release is of JPK's Breakaway, Backdown. $20.00 buys the lot.

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: James Patrick Kelly, podcast

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Tantor Media is going to Book Expo America, and their bringing guests! If you're in NYC during the event check out BOOTH #2268 to meet their narrators, including SFFaudio favorite William Dufris. Dufris will be there on Friday, June 1st 2007 @ 3:00pm. Visitors to the booth will also have a chance to enter a drawing for one of 5 custom Tantor audiobook collections worth $500 each! Also on tap are sampler CDs, MP3-CD demos and more!

Other audiobook publishers will be well represented at Book Expo America 2007 t00:

Audio Renaissance - Booth # 3647
BBC Audiobooks America - Booth # 4643
Blackstone Audio - Booth # 2181
Brilliance Audio - Booth # 2157
Recorded Books - Booth #2278
Request Audibooks - Booth # 1506
Wildside Press - Booth # 2781

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: convention

8:55 AM -- (0) comments

 


And.... we're back! Sorry folks, we had a bandwidth issue. Everything is normal here now. Everything's under control. Situation normal. We had ah slight weapons malfunction, everything is perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?

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Blake's 7 The Audio Adventures series, now streaming exclusively on the Sci-Fi Channel UK website, has been pumping out their short audio drama segments at a delightfully quick pace. Added to the cast, in the more recent episodes, has been Robin Of Sherwood alumnus, Michael Praed. The total run for this show is going to be 36 segments, with new parts released Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Rebel - Chapter 1: Hard Targets
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 7 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 2: Enemy Of The State
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 9 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 3: First Contact
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 7.5 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 4: The Derelict
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 7 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 5: No Surrender
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 6 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 6: Plan B
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 6 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 7: Space Fall
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 5 minutes 30 Seconds Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 8: Survivors
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 7 Minutes 30 Seconds [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 9: Tertiary Stage
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 6 Minutes 30 Seconds [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 10: Hero
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 6 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 11: The Offer
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 7 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Rebel - Chapter 12: Exiles
By Ben Aaronovitch; Performed by a full cast
Streaming Audio - 6 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel UK
Published: May 2007

Also, Resonance FM, a community based radio station in London, U.K., has a lengthy "behind the scenes" style interview with the creators of the Blake's 7 The Audio Adventures. It was recorded at this year's Bristol international Comic Expo. U.S.A. audio drama creators will be extremely jealous of the obvious popularity of audio drama in the U.K.. Not mentioned in the interview, but also fascinating, is that the actors union in the U.K. has negotiated a precedent setting contract with the B7 Audio Adventures team. Have a listen |MP3|.

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: artificial intelligence, audio drama, Blake's 7, dystopia, galactic civilization, Online Audio, science fiction, space opera, space travel, spaceships

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Subterranean Press, which produces the "Subterranean Online" magazine, has just released their Summer 2007 issue, and is offering another free audiobook, this one from the issue's primary focus SF author Elizabeth Bear! This audiobook is read by the talented narrator, and SFFaudio's very own, Mary Robinette Kowal! Wax is the second standalone tale in Bear's new mosaic novel New Amsterdam.


Wax
By Elizabeth Bear; Read by Mary Robinette Kowal
7 MP3s - Approx. 1 Hours 14 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: May 2007
|MP3 Chapter 1|MP3 Chapter 2|MP3 Chapter 3|
|MP3 Chapter 4|MP3 Chapter 5|MP3 Chapter 6|
|MP3 Chapter 7|
Abigail Irene Garrett drinks too much. She makes scandalous liaisons with inappropriate men, and if in her youth she was a famous beauty, now she is both formidable–and notorious. She is a forensic sorceress, and a dedicated officer of a Crown that does not deserve her loyalty. She has nothing, but obligations. Sebastien de Ulloa is the oldest creature she has ever known. He was no longer young at the Christian millennium, and that was nine hundred years ago. He has forgotten his birth-name, his birth-place, and even the year in which he was born, if he ever knew it. But he still remembers the woman who made him immortal. He has everything, but a reason to live. In a world where the sun never set on the British Empire, where Holland finally ceded New Amsterdam to the English only during the Napoleonic wars, and where the expansion of the American colonies was halted by the war magic of the Iroquois, they are exiles in the new world–and its only hope for justice.

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: alternate history, Elizabeth Bear, mystery, Online Audio, science fiction

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Amazon.com has purchased audiobook publisher Brilliance Audio! Reportedly, Brilliance, a two decade old player in the audiobook business, will continue to run as an independent company. But the acquisition is part of an Amazon plan to "expand audio selection to customers." Though Amazon does not say it in their press release, doubtless this is a part of their plan to split the downloadable audiobook market. Currently, Audible.com all-but-controls the audiobook download market with a extremely successful DRM'd-audiobook download website and an exclusive contract with iTunes. Brilliance has a back catalogue of more than 1,000 titles and Amazon sez it has plans to increase the new audiobook the current production schedule at Brilliance.

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Another Friday, so you know what that means! Yep, it's Canadia: 2056 day, and today's CBC Radio One broadcast is of episode 6. It's airing on every single CBC Radio One station across Canada this morning starting at 11:30 am in all time zones (Noon in Newfoundland). And of course, if you're not conveniently sitting by your radio at 11:30 am you still have a chance to hear it ONLINE via the Streaming Radio Map - just click the time zone in your area at 11:30am in your time zone, or do a bit of math and you can also time-shift a bit. Only four more episodes left after today's!

Here's the official CBC Radio hotsheet description:

"Head for outer space this morning aboard Canadia 2056, the lone Canadian government spacecraft, sent to support an American space armada fighting hostile aliens. This week, the crew loses the ability to navigate the ship, when control is taken over by a cloud. The up side is that the cloud grants them wishes, and the down side is also that the cloud grants them wishes - in other words, they make some questionable choices! Also, Anderson is pining away for Connie, his first love. Canadia 2056, this morning at 11:30 (noon NT) on CBC Radio One."

I'm sad to say, there's been no response to my queries to the CBC, about the status of a Canadia:2056 podcast. Perhaps their tired of hearing my lone voice? If you want CBC to make their Radio Dramas available via podcast, or at least by something equivilent to the BBC "Listen Again" service try calling the toll-free phone number (Canada only): 1-866-306-4636 or using the web-contact form.

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: CBC, comedy, radio drama, science fiction

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What's this? A fan Audio Drama of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency? Based on the novel by Douglas Adams? Who would have guessed? Not I. Especially since there is a plan for an official version already in the works.

Check out the first three installments of the fan version via its podcast feed:

http://dirkgently.podomatic.com/rss2.xml

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: audio drama, Douglas Adams, podcast

11:38 PM -- (0) comments

 


Hey, more for the BBC, one on today, another on Saturday!

Most of the national BBC radio stations have been carrying a lot of Daphne du Maurier related programming of late. This, no doubt, to mark the centenary of her birth. In particular there's an upcoming new radio production of her most famous work...

Saturday Play - The Birds
Based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier; Performed by a full cast
1 Broadcast - Approx. 1 Hour [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4
Broadcast: Saturday May 26th 2007 @ 14:30-15:30

Listen during the Saturday Play "Listen Again" program.

Also upcoming is a show one listener describes as: "Not particularly memorable from its first outing." It's a comedy series, set in 2012 - the second season, made up of four parts, starts Thursday night.

Deep Trouble
By Jim Field Smith and Ben Willbond; Performed by a full cast
4 Parts - Approx. 30 Min. X 4 [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4
Broadcast: Begins Thursday May 24th 2007 @ 23:00-23:30
The antics of an incompetent Royal Navy crew of the nuclear stealth submarine HMS Goliath. This episode: Disaster is threatened in the form of a new crew member, a noxious gas and a bad haircut.

Thanks go to Roy for this info!

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: BBC, comedy, Daphne du Maurier, radio drama

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I missed telling you about a cool tale broadcast last Sunday. Though I have been remiss, all is not lost, you can still listen to this specially commissioned reading through the "Listen Again" service of BBC Radio 7. The story is Song Of The Silencer and it is a "chilling account" of man's attempt to make order out of chaos by constructing an 'ultimate machine.' First Published in 1979. The reader is Nigel Anthony, a winner of both Sony award and Radio Times awards for radio performances.

Song Of The Silencer
By Brian Aldiss; Read by Nigel Anthony
1 Broadcast - Approx. 30 Minutes [UNABRIDGED?]
Broadcaster: BBC7 / The 7th Dimension
Broadcast: Sunday May 20th, 2007 @ 6.30pm and 12.30am (U.K. Time)
Humanity has built a massive computer out in space simply called the Ultimate Machine, that perfectly mimics the human brain — but some are predicting disaster once it is activated.


posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: artifical intetlligence, BBC, Brian Aldiss, science fiction

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The Adventure Hear podcast's and its host Jamie Monroe goal is to "share and expand the exciting world of Audio Drama and Audio Books." Each episode brings you a new or classic audio drama or audiobook. Also on tap are reviews, interviews, news, commentary and a "unique behind the scenes look at what goes into producing audio drama and audio books." Have a look at their first half-dozen shows listed below...

Episode 1: Children Of The Gods - [AUDIO DRAMA] |MP3|

Episode 2: "The Watchbird" (from Come Let Me Whisper) by Russell L. Burt [AUDIOBOOK] |MP3|

Episode 3: Star Wars: Nothing Changes - [AUDIO DRAMA] & an interview with Russell L. Burt |MP3|

Episode 4: The Room - [AUDIO DRAMA] |MP3|

Episode 5: Broken Sea's Grog & Gryphon - Episode 1 - [AUDIO DRAMA] |MP3|

Episode 6: An interview with Bill Hollweg creator of Grog & Gryphon and a chapter of Mur Lafferty's podiobook Heaven|MP3|

A couple of notes:

#1. If you've already heard the Come Let Me Whisper podiobook be sure to listen to second episode show just to hear what the host thinks about "What's Wrong With Audio Drama Today." Then head back in time to read my thoughts on that same topic (our most controversial post of 2006).

#2. If you're unsure where to start with the above shows, I recommend Episode 5 which features the first episode of - Grog & Gryphon. It's not just the name of a show, its also the name of the tavern located out on the edge of the civilized lands. Listeners are invited to grab a tankard of ale, sit back and listen to heroic tales of yore. Plus, it has a crackerjack opening song by the soon-to-be-massive Brobdingnagian Bards!

Subscribe to the Adventure Hear podcast by plugging this feed into your podcatcher:

http://adventurehear.mypodcast.com/rss.xml

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: adventure, audio drama, Bill Hollweg, podcast, radio drama, Star Wars

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Just a reminder, the BBC 4 Afternoon Play that just aired is still available through the "Listen Again" service. Of it, one listener writes: "I was riveted by today's drama, The Veldt. Truly chilling and a brilliant evocation of a whole, troubling yet thoroghly (SIC) engaging environment. Radio drama at it's best." I'm listening to it now. I have to agree, sounds great so far!

Afternoon Play: The Veldt
By Ray Bradbury; Performed by a Full Cast
1 Broadcast - Approx. 45 Minutes [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4
Broadcast: Tuesday 22nd May -14:15-15:00 (U.K. Time)
"An updated version of a classic SF story by Ray Bradbury, adapted from the stage play by Mike Walker, about a playroom that becomes a beguiling tempter, drawing two young children into secret, deadly adventures"

This is available via the Radio 4 Afternoon Play "Listen Again" service for 7 days following the broadcast.

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: BBC, children, Ray Bradbury, virtual reality

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Lots of new release out right now. First up is a FREE one. A podiobook that took nearly a year to finish. Tracy Hickman's near future dystopia The Immortals is now COMPLETE! Point your web-browser towards Podiobooks.com, sign-up and subscribe.

The Immortals
By Tracy Hickman; Read by Tracy and Laura Hickman
40 MP3 Files - [UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Podiobooks.com
Started: April 2007
It's 2020, and an attempted cure for AIDS has mutated into a deadlier disease, V-CIDS. The U.S., under martial law, has set up "quarantine centers" in the Southwest. Searching for his gay son, Jon, media mogul Michael Barris smuggles himself into one of centers only to discover that it and the other centers are actually extermination camps. With a strange assortment of allies, including the leader of the camp's gay barracks, an army officer and a local cowboy, Barris precipitates an inmates' rebellion that promises the unraveling of the death-camp system and the overthrow of the government that established it.

Let's not forget the venerable and always reliable TellTaleWeekly, selling short stories for great prices!

The Star
By H.G. Wells; Read by Alex Wilson
1 MP3 , Ogg Vorbis or AAC File - Apprx. 30 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: TellTaleWeekly.org
Published: April 2007
Just $1.00 payable via PayPal. One hundred and one years before the films Armegeddon and Deep Impact entered U.S. theaters, the father of modern Science Fiction scared the crap out of Victorian London with this, the first of such death-from-above SF tales.

Hurray for Tantor Media! They've got lots of waycool stuff in the works including lots of Asimov...

No Humans Involved
By Kelley Armstrong; Read by Laural Merlington
10 CDs or 1 MP3-CD - Approx. 12 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: May 2007
ISBN: 1400104416 (CDs), 1400154413 (MP3-CD)
Jaime knows a thing or two about showbiz, as a woman whose special talent is raising the dead, her threshold for weirdness is pretty high: she's used to not only seeing dead people but hearing them speak to her in very emphatic terms. But for the first time in her life---as invisible hands brush her skin, unintelligible fragments of words are whispered into her ears, and beings move just at the corner of her eye---she knows what humans mean when they talk about being haunted.

The Caves of Steel
By Isaac Asimov; Read by William Dufris
6 CDs or 1 MP3-CD - 7 Hours 30 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: May 2007
ISBN:1400104211 (CDs), 1400154219 (MP3-CD)
A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions. But when a prominent Spacer is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Baley is ordered to the Outer Worlds to help track down the killer. The relationship between Baley and his Spacer superiors, who mistrusted all Earthmen, was strained from the start. Then he learned that they had assigned him a partner: R. Daneel Olivaw. Worst of all was that the "R" stood for robot---and his positronic partner was made in the image and likeness of the murder victim!

Simon & Schuster Audio even has a new title!

City Of Bones
By Cassandra Clare; Read by Ari Graynor
12 CDs - [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: March 2007
ISBN: 0743566572
When 15-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

And of course, nobody is publishing more Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror audio than the wonderous Blackstone audio...

Where's My Jetpack?
By Daniel H. Wilson; Read by Stefan Rudnicki
3 Cassettes, 1 MP3-CD or 4 CDs - [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: April 2007
ISBN: 9780786148707 (Cassettes), 9780786171606(MP3-CD), 9780786160822 (CDs)
It's the twenty-first century and let's be honest—things are a little disappointing. Despite every World's Fair prediction and the advertisements in comic books, we are not living the future we were promised. By now, life was supposed to be a fully automated, atomic-powered, germ-free Utopia, a place where a grown man could wear a velvet spandex unitard and not be laughed at. Where are the ray guns, the flying cars, and the hoverboards that we expected? What happened to our moon colonies and servant robots?

Variable Star
By Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson; Read by Spider Robinson
8 Cassettes, 1-MP3-CD or 10 CDs - [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: May 2007
ISBN: 9780786149384(Cassettes), 9780786170159 (MP3-CD), 9780786158843 (Cds)
At his death in 1988, Robert A. Heinlein left a legacy of novels and short stories that almost single-handedly defined modern science fiction. But one of Heinlein’s masterpieces was never finished. In 1955, he began work on Variable Star, a powerful and passionate tale of two young lovers driven apart by pride, power, and the vastness of interstellar time and space. Then he set it aside to focus on other novellas. The detailed outline and notes he created for this project lay forgotten for decades, only to be rediscovered almost a half century later. Now the Heinlein estate has authorized award-winning author Spider Robinson to expand that outline into a full-length novel. The result is vintage Heinlein, faithful in style and spirit to the Grand Master’s original vision.

Komarr
By Lois McMaster Bujold; Read by Grover Gardner
8 Cassettes, 1 MP3-CD or 9 CDs - [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: May 2007
ISBN: 9781433202575 (Cassettes), 9781433202599 (MP3-CD), (CDs)
Komarr could be a garden with a thousand more years’ work, or an uninhabitable wasteland if the terraforming fails. Now, the solar mirror vital to the terraforming of the conquered planet has been shattered by a ship hurtling off course. The Emperor of Barrayar sends his newest imperial auditor, Lord Miles Vorkosigan, to find out why.

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: Cassandra Clare, Daniel H. Wilson, H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, Kelly Armstrong, Lois McMaster Bujold, new releases, Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson, Tracy Hickman

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The L.A. Times Festival Of Books had a panel that SF author Cory Doctorow got permission to post as an MP3. It's called “Science Fiction: The Road From Here to There.” The panel featured John Scalzi, Cory Doctorow and Kage Baker and Harry Turtledove. Snag the entire |MP3|. If this panel piques your interest browse through the previous Festival Of Books catalogues. I've selected a number of SF & Fantasy related recordings and detailed them below. Item numbers are in either square brackets "[]" to indicate cassette only options, numbers with round brackets "()" indicate a CD edition.

2006 PDF Catalogue:
(1064) Young Adult Fantasy Writing
(2092) Fantasy & Time Travel

2005 PDF Catalogue:
(1061) Science Fiction - Worlds Of The Future

2004 PDF Catalogue:
(1136) William Gibson (A Barnes & Noble Stage Presentation)
(2033) William Gibson & Bruce Wagner
(2074) Clive Barker & Brien Lopez
[2111] Fables & Fantasies
(2132) Dean Koontz (A Barnes & Noble Stage Presentation)
(2133) Neal Stephenson (A Barnes & Noble Stage Presentation)

2002 Catlaogue:
[1112] Utopias, Hysterics and the Great Con
[2021] Science Fiction Writing

2001 Catalogue:
[1121] The Face of the Frantastic: Fantasy Writing

2000 Catalogue:
[1061] Terry Brooks
[1082] Michael Crichton
[2082] Ray Bradbury
[1013] Clive Barker
[2063] Harlan Ellison
[2064] Ursula Le Guin
[2082] Ray Bradbury

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: Cory Doctorow, Harry Turtledove, John Scalzi, Kage Baker, Online Audio

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The Book Lust podcast has two half-hour interviews you'll want to hear. with SF writer Connie Willis and Fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay. Connie talks about her novels, Doomsday Book, Bellwether, her first story Firewatch and the origins of her love of Science Fiction and lots more. Guy talks about his Fionavar Tapestry, his latest novel, his involvement with editing J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion and the nature of High Fantasy fiction. These are two terrific interviews conducted by a real fan of the two authors.

Connie Willis interview |MP3|
Guy Gavriel Kay interview|MP3|

You can subscribe to the podcast via this feed:

http://www.seattlechannel.org/podcasts/BookLust.xml

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: Connie Willis, Guy Gavriel Kay, high fantasy, podcast, science fiction

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The Harlequin
By Laurell K. Hamilton; Read by Cynthia Holloway
14 CDs; Approx. 16 hrs - [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN-13: 9781596000469

From the back cover:
Malcolm, head of the vampire Church of Eternal Life, is no particular friend to Anita Blake. So when he shows up in her office, to ask for her help against creatures so feared that no vampire will willingly speak their name, Anita is surprised. But she believes him. Malcolm may not be a Master of the City, but he’s an old and powerful vampire, a leader of men, and he does not easily ask for help - especially from Anita and Jean-Claude, whose power Malcolm considers corrupt. That was the first warning of The Harlequin.

The second warning is presented like a gift, left where she’d be sure to find it, with “Anita” printed on the box. Inside, carefully wrapped in folds of pristine tissue paper, is a white mask, utterly plain. The fact that it’s white, Jean-Claude tells her, is the good news. White means they are only being watched.

The flow of power that connects Anita Blake with Jean-Claude, vampire Master of the City, and with Richard, Ulfric of the werewolves, has been growing and changing, increasing exponentially. Their power seems to have attracted attention, and it’s a kind of attention no one would desire. Jean-Claude and Richard need to be strong allies now. Nathaniel and Micah need to give all their love and aid. And Anita will need to call on Edward, whose utterly human ruthlessness in her defense makes him the right man for the job.

Anita Blake has the authority to pass judgment on vampires. The Harlequin have the authority to pass judgment on her. It is forbidden to speak of The Harlequin unless you’ve been contacted.

And to be contacted by The Harlequin is to be under sentence of death.

Jango; Book Two of the Noble Warriors
By William Nicholson; Read by Michael Page
8 CDs; Approx. 10 hrs - [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN-13: 9781423318446

From the back cover:
In joining the warrior society of the Nomana, Seeker, Morning Star, and the Wildman have achieved everything they thought they desired. Yet, as hidden doubts develop, the three friends find themselves pulled in separate directions.

Seeker has gained more power in their training than he or anyone ever imagined, and with this, a new responsibility that isolates him from the others.

Morning Star is consumed with unexpected feelings of love for a friend and begins to lose faith in her abilities.

The Wildman’s hunger for power puts him at odds with the teachings of the Nomana, and he struggles to understand his purpose.

But the three heroes’ fates again intertwine when an evil plan is set in motion that would destroy everything they have ever known, and this enemy is one that the Nomana may not be able to stand up to alone.

A story of friendship and love, strength and courage, faith and redemption, Jango is a mesmerizing sequel to the acclaimed Seeker.

posted by The Time Traveler of the Time Traveler Show

Labels: Laurell K. Hamilton, new arrivals, William Nicholson

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Rocket Ship Galileo
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Spider Robinson
5 CDs, 4 Cassettes or 1 MP3-CD - 5.5 hrs [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 9780786162765 (CDs), 9780786147892 (cassettes), 9780786172092(MP3-CD)
Themes: / Science Fiction / Young Adult / Space Travel / Rocket Science / Espionage / Moon /

Ross Jenkins, Art Mueller, and Morrie Abrams are not your average high school students. While other kids are cruising around in their cars playing ball, this trio, known as the Galileo Club, is experimenting with rocket fuels and preparing for their future education at technical colleges.

Robert Heinlein created something new when he started writing his “juvenile” SF novels. He wasn’t the first person to write what publishers would categorize as Young Adult SF but he was the first respected SF author to do so. Not only did it not harm his reputation, it actually enhanced it. Some of these, like Citizen of the Galaxy, The Star Beast, and The Rolling Stones still stand as some of his best books and are considered classics.

His first juvenile, from 1947, was Rocketship Galileo. It’s a tale of three young fellows that have their own amateur rocketry club. When one of their rocket experiments go awry with an explosion, they find that one of the boys' uncles was injured on the grounds. The injured man is Doctor Donald Morris Cargraves. He’s a scientist with his own background in atomic propulsion. With true do-it-yourself ethos, Cargraves recruits the boys to build their own rocket to the moon. There are incidents of sabotage, which creates the mystery of who is responsible for the sabotage.

Eventually the boys with Cargraves in tow head to the moon. On occasion the story seems to stop for a science lesson. Once they reach the moon, they learn they are not alone. I’ll leave the nature of the co-habitants to the listener. I will say the answer that lies behind the sabotage attempts are less than satisfactory. What seems dated and implausible today was likely just as implausible in 1947 when the book was written. Although this novel is not the best of Heinlein’s juveniles, it is still an enjoyable ride with an optimistic future for mankind.

The book is narrated by SF author Spider Robinson. Spider is a gifted narrator with a flair for voice characterizations. His natural narrator’s voice seems a bit nasally at times, but he still conveys ease, and his pacing is unhurried.

This is not the first paring of Robert Heinlein with Spider Robinson. Spider recently coauthored a book with Mr. Heinlein called Variable Star. Using notes and an unfinished outline, Spider Robinson was chosen by Heinlein’s estate to complete it. The story is said to be reminiscent of one of the master’s juvenile novels circa 1955. The good news doesn’t end there. Robinson was tapped by Blackstone Audio to narrate the audiobook for Variable Star, which has just been released.

posted byThe Time Traveler of the Time Traveler Show podcast.

Labels: espionage, review, Robert A. Heinlein, rocket science, science fiction, space travel, Spider Robinson, young adult

2:36 PM -- (0) comments

 


Shannon Clute and Richard Edwards' have a new website that showcases their two terrific noir related podcasts. Noircast.net is the name, and noir movies and books are their game. Their latest joint podcast is the "Noircast Special #2" in which Clute and Edwards talk to Tee Morris about the wildly popular podiobook Billibub Baddings And The Case Of The Singing Sword. Also on the roster in this special are interviews with Kevin Burton Smith of the irreplaceable ThrillingDetective.com website and Seth Harwood hardboiled podcast pioneer of the podiobook novel Jack Wakes Up. Download the whole show |MP3| or visit the website and subscribe to either, or both, of the podcasts.

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: crime, detective, interview, mystery, noir, podcast, Tee Morris

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Canadia: 2056 episode 5 is airing across Canada this morning starting at 11:30 am in all time zones (except Newfoundland). You can hear it ONLINE via the Streaming Radio Map - just click the time zone in your area at 11:30 (you can also time-shift a bit) and a RealAudio stream will be available. Radio stations across Canada are also an option - but as of yet there is no podcast feed! The airing of this episode makes this the half-way point through Canadia: 2056's run!

Here's the official CBC Radio hotsheet description:

"The Captain and Anderson are away from the ship when disaster strikes. It's a technical malfunction that's bad enough to destroy the ship. And even moving around onboard requires ingenuity. Head for outer space this morning aboard Canadia 2056, the lone Canadian government spacecraft, sent to support an American space armada fighting hostile aliens. Canadia 2056, this morning at 11:30 (noon NT) on CBC Radio One."

Hey, does anybody know how to spell the Canadia: 2056 version of their curse-equivalent of "frak"? Is it kruk? Cruc? Here, listen to this MP3 CLIP from episode 2, it's full of lots of cruc/kruk/krukin' type swearing.

I need to know how to spell it so I can write CBC an email, as in: "Hey CBC, where's the crukin' podcast feed for Canadia: 2056?"

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: CBC, comedy, radio drama, science fiction

8:49 AM -- (1) comments

 



Photo and grammar by Ron Hogan

James Patrick Kelly has written in to say that you folks are downloading his Nebula Award winning novella Burn like it was a planet on fire!

Jim writes: "I had to move the files because a flood of listeners exceeded my bandwidth and crashed my site. So I moved them to the Internet Archive, which means that the links on your site are broken."

Thanks for the new links Jim! I've now changed the post that includes the four MP3s that make up Burn.

For more James Patrick Kelly goodness try out his FREE READS podcast or subscribe to his StoryPod podcast on Audible, which is soon to include his best known novelette: Think Like A Dinosaur won the 1996 Hugo Award, the Asimov's Reader's Poll Award, and the SF Chronicle Award. It was also nominated for the Locus Poll Award, the HOMer Award and the Nebula Award.

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: James Patrick Kelly, nebula award

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CONduit is an annual general interest Science Fiction and Fantasy convention held every May in Salt Lake City, Utah. Conduit 17 (called "Shadows Of Conduit") runs this year between May 25th and 27th. We'll be there, represented by our resident Web Kzin, SFFaudio co-founder, and professional SF author Scott D. Danielson.

If you're going to be there too, look for Scott at one or all of these panels:

Friday, 3:00PM Podcasts: SF On The Web
Panel: Pam Oberg, Scott Danielson
Imagine listening to your favorite authors, artists, actors, and professionals talk about their work while you are at work or driving to work. Imagine listening to a convention panel, a decades-old radio interview, or a group of fans raving about the latest games while you
clean, jog, or mow the lawn. Enter the brave new world of podcasts. Our panelists discuss what podcasts are, where to find them, what to expect, and will even peer into the shadowy realm of iTunes voodoo.

Friday, 4:00PM The Viability Of Artificial Intelligence
Panel: Eric Swedin, James Brown, Scott Danielson (M), Eric James Stone
Research into artificial intelligence has been criticized for not advancing at the same rate as much of computing. Some have theorized that this is because we are simply incapable of creating intelligence -- at least in the way we understand it. Will we ever see a Neuromancer?

Saturday, 11:00AM Take Me To Your Leader
Panel: James Brown, Scott Danielson, Eric James Stone (M), Ann Sharp
The Aliens Have Landed! Now what? Let's have fun talking about what
impact the alien invasion (or a friendly visit) would realistically have on Earth. And what WOULD an alien really say at first contact?

Sunday, 10:00AM The Movies Of M. Night Shyamalan
Panel: Eric Swedin, Scott Danielson, Janus Daniels
The Sixth Sense. Unbreakable. Signs. The Village. Lady in the Water. M. Night Shyamalan has been hailed as the next Alfred Hitchcock. Is that accurate? Will he be able to keep the freshness of his directorial vision or is he destined to be just another Hollywood director? What are the themes that frequent his work? We discuss this intriguing newcomer to the movie scene.

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: artificial intelligence, convention, podcast, science fiction

9:06 AM -- (0) comments

 


Here Today …Gone Tomorrow (Asimov's All Time Favorite Time Travel Stories)
Edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin Greenberg; Read by various
4 Cassettes - Approx. 6 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Dercum Audio
Published: 1998
ISBN: 1556562586 [out of print]
Themes: /Science Fiction /Time travel /Anthology /

Stories: “Try and Change the Past” by Fritz Leiber, read by Bill Fantini; “A Loint of Paw” by Isaac Asimov, read by Bill Fantini; “The Long Remembering” by Poul Anderson, read by Nelson Runger; “There Is A Wolf In My Time Machine” by Larry Niven, read by Bill Fantini; “The Light Of Other Days” by Bob Shaw, read by Nelson Runger; “The Kings Wishes” by Robert Sheckley, read by Nelson Runger; “The Little Black Bag” by C.M. Kornbluth, read by Ann Wilcox.

Old school. That’s what this collection of time travel stories is, with all the blessings and baggage that implies. The stories concern mainly white men, with women appearing mostly as henpecking baffles for their claustrophobic concerns, and, in general, the voices presenting the stories are brusque and hairy-chested, like those from a third grade filmstrip on pool safety (and if that simile has any resonance for you, then I think you appreciate what I mean by “old school”). A female voice does narrate C.M. Kornbluth’s “The Little Black Bag”, but the story is so piquant with elitism and misogyny, it might as well be read by a Victorian-era Harvard College president.

The cover claims the stories were hand selected by Isaac Asimov from his own personal library, and the photo shows the great one with his trademark facial fur and engaging grin in front of a tall shelf packed with his own works.* Happily, his own works do appear in this collection, but only in the delightful - a word to describe almost anything Asimov uttered aloud - introduction he delivers himself, and the brief, forgettable story “A Loint Of Paw” which he does not.

The list of authors is impressive. The stories, however, while enjoyable, are neither essential nor groundbreaking. The best of them, and the only one to offer even a glimpse of the wistful ache that is the primary motivation for the idea of time travel, is Bob Shaw’s “The Light Of Other Days.” I was caught off guard after the relatively bland intellectual exercises of the forgoing stories because this one starts out looking similarly simple and heartless, yet builds to a subtle and profoundly moving finish.

As a whole, this is a decent collection, but not one I’d risk any injury rushing out to acquire. If it falls in your lap, or if you are a rabid fan of old school SF, I’d give it a listen. Otherwise, I think you could easily find something more satisfying to fill your ears with.

[editor's note - the cover depicted above does not match Kurt's description. Kurt's scan of his copy of this audiobook was not available at the time of this post]

posted by Kurt Dietz

Labels: anthology, Bob Shaw, C.M. Kornbluth, Fritz Leiber, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Robert Sheckley, science fiction, time travel

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Avast me hearties! LibriVox, that isle of audio sanity in an ocean of in, has been all at sea of late, but not in a bad way, not at all. The vast crew of LibriVox has been making sea Science Fiction stories - specifically with two speculative fiction classics from the 19th century. The completion of one of them was the subject of a March 25th commentary on the history of SF sea stories. That really warms my cockles, and may even warm yours. Have a listen to one or both of the titles listed below, I'm guessing they'll shiver your timbers. And be sure to note the COOL NEW PODCAST FEED FEATURE found on completed LibriVox titles...

The Mysterious Island
By Jules Verne; Read by Mark F. Smith
Zipped MP3s or MP3 Podcast - Approx. 22 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: May 2007
A story of castaways, similar to Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, this book details the escape from Civil War-era Richmond, Virginia, of five Northern men who dared to go aloft in a balloon in the midst of a hurricane. Deposited on a lonely island in the Pacific, they make do with Yankee ingenuity where Chance has left them nothing. Only later do they find they have a hidden benefactor: Captain Nemo, of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, who resides, alone, secretly on the island. In time, the tiny colony becomes so prosperous that it is able to rescue another castaway from an island a hundred miles away. But all their work will come to naught - their island’s volcano is about to awake!

Podcast feed:

http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/the-mysterious-island-by-jules-verne.xml

The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym
By Edgar Allan Poe; Read by various authors
Zipped MP3s or MP3 Podcast - Approx. 6.5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: April 2007
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Edgar Allan Poe’s only complete novel, published in 1838. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym who stows away aboard a whaling ship called Grampus. Various adventures and mis-adventures befall Pym including shipwreck, mutiny and cannibalism. The story starts out as a fairly conventional adventure at sea, but it becomes increasingly strange and hard to classify in later chapters, involving religious symbolism and the Hollow Earth.

Podcast feed:

http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/narrative-of-arthur-gordon-pym.xml

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne, LibriVox, Online Audio, podcast, sea voyage

9:25 AM -- (0) comments

 


Prometheus Radio Theatre's podcast has a two part reading of The God of Tarzan. The reading is by Steven H. Wilson, the talented narrator who completed Lester Del Rey's Badge Of Infamy from our ongoing SFFaudio Challenge. If you aren't a regular listener to the Arbiter Chronicles, and shame on you if you aren't, have a listen to this public domain Edgar Rice Burroughs short story that's in their podcast feed. It's terrific!

The God Of Tarzan
By Edgar Rice Burroughs; Read by Steven H. Wilson
2 MP3s - [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Prometheus Radio Theatre
Podcast: May 2007
Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|
Or subscribe to the podcast to get both parts:

http://prometheus.libsyn.com/rss

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: Edgar Rice Burroughs, podcast, Tarzan

11:52 AM -- (0) comments

 


Our U.K. contributor "Roy" has found an SFFaudio gem in the Radio Times schedule for next...

Afternoon Play: The Veldt
By Ray Bradbury; Performed by a Full Cast
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4
Broadcast: Tuesday 22nd May -14:15-15:00 (U.K. Time)
"An updated version of a classic SF story by Ray Bradbury, adapted from the stage play by Mike Walker, about a playroom that becomes a beguiling tempter, drawing two young children into secret, deadly adventures"

This should also be available via the Radio 4 Afternoon Play "Listen Again" service for 7 days following the broadcast.

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: BBC, radio drama, Ray Bradbury

11:00 AM -- (0) comments

 


Sure we point you towards actual recordings of H.P. Lovecraft's stories - that's nothing new - but surely you'd like to go deeper. How about some lectures on Lovecraft himself? Ya, we see you nodding that head... POOF! Your wish is our command...

Posted below are a series of four linked lectures titled H.P. Lovecraft and The Occult. These were recorded at Treadwell's Bookshop in Covent Garden, London, UK. The speaker is Justin Woodman, a Social Anthropology lecturer at Goldsmiths College (University of London).

H.P. Lovecraft Lectures
By Dr. Justin Woodman
4 MP3s - 5 Hours 26 Minutes [LECTURES]
Podcaster: Yog Radio / Yog-Sothoth.com
Podcast: May 2007
Lecture #1 - HPL: Fabulist, Myth-Maker & Shaman |MP3|
Lecture #2 - Legends of The Necronomicon |MP3|
Lecture #3 - Chariots of The Dark Gods |MP3|
Lecture #4 - Chaos, Cthulhu & Contemporary Consciousness |MP3|

An alternative to the download is the podcast feed for Yog Radio which is right here:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/cthulhu

[via Joseph Remy's Lost Carcosa blog]

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: fantasy, H.P. Lovecraft, horror, lectures, occult, Online Audio, podcast

10:30 AM -- (0) comments

 


Our eagle eyed U.K. correspondent, Roy, sez that BBC Radio 2 has something of interest starting later this week...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars movie, BBC Radio 2 has a two part programme that will feature interviews with the actors, musicians, producers and directors who worked on (or were influenced by) the film....

Star Wars - 30th Anniversary
2 Parts - Approx. 50 Mins [DOCUMENTARY]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 2
Broadcast: Fridays May 18th & 26th 2007 @ 19:00-19:30 (U.K. Time)

It is likely that both parts will be available via BBC R2's 'listen again' service. Thanks Roy!

posted by Jesse Willis

Labels: BBC, documentary,