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Seeing Ear Theatre: Gaiman, Willis, Bear, Rusch and more

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Here’s the latest batch of long unheard Seeing Ear Theatre recordings. I’m also adding them to our main Seeing Ear Theatre post.

Seeing Ear Theatre - Readings Maureen F. McHugh reads from China Mountain Zhang
1 |MP3| – Approx. 19 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1998
Provider: Archive.org

Connie Willis reads from Bellwether
1 |MP3| – Approx. 20 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1998
Provider: Archive.org

Seeing Ear Theatre - Readings Kit Reed reads from The Bride Of Bigfoot
1 |MP3| – Approx. 18 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1998
Provider: Archive.org

James Morrow reads from Blameless In Abaddon
1 |MP3| – Approx. 26 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1998
Provider: Archive.org

Seeing Ear Theatre - Readings Greg Bear reads from Dinosaur Summer
1 |MP3| – Approx. 16 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1998
Provider: Archive.org

Walter Koenig reads from Warped Factors
1 |MP3| – Approx. 23 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1998
Provider: Archive.org

Seeing Ear Theatre - Readings Skidoo and Bat Boy
By Patrick O’Leary; Read by Patrick O’Leary
1 |MP3| – Approx. 39 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1998
Provider: Archive.org
Recorded at ReaderCon 10.

Seeing Ear Theatre - Readings Paul Levinson reads an extract from The Silk Code
1 |MP3| – Approx. 15 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1999
Provider: Archive.org

Nalo Hopkinson reads an extract from Brown Girl In The Ring
1 |MP3| – Approx. 27 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1999
Provider: Archive.org

Seeing Ear Theatre - Readings Richard Belzer reads an excerpt from UFOs, JFK, And Elvis
1 |MP3| – Approx. 18 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1999
Provider: Archive.org

Kristine Kathryn Rusch reads from The Fey: Sacrifice
1 |MP3| – Approx. 24 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1999
Provider: Archive.org

Seeing Ear Theatre - Readings Neil Gaiman reads Chapter 3 of Stardust
1 |MP3| – Approx. 22 Minutes [EXCERPT]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1999
Provider: Archive.org

Treks Not Taken
By Steven R. Boyett; Performed by a full cast
1 |MP3| – Approx. 12 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre
Published: 1998
Provider: Archive.org
A parody cross between Star Trek: The Next Generation and Moby Dick.

[Thanks again Roy!]

Posted by Jesse Willis

Paul Levinson interviews Robert J. Sawyer about the new FlashForward TV series

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Light On Light Through is the podcast of SF author Paul Levinson. On his latest show he talks to fellow SF author Robert J. Sawyer about the Sawyer’s new TV series FlashForward (based on the novel). Levinson and Sawyer seem genuinely excited about this new TV series.

Have a listen |MP3| or subscribe to the podcast:

http://paullev.libsyn.com/rss

Here’s the ABC TV promo video:

And here’s a sample from from the Blackstone Audio audiobook |MP3| (courtesy of Audible.com).

Posted by Jesse Willis

KFAI’s Xmas Schedule: Paul Levinson, Jeff Green, Tom Lopez, Roger Gregg

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Online Audio - Radio Show - Sound Affects A Radio Playground On its next broadcast Sound Affects: A Radio Playground will be airing Paul Levinson’s The Chronology Protection Case. This is the live version as performed at the Museum of Radio and TV in New York. The show can be heard via live streaming on Sundays and is also broadcast on the radio in the Minneapolis/St. Paul. region – 90.3 FM Minneapolis, 106.7 FM St. Paul. Programs are archived on the KFAI website for two weeks after the broadcast.

Radio Drama - The Chronology Protection Case The Chronology Protection Case
By Paul Levinson; Performed by a full cast
Radio Broadcast – [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: KFAI / Sound Affects
Broadcast: December 16th 2007 @ 9:30-10:30 PM (Central Time)
The Chronology Protection Case radio play, a science fiction murder mystery, features Shanahan in the role of Dr. Phil D’Amato, the forensic detective who appears in Levinson’s acclaimed novels, “The Silk Code,” “The Consciousness Plague” and “The Pixel Eye.” When D’Amato is approached by the distraught wife of a missing scientist whose work is embroiled in secrecy, he is plunged into an adventure with a terrifying and powerful force of nature at the heart of a series of mysterious deaths.

The week after, Sunday the 23rd, Sound Affects will air Jeff Green’s Christmas Is Coming to the District of Drudge, one of the “Soundings” stories. Then in 2008 we’ll be hearing a few more of the “Soundings” pieces, interspersed with Roger Gregg’s Big Big Space stories, and a profile of Tom Lopez from ZBS-fame. Lopez is the creator of the extremely popular Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe series! Cool!

Posted by Jesse Willis

Commentary: Second Life

Second Life

It is a fundamental law of the universe that at some point every blog must mention Second Life. Today is our turn.

Sorry about that.

I won’t be harping on the rampant commercialism in Second Life, nor the unrestricted virtual sex that seems to be the focus of it. I’m not all that interested. Rather I’d like to mention that a few places in Second Life that are worth visiting.

Snapshot from the OCTOBER COUNTRY in Second Life

1. October Country [Pictured above] – is a Halloween themed place that features radio dramas |TELEPORT| like the NPR version of The Empire Strikes Back.

2. Bantam Dell Island – a publisher’s home, featuring some events by authors |TELEPORT|

3. Podcast Island |TELEPORT| Which features podcasters and podcasting events.

4. Book Island |TELEPORT| Bookstores and authors pitching books.

On Sunday (tomorrow at the time of this post) there will be an author reading by Paul Levinson you can |TELEPORT| there at 2pm (Pacific Standard Time)

Posted by Jesse Willis

Paul Levinson’s The Silk Code as a podcast novel

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Shaun Farrell host of the Adventures In SciFi Publishing podcast has taken on narrating responsibilities for fellow podcaster Paul Levinson’s first novel; The Silk Code. The first five MP3 files have just debuted on Podiobooks.com, you can subscribe and get the complete and unabridged reading by signing up with Podiobooks – rest assured it is all 100% free – any donations you make will be split 75-25 with the author and the podiobooks.com service.

The Silk Code
By Paul Levinson; Read by Shaun Farrell
Podcast Novel – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Podiobooks.com
Podcast: IN PROGRESS
Phil D’Amato, a forensic scientist working for the NYPD, is visiting an old friend in rural Pennsylvania–home of the Amish. When the friend with no known allergies drops dead of a sudden allergic reaction, D’Amato decides to investigate. He finds himself at the center of a 30,000 year-old biowar being waged with genetically engineered weapons. As he probes deeper, it becomes apparent that the Amish are not the technophobes they appear to be.

posted by Jesse Willis

The Sci-Phi Show on Levinson’s Chronology Protection Case

Episode #31 of The Sci Phi Show |MP3| is on the topic of the “chronology protection conjecture” (an idea that physicist Stephen Hawking used to answer the question of why historic events don’t appear to be flooded with time traveling tourists). More specifically under discussion is the concept as represented in Paul Levinson’s story and radio drama of The Chronology Protection Case. Before you listen to the analysis check out the original tale itself |MP3| which can be found in the same feed. On the topic of the feed, you can subscribe to the podcast via this link:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSciPhiShow

posted by Jesse Willis