The SFFaudio Podcast #036

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The SFFaudio PodcastThe SFFaudio Podcast #036 – Jesse and Scott are joined by Julie of Forgotten Classics to talk with Allan Kaster, the editor of Infinivox’s new audiobook anthology: The Year’s Top Ten Tales Of Science Fiction! We discuss this terrific audiobook, in depth, as well as a few other new releases and recent arrivals.

Talked about on today’s show:
Infinivox (an imprint of Audiotext), biology, study guides, chemistry, Great Science Fiction Stories, Bioware (from medical software to video games), Mass Effect, The Year’s Top Ten Tales Of Science Fiction, A Walk In The Sun by Geoffrey A. Landis |READ OUR REVIEW|, Guest Of Honor by Robert Reed, The Shobies’ Story by Ursula K. Le Guin, Hollywood Kremlin by Bruce Sterling, immortality, Hard SF, Robert Reed, vampires are rather liberal (for being immortal), Five Thrillers by Robert Reed, sociopathy, Ted Chiang, StarShipSofa’s (#88) interview with Ted Chiang, Exhalation by Ted Chiang, consciousness, souls, religion, transcendence, Ray Gun: A Love Story by James Alan Gardner, meta-science fictional stories, “ray guns and spaceships”, Adrift by Scott D. Danielson, World Of The Ptavvs by Larry Niven, Star Trek Animated Series (The Slaver Weapon), “The Soft Weapon” by Larry Niven, romance, Galileo’s Children: Tales of Science vs. Superstition edited by Gardner Dozois, The Dream Of Reason by Jeffrey Ford, The Empire Of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford, The Dreaming Wind by Jeffrey Ford (on StarShipSofa AD #75), sense of wonder, 26 Monkeys, Also The Abyss by Kij Johnson, Fantasy vs. Science Fiction, Mini-Masterpieces Of Science Fiction, The Gambler by Paolo Bacigalupi, Fast Forward 2, Fencon 2009 (Dallas, TX), Aliens Rule edited by Alan Kaster, How Music Begins by James Van Pelt, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Laws Of Survival by Nancy Kress, City Of The Dead by Paul McAuley, Shoggoths In Bloom by Elizabeth Bear, H.P. Lovecraft, lovecraftian homage, we need an audio collection of stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, frontier, space western, archaeology, aliens, Ray Bradbury, Mrs. Carstairs And The Merman by Delia Sherman, Dercum Audio, 1930s, 19th century, sea creatures, squids, Greg Egan, Peter Watts, The Art of Alchemy by Ted Kosmatka, industrial espionage, The N Word by Ted Kosmatka, Seeds Of Change edited by John Joseph Adams, future releases from Infinivox, Infinivox on Audible.com, Mike Resnick’s Kirinyaga cycle, Guest Law by John C. Wright, Beggars In Spain by Nancy Kress, physics, pirates, Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers, Charles Stross, Antibodies, Lobsters, A Colder War, The Chief Designer by Andy Duncan |READ OUR REVIEW|, Michael Swanwick, The Edge Of The World by Michael Swanwick, The Griffin’s Egg by Michael Swanwick, the state of the magazine industry, Fast Forward 2, Sidewise In Time, Eclipse 2, Extraordinary Engines, Penguin Audio, Level 26: Dark Origins by Anthony E. Zuiker and Duane Swierczynski, Brilliance Audio, The Beastmaster by Andre Norton, Richard J. Brewer, Audible Frontiers, The Short Victorious War by David Weber, The Rise Of Endymion by Dan Simmons, caterbury tales in space, Luke Burrage’s SFBRP on the Hyperion series, Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas on Simmons’ Hyperion series, Ilium by Dan Simmons, The Terror by Dan Simmons, novella length stories, Escape Route by Peter F. Hamilton, a recent interview with Audible’s founder, The Law Of Nines by Terry Goodkind, Mark Deakins, Rammer by Larry Niven, narrator Pat Bottino, the MP3-CD format vs the CD format, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Gateway by Frederik Pohl, Robert J. Sawyer, Man Plus by Frederik Pohl

Posted by Jesse Willis

New Fantasy from Brilliance Audio

SFFaudio Recent Arrivals

Here are three epic fantasies, hot off the press from Brilliance Audio!

Dragonheart by Todd McCaffreyDragonheart (Pern)
By Todd McCaffrey; Read by Emily Durante
17 CDs – 20 hours – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 2008
ISBN: 9781423373261
 
 
 
 
Foundation by Mercedes LackeyFoundation
By Mercedes Lackey; Read by Nick Podehl
9 CDs – 10 hours – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 2008
ISBN: 9781423307570
 
 
 
 
Wizard's First Rule by Terry GoodkindWizard’s First Rule
By Terry Goodkind; Read by Jim Bond
7 CDs – 8 hours – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 2008
ISBN: 9781423321637
 
 
 
 
Posted by Scott D. Danielson

Adventures in SciFi Publishing Interviews Terry Goodkind

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Podcast - Adventures In SciFi PublishingAdventures in Scifi Publishing has an interview with Terry Goodkind. |MP3|

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http://scifipublishing.libsyn.com/rss

[via SF Signal]

Posted by Charles Tan

Interview with Terry Goodkind at The Dragon Page

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The Dragon Page The Dragon Page has a new podcast and they interview Terry Goodkind and talk about his latest book, Confessor.

Get the |MP3| here.

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Posted by Charles Tan

New Arrivals – Great Northern Audio dramas & Terry Brooks

Science Fiction Audiobook Recent Arrivals

Audiodrama - Cyber Bob / The Learning CurveCyber Bob and the Silicon Kid / The Learning Curve
By Brian Price & Jerry Stearns; Performed by Great Northern Audio Theatre
1 CD -68 minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Great Northern Audio
Published: 2007

Cyber Bob:
Cyber Bob is the ultimate old-style computer pro.  There isn’t a system out there that he can’t hack with just a couple of punch cards.  So he’s ideally suited to answer the question the Silicon Kid and Nadia, the most-super-of-all-supermodels, want answered–is the Kid a boy or just another 200 billion dollar android?

The Learning Curve:
Francis is not human.  He’s one of billions of creatures about to be released into the world’s economy. . . for economic reasons, of course.  But how will they survive?  The media has the message.

Audiodrama - Dialogue with Martian TromboneDialogue with Martian Trombone
By Brian Price & Jerry Stearns; Performed by Great Northern Audio Theatre
1 CD -72 minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Great Northern Audio
Published: 2007

On October 30th, 1938 the War of the Worlds was a rousing success.  But whatever happened to the Ramon Raquello Orchestra whose performance was preempted that same evening?  It’s a long story and it starts and finishes with a lone trombone.

Also contains the dramas: High Moon, Wizard Jack, A Cure for Science

Fantasy Audiobook - Confessor by Terry GoodkindConfessor
By Terry Goodkind; Read by Sam Tsoutsouvas
20 CDs – 24 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 9781423316589 
 
Descending into darkness, about to be overwhelmed by evil, those people still free are powerless to stop the coming dawn of a savage new world, while Richard faces the guilt of knowing that he must let it happen. Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he lovesand has lost.

Join Richard and Kahlan in the concluding novel of one of the most remarkable and memorable journeys ever written. It started with one rule, and will end with the rule of all rules, the rule unwritten, the rule unspoken since the dawn of history.

When next the sun rises, the world will be forever changed.