Mark Nelson is narrating another audiobook for the SFFaudio Challenge!

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Mark Nelson, the narrator of The Green Odyssey by Philip Jose Farmer, has staked his claim for another title from the SFFaudio Challenge list! Behold our art for it…

Librivox Audiobook - The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper

This is Mark’s second entry in our challenge – if you’ll recall, back in November I challenged anyone to turn in any one of a number of previously unreleased public domain novels into an unabridged single voiced audiobook. As an incentive, I offered a BRAND NEW unabridged commercial audiobook to the first person to complete and release one of the books from the list. Mark did it and it was an absolutely terrific audiobook! I am super-juiced at the idea he’s doing another.

Look for The Cosmic Computer AKA “Junkyard Planet” by H. Beam Piper to show up on the pages of LibriVox in “a couple of weeks”!

Congratulations again Mark and thanks!

Now since my original challenge will soon be running out of the original batch of audiobooks (at least two out of the three Blackstone Audiobooks I purchased for the event are going to be mailed out shortly), I’d like to ask what you SFFaudio readers would like to see included in the SECOND CHALLENGE!

YUP, that’s right, we’re going to add to the list and RENEW the challenge with more incentive audiobooks. So I’ll ask you folks. Which, of the more modern Science Fiction, Fantasy (and Horror if there are any) public domain books on Manybooks.net or Project Gutenberg would you like to see added to the list? I’ll also ask you what kind of commerical audiobooks you would like to see given out by us as the incentive for the SECOND CHALLENGE? Post your thoughts! Make your voice count! And claim your titles!

Mortal Ghost by L. Lee Lowe a new YA Fantasy Podcast Novel

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Podcast Novel - Mortal GhostFinally, someone has named the main character of their Young Adult Fantasy novel after me! I knew it would happen sooner or later. Now even if my name was not the inspiration – but really, how can we doubt it – we should all probably check out the pilot podcast for Mortal Ghost a new novel by L. Lee Lowe. The first episode is now available for online listening or direct download |MP3|. It is read by a young theatre student from the UK. Regular podcasting should begin in January 2007. Here’s the description:

It’s a fiery hot summer, and sixteen-year-old Jesse is on the run. An oddly gifted boy, he arrives in a new city where the direction of his life is about to change. He’s hungry and lonely and desperate – and beset by visions of a stranger who is being brutally tortured. And then there are Jesse’s own memories of a fire…

Now that sounds hot! find out for yourself, subscribe to the podcast feed:

http://www.lleelowe.com/home/?feed=rss2