TSFPN.com RIP

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TSFPN: The Science Fiction Podcast NewtorkThe long languishing, imprecisely labeled and oldest of specialized Science Fiction and Fantasy podcast directories, TSFPN.com (T.he S.ci-F.i P.odcast N.etwork) has finally and officially died. It started strong, inflated rapidly, changed its name and goals, and then, like a monkey in a banana factory, keeled over comatose and laid still. On May 29th 2007 the official announcement was made. The site’s forums are still available, HERE, but are sparsely populated.

One of the forces behind the site was SF & Fantasy author Michael A. Stackpole. Stackpole had recently taken a prominent podcasting role on the premier new SF books podcast: Dragon Page Cover-To-Cover.

Still running are competitors SciFiPods.com (a branch of PodcastPickle.com) and our own SFFaudio Online Audio page.

Philip K. Dick’s We Can Remember It For You Wholesale on BBC7

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BBC 7's The 7th DimensionEveryone needs a good bit of Dick now and then. Luckily, we’ve spotted some, one of his best in fact. A tale full of false memories, soulful wishes and the planet Mars – all classic Dick themes. Quail is a man who longs to visit Mars. His shrewish wife denies him even the day-dream. But when he discovers that he’s actually already been there, as an agent for a sinister government agency, things start getting a bit confused. Is he really a deep cover Black-Ops assassin with suppressed memories and a false identity? Or is he just a sad shmendrik with delusions of grandeur?

BBC Broadcast - We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. DickWe Can Remember It For You Wholesale
By Philip K. Dick; Read by William Hootkins*
2 Parts 2 Broadcasts – [UNABRIDGED?]
Broadcaster: BBC7 / The 7th Dimension
Broadcast: Thurs. June 7th & Fri. June 8th @ 6:30pm & 12:30am (U.K. Time)
This novelette was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction‘s in April 1966 issue.
*The reader for this one was William Hootkins, aka “Red Six” from the original Star Wars. Cover me Porkins!