September 2007 – Page 6

William Hope Hodgson’s The House On The Borderland on BBC7

Online Audio

BBC7’s The Seventh Dimension is airing a new commission of The House On The Borderland from their North Ireland producers this week. ~~No word on whether it is unabridged or not, but~~ you can hear it via the Listen Again service. Not sure who Hodgson is or what The House On The Borderland is about? Here’s a take one author’s opinion upon this work:

“A classic of the first water.” – H.P. Lovecraft

Wikipedia sez of it:

“[The House On The Borderland] is a milestone that signals the leaving of the realistic nature of supernatural fiction of the late 19th century. Hodgson follows out of the ghost story and the gothic to create a newer cosmic horror that leaves a great impression on the people who would become the great writers of the weird tales of the middle of the 20th century.”

The House On The Borderland
By William Hope Hodgson; Read by Jim Norton
4 Broadcasts – Approx. 2 Hours [ABRIDGED]
BROADCASTER: BBC7’s The 7th Dimension
BROADCAST: Tues. – Fri. at 6.30pm and 00.30am starting Sept. 4
Two friends camp near the ruins of an old house in a remote area in the west of Ireland, there they discover a manuscript which describes the terrifying experiences of the last owner of the house of the title.

posted by Jesse Willis

2 Seeing Ear Theatre plays, and an Asimov short story podcast + MORE

Online Audio

Discovered this cool podcast in the iTunes podcast directory… Pirate TV Theatre Classic Radio Drama is an unwieldy name for a podcast with this much terrific audio content. Some of it is classic Radio Drama, some of it is more modern Audio Drama (Radio Drama that was never broadcast on radio), none of it is “TV” and some of it is audiobook. The site itself doesn’t allow direct downloads (only online listening) but if you subscribe to the podcast you can access all of the following in the ubiquitous MP3 format…

Included in the feed are radio drama episodes from:

Suspense (The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft)

Dimension X (includes The Green Hills Of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein and First Contact by Murray Leinster, plus more)

X Minus 1 (includes Surface Tension by James Blish, and Colony by Philip K. Dick, plus many more)

Skeleton
By Ray Bradbury; Performed by a full cast
(a 1996 BBC4 Radio Drama, part of the “Tales of the Bizarre” series, introduced by Bradbury himself)

As well as two Seeing Ear Theatre audio dramas:

Murder Mysteries
By Neil Gaiman; Performed by a full cast
(a Seeing Ear Theatre audio drama in two parts)

Orson The Alien! The Untold Story Behind The War Of the Worlds
By Terry Bisson, Brian Smith and George Zarr; Performed by a full cast
(a Seeing Ear Theatre audio drama)

And one story from an audiobook:

It’s Such A Beautiful Day
By Isaac Asimov; Read by Ed Bishop
(from a 1986 audiobook in two parts – from defunct audiobook publisher Listen For Pleasure)

Plug this podcast feed into your podcatcher to get started:

http://www.nomig.net/radiodrama/itunesrss.xml

Or, visit the site and listen online – where you’ll find plenty more, including:

The Caves Of Steel
By Isaac Asimov; Performed by a full cast
(The 1989 radio dramatization that aired on BBC Radio 4)

posted by Jesse Willis

Parsec Awards winners and finalists

News

The second annual Parsec Awards have just been handed out. This award started last year at Dragon*Con 2006. So it makes sense that the winners for this year were announced at Dragon*Con 2007 (which wrapped up yesterday). The idea behind the Parsec is to honor podcasting excellence in a number of categories relating to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Here is the complete short-list of eligible PARSEC AWARD nominees and finalists in the SFFaudio related categories:

Best Audio Drama (Long Form)

Best Audio Drama (Short Form)

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novel Form)

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)

Quite a collection of audio goodness!

posted by Jesse Willis

Hugo Nominees avaialable as audiobooks

SFFaudio Online Audio - Worldcon 2007

The result are out, attendees from throughout Japan and the world convened at the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center and discovered the results of the 2007 Hugo Awards. Though the results can’t be changed you can still argue over them – at least for most of the categories. Here`s a roundup of all the titles the winning and nominated titles thus far adapted into audiobooks:

Best Novel:
(Science fiction or fantasy story of 40,000 words or more.)

Eifelheim
By Michael Flynn; Read by Anthony Heald
14 CD, 17.5 hrs – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 9781433206115

His Majesty’s Dragon
By Naomi Novik; Read by David Thorn
5 CD, 6.5 hrs – [ABRIDGED]
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 9780739354131

Glasshouse
By Charles Stross
No audiobook version available yet.

Rainbows End [WINNER]
By Vernor Vinge
No audiobook version available yet.

Blindsight
By Peter Watts
No audiobook version available yet.

Best Novella:
(Science fiction or fantasy story of between 17,500 and 40,000 words).

Inclination
By William Shunn; Read by William Shunn
3 MP3s – Approx. 2 Hours 10 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Science Fic Shunn Podcast
Podcast: April 2007

Get all three parts:
|Part 1 MP3|Part 2 MP3|Part 3 MP3|

A Billion Eves [WINNER]
By Robert Reed
No audiobook version available yet.

Lord Weary’s Empire
By Michael Swanwick
No audiobook version available yet.

Julian: A Christmas Story
By Robert Charles Wilson
No audiobook version available yet.

Best Novelette:
(Science fiction or fantasy story of between 7,500 and 17,500 words)

Yellow Card Man
By Paolo Bacigalupi
No audiobook version available yet.

Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth
By Michael F Flynn
No audiobook version available yet.

The Djinn’s Wife [WINNER]
By Ian McDonald
No audiobook version available yet.

Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter
By Geoff Ryman
No audiobook version available yet.

Best Short Story
(Science fiction or fantasy story of less than 7,500 words)

How To Talk To Girls At Parties
By Neil Gaiman; Read by Neil Gaiman
1 |MP3| – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: NeilGaiman.com
Published: April 2007
A tale of two boys going to a party and encountering those mysterious beings known as “girls.”

Kin
By Bruce McCallister; Read by Steve Eley
1 |MP3| – UNABRIDGED
Podcaster: Escape Pod
Podcast: May 2007

Impossible Dreams [WINNER]
By Tim Pratt; Read by Matthew Wayne Selznick
1 |MP3| – UNABRIDGED
Podcaster: Escape Pod
Podcast: May 2007

Eight Episodes
By Robert Reed; Read by MarBelle
1 |MP3| – UNABRIDGED
Podcaster: Escape Pod
Podcast: May 2007

The House Beyond Your Sky
By Benjamin Rosenbaum; Read by Paul Tevis
1 |MP3| – UNABRIDGED
Podcaster: Escape Pod
Podcast: May 2007

posted by Jesse Willis