The Sci Phi Show interviews Mike Resnick on atheism and his writing. Here is the |MP3|.
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Posted by Charles Tan
Day: February 4, 2008
SF in SF Panel Courtesy of The Agony Column
The Agony Column has a recording of a SF in SF panel moderated by Terry Bisson and features authors Peter S. Beagle and Mark Ferrari where they discuss the fantasy genre. |MP3|
Posted by Charles Tan
2008 Audie Award Finalists
Just in are the Audie Award Finalists for 2008. In the Science Fiction category:
• The Draco Tavern, by Larry Niven, narrated by Tom Weiner, published by Blackstone Audio Inc.
• Dune, by Frank Herbert, narrated by Scott Brick, Simon Vance and a full cast, published by Macmillan Audio
• The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, by Jack Finney, narrated by Kristoffer Tabori, published by Blackstone Audio Inc.
• Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Ravens of Avalon, by Diana L. Paxson, narrated by Lorna Raver, published by Tantor Media, Inc.
• Selections from Dreamsongs 1: Fan Fiction and Sci-Fi from Martin’s Early Years: Unabridged Selections, by George R.R. Martin, narrated by Claudia Black, Mark Bramhall, Scott Brick, Roy Dotrice, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne and Adrian Paul, published by Random House Audio
That’s an excellent list. In other categories, Joe Hill is on there twice, once for 20th Century Ghosts (Short Stories/Collections category) and once for Heart-Shaped Box (Thriller/Suspense category).
That multi-voice production of Dune is also recognized in the Achievement in Production and Multi-Voiced Performance categories.
Neil Gaiman makes a strong showing as well, with a nomination for Neverwhere in the Narration by the Author or Authors category and two in the Children’s Titles – Ages 12+ category; InterWorld and M is for Magic.
Looks like 2007 was a very strong year for genre fiction audiobooks! Here’s a link to a PDF containing the full press release about this year’s Audies from the Audio Publishers Association.
Add – The Audie Awards, by the way, will be given on May 30, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. –sd
Posted by Scott D. Danielson
Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy podcast
Doc from the Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy podcast sez he’ll be at Wondercon (Feb 22nd-24th 2008) in San Francisco at “small press table #39.”
Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy covers “science fiction and fantasy heroes of movies, television, novels, and comics.” This is an iTunes only podcast. Doc’s show is an ecclectic mix of books, movies and TV SFF.
Posted by Jesse Willis
ClonePod (An Escape Pod clone done by kids)
ClonePod is a new short fiction podcast that has modeled itself on Escape Pod. The major difference, ClonePod is run by middle schoolers!
Check it out via their podcast feed:
http://www.clonepod.org/feed/
Posted by Jesse Willis
Maria Lectrix Podcast: The Moon Pool by A. Merritt
Maureen O’Brien, of the Maria Lectrix podcast, may be the hardest working narrator in podcasting, she has started recording yet another novel, The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt. Maureen sez of it:
“Fantasy and horror in the South Seas! This 1919 classic influenced many writers and filmmakers, including the creators of the TV show Lost and the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. Abraham Merritt was a journalist, editor, and pulp writer. He died in 1943. His novels Burn, Witch, Burn! and Seven Footprints to Satan have been adapted into movies.”
This was A. Merritt’s first novel and it was written in two parts. The first was called “The Moon Pool” it appeared June 22, 1919 in the early pulp called All-Story Weekly. Merritt followed up the successful tale with a longer sequel, “The Conquest of the Moon Pool,” which appeared in six installments starting February 15, 1919. Later they were combined to form the novel below…
The Moon Pool
By A. Merritt; Read by Maureen O’Brien
35 MP3 Files – [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Maria Lectrix
Podcast: January 2008 –
Dr. Walter T. Goodwin is sailing on the Southern Queen back to New York, after a botanical expedition to the d’Entrecasteaux Islands when he meets his old friend, Dr. David Throckmartin. Throckmartin looking haunted, relates a tale of disaster and death during an expedition on the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. On the island of Ponape they found a strange stone door which…
You can download the MP3 files directly from the Internet Archive page for it or subscribe to the fantasy podcast feed:
http://marialectrix.wordpress.com/category/fiction/fantasy/feed/
Posted by Jesse Willis