James Patrick Kelley of I Should Be Writing interviews Kim Stanley Robinson. |MP3|
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Posted by Charles Tan
Month: February 2009
Spider Robinson’s podcast: Thirteen O’Clock by David Gerrold
The latest Spider On The Web podcast features Thirteen O’Clock by David Gerrold. It’s a first-person, stream of consciousness singularity story (I think). It’s also a down and gritty story of life, death, true love, sex, war, sex, gay sex, drugs, sex, and thousand light-year stares. Robinson performance is tour-de-force! It reminded me very much of John Varley‘s Persistence Of Vision (Spider podcast it previously). Also on board in the latest podcast is Spider Robinson’s introduction to the David Gerrold collection called The Involuntary Human – which is where the paper version of Thirteen O’Clock can be found.
Thirteen O’Clock
By David Gerrold; Read by Spider Robinson
1 |MP3| – Approx. 83 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Spider On The Web
Podcast: February 7th, 2009
Collected in The Involuntary Human. First published in Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2006. A first-person, tale of a lonely wanderer told in a stream of consciousness manner. Our hero is a Vietnam vet who’s finally comfortable with his homosexuality. After years on the road, he comes across a young and pretty gang of gaybashing college kids. After he teaches the kids a lesson he takes one of them out on a date and tells his story. That “pinging” sensation he’s been feeling all these years just draws blank stares from everyone he meets. It must mean something tho’ right?
Posted by Jesse Willis
Recent Arrivals – a The Graveyard Book signed poster
This is a poster, and isn’t strictly related to the audiobook version (|READ OUR REVIEW|). But it is a recent arrival, and it came as a result of reading The Graveyard Book (and Coraline) aloud…
Check out the signature on the front!
And here’s the other side (unsigned)…
Posted by Jesse Willis
LibriVox: The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Here’s the fifth book in the “John Carter” / “Barsoom” series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The previous four novels are already available (check them out on our EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS page). For some unknowable reason The Prelude and Chapter 1 are read by two different readers.
The Chessmen of Mars (book five in the John Carter series)
By Edgar Rice Burroughs; Read by Tom Weiss and tubeyes
24 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – 10 Hours 20 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: February 6th, 2009
The Chessmen of Mars is a science fiction novel by the mental sword- and physical pen- wielding author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It the fifth installment of his Barsoom series. The Chessmen of Mars is a tale of wonder and excellence that follows John Carter and Dejah Thoris, along with their daughter Tara, princess of Helium, as she is sought after by Gahan, Jed of Gathol. Adventure and peril ensue as the story unfolds.
Podcast feed:
http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/the-chessmen-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs.xml
Posted by Jesse Willis
Barely Literate (a podcast book club)
Barely Literate is a new podcast book club discussing novels and books in and outside of the SFF genre. So far it seems like a cross between the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast and The Kick Ass Mystic Ninjas podcast.
Already discussed are:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman |MP3|
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams |MP3|
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson |MP3|
Here’s the podcast feed:
http://barelyliterare.libsyn.com/rss
Posted by Jesse Willis
Robert J. Sawyer reads Chapter 1 of Wake
Robert J. Sawyer has released the first chapter |MP3| of his forthcoming novel Wake.
I like Rob’s books, but I’m glad he’s not going to be the audiobook’s narrator. His reading is way too fast, and the nuance he puts into each sentence feels like overacting, and the protagonist is a 15 year old girl.
[via SFSignal]
Posted by Jesse Willis