Day: December 18, 2011

George R.R. Martin interviewed at Audible.com headquarters in Newark, New Jersey

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

George R.R. Martin was recently interviewed at Audible.com Headquarters in Newark, New Jersey. The man behind Audible Frontiers, Steve Feldberg, does the actual interview. Here’s the description:

“Recently we had the pleasure of welcoming to our office a great figure in the literary community (and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2011!). George RR Martin, who recently completed the fifth book in his hugely popular series, A Song Of Ice And Fire, shared stories about his life, his careers in both literature and television, and the power of fiction”

Posted by Jesse Willis

Shane Morris’ Set The Penfield Mood Organ For Aware (a Philip K. Dick inspired concept album)

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

As a person singularly unqualified to answer, I submit this email to a more general audience for consideration. Shane Morris writes:

Greetings Jesse,

I have just released a Creative Commons licensed work dedicated to PKD for his 83rd birthday. The album is entitled “Set the Penfield Mood Organ for Aware” .

It is a meditative ambient album in attempt to bring the sounds of this device written about in “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” to life. FREE to download or listen. CC 3.0 Unported License

http://buddhistonfire.com/2011/12/14-shane-morris—set-the-penfield-mood-organ-for-aware/

If you like ambient music, I think you might enjoy this release. I would be most grateful for any mention in your blog if you feel the quality of the work is worthy.
Sincerely,
Shane Morris

Shane Morris' Set The Penfield Mood Organ For Aware

|ZIPPED MP3 FILES|

From the bedroom Iran’s voice came. “I can’t stand TV before breakfast.”

“Dial 888,” Rick said as the set warmed. “The desire to watch TV, no matter what’s on it.”

– Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

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LibriVox: A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

LibriVoxBack in 2008 Listener (of the Free Listens blog) reviewed for us Steve Anderson’s 2006 reading of A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court. That’s a freely available LibriVox audiobook. Shortly thereafter LibriVox published a second version and we’ve ignored it since then. No Longer!

John Greenman’s 2008 narration is 2 hours and 18 minutes shorter than Anderson’s and has an even better sound quality. As to whether he’s the better narrator try these two files on for size:

Steve Anderson’s 2006 |MP3|
John Greenman’s 2008 |MP3|

What do you think? Myself I can see merits for both. I like Anderson’s unaffected reading voice. Greenman’s narration has a certain folksy charm too. Sound quality is better with Greenman’s, but Anderson’s voice is just a little crisper with the words – that might make it easier to hear in a noisy environment. I can’t choose. Help!

Here’s the Greenman edition:

LIBRIVOX - A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
By Mark Twain; Read by John Greenman
3 M4Bs, 44 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 11 Hours 50 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: May 03, 2008
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of time travel in literature, anticipating by six years H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine of 1895 (however, unlike Wells, Twain does not give any real explanation of his protagonist’s traveling in time). Some early editions are entitled A Yankee At The Court Of King Arthur.

Part 1 |M4B| Part 2 |M4B| Part 3 |M4B|

Podcast feed: http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-by-mark-twain-2.xml

iTunes 1-Click |SUBSCRIBE|

Posted by Jesse Willis