Dan Stevens on Narrating the Audible’s new Frankenstein audiobook
Dan Stevens on Narrating the Audible’s new audiobook version of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Posted by Jesse Willis
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Listen For Pleasure
Back in the 1980s, before audiobooks became almost mainstream, Listen For Pleasure, a Canadian based audiobook company, was publishing great audiobooks with great narrators. Here’s a 1987 ad showing just that. Posted by Jesse Willis
Goslings: A World Of Women by J.D. Beresford
We’re planning a podcast discussion of a nearly forgotten utopian novel: J.D. Beresford’s Goslings: A World Of Women. First published 100 years ago, this story of a global pandemic, and its impact upon the survivors, will remind you of later… Read moreGoslings: A World Of Women by J.D. Beresford
The Star by H.G. Wells
Here’s a portion of the Wikipedia entry for The Star: “[The Star] can be credited with having created a Science Fiction sub-genre depicting a planet or star colliding, or near-colliding with Earth – such as the 1933 novel When Worlds… Read moreThe Star by H.G. Wells
Protecting Project Pulp: Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick
Prominent Author is a great example on the joke theory of short stories. Look to the meaning of character names, listen for the clever turns of phrase (‘he wasn’t just a cog in the machine anymore’) then add in the… Read moreProtecting Project Pulp: Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick
CBC: The Vanishing Point: The Dispossessed (adapted from the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin)
A six part radio dramatization of The Dispossessed was broadcast on CBC Radio in weekly 1/2 hour installments from June 12 to July 17, 1987 for The Vanishing Point (a long running SF radio drama series). Airing at 7:30pm on… Read moreCBC: The Vanishing Point: The Dispossessed (adapted from the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin)