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The Scarlet Plague By Jack London; Read by Drew Ariana Approx. 2 Hours 13 Minutes [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Dreamscape Audio Published: August 20, 2013 Themes: / Science Fiction / San Francisco / Plague / Post-Apocalypse / Disease / Philosophy / Politics… Read moreReview of The Scarlet Plague by Jack London
Kubla Khan is a wondrous dream inspired poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Written in 1797, but published in 1816, it is said to have been composed one night after Coleridge had been taking opium and reading a work describing Xanadu… Read moreKubla Khan or a Vision of Dream by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (read by Wayne June)
Jason Aiken’s Pulp Crazy is a video (and audio) podcast, and blog “dedicated to spreading the word on classic pulp literature.” It mostly features brief reviews of pulp stories and characters, but a recent show pointed me to some previously… Read morePulp Crazy: Panels from the first World Fantasy Convention, 1975
Also known as “Stand Up And Slug” this humourous boxing story is told in the first person. Narrator Jim Philips does a great job characterizing the wharfies, boxers, and floozies that populate its seedy Honolulu docklands. “I do not believe… Read moreProtecting Project Pulp: Waterfront Fists by Robert E. Howard
Harper Audio was founded in 1952 under the name “Caedmon.” Harper Audio still occasionally publishes under its Caedmon label but its real heyday was in the late 1970s. Uniquely, the back of each album featured unique liner notes typically written… Read moreCaedmon
Alternate World Recordings was a record company releasing spoken word vinyl LP albums and cassettes, featuring SFF authors reading (or interpreting) mostly their own works. Here’s a magazine ad from a mag published in late 1977 (Unearth, Winter 1978): Posted… Read moreAlternate World Recordings