News, Reviews, and Commentary on all forms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror audio. Audiobooks, audio drama, podcasts; we discuss all of it here. Mystery, crime, and noir audio are also fair game.
Four great reasons to listen to District of Wonders this week… StarShipSofa StarShipSofa No 255 Gregory Frost Benjamin Rosenbaum |mp3| Coming Up Short Story: Angry Child by Benjamin Rosenbaum 03:00 Main Fiction: The Seals of New R’lyeh by Gregory Frost 10:00 Promo: Cheapskates Host 40:00 Fact: Poetry… Read moreFour Great Reasons to Listen to District of Wonders this week…
Wow, check out this amazing extended illustrated preview of Bronson Pinchot’s narration of Poe’s Detective: The Dupin Stories published by AudioGo! The illustrations, by the wau, are by Rick Altergott. Posted by Jesse Willis
After reading Cory Doctorow’s glowing review of Poe’s Detective: The Dupin Stories last year I added it to my list of audiobooks I just had to listen to. I’m very, very excited at the prospect! Poe’s Detective: The Dupin Stories… Read moreRecent Arrivals: AudioGo: Poe’s Detective: The Dupin Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Four reasons to listen to District of Wonders this week! StarShipSofa StarShipSofa No 254 Allen Steele |mp3| Short Story: War Memorial by Allen Steele 06:40 Main Fiction: The Emancipation of the Knowledge Robots by Carl Frederick 37:20 Crime City Central Crime City Central No 8 John R. Corrigan |mp3| Main Fiction: Shooter… Read moreDistrict of Wonders
CBS Radio Mystery Theater ran an astounding 1,399 original episodes. Unlike early radio drama series, in which popular episodes were re-staged, sometimes with the exact same script, not one of the nearly 1,400 episodes of CBSRMT episodes was re-done. And… Read moreCBSRMT: The Guy de Maupassant Murders by Sam Dann [RADIO DRAMA]
There are two readings of My Favorite Murder, by Ambrose Bierce, on LibriVox. Bill Mosley’s reading has a more appropriate accent, but Peter Yearsley’s is funnier, perhaps because of his English accent. The high minded language of the protagonist, combined… Read moreLibriVox: My Favorite Murder by Ambrose Bierce