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.
“The purpose of Exploring Dystopia is not to kill time, play with web editors, stimulate the ego, build a virtual monument or something like that. The raison d’être of Exploring Dystopia is simply to promote dystopian fiction, thus stimulating people… Read moreCommentary: Radio Drama & Dystopia
Edgar Allan Poe’s only novel The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym was published in 1838. The unabridged audiobook is available commercially, but the LibriVox version has been stalled at 85% completion for too long. This multi-reader project has been in… Read moreCommentary: The problem of Poe’s Pym
For many years, I have been an avid listener and collector of movie soundtracks. And, no, I am not talking about the cross-marketed album of songs played only over the end credits; I mean the film’s underscore, the instrumental (and… Read moreCommentary: My Life with XM – Or: How a Movie Soundtrack Collector Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Satellite Radio
Neato! There’s a new unabridged Philip K. Dick audiobook coming this spring. And these Members Only jacket-wearing men are largely responsible… do you recognize them? Yup, that’s Ridley Scott on the left, and Philip K. Dick on the right, a… Read moreCommentary: Movies are good for audiobooks
The New York Times had an interesting article on Sunday: “The Analog Geezer That Keeps Working”by Andrew Adam Newman. Newman’s story talks about the surprising vitality of the venerable audio cassette within the audiobook industry. While the videocassette (30 years… Read moreCommentary: Why the Audio Cassette still matters
Keeping apprised of what audio exists out there is very difficult. One technique I use is to join Science Fiction and Fantasy email mailing lists. It is very easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of postings but if… Read moreCommentary: Electronic Mailing Lists