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.
PHILIP K. DICK (1928 -1982) explored personal, religious, sociological, political and philosophical themes in his Science Fiction and Fantasy short stories. This post is a complete listing of every known Philip K. Dick short story published between 1952 and 1963…. Read moreCommentary: Philip K. Dick’s PUBLIC DOMAIN short stories, novelettes, and novellas
We all know that old idiom – “don’t judge a book by its cover” – we all know it is a metaphor, that it isn’t supposed to be literal. In fact, to take it literally is to actually misunderstand the… Read moreRecent Arrivals/Commentary: Blackstone Audio – Anderson, Powers, Matheson, Kress and Heinlein
Something has been bothering me. It’s been bothering me for years actually. One commenter, a long time ago, brought it to my attention, wondered if there was a recording of Robert A. Heinlein’s voice out there, somewhere. I’m thinking Heinlein… Read moreThe sound of Robert A. Heinlein’s voice
I’m not a fan of series, normally, but I’m utterly enthralled by this one. More than fifty years in the writing The Stainless Steel Rat series is completely available, for the first time, as series of audiobooks from Brilliance Audio…. Read moreCommentary: The Stainless Steel Rat audiobooks
Ted Chiang, perhaps the greatest living Science Fiction writer, has very little of his excellent fiction (a dozen stories, novellettes and novellas) available in the audio format. That is a bitter, bitter shame. It is my hope this post will… Read moreCommentary: Where are all the Ted Chiang audiobooks?