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.
According to this Wikileaks document, an embassy cable from the United States embassy in Ottawa to the U.S. government in Washington, the United States was heavily pressuring Canada’s Conservative government ministers to pass their DMCA-style copyright legislation. Despite the pressure,… Read moreCommentary: How to vote on Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Gregg Taylor, the creator and writer of Decoder Ring Theatre, is a creative genius, the quality and scope for which we have seen very few before. He is writer of genuine superbness, on the level of J. Michael Straczynski and… Read moreGregg Taylor – the underappreciated genius of Decoder Ring Theatre
One of the goals that I set myself with SFFaudio was to always add a picture to a post. That’s a tough job sometimes. Like right now for instance – I’m working on a post about CBS Radio Workshop. Because… Read moreCommentary: Print ads for Radio Drama
The “All Star Anniversary Issue” of Fantasy And Science Fiction Magazine (for October 1958) featured famed editor Anthony Boucher’s regular “Recommending Reading” column – but with a twist. In celebration of the magazine’s 9th anniversary Boucher challenged himself to create… Read moreAnthony Boucher’s All Stars: 52 best SF books (+6 More) and 12 Fantasy books
For nearly a year I’ve been studying the extensive influence of Fredric Brown’s 1944 short story, Arena. It took a recent article, on roughly the same topic, over on the excellent bare•bones e-zine blog, to prompt me to actually finish… Read moreCommentary: Fredric Brown’s Eternal Arena
John DeNardo, of the magnificent SFSignal blog, recently asked me to participate in another “Mind Meld.” Here’s the topic: “What are your favorite SF/F/H audiobooks and/or audio fiction stories of all time?” Here’s what I wrote: As one of the… Read moreCommentary: SFSignal Mind Meld on favourite audiobooks (and audio drama) of all time