Category: News

It’s hard to believe it has only been two years, s…

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

It’s hard to believe it has only been two years, so much has happened! We’re still just a toddler and half of what we say is still babble but but we’ve grown so much! Since our birth on March 31st 2003 new audiobook publishers have sprung up, older ones have started publishing science fiction and fantasy audiobooks like it was going out of fashion (but don’t worry it isn’t) and the downloadable audiobook revolution has continued in earnest. And thanks to our birthday present, a new time travel machine, we happen to know the future of science fiction and fantasy audiobooks looks only brighter and brighter in the coming year… though we were a bit ditressed to learn about the destruction of New Zealand by the rampaging alien ruminant creatures from Fomalhault.

All our best, and thanks for visiting!

Posted by Jesse Willis and Scott D. Danielson

The CBC Radio One program Sunday Showcase will be …

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

Science Fiction Radio Drama - CBC Radio OneThe CBC Radio One program Sunday Showcase will be broadcasting the L.A. Theater works radio dramatization of Orson Welles’ version of H.G Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds on Sunday April 17 2005 at 10:00 p.m.. It will then be rebroadcast the next night on CBC Radio Two at 9:00 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two. Listeners outside of Canada can tune in via the RealAudio broadcasts. This was released as an audiobook as well back in 1997 (ISBN: 0807235628).

The Official Sunday Showcase announcement reads:
“From Welles’ original script, the quantum leap of the end of the world! This new LA Theatreworks production stars Star Trek actors Leonard Nimoy, Gates McFadden, and Brent Spiner. The War of the Worlds was produced in the USA by Susan Albert Lowenberg for LA Theatre Works.

Posted by Jesse Willis

An update to our December 2004 announcement. CITY…

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

Science Fiction Audio - JMSAn update to our December 2004 announcement. CITY OF DREAMS creator and writing-machine J. Michael Straczynski has confirmed he’ll be in Toronto this month (Feb. 2005) co-directing “The Adventures Of Apocalypse Al” for eventual broadcast on CBC Radio One. Our Torontonian readers are asked to be on the lookout for this man:

He will likely be armed with either a typwriter, computer keyboard or possibly a pen and paper and should be considered a very prolific Science Fiction author. If you spot him, be courteous, polite and send us a photo!

Posted by Jesse Willis

Its a good news bad news kind of week, but there’s…

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

Its a good news bad news kind of week, but there’s more good news today. CBC Radio One will be featuring two weeks of short speculative fiction in Spring 2005 on the program called BETWEEN THE COVERS, the series will include fiction by Ashok Mathur, Dan Rubin, Larissa Lai, Wilma Kenny and others! Nalo Hopkinson will be the presenter and one of her stories will be on the roster! The only title that we’re sure is going to be read is “Strange Harvest” by Edward Willett.

Posted by Jesse Willis

And now a bit of bad news for Science Fiction audi…

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

And now a bit of bad news for Science Fiction audio drama fans. CBC Radio One’s potential summer replacement series “FASTER THAN LIGHT” has been nixed. Creator and developer Joe Mahoney reports that after three pilots (only one was ever broadcast) the potential series has been officially canceled.

But the news isn’t all bad. Mahoney reports that he’s involved with another CBC Radio project with the title “EMANATIONS” and that it has been greenlit! Mahoney calls it “a more of a straight up dramatic science fiction show” an anthology series. It is being written by Robert J. Sawyer and Michael Lennick and produced by Joe Mahoney. Production is scheduled for March 2005. The first half hour episode is entitled “Birth”. We’ll be sure to let you know when we have a broadcast date.

Posted by Jesse Willis

One of the most enjoyable SF Radio shows out there…

Scott D.

SFFaudio News

Science Fiction Radio - SciFi OverdriveOne of the most enjoyable SF Radio shows out there is moving up a bit in the world. After two years on an early EARLY Monday morning timeslot on the Business Talk Radio Network, Sci-Fi OVerdrive has a new home on the Lifestyle Talk Radio Network, with a better timeslot. It will run now on Friday Nights from 12am-2am Eastern Time, which is 9pm-11pm Pacific starting Friday, January 28. They will also re-run early Monday morning at 1am.

If you haven’t heard this show, I urge you to visit their website and listen to one of their archived shows. The Sci-Fi Overdrive crew is very entertaining and informative.

Posted by Scott D. Danielson