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.
Just posted over on SFSite.com….
A review of Ubik by Philip K. Dick [BLACKSTONE AUDIOBOOKS]. The review is by podcaster/knitter/blogger Ivy Reisner.
And…
Furies Of Calderon by Jim Butcher [PENGUIN AUDIO] gets a review too, this time the review is by blogger Gil T. Wilson.
Posted by Jesse Willis
Here’s a documentary outlining some of the history and issues surrounding the new proposed copyright and anti-circumvention of DRM legislation for Canada. Included in the doc is SF audiobook author Karl Schroeder (who wrote an Aurora Award winning SF novel that imagined a world full of DRM). The doc illustrates examples from peer to peer (P2P), DVD region coding, garage door openers, open source software, Microsoft Vista, Sony’s rootkit, ebooks, and libraries. RSS only folks will have to click through to watch it.
Posted by Jesse Willis
Free DEAN KOONTZ Audiobook! To help promote the fact that Microsoft’s Zune is now compatible with Audible.com the latter is giving away Dean Koontz’ Black River. You’ll need an Audible account, but not necessarily a Zune. Get it now HERE.
Black River
By Dean Koontz; Read by Scott Brick
Audible Download – 2 Hours 11 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Audible.com
Published: 2007
Master of suspense Dean Koontz creates an undercurrent of terror in this story set deep in the dark and troubled town of Black River. Burned-out Hollywood screenwriter Bo Aikens is fed up with life in Los Angeles. He heads out of the hustle and bustle of the big city and arrives in picturesque Black River in Northern California, seeking relaxation and artistic inspiration. In small, idyllic Black River, nearly everyone is happy, contented, and welcoming of strangers. But despite the beautiful setting, Bo begins to feel unsettled after several disturbing incidents. He discovers that all of his money has been transferred to a bank account in Black River, and a house has been purchased for him by someone on “his” instructions. Troubled by various, peculiar twists of fate, Bo decides to leave Black River. As he becomes entangled in a nightmarish plot, preventing his return home, it suddenly seems clear to Bo that his perfect little hideaway captures more than just the imagination of its visitors.
Posted by Jesse Willis
Jesse tells me that I forgot to post a link to my latest column over at The Fix! Find it |HERE|. My topic this month was the Peter Straub-edited horror anthology titled Poe’s Children. Great book!
Posted by Scott D. Danielson
I’ve just finished compiling our HARRY HARRISON sub-page, look for it under the AUTHOR PAGES button above, or just click HERE for a direct visit. My recommendation for your first listen is the short story The Velvet Glove. Its hero, “John,” will remind you of a certain Futurama character.
Posted by Jesse Willis
Tho rather hard to read the titles, and utterly useless for the blind readers of the site, here’s a video done up by Susan Dunman for SFSite.com on November 2008 releases.
Here are the SFSite columns for OCTOBER and NOVEMBER releases in regular HTML.
[note to RSS-only subscribers, you’ll have to click through to see this. YouTube doesn’t embed in RSS]
Posted by Jesse Willis