Category: Online Audio

LibriVox: Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

In The SFFaudio Podcast #017 I went on a little rant about why so much of the Fantasy fiction written today sucks (half of my idea for which was that a distinct lack of history informs today’s bad Fantasy). Here is an SF novel that embraces History (as much of good SF does). Whether Uller Uprising is good SF, or not, is now for the the listener to decide…

LibriVox Science Fiction Audiobook - Uller Uprising by H. Beam PiperUller Uprising
By H. Beam Piper; Read by various
16 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 5 Hours 8 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: December 24, 2008
Uller Uprising is the story of a confrontation between a human overlord and alien servants, with an ironic twist at the end. Like most of Piper’s best work, Uller Uprising is modeled after an actual event in human history; in this case the Sepoy Mutiny (a Bengal uprising in British-held India brought about when rumors were spread to native soldiers that cartridges being issued by the British were coated with animal fat. The rebellion quickly spread throughout India and led to the massacre of the British Colony at Cawnpore.). Piper’s novel is not a mere retelling of the Indian Mutiny, but rather an analysis of an historical event applied to a similar situation in the far future.

Podcast feed:

http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/uller-uprising-by-h-beam-piper.xml

Posted by Jesse Willis

Mister Ron presents: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

misterron

SFFaudio Online Audio

Podcast - Mister Ron's BasementMister Ron’s Basement podcast has a special Christmas Episode that features the original 1921 F. Scott Fitzgerald story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. A wonderful motion picture adaption of this story starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett is being released to movie theaters right now. It is a great movie. But the original Fitzgerald story is a work of genius, and the movie differs from it dramatically. We had considered serializing it across the span of a week, but instead offer the lengthy tale in its entirety. It is almost an hour long. Please download this, relax, and enjoy. You can find the episode http://slapcast.com/users/revry/6979. 

If the web site is down (it has been happening occasionally lately while the switch to a faster server is forthcoming), then you can load it directly from the feed at:

http://slapcast.com/mp3/revry/revry-2008-12-25.mp3

Your feedback is especially welcome. Please write to: [email protected]   

Posted by Mister Ron

Decoder Ring Theatre crossover BJJ with RPA (sort of)

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

A Very Decoder Ring ChristmasA Very Decoder Ring Christmas! is that Red Panda Adventure/Black Jack Justice crossover you’ve hoped and dreamed of (sort of)! Here’s the official skinny:

When the Decoder Ring Theatre Gang gets together to finally record that oft-requested crossover episode between The Red Panda Adventures and Black Jack Justice, there’s only one thing that can stop Audio Drama history from being made – A Family Christmas Special breaking out! From all of us, to all of you, with best wishes for the Holiday Season, we present A Very Decoder Ring Christmas!

Have a listen |MP3| or subscribe to the best semi-pro audio drama podcast on Earth:

http://decoderring.libsyn.com/rss

Posted by Jesse Willis

BSAP: Mad Max: Tomorrow’s Road podcast audio drama

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

BrokenSea Audio Productions celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the original Mad Max film by releasing a free, full cast audio drama…

Broken Sea Audio Productions - Mad Max: Tomorrow’s Road

Mad Max: Tomorrow’s Road is an original story, featuring voice actors playing roles from both the trilogy of films and some original characters. All are backed up by a soundtrack from The Raygun Girls and special sound effects featuring a genuine Ford Falcon Interceptor! Have a listen |MP3| or subscribe…

Podcast feed:

http://brokensea.com/madmax/?feed=podcast

Posted by Jesse Willis

UCSD: LTWL 124 Science Fiction (a university course on SF)

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

QUICK! grab this podcast and its MP3s before they’re gone forever!

LTWL 124 (a first year course in the “Literatures of the World” department) is available now, but not for long. The University of California San Diego, which put out this course, takes its podcasts down shortly after a semester ends. Also note, all the files in this feed are completely unedited – this means there are long silences (often an hour of longer) and some files are a completely empty 2 hour block of silence. But, don’t let this deter you. Soldier on, start with lecture 2 (as it is the first file with content).

UCSD Department Of LiteratureLTWL 124 – Science Fiction (Literatures of the World)
Professor Stephen Potts
18 Lectures – Approx. 24 Hours [UNIVERSITY LECTURES]
University: UCSD
Semester: Fall 2008

Syllabus:

Introduction: A History of the Future.
Science Fiction: Origins to Golden Age
The Weird World of PKD: Ubik by Philip K. Dick
SF History: The New Wave
New Wave SF:The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
Hard Science Fiction: Timescape by Gregory Benford
SF Onscreen: 1900-1970s
SF Onscreen: After Star Wars
Guest Lecture: David Brin
Cyberpunk. Neuromancer by William Gibson
Guest Lecture: Vernor Vinge
The Graphic Novel. Reading: Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Conclusions

Podcast feed:

http://podcast.ucsd.edu/podcasts/rss.aspx?PodcastId=270

[via The DIY Scholar blog]

Posted by Jesse Willis