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.
That Spot by Jack London is a 4,000 word story. Not generally considered to be either Fantasy or Science Fiction, it nevertheless borders both. I also think, depending on your mood, it can also be seen either as horror story… Read moreProtecting Project Pulp: That Spot by Jack London
I quite like this one. It makes a fit companion to The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and The Red Room by H.G. Wells. The Ghosts begins as straightforward haunted house story, one coming out of… Read moreThe Ghosts by Lord Dunsany
Lord Dunsany’s take on the sword and sorcery sub-genre is high on the Dunsany and low on the Lord (which is itself a very Dunsanian trait). The Hoard Of The Gibbelins By Lord Dunsany; Read by Greg Elmensdorp 1 |MP3|… Read moreThe Hoard Of The Gibbelins by Lord Dunsany
Here’s a 23 minute adaptation of The Lost Elevator, a 1931 one act play about an assortment of characters stuck between floors in a skyscraper’s express elevator. Here’s the trailer: And here’s the full show: [Thanks Daniel!] Posted by Jesse… Read moreNorthern Lights Radio Theater: The Lost Elevator
In this well-regarded CONAN novella our hero, now a chieftain in the Hyborian equivalent of Pakistan, tangles with a beautiful young queen bent on revenge. Her plot will have Conan fighting an evil sorcerer who, by will alone, can rip… Read moreLibriVox: The People Of The Black Circle by Robert E. Howard
Here are links to four recent BBC programs. Myself, I’ve heard most of Neverwhere, and it’s terrific so far, but the others look pretty promising too. Which have you heard? And what do you think? Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere adapted by… Read moreBBC + RA.cc: Gaiman, Aldiss, Baczkiewicz, Byrnes