Category: Online Audio

Tantor Media: FREE AUDIOBOOK: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Tantor MediaTantor Media has a new limited time FREE MP3 download of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells!

You will need to have an account, and to login. Start by clicking HERE. Accounts are free and should not require a credit card. The free audiobook should be available through May 31, 2011.

There was some bit of trouble the first couple of times we downloaded, but the zipped 99.4 MB file now works and downloads. You’ll of course need to be able to unzip the files too.

TANTOR MEDIA - The Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Time Machine
By H.G. Wells; Read by Scott Brick
10 Zipped MP3 Files – Approx. 3 Hours 55 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 2002
Sample: |MP3|
“I’ve had a most amazing time…” So begins the Time Traveler’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H. G. Wells’s successful career and earned him the reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes…and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine’s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth. There he discovers two bizarre races—the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks—who not only symbolize the duality of human nature but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well.

First published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells’s expert storytelling and provocative insight, The Time Machine will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.

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CBC: Ideas: 104 Pall Mall (the Reform Club)

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

CBC Radio One - IdeasMy favourite evening radio show, CBC Radio One’s Ideas, had a wonderfully intimate tour of the building at 104 Pall Mall, London back in February. At that address you will find the Reform Club – if that rings a bell it may be because its most famous member was the creation of Jules Verne. Phileas Fogg, the clock-like embodiment of all things liberal and English, is like the club he belongs to an embodiment of that tradition of good sportsmanship. Indeed, it is because Fogg is a man of his word, and his every word is carefully measured, that he bets he can travel Around The World In Eighty Days |READ OUR REVIEW|.

Online listening available HERE.

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P.S. It would only be sporting of CBC to release Apocalypse Al.

Radio Drama Revival: Moon Graffiti

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Radio Drama RevivalRadio Drama Revival‘s Episode #221 features a short, but very moving, audio dramatization called Moon Graffiti. It depicts what might have happened one clear summer night in July, 1969. It is followed by an interview with Jonathan Mitchell, its producer.

|MP3|

“That’s one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind.” We all know the quote, the triumphant story. It seems written in stone. But Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong came within inches of tragedy when they landed Apollo 11. Moon Graffiti imagines what it might have sounded like if things had gone a little differently. Based on a contingency speech written by William Safire for Richard Nixon titled “In the Event of Moon Disaster.”

Produced by Jonathan Mitchell
Edited by Hillary Frank

Cast:
Matt Evans as Neil Armstrong
Ed Herbstman as Buzz Aldrin
John Ottavino as Richard Nixon

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FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: Saturday May 7th, 2011

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

FREE COMIC BOOK DAYWhile Victoria Day is one damn fine holiday in May it has never given me one FREE COMIC in all the years I’ve dutifully observed it. That’s why I’m thinking that the best day in May is the first Saturday in May. The first Saturday in May is, of course, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

That’s this Saturday! I’ll be making a special trip to my comic book store, Hourglass Comics (in Port Moody, B.C.).

Which comic store do you go to?

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LibriVox: Phaedo by Plato

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

LibriVoxBob Neufeld’s reading of the Phaedo, Plato’s account of the final day of Socrates (in 399 BC), is of professional audiobook quality. There’s no way I could overstate how impressed I am with this audiobook. Neufeld’s pronunciation and character discrimination are spot-on and the sound quality of the recording is absolutely stellar. If you haven’t read any Plato I think you’ll be amazed at how clear and compelling the dialogue is. Its an accessible introduction to the thought of Socrates (and Plato) in that it discusses a very down to earth subject: death.

LIBRIVOX - Phaedo by PlatoPhaedo
By Plato; Translated by Benjamin Jowett; Read by Bob Neufeld
8 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 3 Hours 4 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: May 2, 2011
Socrates has been imprisoned and sentenced to death by an Athenian jury for not believing in the gods of the state and for corrupting the youth of the city. The dialogue is told from the perspective of one of Socrates’ students, Phaedo of Elis. Having been present at Socrates’ death bed, Phaedo relates the dialogue from that day to Echecrates, a fellow philosopher. By engaging in dialectic with a group of Socrates’ friends, including the Thebans Cebes and Simmias, Socrates explores various arguments for the soul’s immortality in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. Phaedo tells the story that following the discussion, he and the others were there to witness the death of Socrates.

Podcast feed: http://librivox.org/rss/4421

iTunes 1-Click |SUBSCRIBE|

[Thanks also to Barry Eads]

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DVDcommentaries.co.uk: The Thing From Another World

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

The Thing From Another World - PULP MAGAZINE AD

DVDCommentaries.Co.UKDVDcommentaries.co.uk is one of those specialized podcasts that I too rarely talk about. It’s a podcast that provides an alternative audio commentary track that you can run while watching a film, or just listen to while you’re on the go. Unlike many of the official DVD commentaries, that are too often about all the technical junk that nobody except aspiring directors could ever care about, fan commentaries can be extremely compelling listening. A great example of that is this one, from Jan 2010: Curits, Dave, Stu and Tom, a knowledgable set of fans who genuinely love movies, priovide the commentary of Howard Hawks’ The Thing From Another World. It’s well worth listening to if you’re a fan of the film.

The movie is, of course, based on the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell. Have a listen |MP3|.

Here’s the trailer:

I’ve participated in a similar podcast myself, Hey Want To Watch A Movie?, in which a few folks watch John Carpenter’s The Thing (a remake/re-adaptation of the same story). Check it out HERE.

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