The latest LibriVox community podcast has the story of how Greener Than You Think became a public domain audiobook. Have a listen |MP3| (the account begins about 7 minutes in).
To subscribe to the LibriVox community podcast plug this url into your podcatcher:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/LibrivoxCommunityPodcast
Posted by Jesse Willis
I seem to easily fall for Catholic podcasters of the female persuasion. For evidence of this witness the recent addition of Julie D. (of the Forgotten Classics podcast) to the SFFaudio staff. More evidence comes in the form of my many missives about Maureen O’Brien (AKA Maria Lectrix). Maureen’s been podcasting SF, Fantasy, and Horror for even longer than Julie! The last project of hers that attracted my capricious ears was her unabridged reading of Despoilers Of The Golden Empire by Randall Garrett (read all about that awesome podcast audiobook HERE). But Maureen’s latest project will likely garner even more attention, if only for the name attached to it! Maureen writes:
“The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath isn’t much like a typical Lovecraft story. It starts with a scene that’s pretty, not soul-shattering, eerie, or rugous and tentacular. But Lovecraftian elements (the Other Gods from Outside) are present, the main character is also the hero of other stories, the cats of Ulthar make their presence felt, and so forth. You get a lot of Dunsany-inspired writing (and sly side-remarks), too; but this isn’t a story that Dunsany really would have told. (Especially not the friendly and heroic cat parts).”
The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Maureen O’Brien
Podcast – [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Maria Lectrix
Podcast: May 2008 – ????
Randolph Carter dreams three times of a majestic sunset city, but each time he is abruptly snatched away before he can see it up close. When he prays to the gods of dream to reveal the whereabouts of the phantasmal city, they do not answer. Undaunted, Carter resolves to go to Kadath, where the gods live, to beseech them in person. However, no one has ever been to Kadath and none even knows how to get there. In dream, Randolph Carter descends “the seventy steps to the cavern of flame” and speaks of his plan to the priests Nasht and Kaman-Thah, whose temple borders the Dreamlands. The priests warn Carter of the great danger of his quest.
Part one is already in the podcast feed, no word on when it’ll wrap up, but you can keep apprised by subscribing to the podcast via this feed:
http://marialectrix.wordpress.com/feed
Posted by Jesse Willis
Hi everyone! Jesse very kindly has invited me to do occasional reviews here. I am really looking forward to this as I am a longtime SFF Audio fan.
By way of introduction, I invite you to pick up the latest bit of lagniappe (a little something extra) at my podcast. This is a favorite bit of Terry Pratchett’s Carpe Jugulum which means that it includes, of course, vampires. Here is the |MP3|.
Or get the feed for the podcast:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/forgottenclassics
Posted by Julie D.
If you didn’t catch it already, The Zombie Astronaut has been unofficially podcasting Canadia: 2056. Today’s release is of the 10th Epsiode (the last episode of the first season). From here on out ZA’s going to be catching up to the second season broadcasts in an awful hurry.
Canadia: 2056 – Season One
By Matt Watts (and others); Performed by a full cast
10 MP3s – Approx. 5 Hours [RADIO DRAMA]
Podcaster: Unofficial Canadia 2056 Podcast
Podcast: May 2008
Episodes:
1 |MP3| 2 |MP3| 3 |MP3| 4 |MP3| 5 |MP3|
6 |MP3| 7 |MP3| 8 |MP3| 9 |MP3| 10 |MP3|
Subscribe to the unofficial podcast via this feed:
http://thezombieastronaut.com/podcasts-only/rss2.aspx
And, if you can draw or make visual art using photoshop check out the ongoing “Canadia:2056 Future Graphics Contest” and send in your rendering of a character or spacecraft from the show! Check it out on the official site: cbc.ca/canadia2056/
The best graphic entered will win the entire Matt Watts Radio Comedy Collection from CBC autographed by Matt Watts. This includes Steve, the First; Steve, the Second and Canadia: 2056 Season 1 on CD. There will also be second and third place prizes! Check out some of the entries received so far:
Posted by Jesse Willis
You’ve been hoping for it, dreaming of it, and now you’re getting it…
Yup it’s a summer of Deck Gibson: Far Reach Commander, episodes 3-8! Brush up on your DG with Episodes 1 |MP3| and 2 |MP3|, prior to the release of episode 3 on May 30th 2008. Subscribe to the show via the podcast feed:
http://decoderring.libsyn.com/rss
Posted by Jesse Willis
The Classic Tales Podcast, and its host B.J. Harrison, feature unabridged classics you’ll be sure to dig. All the standouts, Poe, Dickens, Conan Doyle, Hawthorne, Stevenson, and Hardy are present, but there are lesser known authors represented too. The latest two podcast feature one sure to please SFFaudio readers: H.P. Lovecraft’s The Lurking Fear!
You can subscribe to the podcast via this feed:
http://classictales.podshowcreator.com/feed.aspx?feedid=1258
The Lurking Fear
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by B.J. Harrison
2 MP3s – Approx. 68 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: The Classic Tales Podcast
Podcast: May 2008
The Lurking Fear. The Silent Death. Thunder calls it forth. It moves without detection. It kills without mercy. It terrorizes a mountainside. No one knows why, and no one knows exactly how, but when the heavens bellow their thunder, human lives are lost. Is it the ghost of an unavenged man? Is it a wolf beast, obeying the primal call of heaven? One diligent reporter finds out, and the knowledge drives him to delirium.
Posted by Jesse Willis