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Robert A. Heinlein’s short story The Roads Must Roll features a future in which a small union of engineers seize control of the nation’s vital infrastructure. This replacement for the highway and railroad systems is a series of massive conveyor… Read moreThe Roads Must Roll by Robert A. Heinlein
I had an exciting Friday a few months back. I’m calling the events of June 1st, 2012 The Adventure Of The Mysterious Sherlock Holmes Audio Dramas In The Thrift Store The story begins with me visiting a thrift store. I… Read moreCommentary: The Adventure Of The Mysterious Sherlock Holmes Audio Dramas In The Thrift Store
There’s a one hour BBC World Service radio drama adaptation of John Christopher’s The Death Of Grass available as a torrent over on RadioArchive.cc. Broadcast on March 15, 1986 the programme is a highly compressed adaptation. But, it keeps a… Read moreBBCWS+RA.cc: John Christopher’s The Death Of Grass RADIO DRAMA (1986)
Although this 1975 radio drama adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Murders In The Rue Morgue drops much of the material of the original short story, adds new characters, and a new subplot, I’m pleased to say I really, really… Read moreCBSRMT: The Murders In The Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
“the curse of want gives way to the curse of plenty”-Frederik Pohl, in the anthology Nightmare Age Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, as a part of “The Shape of Things to Come” season in 1991 (a series of plays looking… Read moreThe Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl
Four great reasons to listen to District of Wonders this week… StarShipSofa StarShipSofa No 255 Gregory Frost Benjamin Rosenbaum |mp3| Coming Up Short Story: Angry Child by Benjamin Rosenbaum 03:00 Main Fiction: The Seals of New R’lyeh by Gregory Frost 10:00 Promo: Cheapskates Host 40:00 Fact: Poetry… Read moreFour Great Reasons to Listen to District of Wonders this week…