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.
 Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire, read by Mary Robinette Kowal, 12 hours |
 One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire, read by Mary Robinette Kowal, 13 hours |
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Posted by Scott D. Danielson
The greatest resource for public radio fans on this planet has Richard Matheson’s spooky novel A Stir Of Echoes! Yes, RadioArchive.cc has the 2009 audiobook that’s perfect for this time of year. It was produced for what was then called BBC Radio 7 (and now called BBC Radio 4 Extra) and broadcast as an abridged reading. If you’re more inclined for the UNABRIDGED edition check out Blackstone Audio’s version, which we reviewed not too long before the original broadcast |READ OUR REVIEW|.
A Stir Of Echoes
By Richard Matheson; Read by Trevor White
5 MP3s via |TORRENT| – Approx. 2 Hours 21 Minutes [ABRIDGED]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 7
Broadcast: 2009
Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life in a seemingly normal neighbourhood until his brother-in-law hypnotises him; a chance event that awakens psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now he can hear the private thoughts of the people around him, and learns shocking secrets he never wanted to know.
Posted by Jesse Willis
H.P. Lovecraft considered it one of his best…
The Colour Out Of Space
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Donalb
1 |MP3| – Approx. 68 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Provider: Archive.org
Produced: 2009
A horror past men’s understanding lurked in the dark New England valley and all life withered before its creeping stain of evil. First published in Amazing Stories, September 1927.
Virgil Finlay illustration for The Colour Out Of Space (from Famous Fantastic Mysteries):
Posted by Jesse Willis
Stephen Colbert interviews Neil DeGrasse Tyson. It’s a dynamic interview with Arthur C. Clarke’s name, and third law, being invoked. At one point Colbert makes an oblique reference to Larry Niven’s short story Neutron Star. Great background listening!
Posted by Jesse Willis
In a provocative move (for a novice) one of Robert Sheckley’s earliest stories, Writing Class, is 1,000 word wonder about the proper construction of stories. This story came at the beginning of a career that would later produce 250 short stories. It took more than fifty years for it to get reprinted.
The audiobook for it was narrated by our friend William Coon for SFFaudio Challenge #6. Thanks Bill!
Writing Class
By Robert Sheckley; Read by William Coon
1 |MP3| – Approx. 7 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Provider: Eloquent Voice
Recorded: November 13, 2011
Etext: |RTF|
“Never use cliches in describing alien life-forms,” Professor Carner admonished his class. But Eddie persisted—with good reason! First published in Imagination, December 1952.
And here’s the |PDF|!
Posted by Jesse Willis
My favourite class at the moment is Monday 4pm-6pm. The students are all about at the same level, all diligent scholars, and all engaged with the material. Since September we’ve been working our way through many of Philip K. Dick’s short stories. Dick is great for teens. Reading his stories we get to thinking deep thought, write essays about interesting topics, and learn plenty of valuable vocab. On Halloween 2011 we finished off Philip K. Dick’s We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. You might think of it as a junior version of The SFFaudio Podcast.
|MP3|
Podcast feed: http://huffduffer.com/tags/rememberit/rss
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Students in the class in, order of appearance, include Kevin, Jennifer, Jay and (eventually) Selina. The actual class doesn’t begin until about twenty minutes in.
If you’re a teacher, and curious, we used the Citadel Press edition, which is a cheap trade paperback (I wish there was a hardcover edition available):
I love my job.
Posted by Jesse Willis