LibriVox: Hunters Out of Space by Joseph E. Kelleam

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

LibriVoxHere’s the latest audiobook to be completed as part of our 3rd Annual SFFaudio Challenge. First published in Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1960 issue! We can thank narrator Elliot Miller for the reading, Betty (aka LibraryAnne) for the proof-listening, and Mary (aka AmethystA) for organizing it all. This is Elliot’s first solo project but he’s already got his sights set on another Challenge title: Murray Leinster’s The Pirates of Ersatz

LibriVox Science Fiction - The Hunters Out Of Space by Joseph E. KelleamHunters Out of Space
By Joseph E. Kelleam; Read by Elliot Miller
19 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 4 Hours 29 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Publlished: May 7, 2009
Jack Odin has returned to the world of Opal, the world inside our own world, only to find it in ruins. Many of his friends are gone, the world is flooded, and the woman he swore to protect has been taken by Grim Hagen to the stars. Jack must save her, but the difficulties are great and his allies are few.

Podcast feed: http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/hunters-out-of-space-by-joseph-kelleam.xml

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Recent Arrivals from Full Cast Audio

Scott D.

SFFaudio Recent Arrivals

If you like audiobooks and haven’t heard a Full Cast Audio production, then you are missing something special. Full Cast Audio produces unique, high quality full cast unabridged audiobooks that demand a listen. This is how full cast is done, folks.

Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce CovilleInto the Land of the Unicorns
By Bruce Coville; Read by Bruce Coville and the Full Cast Family
4 CDs – 3 hours 45 minutes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Full Cast Audio
Published: 2009
ISBN: 9781934180839

Book 1 of The Unicorn Chronicles.

On a snowy night Cara and her grandmother are pursued into St. Christopher’s church by an unknown man. Clutching her grandmother’s mysterious amulet, and following the old woman’s instructions, Cara escapes their pursuer and falls into Luster, the world of the unicorns. Attacked by a monstrous little creature called a “delver”, Cara is rescued by a shambling, manlike beast called “the Dimblethum.” Soon Cara has also met a rebellious young unicorn named Lightfoot, and a ridiculous little creature known as “the Squijum.” With their help, Cara embarks on a journey across Luster to deliver a message from her grandmother to the queen of the unicorns. But to survive the trip, Cara must come face to face with her greatest hope, and her greatest fear.
 
 
River Secrets by Shannon HaleRiver Secrets
By Shannon Hale; Read by Mark Allen Holt and the Full Cast Family
8 CDs – 7 hours 30 minutes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Full Cast Audio
Published: 2009
ISBN: 9781934180211

Volume 3 of The Books of Bayern.

The war with Tira is over, and Tira has lost. But simmering anger remains, and hostilities could erupt at any moment In a desperate attempt to maintain the peace, King Geric sends an ambassador to the Tiran capitol. Razo—short, impish, and not at all skilled at combat—is astounded when he is selected to be part of the delegation’s military guard, and even more astounded when he discovers the real reason for his inclusion.

All too soon Razo is up to his eyeballs in a simmering mix of danger and intrigue—not to mention an unexpected romance. But as the gruesome deaths mount everyone is a suspect—even the girl who has stolen Razo’s heart.

Posted by Scott D. Danielson

Subterranean Press: Rude Mechanicals by Kage Baker (PODCAST)

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Subterranean PressBack in the spring of 2007 Subterranean Press was offering a free audiobook version of SF&F author Kage Baker’s “short novel” Rude Mechanicals. The files are still active and downloadable. Which is cool as the audiobook is read by Mary Robinette Kowal!

Now, thanks to the science of HuffDuffing, there’s a podcast feed for it too!


Rude Mechanicals by Kage BakerRude Mechanicals
By Kage Baker; Read by Mary Robinette Kowal
10 MP3s – Approx. 2 Hours 43 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: April 2007
|MP3 Chapter 1|MP3 Chapter 2|MP3 Chapter 3|MP3 Chapter 4|MP3 Chapter 5|MP3 Chapter 6|MP3 Chapter 7|MP3 Chapter 8|MP3 Chapter 9|MP3 Chapter 10|
The year is 1934, the scene is a Wood Near Athens — temporarily relocated to the environs of the Hollywood Bowl, as German theater impresario Max Reinhardt attempts to stage his famous production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Fortunately for Reinhardt, he has immortal assistance in the person of Literature Specialist Lewis, a cyborg working undercover for Dr. Zeus Incorporated, masters of time travel. Lewis is tasked with preserving Reinhardt’s promptbooks for future Company profits at auction. Unfortunately for Reinhardt, there are complications… For Joseph, Lewis’s fellow cyborg, is on the case as well, attempting to salvage a botched mission of his own. It involves the lost treasure of the Cahuenga Pass, a missing diamond, a third-century pope, burglary, disguises, car chases, and a legendary Hollywood party spot. All of which interact, more or less disastrously, with Lewis’s mission and Reinhardt’s Shakespearean extravaganza. Will the show go on?

Podcast feed:

http://huffduffer.com/jessewillis/tags/rude_mechanicals/rss

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TOR.com: The Last Son Of Tomorrow by Greg van Eekhout

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Tor.comTor.com has been placing stories on its website since its launch back in July 2008. They’ve also been placing MP3 readings of many of these stories these files there too. For whatever incomprehensible reason they just haven’t put these files together into a podcast. So now, thanks to HuffDuffer.com, I have!

In the new Tor.com stories feed you’ll find the latest story…

The Last Son Of Tomorrow by Greg van EekhoutThe Last Son Of Tomorrow
By Greg van Eekhout; Read by Greg van Eekhout
1 |MP3| – Approx. 14 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tor.com
Published: May 2009

…and all the others with MP3 files too.

Subscribe to the podcast:

http://huffduffer.com/jessewillis/tags/tor.com/rss

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Commentary: HuffDuffer.com – podcasting MP3 files from around the web

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Commentary

HuffDuffer.comPersistent subscribers will have noticed me talking up a service called HuffDuffer.com. For those unaware, and before you get all concerned that it’s a site for kitten harmers don’t worry no kittens are harmed by huff-duffing. See the verb “to huff-duff” derives from the technique called H.igh F.requency D.irection F.inding. typically “known by its acronym HF/DF, pronounced Huff-Duff. This has become the common name for this type of radio direction finder, and was coined during World War II.”

Here’s the way Jeremy Keith, the guy behind HuffDuffer.com, describes his site:

  • You find an MP3 that you’d like to share with the world.
  • Use the handy “huffduff it” button directly on the site.
  • That file is now added to your podcast.

    • Tag it

    When you are huffduffing an audio file, you can “tag” it with key words or phrases. Separate tags with spaces or commas; whichever you prefer. Tagging files like this makes it easier to find related files that other people have huffduffed.

    A separate podcast is created for every tag you use.

    Discover it

    Tags are also a useful way of finding interesting stuff that other people have huffduffed.

    Jeremy has built some features into HuffDuffer to give it the potential as a new social networking site – but you needn’t be a social networker to use the service.

    I got Scott Danielson and Julie Davis HuffDuffing. So why aren’t you?

    Posted by Jesse Willis

    LibriVox: Gulliver Of Mars by Edwin L. Arnold

    Jesse Willis

    SFFaudio Online Audio

    LibriVoxFirst published as Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation, in 1905, this novel is a precursor to, and the likely inspiration for, Edgar Rice Burroughs’s classic A Princess of Mars (1911). Despite my not having heard of it before now the novel has a long history of adaptation. Ace Books reprinted Arnold’s novel in paperback in 1964, retitling it Gulliver of Mars [sic]. A more recent Bison Books paperbook edition (from 2003) called it Gullivar of Mars.

    Arnold’s novel bears a number of striking similarities to Burroughs’s. Both Gullivar and Burroughs’s protagonists are American servicemen who arrive on an inhabited planet Mars by apparently magical means.

    A 2007 paperbook sequel exists: In Edgar Allan Poe on Mars: The Further adventures of Gullivar Jones Gullivar Jones appears alongside a young Edgar Allan Poe (in a series of two linked stories).

    Marvel Comics adapted the character for the comic book feature “Gullivar Jones, Warrior of Mars” in issues #16-21 of Creatures on the Loose (March 1972 – Jan. 1973). The story was written by Conan comics scribe Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, and SF novelist George Alec Effinger. The series then moved to Marvel’s black and white magazine, Monsters Unleashed #4 and #8 (1974). Marvel’s version modernized the setting, recast Gullivar as a Vietnam War veteran (think Heinlein’s Glory Road).

    Did I mention I just picked up the first volume of Alan Moore’s League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Apparently the next volume includes cameos by both Gullivar and John Carter!

    I love LibriVox!

    LibriVox Fantasy - Gulliver Of Mars by Edwin L. ArnoldGulliver Of Mars
    By Edwin L. Arnold; Read by James Christopher
    20 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 6 Hours 16 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
    Publisher: LibriVox.org
    Published: May 3rd 2009
    This escapist novel first published in 1905 as Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation follows the exploits of American Navy Lieutenant Gulliver Jones, a bold, if slightly hapless, hero who is magically transported to Mars; where he almost outwits his enemies, almost gets the girl, and almost saves the day. Somewhat of a literary and chronological bridge between H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jones’ adventures provide an evocative mix of satire and sword-and-planet adventure.

    Podcast feed:

    http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/gulliver-of-mars-by-edwin-l-arnold.xml

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    Posted by Jesse Willis