A new Escape Pod episode: “Arties Aren’t Stupid” By Jeremiah Tolbert; Read by Philippa Ballantine |MP3|
Subscribe to the podcast via this feed:
http://escapepod.org/podcast.xml
Posted by Charles Tan
Hour of the Wolf Features The Living Dead
Hour of the Wolf, a radio program on WBAI 99.5, has a special feature with John Joseph Adams (The Living Dead) and David Barr Kirtley |Stream|.
Kirtley also has an abridged version:
Discussion |MP3|
Reading |MP3|
Callers |MP3|
Posted by Charles Tan
LibriVox: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott
Ruth Golding writes in to say:
“I thought I would just drop you a line to let you know that we have today catalogued Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott at Librivox.org.”
Yes, we do find this of interest Ruth! There is another version available through Florida’s educational service (Lit2Go), but it’s nice to see a 100% FREE public domain version of this math fiction classic. This version is at least 3 years in the making, glad you stuck with it. Now, if this non-euclidean geometry headache will ever go away, I’ll give it a listen.
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
By Edwin A. Abbott; Read by Ruth Golding
9 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: October 12th 2008
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella’s more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as “The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions.” As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics and computer science students.
Podcast feed:
http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/flatland-a-romance-of-many-dimensions-by-edwin-abbott-abbott.xml
Posted by Jesse Willis
iTunes finally has something notable: Us.
iTunes, recovering from some obvious internecine war that prevented it earlier, has finally seen fit to place our SFFaudio Podcast into the “New & Notable” section of the:
Podcasts > Audio Podcasts > Arts > Literature
section of the iTunes store.
And here you were thinking all was not right with the world.
Posted by Jesse Willis
First review of The SFFaudio Podcast – in the blue spotlight
The first external review of our SFFaudio Podcast is available for your education and exhaltation! Penned Seth Wilson, an SFF audio connoisseur of the blind kind, on a blog called AzureScape.net, it’s full of high praise for me (and tangentially for Scott too – though that’s got to be a highly secondary issue). He also rated me us at 5 stars on iTunes, natch.
Thanks Seth, you have great taste!
And, be sure to check out Seth’s review of the audiobook version of Neal Stephenson’s Anathem over on AzureScape too!
Posted by Jesse Willis
Maria Lectrix Podcast: Code Three by Rick Raphael – a HUGO nominee
The Maria Lectrix Podcast has more fiction content than the of other leading podcasts brands.
Clinical studies show that brushing your teeth while listening to a Maria Lectrix podcast prevents tooth decay and improves brain function.
In fact, 4 out of 5 lab-coated scientists agree that it’s public domain blend of humor and intelligence widens your smile while improving neuronal activity.*
Seriously though, Maureeen O’Brien, the ML podmistress/narrator of Maria Lectrix, has some of the best SF stories that ever get podcast. Here’s the latest, Code Three by Rick Raphael, it was originally published in the February 1963 issue of Analog. It promises to be a real contender for best SF story podcast in Autumn 2008. Want evidence? Here’s some: Code Three was nominated for a 1964 Hugo award! Here’s more: This story was later expanded to novel length!
Code Three
By Rick Raphael; Read by Maureen O’Brien
7 MP3s – Approx. 3 Hours 4 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Maria Lectrix
Podcast: September – October 2008
“Code Three” is one of those speculative, gadget-filled, slice of life stories that some people will like and others find boring. I think it’s a rather interesting look at what someone in the early sixties thought that highways and law enforcement might be like in the eighties and nineties, if normal passenger cars had kept getting more powerful engines.
Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3 |MP3| Part 4 |MP3| Part 5 |MP3| Part 6 |MP3|
Part 7 |MP3|
*4 out of 5 un-lab-coated scientists are also in agreement, with the study, but the general public don’t trust their opinions as much
Posted by Jesse Willis