StarShipSofa and her Aural Delights brings for you today Elizabeth Bear and her short story And The Deep Blue Sea
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Posted by Tony C. Smith
This just in from the future… Dick Dynamo self destructs ?!?!
Holy wazzengas! The latest Dick Dynamo: The 5th Dimensional Man show (show #5) starts off normal, then turns into an absolute train-wreck!! It appears the show is ending. The DD team has broken up (?). Jon Baker tells why the show is ending (?) in this, the last (?) podcast.
I am saddened.
On the other hand, this is probably one of the more original endings (?) for a show you’ll ever hear. I loved the poem. Have a listen to the final (?) show |MP3|. And normally I’d suggest you subscribe to the podcast, but what’d be the point? Anyway I guess that’s still here:
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Posted by Jesse Willis
P.S. This new “tech man” show – it sounds kind of kewl.
P.P.S. J.C. is so totally a Yoko Ono.
P.P.P.S. Is it just me or does Deck Rhynamo sound exactly like Decoder Ring Theatre’s Deck Gibson?
Maria Lectrix SF Podcast: Despoilers of the Golden Empire by Randall Garrett
Maureen O’Brien, of the Maria Lectrix podcast, has been podcasting SF novels faster than a Corellian can make a Kessel run. But for April 1st 2008 she’s turned her attention to a shorter piece called Despoliers Of The Golden Empire. This is an extremely compelling tale (that you ABSOLUTELY DON’T WANT TO RESEARCH before listening to – trust me) – Maureen sez of it:
“…a very good story by Randall Garrett, and it makes a very good comment on sf as a genre….it was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, for April Fools’ Day.”
And “Randall Garrett was known for his skill in writing adventure science fiction, alternate world fantasy mysteries, and stories full of great humor and horrible puns. This story, first published in Astounding in March 1959 under the pseudonym ‘David Gordon’, is truly characteristic of his body of work.”
I agree, this is a fun story, very pulpy – deliberately so – it even has its own Wikipedia entry (which is quite rare for a short story) – but don’t click on it until after you hear the story.
Despoilers Of The Golden Empire
By Randall Garrett; Read by Maureen O’Brien
5 Zipped MP3s or Podcast – Approx. 2 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Maria Lectrix
Podcast: April 1st 2008
A seasoned military commander travels to another world to find the metal that brings power, and ends up bringing down a barbaric empire.
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P.S. This story is full of de-spoilers. So please don’t de-spoil the story for others, okay?
Posted by Jesse Willis
Geekerati Interviews Erik Mona on Planet Stories
Geekerati interviews Erik Mona of Planet Stories as he talks about Sword & Sorcery. |Link|
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Posted by Charles Tan
Texas Radio Theatre takes on a Texas-sized project – Lone Star Planet
A little publicity can go a long way – here’s proof. That interview with me on PodioMedia Chat |MP3| got heard by the folks at The Texas Radio Theatre Company. And that got them all fired up over the idea of the 2nd Annual SFFaudio Challenge – and so they’ve staked a claim for themselves…
And it’s a suitably Texas-sized project…
The Texas Radio Theatre Company is taking on…
Lone Star Planet (AKA A Planet For Texans) by John Joseph McGuire and H. Beam Piper!
Texas Radio Theatre member, Reg Platt, will be narrating!
This novel was the Winner of a Prometheus Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel. It is a tongue-in-cheek tale featuring a planet full of Texans whose dinosaur-sized cattle have to be herded with tanks, and whose system of government derives its character from H.L. Mencken’s essay The Malevolent Jobholder. Plus it has some damn cool cover art…
Now, if we can only find an English speaking narrator from Iceland to record Space Viking…
Posted by Jesse Willis
New Releases – Science Fiction from Recorded Books on Audible.com
Audible.com has just added “a slew of Hugo/Nebula winning and otherwise classic sci-fi titles from Recorded Books.” None of these has been available previously in digital audio – and most have been difficult to find in physical CD (as Recorded Books has been a staunch supporter of the cassette format). Available now from Audible are..
The Terminal Experiment
By Robert J. Sawyer [READ OUR REVIEW]
To Say Nothing of the Dog
By Connie Willis [READ OUR REVIEW]
Blue Mars
By Kim Stanley Robinson
Green Mars
By Kim Stanley Robinson
Doomsday Book
By Connie Willis [READ OUR REVIEW]
Sundiver: The Uplift Saga, Book 1
By David Brin
Startide Rising: The Uplift Saga, Book 2
By David Brin [READ OUR REVIEW]
The Uplift War: The Uplift Saga, Book 3
By David Brin
The Forever War
By Joe Haldeman [READ OUR REVIEW]
Forever Peace
By Joe Haldeman
Timescape
By Gregory Benford [READ OUR REVIEW]
To Your Scattered Bodies Go: Riverworld Saga, Book 1
By Philip Jose Farmer
And, Audible also sez that Red Mars [READ OUR REVIEW] (notably absent from the list above) is “coming – soon, we hope….!”
Posted by Jesse Willis