The Agony Column has some new interviews up on their website:
Mark J. Ferrari |MP3|
Peter S. Beagle |MP3|
Posted by Charles Tan
SciPodBooks Podcast: A dramaztized The Statement Of Randolph Carter by H.P. Lovecraft
The Sci Pod Books podcast, run by Mark Nelson, has some of the best free audiobooks on the net. Nelson is a busy guy of late, as he is transitioning from an amateur audiobook narrator to professional audiobook narrator! Look for more of his work promoted here soon. On his free podcast you’ll find an unabridged dramatized reading of one of my favorite H.P. Lovecraft tales The Statement Of Randolph Carter as well as the first chapter of his reading of Plague Ship by Andre Norton – with more chapters to come. Also available, and complete in three parts is: Police Operation by H. Beam Piper!
Subscribe to the feed:
http://rss.mac.com/marknelson2/iWeb/SciPodBooks/SciPodCast/rss.xml
Posted by Jesse Willis
The Space Show, interview with Donna Shirley on Science & Science Fiction
David Livingston, who hosts The Space Show, interviewed Donna Shirley, the former manager of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. Shirley was also a director of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (in Seattle, WA). You’ll need to bear with the programs flaws, there are lots of clicks, buzzes, pleas for donations and copyright notifications. Listen directly |MP3| or use the podcast feed:
http://www.gigadial.net/public/station/11253/rss.xml
[via Marooned: Science Fiction books on Mars]
Posted by Jesse Willis
BBC Radio 4 presents: The Listening Room
Our resident agent in the U.K., Roy, tells us that the latest issue of the Radio Times has a BBC Radio 4 show that may be of interest…
The Listening Room
By Steve Gough; Performed by a full cast
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4 / Saturday Play
Broadcast: January 26th 2007 @ 14:30-15:30
In this psychological thriller exploring truth, confidentiality and morality, it is the year 2035 and Kathleen works on a national helpline in a call centre named The Listening Room. Late one night, she receives a call from a man named John who holds a terrible secret. Over the past three years, he claims to be responsible for the “disappearance” of many foreign nationals and illegal immigrants who are perceived by those in the British Interior Ministry to be an unacceptable threat to the State. Kathleen listens with horror, bewilderment and disbelief, but the strict professional code she works to has been drummed into her. Confidentiality is paramount and must never be broken – even in the most extreme case. As she’s drawn in deeper, Kathleen starts to feel that even her own sanity is under threat.
This should be available through the “listen again” feature for 6 days following the broadcast.
Posted by Jesse Willis
Fast Forward TV Interviews Lawrence Watt-Evans and Michael Swanwick
Fast Forward TV has some new interviews:
Lawrence Watt-Evans |MP3|
Michael Swanwick |MP3|
You can subscribe to the feed at this URL (but it doesn’t have the new interviews yet):
http://fast-forward.tv/blog/?feed=rss2
Posted by Charles Tan
Podiobooks.com to offer audiobooks
Jason Penney of the All The Billion Other Moments blog, has written in to say:
“I thought it might be of interest to the readers of SFFAudio that Podiobooks.com is looking to add “Audiobook” versions of some titles (for a fee) at some time this year. Currently it seems this will consist of large file downloads with the in between stuff edited out (so it will be more like getting something from Audible.com than a bunch of podcasts). Since the site is run primarily by podcasters who are not primarily Audiobook listeners they are looking for input into what people want out of this service. Currently there don’t seem to be too many audiobook listeners taking part, so this is a good chance for those who do to let themselves be heard. Also, I’ve started a group in the Community for folks who are primarily audiobook listeners as opposed to podcast listeners.”
Indeed, I’ve been asking Evo Terra, my friend at Podiobooks, to make this happen for a while now. I’m one of those audiobook people. I love podcasts, but I’m an audiobook person too. I’m glad to hear that its is under serious consideration and that the consultations have begun. The audiobook listenership really doesn’t seem to have crossed over into the podcast serialized novel format – and this means that if successful, Podiobooks will be offering just that hook for the many audiobook only folks out there. If you’re an audiobook person who just hasn’t got what a podiobook is (podcast novel), why not add your input to the discussion?
Posted by Jesse Willis