H.G. Wells Month – FREE MP3 short story: The Magic Shop

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Thought AudioThought Audio‘s mission is to pump more thought provoking spoken word into daily life. Mission accomplished! They’ve got classics, non-fiction and a bit of Specualtive Fiction too! Among their plenteous resources are complete readings of Jack London’s Call Of The Wild, Anthem by Ayn Rand and a short story by H.G. Wells The Magic Shop…

The Magic Shop by H.G. WellsThe Magic Shop
By H.G. Wells; Read by Michael Scott
5 MP3 Files – Approx 27 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: ThoughtAudio.com
Published: 2006

MP3s:|Part 1 |Part 2 |Part 3|Part 4|Part 5|

This is a charming tale from H.G. Wells about a young boy named Gip who visits a magic shop for his birthday with his father. But this is not just any magic shop – the shopkeeper insists that this is a genuine magic shop. The story is an entertaining adventure as Gip, like any young boy of his age, experiences the pure enjoyment of true magic while his skeptical father grapples with having to draw the line between slight of hand and genuine magic.

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Adventures In SciFi Publishing talks to Robert J. Sawyer

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Adventures In Sci Fi PublishingAdventures in Scifi Publishing has a nice two-part interview with Science Fiction author Robert J. Sawyer. Host Shaun Farrell talked to Rob about his new novel Rollback, S.E.T.I., aliens, and the lengthening human lifespan. Listen to Part 1 |MP3| and Part 2 |MP3| or subscribe via podcast feed to stay abreast of all the new shows:

http://scifipublishing.libsyn.com/rss

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FREE Hugo Nominated Neil Gaiman story How To Talk To Girls At Parties

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NeilGaiman.comNeil Gaiman‘s HUGO NOMINATED short story How To Talk To Girls At Parties is being given away as a FREE MP3 download! Gaiman writes:

“The story is in Fragile Things and was also in the January cover date Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. There’s a worthy tradition (a recent tradition, but a tradition) of getting Hugo nominated short stories up on the web to help level the playing field and allow the voters to read as much as possible, and I’ll get the story up somewhere here soonish.”

The audio is up and here it is…

How To Talk To Girls At Parties by Neil GaimanHow To Talk To Girls At Parties
By Neil Gaiman; Read by Neil Gaiman
1 MP3 – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: NeilGaiman.com
Published: April 2007
A tale of two boys going to a party and encountering those mysterious beings known as “girls.”

posted by Jesse Willis

Zombie Astronaut podcast has OTR Zombies

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Podcast - Zombie Astronaut's Frequency Of FearThe Zombie Astronaut‘s podcast Frequency Of Fear has the slickest production values for introductory content that I think I’ve ever heard in a podcast. This undead-guy’s talent is spookily supernatural. The framing scenes around the two vintage radio dramas, this week’s theme is Zombies, are fresh and funny. Plug this podcast feed into your podcatcher to see if I’m wrong, I’m not, you wont be sorry:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheZombieAstronautsFrequencyOfFear

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Subterranean Press’ FREE Kage Baker novella Rude Mechanicals

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Subterranean PressSubterranean Press is offering a free audiobook version of SF&F author Kage Baker’s “short novel” Rude Mechanicals. This audiobook is read by the talented narrator, and SFFaudio’s own, Mary Robinette Kowal! This novella is set in Baker’s “Company” universe. The release is being used to promote Subterranean’s limited edition hardcover releases: 1500 signed Limited Editions and 26 deluxe lettered editions. Thanks Subterranean, please make this, your first audiobook, the first of many more!


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?

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FREE Robert E. Howard Novellete Red Shadows

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The latest FREE Fantasy audiobook on LibriVox.org is “Red Shadows” a fantasy novelette first published in Weird Tales’ August 1928 issue. This story, also known as “Solomon Kane,” was the first Solomon Kane story ever published. I’m a big fan of Solomon Kane and was pleased to hear that the narrator, Paul Siegel, is going to continue voicing more Kane stories.

Solomon Kane AKA Red Shadows by Robert E. HowardRed Shadows (AKA “Solomon Kane”)
By Robert E. Howard; Read by Paul Siegel
5 Zipped MP3s – Approx. 63 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox
Published: April 2007
Red Shadows is the first of a series of stories featuring Howard’s puritan avenger, Solomon Kane. Kane tracks his prey over land and sea, enters the jungles of Africa, and even faces dark Gods and evil magic — all to avenge a woman he’d never met before.

posted by Jesse Willis