Full Cast Audio’s Coming Attractions

Audiobook Publisher - Full Cast AudioFull Cast Audio, has some truly amazing sounding projects in production. There’s lots of Tamora Pierce, of course – including an AUDIO EXCLUSIVE release that’s still being written – some truly stellar Heinlein “juveniles” and much more have a look (or visit the Full Cast Audio “Coming Attractions” page and see them all):

Princess Academy
By Shannon Hale; Read by Laura Credidio and a FULL CAST
6 CDs – [UNABRIDGED]
“From the author of The Goose Girl comes this fabulous tale of a group of mountain girls who find themselves in training as possible royal brides. Talk about a clash of cultures!”

Fairest
By Gail Carson Levine; Read by a FULL CAST
? CDs – [UNABRIDGED]
“By the beloved author of Ella Enchanted! Not only does it have great characters and lots of dialogue, it’s set in a world where everyone sings to each other! Our composer Todd Hobin will be setting the numerous lyrics included in the story to music, creating an audiobook that has as much original music as a Broadway show. This recording will be an audiobook like no other!”

The Star Beast
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by David Baker and a FULL CASTt
8 CDs – [UNABRIDGED]
“Another beloved novel from the same period as Have Space Suit, Will Travel and The Rolling Stones. This one pits bureaucrats against John Thomas and his beloved alien pet, Lummox—a conflict that brings Earth to the edge of an interplanetary catastrophe. Filled with Heinlein’s trademark crackling dialogue, which is just made to be read by a full cast.”

Wolf-Speaker
By Tamora Pierce; Read by Tamora Pierce and a FULL CAST
? CDs – [UNABRIDGED]
“The second novel in Tammy’s beloved Immortals Quartet pulls Daine into new adventures, and reveals more about the special nature of her magic. Great characters, piles of magic, and breath-taking adventure. You’re gonna love it!”

The Red Planet
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by a FULL CAST
8 CDs – [UNABRIDGED]
“One of the master’s most beloved titles, filled with politics, adventure, and the fabulous Heinlein dialogue. The little Martian, Willis, is one of the master’s most delightful creations.”

Odysseus
By Geraldine McCaughrean; Read by a FULL CAST
? CDs – [UNABRIDGED]
“A superb retelling of this great epic by Geraldine McCaughrean, England’s most honored author of books for young readers. Note: We will eventually be recording all four books in Geraldine’s Heroes series. The other three titles are Perseus, Theseus, and Hercules. Every one of these brilliant novels tells a familiar story in a way that is true to the myths, yet utterly fresh and new.”

Between Planets
By Robert A. Heinlein<; Read by A FULL CAST ? CDs - [UNABRIDGED] "A planet-spanning adventure that moves between Earth, Venus, and Mars. Featuring the great lizard 'Sir Isaac Newton'" Skybreaker
By Kenneth Oppel; Read by David Kelly and A FULL CAST
? CDs – [UNABRIDGED]
“This sequel to the multiple award-winning Airborn follows the further adventures of Matt Cruse as he and girlfriend Kate de Vries head for a fabulous encounter with the ghost ship Hyperion in the frigid wastes of Skyberia.”

RevolutionSF Radio

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Revolution SF RadioRevolutionSF Radio is the podcasting arm of the Revolution SF site. It offers Science Fiction news, commentary and short stories. The podcast feed looks old, but the content is still good. Very interesting is an excerpt |MP3| from author Mark Finn’s biography of Robert E. Howard, entitled Blood And Thunder. In celebration of the 2006 World Fantasy Conference in Austin, TX and all hooplah surrounding Robert E. Howard, RevolutionSF presented a series of related readings recorded during Austin’s Armadillocon 2006.

“Penny A Word”
By Rick Klaw and Paul O. Miles; Read by Rick Klaw and Paul O. Miles
1 MP3 – [UNABRIDGED]
Originally appeared in the Cross Plains Universe anthology.

“The Bunker Of The Tikriti”
By Chris Nakashima-Brown; Read by Chris Nakashima-Brown
1 MP3 – [UNABRIDGED]

“Primary Pollinator”
By Nicole Kimberling; Read by Nicole Kimberling
1 MP3 – [UNABRIDGED]
There are worse jobs than food service.

“Into the Dark”
By Patrice Sarath; Read by Patrice Sarath
1 MP3 – [UNABRIDGED]
It’s been 11 years. Do you know where your child is? “Into the Dark” was first published in “Realms of Fantasy 2002. Original podcast produced for Space Squid zine. (c) 2002 Patrice Sarath.

Here’s the podcast feed:

http://revolutionsf.libsyn.com/rss

Decoder Ring Theatre’s Summer Season

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Decoder Ring TheatreDecoder Ring Theatre‘s master of pen and microphone, Gregg Taylor, has let slip a little information about their SUMMER SEASON!

During summer 2007 a new series of shows will be podcast on the Decoder Ring podcast feed. It will be called the “Summer Showcase” and will feature a number of different kinds of shows. One of which we got a sneak preview of on the recent Hypaspace podcast. It’ll be called Deck Gibson Far Reach Commander and it has been written by Matt Wallace (the Parsec award winning author of The Failed City Monologues).

Planisphere Productions presents Transit

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Online Audio - TransitPlanisphere Productions, a new player in audio drama, is trying something very different. They’ve released the first three episodes of Transit, a new Science Fiction series, in the AC3 format. This means that the show is in SURROUND SOUND format. Transit is “a multi-format multimedia-spanning project that consists of a series of Science Fiction themed audio dramas recorded in and optimized for listening to in 5.1 Surround Sound.” The project includes a “wiki”-style website called The Node that features show information as well as side-story content. I had a devil of a time finding an AC3 player but I finally found some freeware called “Media Player Classic version 6.4.9.0” which plays .AC3 files just fine (do a google search).

|Episode 1 AC3| Episode 2 AC3| Episode 3 AC3|

Another problem, this format means you can’t take this show with you in your portable media player. But don’t dismiss Transit as not worth bothering with just yet. In order to interest you they’ve also made the some “webisodes” available in the MP3 format. They’ll give you an idea of the production values, acting and the writing are like. \

|Webisode 1 MP3| Webisode 2 MP3| Webisode 3 MP3|

I’ve listened a few of the shows and webisodes and Transit is sounding pretty damn sweet!

Beam Me Up reads more Nebula nominees: Elizabeth Hand’s Echo

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Podcast - Beam Me UpPaul Cole has a 22 minute reading of Elizabeth Hand’s Nebula nominated short story “Echo” on the latest Beam Me Up podcast. This story first appeared in the pages of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (the Oct/Nov 2005 issue).

“This is not the first time this has happened. There is an endless history of forgotten empires, men gifted by a goddess who bears arrows, things in flight that fall in flames.”

Download the show direct |MP3| or subscribe to the podcast via this feed:

http://beameup.podomatic.com/rss2.xml

Preview of a new ROBERT E. HOWARD audiobook

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Audio RealmsThe creator of Conan, Robert E. Howard, has been long neglected in audio. But no longer!

Audio Realms, an SFFaudio Essential producing publisher, is collaborating with Wildside Press to bring us “The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard.” This is a 10-volume series of Howard’s classic Fantasy, Horror, and poetry from Weird Tales magazine. These stories are going to be in Audio Realms’ “AudioBooksPlus” format. Each volume features cover art by Stephen Fabian, plus new introductions by a leading REH scholar or fantasist such as Joe R. Lansdale. In addition to these volumes, AudioRealms will be producing 4 volumes dedicated exclusively to Conan. The first three will be multiple story collections and the 4th will feature REH’s masterpiece The Hour Of The Dragon.

There is now a sound sample available for one of the short stories….this brief clip comes from Howard’s short story The Gods Of The North |MP3|.