News, Reviews, and Commentary on all forms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror audio. Audiobooks, audio drama, podcasts; we discuss all of it here. Mystery, crime, and noir audio are also fair game.
Editor and audiobook fan John Joseph Adams has posted another review of METAtropolis over on Tor.com. Adams: “one of the best anthologies I’ve read in a long time.” Also, be sure to check out the JJA story/interview with John Scalzi… Read moreJohn Joseph Adams reviews <B>METAtropolis</B>
Audible.com has made the first story in METAtropolis availble as a FREE DOWNLOAD. In the Forests of the Night |GET IT| is available NOW. Be forewarned, an Audible.com account is necessary. Posted by Jesse Willis
METAtropolis By Jay Lake, John Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Karl Schroeder; Read by Michael Hogan, Scott Brick, Kandyse McClure, Alessandro Juliani and Stefan Rudnicki Audible Download – Approx. 9 Hours [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Audible Frontiers Published October 21st 2008 Five… Read moreMETAtropolis from Audible Frontiers: Lake, Scalzi, Bear, Buckell, Schroeder
“Cascadiapoplis,” it sounds like some fictional city between Vancouver and Seattle. Which is appropriate given Michael Hogan’s Vancouver accent (Hogan is originally from Ontario, but his accent sounds Vancouver). |MP3| In what I think is the first ever pre-order for… Read moreMETAtropolis sample
Orson Scott Card’s October essay is available over on Audible.com. His subject this month is Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s Sirens Of Titan! “The job that science fiction is supposed to make us rethink reality, make us live in a different universe”… Read moreOrson Scott Card Selects #6 – <B>Sirens Of Titan</B> by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
John Varley’s Hugo and Nebula nominated short story Options is the latest unabridged tale to be recorded by Spider Robinson for Spider Robinson’s Spider On The Web podcast. More of Varley’s work, four novels, will soon be available via Audible.com… Read moreOptions by John Varley – podcast on Spider On The Web