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.
Back in 2003 BBC Radio 4 produced a five part series of fantastic tales called, simply, Five Fantastic Tales. Among them was a vignette, a horror tale, The Cookie Lady by Philip K. Dick. It’s the only audio production of… Read moreBBCR4 + RA.cc: The Cookie Lady by Philip K. Dick
Here are three new short stories set to air on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Marionettes, Inc. By Ray Bradbury; Read by ??? 1 Broadcast – Approx. 15 Minutes [ABRIDGED?] Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4 Extra Broadcast:… Read moreBBC Radio 4 Extra: Pratchett, Gaiman, Gibson, Bradbury
There’s a one hour BBC World Service radio drama adaptation of John Christopher’s The Death Of Grass available as a torrent over on RadioArchive.cc. Broadcast on March 15, 1986 the programme is a highly compressed adaptation. But, it keeps a… Read moreBBCWS+RA.cc: John Christopher’s The Death Of Grass RADIO DRAMA (1986)
“the curse of want gives way to the curse of plenty”-Frederik Pohl, in the anthology Nightmare Age Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, as a part of “The Shape of Things to Come” season in 1991 (a series of plays looking… Read moreThe Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl
The 47 year old radio show, Ideas, is consistently the best evening education program on the radio. Prior to the web its ephemeral broadcasts could only be recaptured by sending away for expensive audio cassette copies. That made it appointment… Read moreCBC: Ideas: Iceberg Ship Habbakuk
I only know Phill Jupitus from his appearances on Stephen Fry’s, I want to say game show?, QI. From that I gathered he was a comedian, but apparently he’s also a fan of steampunk. In any case he’s the host… Read moreBBCR4+RA.cc: Mr Jupitus In The Age Of Steampunk