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.
The SFFaudio Podcast #747 – Space Viking by H. Beam Piper – read by Mark Nelson for LibriVox. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the novel (6 hours 17 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants include… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #747 – AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: Space Viking by H. Beam Piper
The SFFaudio Podcast #688 – Niels Klim’s Journey Under The Ground by Ludvig Holberg; read by Alan Winterrowd This unabridged reading of the story (3 hours 45 minutes) is followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #688 – AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: Niels Klim’s Journey Under The Ground by Ludvig Holberg
In a recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Sylvester Stallone recounted how he would, to help him learn the craft of writing, record the audio from movies in movie theaters. Here’s the clip (the confession begins at… Read moreCommentary: Copyright laws are increasingly for the protection of monopolies, not for the protection of artists
The Crawlers by Philip K. Dick is PUBLIC DOMAIN. As you can see in a scan of the renewal form RE0000190631, pictured above, the renewer has stated that the story was published in the July 1955 issue of Imagination. This… Read moreThe Crawlers by Philip K. Dick is PUBLIC DOMAIN
Sales Pitch, a short story by Philip K. Dick, is PUBLIC DOMAIN. This was not previously known due to a fraudulent attempt to renew the copyright after it had expired. Sales Pitch was first published in Future Science Fiction, June… Read moreSales Pitch by Philip K. Dick is PUBLIC DOMAIN
The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick is PUBLIC DOMAIN. This novelette was published in 1954, in the 2nd issue of Science Fiction Stories. The story’s copyright was not properly renewed. In fact, a falsified renewal was attempted in 1983…. Read moreThe Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick is PUBLIC DOMAIN