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.
First published in the December 1951 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, To Catch A Thief is the romantic tale of an ex-American jewel thief living in retirement on the French Riviera. Randal S. Brandt, who penned the introduction to the recently… Read moreBBCR4 + RA.cc: To Catch A Thief
The Stainless Steel Rat By Harry Harrison; Read by Phil Gigante 4 CDs – Approx. 5 Hours [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: 2010 ISBN: 9781441881076 Themes: / Science Fiction / Crime / Espionage / Galactic Civilization / Humor / Jim… Read moreReview of The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
My first Nameless detective audiobook experience was about twenty years ago. But I haven’t been keeping up. The Nameless stories are old fashioned PI tales, with a kind of everyman protagonist working the mostly unkind streets of San Fransisco. If… Read moreBooktaker by Bill Pronzini
Here’s a really thoughtful short crime story that I think my Catholic friends will especially enjoy (it’s good and it’s pretty hard to find a good audio edition). Though some have classified it as humorous it has plenty of depth… Read moreA Piece Of String by Guy de Maupassant (as read by Stefan Rudnicki)
In an upcoming SFFaudio Podcast you’ll hear of my discovery source for these three SECRET (poorly publicized) HARD CASE CRIME audiobooks. I’m very excited about these books coming to audio. Nominated for the Edgar and Shamus awards (in the BEST… Read moreNew Releases: 3 SECRET Hard Case Crime audiobooks!
There are a ton of cool looking paperbooks in the bookstores these days. Here are 9 paperbooks, that I spotted at Chapters. None of these are available as audiobooks – at least not yet. Should they be? Here’s my take…. Read more9 interesting paperbooks (should they be audiobooks?)