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 #459 – Jesse, Paul Weimer, Bryan Alexander, and Julie Davis talk about The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton Talked about on today’s show: 1908, subverting expectations, thriller philosophical novel adventure fantasy, a book about anarchists… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #459 – READALONG: The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
Now this is strange, I recommend you read this audiobook despite it having some pretty awful writing. I’ve never found myself rooting the the villain as much as with this book, a book in which the mostly off-screen antagonist outshines… Read moreLibriVox: The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer
I’ve just started listening to Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond, a biography by Andrew Lycett, (available from Blackstone Audio). Here’s an interesting bit from early on: “On Sunday evenings all the boys would gather in the hall of… Read moreIan Fleming’s favourite novels (as a kid)
The SFFaudio Podcast #052 – Jesse and Scott are joined by Science Fiction author and YELLOW PERIL scholar William F. Wu. Talked about on today’s show: Isaac Asimov, the “Robots In Time” series, the “Robot City” series, The Twilight Zone… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #052 – TALK TO: William F. Wu
Luke Burrage, in the second of two consecutive shows with me as a guest on Science Fiction Book Review Podcast, is talking about Smoke by Donald E. Westlake and other stories about invisibility. We thoughrouly examine the invsiblity meme, discuss… Read moreSFPRP: Smoke by Donald E. Westlake and more invisible men