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Professor Craig Kennedy, a scientific detective similar to Sherlock Holmes, uses his knowledge of chemistry, psychoanalysis, and the scientific method to solve mysteries. In this adventure he foresees “potentialities and possibilities unrecognized by ordinary minds, and with his profound knowledge… Read moreThe Seismograph Adventure by Arthur B. Reeve
Kubla Khan is a wondrous dream inspired poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Written in 1797, but published in 1816, it is said to have been composed one night after Coleridge had been taking opium and reading a work describing Xanadu… Read moreKubla Khan or a Vision of Dream by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (read by Wayne June)
In his latest Science Fiction Book Review Podcast, #173, Luke Burrage reviews the new audiobook of The Simulacra, one of the many previously unrecorded PKD novels from Brilliance Audio. It’s a comedic and relevant SF novel. The plot makes very… Read moreSFBRP #173: Luke reviews The Simulacra by Philip K. Dick
Available either as and MP3 or M4B download, Blackstone Audio is offering a FREE download of Romance by Chuck Palahniuk. Sez the Blackstone Blog: We’ve teamed up with New York Times-bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk to offer a free audio download… Read moreBlackstone Audio: Romance by Chuck Palahniuk FREE AUDIOBOOK DOWNLOAD
The SFFaudio Podcast #156 – Scott and Jesse talk, in the third of a six part series, about the books IX, X, XI, and XII of The Odyssey. Talked about on today’s show: What’s the plural of cyclops?, cyclopskin?, cyclopean,… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #156 – READALONG: The Odyssey by Homer (Books IX – XII)
Mentioned in H.P. Lovecraft’s The Crawling Chaos, and discussed in SFFaudio Podcast #138, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey was first published in 1821. Martin Geeson, the narrator, has written this intriguing mini essay about it for… Read moreLibriVox: Confessions Of An English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey