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.
Parable Of The TalentsBy Octavia E. Butler; Read by Patricia Floyd, Sisi Johnson, and Peter Jay Fernandez11 Cassettes – 16 Hours [UNABRIDGED]Publisher: Recorded Books LLCPublished: 2001ISBN: 0788749900Themes: / Science fiction / Dystopia / Post-apocalyptic / Religion / A good novel… Read moreReview of Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Though BBC7 doesn’t offer a single podcast [GRRR!], the do have one endearment that we can appreciate… re-runs! BBC Radio 7’s the 7th Dimension is re-broadcasting the ten part abridgment of Brave New World. Aldous Huxley’s dystopian classic, first published… Read moreBBC Radio 7 reruns Brave New World
The Children Of MenBy P.D. James; Performed by John Franklyn-Robbins9 CDs – 10.5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]Publisher: Recorded BooksPublished: 1993ISBN: 1419323431Themes: / Science Fiction / Infertility / Dystopia / Sociology / Politics / Terrorism / England / “O’ merciful God and heavenly… Read moreReview of The Children of Men by P.D. James
Utopia and dystopia go hand in hand, and LibriVox obviously knows this. They’ve got the audiobooks to prove it. One retro Science Fiction story and a proto-Science Fiction book. First up is Sir Thomas More’s foundational Utopia – a book… Read moreUtopia by Sir Thomas More and Dystopia from
Blake’s 7 The Audio Adventures series, now streaming exclusively on the Sci-Fi Channel UK website, has been pumping out their short audio drama segments at a delightfully quick pace. Added to the cast, in the more recent episodes, has been… Read moreBlake’s 7 The Audio Adventures update
Congrats to SF author, and all around cool guy James Patrick Kelly! His novella Burn has just WON the NEBULA AWARD for BEST NOVELLA! That’s him receiving it above. Jim had released Burn as both a paperbook (through Tachyon publications)… Read moreJames Patrick Kelly wins Nebula Award for his podcast novella Burn!