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FAST FOOD Audiobook Promotion @ Wendy’s in USA and Canada

Friday, July 6, 2007 Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

Wendy’s restuarants in the USA and Canada have kids fantasy audiobooks as the current “Kid’s Meal” premiums! A purchase of a kid’s meal will get you an audiobook and a promotional code for a 25% discount on Listening Library audiobook orders. Unforunately, the promo code is not valid for Harry Potter audiobooks.

By the way, the promo code, as listed on the official website, is: wendys

Here are the four available premium titles, but bear in mind it may be that different local restaurants offer different titles at different times:

The Curse Of The Cheese Pyramid
By Geronimo Stilton; Read by Edward Hermann
1? CD – [UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Listening Library / Wendy’s Restaurants
Published: June 2007
The story about a mouse reporter sent to Egypt.

Dinosaurs Before Dark
By Mary Pope Osborne; Read by Mary Pope Osborne
1? CD – [UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Listening Library / Wendy’s Restaurants
Published: June 2007
This is a tale from The Magic Tree House Collection, which we reviewed back in January.

Arthur’s Mystery Envelope
By Marc Brown; Read by Mark Linn-Baker
1? CD – [UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Listening Library / Wendy’s Restaurants
Published: June 2007

Junie B. Jones Has A Monster Under Her Bed
By Barbara Park; Read by Lana Quintal
1? CD – [UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Listening Library / Wendy’s Restaurants
Published: June 2007

posted by Jesse Willis

First ever Mack Reynolds audiobook

Thursday, July 5, 2007Thursday, October 16, 2008 Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

The Time Traveler Show podcast #19 has a never before heard short story by Mack Reynolds. Reynolds is one of my favorite “b-list” writers. He always tells a compelling story from an off-kilter perspective. This is, as far as I’m aware, the first ever audio adaptation of any Mack Reynolds tale. Hopefully it will be the first of many more. Also, be sure to have a listen to The Time Traveler’s exclusive interview with SF writer Tobias Buckell author of Crystal Rain and Raggamuffin, from show #18 MP3.

Slow Djinn
By Mack Reynolds; Read by Jeremiah Costello
1 MP3 File – [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Time Traveler Show.com
Podcast: July 2007

Subscribe to the podcast to listen for free:

http://www.timetravelershow.com/shows/feed.xml

posted by Jesse Willis

Fortress Draconis by Michael A. Stackpole

Wednesday, July 4, 2007 Jesse Willis

Online Audio

Michael A. Stackpole, author and host of Dragon Page Cover To Cover is podcasting his 2001 fantasy novel novel Fortress Draconis. Here’s the description:

“Will the Nimble, an orphaned thief, attempts a grand theft and falls instead into the hands of a warrior called Crow and a refugee Vorquelf named Resolute who recognize the young man as the fulfillment of a prophecy. Hoping to overthrow the tyrant Chytrine and prevent her from acquiring the DragonCrown, Will and his newfound companions set out for the Fortress Draconis.“

You can subscribe to the podcast via this url:*

http://www.fortressdraconis.com/podcasts/fd/fdxml.xml

*UPDATED PODCAST URL Thanks Nick!

posted by Jesse Willis

Review of The Red Panda Adventures – Season 2

Sunday, July 1, 2007Saturday, February 2, 2008 Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Audiobook Review

As a special CANADA DAY treat for everyone worldwide, Podiobooks.com has scored the entire 2nd Season of The Red Panda Adventures! The entire season is up and ready for download today! And here’s our review of it…

The Red Panda Adventures – Season Two
By Gregg Taylor; Performed by a FULL CAST
12 MP3 Files – Approx. 5.5 Hours [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: DecoderRingTheatre.com / Podiobooks.com
Published: 2006/2007
Themes: / Fantasy / Superheroes / Supervillains / 1930s / Toronto / Secret Identities / Hypnotism / Magic / Parallel Worlds /

Mad Monkey: “Security pays, but it can’t live without fear. And all I want is my cut.” -Episode 20: Monkeyshines

Like the first season of The Red Panda Adventures, season two is an incontestably enjoyable frolic through original, but familiar, comic book territory. The Red Panda and his faithful driver, Kit Baxter (AKA Flying Squirrel), patrol Toronto rooftops by static boot, and whunk their way through superhero sized pneumatic tubes concealed about the city, fighting wrongdoers. New and old supervillains, voiced by professional audio actors, execute egregious crimes that can only be foiled by a prosperous panda with hypnotic powers and a volitant rodent with a mean right-hook.

The second season has more of what made the first season so terrific. Standouts in traditional storytelling include episode 14: The Sunday Supplement, Episode 16: The Sweet Tooth, and Episode 20: Monkeyshines. The latter introduces a terrific new antagonist called “The Mad Monkey,” an arch-scoundrel on par with DC Comics rogues like The Joker and The Penguin. Season two also has a few episodes that expand the storytelling in different directions. Episode 18, for instance, was the long requested Secret Origins episode – in which we discover the first ever meeting of Panda and Squirrel. Episode 15: When Darkness Falls tells its tale from the perspective of a young boy in a city with a vigilante superhero. And episode 24: The World Next Door posits the existence of an alternate universe in which the Red Panda is a Nazi fighter and the Flying Squirrel is a teenage boy! In naming this show an SFFaudio essential I’ve got to cite both the writing and the production. The acting here is absolutely tops. Recording the scenes in-studio, together, works. The writing is perky, puissant, perfect, and seemingly effortless. The series scribe, Gregg Taylor, is a master storyteller.

Posted by Jesse Willis

Review of Super Pal and Jewels of the 11th Generation

Thursday, June 28, 2007Friday, December 30, 2016 admin

SFFaudio Review

Great Northern Audio - Super Pal The Saving of the World: Super Pal (Includes Jewels of the 11th Generation)
By Great Northern Audio Theatre; Performed by a FULL CAST
1 CD – Approx. 70 minutes [LIVE AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Great Northern Audio
Published: 2005/2006
Themes: / Fantasy / Comedy / Superheroes / Meteors / Jewels / Space Travel / Children / Squeak Toys / Computers

A comet is heading towards Big City, but is it a job for Super Pal?

Great Northern Audio brings you the tale of the blue-glowing superhero, as told from those closest to him. The nurse who helped birth him, the girlfriend who likes the cape (nudge-nudge), his best friend growing up, even the crooks he brought down.

Meanwhile, the comet comes closer, and Super Pal is nowhere to be found. The mayor begins to look at other superheroes, but no help is available. One kinked their back while lugging an oil rig across the desert, and another is expecting a baby and is on light duty. You know, bank robbers.

What to do? Well, Super Pal does have a weakness for cats in trees….

The CD also includes The Jewels of the 11th Generation, a story of two zany treasure-hunters looking for the ultimate treasure. They certainly find more than that! Children, pirates- and… squeak toys? But where are the jewels? This is also a lot of fun and well-written. Mix that with excellent acting, including the talents of David Ossman of Firesign Theatre, and you know exactly why I enjoyed it so much.

These performances were a lot of fun. I loved the documentary-style interviews in telling the tale of Super Pal, and the jokes in Jewels made me laugh out loud a couple of times! Very witty, and hearing the audience respond now and then in the background really made it all the more enjoyable. For a live performance, it has a better sound than a lot of in-studio performances. A very enjoyable hour!

Both SuperPal and Jewels of the 11th Generation were part of live Great Northern Audio performances in 2005 and 2006. Definitely worth going over to Great Northern’s website and getting a copy today!

posted by Dani Cutler

Second Season of Second Shift

Monday, June 25, 2007 Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Second Shift, that highly original podcast audio drama we told you about last year starts-up again tonight for its second season with an online release party! Brad sez:

“We’re going to kick off the season by holding a live chat where fans can talk with cast and crew while listening to the season premiere. Ever watched a TV show while talking on IM with a friend about it? This is just like that. We will release the episode during the chat, so everyone can download, listen and type “OMG!” together!

The chat will start between 9:00-9:15 p.m. EST, so show up then to make sure everyone’s in. At 9:30, we’ll release the episode on our site, and listen together.

To join the chat:
1) Go to http://chat.efnet.org
2) Enter whatever you want as a user name
3) Select “Other” on the menu
4) Type in “#secondshiftreleaseparty” in the dropdown

Or, if you’re familiar with IRC, just join “#secondshiftreleaseparty” on efnet.”

Catch up, or join in by plugging this feed into your podcatcher:

http://www.secondshiftpodcast.com/xml/2shift.xml

posted by Jesse Willis