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 #488 – Jesse, Paul, Marissa, Bryan Alexander, and Will talk about Dune: Book III “The Prophet” by Frank Herbert aka the third third of Dune. Talked about on today’s show: 1965, The Santaroga Barrier, El Santos!, Luke… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #488 – READALONG: Dune (Book III of III) by Frank Herbert
The SFFaudio Podcast #417 – Jesse, Paul Weimer, and Maissa discuss The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Talked about on today’s show: 1993, a sequel to a 1974 novel, a long digression, Protector, where does Larry Niven… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #417 – READALONG: The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Maissa Bessada narrates for us Silly Asses a one page (400 word) satirical short story by Isaac Asimov. |MP3| Also available is a |PDF| made from a scan of the original publication in Future Science Fiction, February 1958. And here… Read moreSilly Asses by Isaac Asimov
Rescue Party, seems to have fans, though to my ears it seems rather like Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s worst story. Clarke is at his most unpolished in this novelette, his first sold story. It has, of course, good ideas, as… Read moreEscape Pod: Rescue Party by Arthur C. Clarke
Does it matter if what you believe is factual? George R.R. Martin has an answer here in his very thoughtful piece of SF. The Way Of Cross And Dragon, which was recently audiobooked by Lightspeed, explores the concepts of heresy,… Read moreLightspeed: The Way Of Cross And Dragon by George R.R. Martin
The first book, of a planned trilogy, called the “Forerunner Saga.” The Halo wiki has a quote from Frank O’Connor (the Franchise Development Director for Halo) saying: “It’s going to be a trilogy. A connected universe that will remain faithful… Read moreRecent Arrivals: Macmillan Audio – Halo: Cryptum by Greg Bear