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The British Library Podcast has a very good primer for gothic fiction in a new podcast episode entitled A Gothic Story. Presented by Charlie Higson, here’s the official description: To accompany the British Library’s exhibition Terror & Wonder: the Gothic… Read moreThe British Library Podcast – A Gothic Story
The SFFaudio Podcast #290 – The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving; read by Chip (for LibriVox). This is an unabridged reading of the novelette (1 hour 23 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #290 – AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
A double Halloween treat, my favourite Edgar Allan Poe short story, a Gothic Horror tale as narrated by two of my favourite people. First up, as narrated by Julie Davis of Forgotten Classics and A Good Story Is Hard To… Read moreThe Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe
This is a pretty terrific adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s vampire classic, Carmilla. David Warner is wonderful as the father of the doomed Laura. And the music sounds, to my untrained ear, like that from Wojciech Kilar‘s in the… Read moreBBC Radio 4 Extra: Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu [RADIO DRAMA]
Told as if from 70 years after the events, this adaptation of the classic of Gothic Fiction, is very very good. For more opinions check out the comments over on the CBSRMT.com page for this episode. CBSRMT #0318 – Carmilla… Read moreCBSRMT: Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu [RADIO DRAMA]
The SFFaudio Podcast #253 – Jesse, Seth, and John Feaster discuss The House Of The Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne Talked about on today’s show: H.P. Lovecraft’s essay Supernatural Horror in Literature; the House as a character in the novel; the novel’s… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #253 – READALONG: The House Of The Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne