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 #508 – Jesse, Paul Weimer, and Evan Lampe talk about PIRACY Talked about on today’s show: Paul as Simplicio, not just of the swashbuckling sea-kind, the music-kind, audiobook-kind, YOU DON’T HAVE A RIGHT TO THAT, stuff that… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #508 – TOPIC: Piracy
Frank Semyon, the criminal businessman from season 2 of True Detective, has a fantastic character arc. And, like season 1 of True Detective, season 2 is also connected to a weird fiction story by Ambrose Bierce. For season 1 it… Read moreThe WEIRD FICTION roots of TRUE DETECTIVE, season 2, Frank’s story
The SFFaudio Podcast #255 – The Repairer Of Reputations by Robert W. Chambers; read by Mark Turetsky. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (1 hour 25 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #255 – AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Repairer Of Reputations by Robert W. Chambers
I previously pointed you toward two outstanding stories that influenced HBO’s True Detective. But there’s actually a complete recording of the entire book of The King In Yellow, by Robert W. Chambers, available on LibriVox. It’s broken up into two… Read moreLibriVox: The King In Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
A couple lines from episode 2 of HBO’s new show, True Detective, made made me gasp in shock and pleasure. The stylish debut episode, though beautifully filmed, didn’t quite explicitly state the weird undercurrent that may be behind the mystery… Read moreThe WEIRD FICTION roots of TRUE DETECTIVE
The SFFaudio Podcast #199 – Scott, Jesse, Tamahome, and Jenny talk about NEW RELEASES and RECENT ARRIVALS (audiobooks). Talked about on today’s show: Recent arrivals first, here’s Jenny’s list, Harry Harrison’s Deathworld, Speculative! Brilliance audiobooks (from public domain works), “he’s… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #199 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS