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.
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, my favourite history podcast, has a new episode (#32) in its feed. Carlin talks about the Magellan circumnavigation expedition and asks the question: “Are white people special?” More specifically, was there something special about the Europeans… Read moreDan Carlin’s Hardcore History: Episode #32 Those Rapacious Europeans
If you’re just a poor boy you’ll appreciate this monstrosity sized FREE audiobook from LibriVox. From the author of Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk comes part of the inspiration for Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody: Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini! If nothing… Read moreLibriVox: Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
If you’re anything like me you’re more than twice as happy to find a small gem to share with a friend than to revel in the worship and praise of something that is already well advertised. Agora is a recently… Read moreHypatia of Alexandria
He Walked Around The Horses is a kind of story I really like. It’s based on an historical mystery. It follows the logic of the events, if accurate, to their natural, but very exceptional, conclusion. Pleasant Journey is the story… Read moreLibriVox: Short Science Fiction Collection 026
“There’s too much beauty in religion to let go of it just because you don’t believe in god.” -William Tenn SFSignal.com is reporting that William Tenn has just died. You won’t find much written about Tenn (or his alter ego… Read moreWilliam Tenn has died
Here’s a batch of new releases! We talked about the first two on the latest SFFaudio Podcast. Of the others that are forthcoming it is the length of Robert B. Parker’s novel Split Images that has me most excited. A… Read moreNew Releases: Jonathan Stroud, Dean Koontz, Peter Straub, Star Wars, Robert B. Parker, S.J. Parris