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.
It took me two attempts to get into this Fritz Leiber audiobook. Part of the issue was that the first person protagonist is female and the audiobook’s narrator is male. Phil Chenevert, the narrator, is a talented voice actor but… Read moreLibriVox: No Great Magic by Fritz Leiber
Elvenquest Written by: Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto Cast: Stephen Mangan, Alistair McGowan, Sophie Winkleman, Darren Boyd, Kevin Eldon, Dave Lamb. Also featuring Chris Pavlo, Carrie Quinlan, Lizzy Watts, and Clare Willie. Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4 Released: 3 August 2009… Read moreReview of Elvenquest AUDIO DRAMA
One of the earliest detectives in history, or at least the history of literature, is Zadig. Zadig is the main character of Voltaire’s philosophical novel Zadig; Or The Book Of Fate – An Oriental History. I stumbled across it’s existence… Read moreThe Dog And The Horse by Voltaire
Available either as and MP3 or M4B download, Blackstone Audio is offering a FREE download of Romance by Chuck Palahniuk. Sez the Blackstone Blog: We’ve teamed up with New York Times-bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk to offer a free audio download… Read moreBlackstone Audio: Romance by Chuck Palahniuk FREE AUDIOBOOK DOWNLOAD
I posted last about Philip K. Dick’s shortest short story back in 2010. I’m reposting it because I’ve made a three page |PDF| to go with it (made from it’s first publication, Science Fiction Stories). The Eyes Have It, is… Read moreThe Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick
A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed is a satiric poem by Jonathan Swift. It was first published in 1731. One Wikipedia editor describes it like this: It features Corinna, “a young woman preparing for bed by deconstructing.” It’s awful,… Read moreA Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed by Jonathan Swift