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.
Professor Craig Kennedy, a scientific detective similar to Sherlock Holmes, uses his knowledge of chemistry, psychoanalysis, and the scientific method to solve mysteries. In this adventure he foresees “potentialities and possibilities unrecognized by ordinary minds, and with his profound knowledge… Read moreThe Seismograph Adventure by Arthur B. Reeve
“In The Dead Valley the eminent architect and mediævalist Ralph Adams Cram achieves a memorably potent degree of vague regional horror through subtleties of atmosphere and description.” -H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror In Literature The story is chilling, and as performed… Read moreThe Dead Valley by Ralph Adams Cram
Here’s a portion of the Wikipedia entry for The Star: “[The Star] can be credited with having created a Science Fiction sub-genre depicting a planet or star colliding, or near-colliding with Earth – such as the 1933 novel When Worlds… Read moreThe Star by H.G. Wells
The SFFaudio Podcast #238 – The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, read by Cathy Barratt (for LibriVox.org). This audiobook, 4 hours 35 minutes, is complete and unabridged. Griffin, a scientist, devoted himself to research into optics – he invented a… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #238 – AUDIOBOOK: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
One can easily imagine a story like this actually happening at an upper-crust English country seat like the fictional Downton Abbey – Ruth Golding’s fabulous narration is spot on for this cute little “ghost story” by Saki. The Hedgehog By… Read moreThe Hedgehog by Saki
The Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost (aka The Inexperienced Ghost) is, on its face, merely a humourous ghost story. But I get the sense that there’s quite a bit of satire going on in it. It may be doing to… Read moreThe Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost by H.G. Wells