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.
There are two readings of My Favorite Murder, by Ambrose Bierce, on LibriVox. Bill Mosley’s reading has a more appropriate accent, but Peter Yearsley’s is funnier, perhaps because of his English accent. The high minded language of the protagonist, combined… Read moreLibriVox: My Favorite Murder by Ambrose Bierce
Have you read the Yellow Sign? Have you read the Yellow Sign? Have you read the Yellow Sign? Here is snippet from Mary Gnaedinger’s editorial description of Robert W. Chambers’ The Yellow Sign, a wonderfully creepy novelette published in Famous… Read moreThe Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers
The SFFaudio Podcast #173 – A Thousand Deaths by Jack London, read by Julie Hoverson (of 19 Nocturne Boulevard). This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (29 Minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #173 – AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: A Thousand Deaths by Jack London
Hugh McGuire, of LibriVox and iambik audiobooks, speaking at TEDx Montreal. His topic is “The Blurring Lines Between Books and the Internet.” Posted by Jesse Willis
In my reading about The Frozen Pirate, back in 2010, I discovered that Edgar Allan Poe’s The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar was possibly the first account of suspended animation. I normally mention The Case Of M. Valdemar… Read moreLibriVox: The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
If you want some idea as to what William Hope Hodgson’s short story, The Voice In The Night, is about first think of Samuel Taylor Cooleridge’s The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. Then imagine it told at night. Now collapse… Read moreThe Voice In The Night by William Hope Hodgson