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.
Our good friend, Professor Eric S. Rabkin, is teaching one of the free summer Coursera courses. It’s entitled Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World and all of the required readings, except for two of the novels,… Read moreFantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World with Eric Rabkin
The SFFaudio Podcast #149 – Jesse, Luke Burrage, and Professor Eric S. Rabkin talk about METAPHOR in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Talked about on today’s show: Science Fiction and Fantasy sort of undercut the scholastic meaning of metaphor, my friend… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #149 – TOPIC: METAPHOR in Science Fiction and Fantasy
The SFFaudio Podcast #136 – Jesse, Tamahome, Eric S. Rabkin, and Jenny talk about Neuromancer by William Gibson. Talked about on today’s show: What was really going on in 1984, the introduction to the audiobook, 3 MB of RAM, Commodore… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #136 – READALONG: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Host Jian Ghomeshi of CBC Radio One’s Q has an astounding new interview with Margaret Atwood. Atwood’s latest book, In Other Worlds: SF And The Human Imagination, can be found in the “Literary Criticism” section of your local paperbook store…. Read moreCBC Q: Interview with Margaret Atwood
I’ve been sitting on this post for a while. The problem was that even though I’ve spent a considerable amount of time working on it, it has been slow going. I figured it will be years more before I finished… Read moreThe Weird Circle
The SFFaudio Podcast #113 – Jesse and Eric S. Rabkin talk about Stupidity and Intelligence in Science Fiction (and Fantasy). Talked about on today’s show: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Mickey Mouse, Fantasia, Christopher Marlowe‘s The Tragicall History… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #113 – TOPIC: Stupidity and Intelligence in Science Fiction and Fantasy