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.
I love introductions, afterwords, forewords. I buy collections of stories with stories I already have several copies of just for the new introductions, afterwords, and forewords. The only thing that’ll make me buy such a collection without a foreword, afterword,… Read moreNeil Gaiman on Edgar Allan Poe (his work should be read aloud)
The SFFaudio Podcast #158 – Last week’s podcast was an unabridged reading of The Syndic by C.M. Kornbluth. This week Jesse discusses it with the narrator, Mark Douglas Nelson! Talked about on today’s show: SciPodBooks.com, the SciPodCast, The Syndic by… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #158 – READALONG: The Syndic by C.M. Kornbluth
We’re going to be recording a discussion for the SFFaudio Podcast this weekend. It’ll be centered around a wonderful, horrible, 19th century short story by Lucy Clifford. It’s called The New Mother. Our narrator, Heather Ordover from the wonderful Craftlit… Read moreREAD: The New Mother by Lucy Clifford (it’s your homework for an upcoming SFFaudio Podcast)
The SFFaudio Podcast #155 – Jenny, Tamahome, and Jesse talk about the five Nebula 2011 nominated short stories for which there are audio versions. Talked about on today’s show: the Clarkesworld one was too quiet (by the way, we use… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #155 – READALONG: Five Nebula Nominated Short Stories
Somebody, in reaction to my note that I was, in fact, listening to the Nebula nominated short stories, said to me: “I assumed you didn’t read past 1950.” It’s untrue! And unfair besides. And while I freely admit a general… Read moreNeil Gaiman reads an excerpt from The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains
The latest StarShipSofa podcast, episode #232, features Neil Gaiman‘s 2010 novelette The Truth Is A Cave In The Back Mountains as its “main fiction.” The narrator is Richie Smith and the story begins at about 12 minutes in. |MP3| Podcast… Read moreStarShipSofa: The Truth Is A Cave In The Back Mountains by Neil Gaiman