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.
Studio One, a long running anthology series on CBS television, broadcast The Night America Trembled on September 9th, 1957. It was a one hour television recreation of the supposed effect of Orson Welles’ radio broadcast of The War Of The… Read moreThe Night America Trembled – a TV dramatization of the effect of Orson Welles’ War Of The Worlds broadcast
This is the story of the story of the story of The War Of the Worlds. From House Of Mystery issue #50 (May 1956) George Kashdan tells the legend of the October 30th 1938 Mercury Theatre’s broadcast adaptation of The… Read moreGeorge Kashdan’s account of the 1938 Mercury Theatre’s War Of The Worlds broadcast
Speaking of Gloomy Sunday and the 1930s … October 30th, 1938 was a Sunday. And as it happens an important one. I’ve been re-watching all The Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror episodes. There’s a terrific, and hilarious sequence in The Simpsons… Read moreTreehouse Of Horror XVII: The Day The Earth Looked Stupid
This October marks the 70th Anniversary of the Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre’s War of the Worlds program, now known as “the panic broadcast” of 1938. It’s also the 110th Anniversary of the publication of the original novel by… Read moreSound Affects does a War Of The Worlds month
The Mars Phoenix lander carries a mini-DVD loaded with art, produced on Earth, about Mars. And very coolly the audio end of Science Fiction is well represented on the disc! Here’s the official word: “Radio has been associated with Mars… Read moreThe Mars Phoenix lander brought Science Fiction audio to Mars