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.
Stephen Vincent Benét’s The Hemp (A Virginia Legend) is a lovely rhyming ballad about a despicable scabrous pirate. LibriVox has the audio |MP3|. And I’ve made a |PDF| from the original publication in the January 1916 issue of Century Magazine… Read moreThe Hemp (A Virginia Legend) by Stephen Vincent Benét
Recorded for an upcoming podcast discussion, here is Julie Davis‘ 9 minute reading of Beside Still Waters by Robert Sheckley. |MP3| When people talk about getting away from it all, they are usually thinking about our great open spaces out… Read moreBeside Still Waters by Robert Sheckley
The SFFaudio Podcast #198 – Jesse, Tamahome, Jenny, and Professor Eric S. Rabkin discuss The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. Talked about on today’s show: Rock Hudson, The Martian Chronicles (TV adaption), Eric’s Coursera course (Fantasy and Science Fiction: The… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #198 – READALONG: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
I hadn’t heard of Dream-Lands, by Edgar Allan Poe, until I spotted mention of it in some obscure tome. It sounded cool. So I found the original publication in Graham’s Magazine, June 1844, read it, and then and sent it… Read moreDream-Land by Edgar Allan Poe (read by Wayne June)
The SFFaudio Podcast #190 – Scott and Jesse talk about the epic poem, Beowulf (and the Tantor Media audiobook edition read by Rosalyn Landor). Talked about on today’s show: The Odyssey, mead, Recorded Books Modern Scholar series, Michael D.C. Drout,… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #190 – READALONG: Beowulf
Robert Hayward Barlow, a friend of both H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, wrote this poem after the suicide of the author of the Conan yarns. First published in Weird Tales, October 1936. Barlow, “apparently fearing the exposure of his… Read moreR.E.H. by R.H. Barlow