LibriVox: Eric Brighteyes by H. Rider Haggard

Back in April my friend Brian Murphy wrote a wonderful essay generally extolling the virtues of Viking Age Fantasy, and particularly recommending H. Rider Haggard’s Eric Brighteyes as one of the best of the genre. Here’s a taste: “…I would… Read moreLibriVox: Eric Brighteyes by H. Rider Haggard

LibriVox: The Thing In The Attic by James Blish

Gregg Margarite has narrated The Thing In The Attic for LibriVox. This is one of James Blish’s “Pantropy” tales and makes up one quarter of his fixup novel The Seedling Stars. Here’s a snippet from the Wikipedia entry on pantropy:… Read moreLibriVox: The Thing In The Attic by James Blish

Seeing Ear Theatre

Back in 2003, for our features page, I wrote the following about Seeing Ear Theatre: In the United States, radio drama is virtually dead. But just after the internet blossomed, “radio” drama briefly revived itself. Between 1997 and 2001 dozens… Read moreSeeing Ear Theatre