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.
Some stories adapt better than others. I think a straight narration of an audiobook of Daniel Keyes’ novelette of Flowers For Algernon would be an easy and natural way to experience most of the story’s power. Sadly, that’s still yet… Read moreBBCR4 + RA.CC: Daniel Keyes’ Flowers For Algernon RADIO DRAMA
According to the Wikipedia entry, BBC Radio 7 was renamed BBC Radio 4 Extra back in April. I’m not much for re-branding – it’s a grubby little idea that makes me think of scientific management, focus groups and meetings …… Read moreBBCR4X + RA.cc: Topkapi by Eric Ambler
Dramatist Marty Ross points us to his three new plays entitled Darker Side Of The Border. Sez Ross: “[These] plays are going out on BBC Radio 7 this week – three free dramatisations of classic Scottish tales of terror: one… Read moreBBC7: Darker Side Of The Border
There’s an interesting documentary about Jorge Luis Borges over on RadioArchive.cc. Its presenter, Peter White, traveled to Buenos Aires, talked to a Borges biographer and a former student. He sits in the club that Borges sat in and walks the… Read moreBBCR4 + RA.CC: Libraries, Labyrinths, Borges, And Me
First published in the December 1951 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, To Catch A Thief is the romantic tale of an ex-American jewel thief living in retirement on the French Riviera. Randal S. Brandt, who penned the introduction to the recently… Read moreBBCR4 + RA.cc: To Catch A Thief
I use an RSS feed aggregator to check most websites these days but RadioArchive.cc is one I still have to check manually. One recent visit turned up a torrent that figuratively screamed for a download. Keep Your Pantheon was broadcast… Read moreBBCR4 + RA.cc: Keep Your Pantheon by David Mamet