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.
Paul Bishop, who runs the addictive Bish’s Beat blog, writes about an unfamiliar audio drama series that sounds right up our dark alley! Sez Paul: “McLevy! THESE TOP NOTCH AUDIO DRAMAS FROM BBC 4 SURROUNDING INSPECTOR MCLEVY, A TACITURN, VICTORIAN,… Read moreBBC + RR.cc: McLevy: a 19th century detective series based on a real detective
When I was a little boy my best friend was the son of my dad’s best friend. When I met him he had just immigrated to British Columbia from France with his mom and dad. I lived in a house… Read moreBBC Radio 5 + RA.cc: Hergé’s The Adventures Of Tintin
BBC Radio 7 has two “NEW COMMISSIONS” that should draw many a wandering ear. First up a Richard Matheson novel A Stir Of Echoes! Scott reviewed the UNABRIDGED Blackstone Audio version not too long ago |READ OUR REVIEW|. Julie and… Read moreBBC Radio 7: Planet B (series 2), The House On The Strand, A Stir Of Echoes
Most folks have probably heard of “Rosie the Riveter” the iconic image of women building bombers for America’s bomber pilots – (in fact she’s been adorning our website for nearly two years now). We all know that women did their… Read moreBBC R4 & RA.CC: The Night Witches
Available over on RadioArchive.cc is an audiobook that my friend Bill Hollweg recommends. Sez Bill: “Ghost Galaxies [is] one of my fave short tales. A fantastic short story [that] I have in an Asimov magazine or one of those digests… Read moreBBC7 & RA.cc: The Ghost Galaxies by Piers Anthony
Very few people have heard of a novel called Mute Witness by Robert L. Fish (aka Robert L. Pike) – but many, many more have seen the 1968 film into which it was adapted: Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen and a… Read moreBBCR4: Bullitt