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.
There’s a new great narrator working over on LibriVox and his name is Phil Chenevert. Now when I say new I mean new-to-me, Chenevert has, apparently, been active on LibriVox since 2010. Since then he’s recorded an impressive number of… Read moreLibriVox: The Man In Asbestos: An Allegory Of The Future by Stephen Leacock
SFFaudio Podcast #116 was a nearly 2 hour discussion of The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth. At the time, last July, there was no commercial audiobook version. Now there is! The Space Merchants By Frederik Pohl and… Read moreNew Releases: The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth
I’ve just finished listening to the new BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels. And now I must tell you that this version, written by Matthew Broughton and directed by Sam Hoyle for BBC Cymru/Wales, is one the… Read moreBBCR4 + RA.cc: Gulliver’s Travels – a magnificent new RADIO DRAMA adaptation
Episode #151 of The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast is a special episode on Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and similar time travel tales. It is both special and strange. First it’s strange because it’s the… Read moreSFBRP #151: Time Travel Special, part 1 – Mark Twain – A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
One piece of criticism I like about this 1954 animated film adaptation of Animal Farm is from an IMDB reviewer named “bob the moo” who wrote: “the narration-heavy delivery makes it more like an audio book than a film.” I… Read moreGeorge Orwell’s Animal Farm (a 1954 animated movie like an audiobook)
CBC’s sole radio drama series, Afghanada, finished off late last year. But there’s a brand new series beginning today at 11:30am! Unlike Afghanada this new series will be podcast, making it CBC Radio’s second ever podcast radio drama series (the… Read moreNew CBC RADIO DRAMA begins today – “Trust, Inc.”