SWEET sound version of To Build A Fire by Jack London

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LoudLit.orgLoudLit.org has a sweetly sounding version of Jack London’s classic short story To Build A Fire available for your listening pleasure. I’ve argued this tale is Hard Science Fiction. Even if you don’t agree (you dope), you’ll have to agree that it’s still an awesome story and in the same vein as Tom Godwin’s The Cold Equations. Hard SF set in the Yukon is there anything cooler?


LoudLit - To Build A Fire by Jack LondonTo Build A Fire
By Jack London; Read by Gregg Dugan
1 |MP3| – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LoudLit.org
Published: June 2007
And, after listening check out the terrific commentary for this awesome story over on JackLondons.net.

By the way, in an interesting twist on alternative economic models LoudLit.org appears to use what I’ll call the “happy hostage” model of audiobook production. They record the productions, then release bits of them as the ransom donations come in. Currently ransomed is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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Orthopedic Horseshoes-Virtually a virtual mini-convention

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Orthopedic HorseshoesOrthopedic Horseshoes are Herb Kauderer and Alan Katerinsky.  It’s a podcast where they talk about things and talk to people, or as they say “A show where cranky old men discourse  on American Society and media.”  I listened to their last podcast entitled “Putting Lipstick on a Science Fiction Convention” and didn’t find them cranky at all.  Here’s what it’s about:

The episode features interviews with Anne Cecil about starting a convention, renowned SF author William Tenn (Philip Klass) about Theodore Sturgeon, and Nebula-winning author Mary Turzillo about her poetry collections Your Cat & Other Space Aliens, and Dragon Soup.
Cohosts Herb & Al try to capture the flavor of a Science Fiction convention by bringing their interviews from Confluence 2008. They also discuss filking, science, socializing, the hospitality suite, “Betelgeuse Bridge,” and NESFA Press.

I can vouch for the total righteousness of William Tenn and  for NESFA Press.

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Aural Delights: Lawrence Santoro + MORE

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Star Ship Sofa Podcast Science Fiction Magazine StarShipSofa: The Audio Science Fiction Magazine has a warning at the beginning of this story! Possibility the most horrific and harrowing tale the Sofa has run. BE WARNED!

Aural Delights No 46 Larry Santoro

Poem: Red Shifted Star by David Kopaska-Merkel 4:00

Flash Fiction: Faerie Husbandry by Church H. Tucker 04:11

New titles: Ben Bova, Vernor Vinge, Kelly Armstrong, Ian Irvine 16:40

Fact: Julie Davis Reviews JJ Campanella 12:00

Main Fiction: Little Girl Down The Way by Lawrence Santoro 30:00

Narrators: Dale Manley, Julie Davis Lawrence Santoro

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http://www.starshipsofa.com/rss

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LibriVox: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott

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LibriVoxRuth Golding writes in to say:

“I thought I would just drop you a line to let you know that we have today catalogued Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott at Librivox.org.”

Yes, we do find this of interest Ruth! There is another version available through Florida’s educational service (Lit2Go), but it’s nice to see a 100% FREE public domain version of this math fiction classic. This version is at least 3 years in the making, glad you stuck with it. Now, if this non-euclidean geometry headache will ever go away, I’ll give it a listen.

LibriVox Science Fiction - Flatland: A Romance Of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. AbbottFlatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
By Edwin A. Abbott; Read by Ruth Golding
9 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: October 12th 2008
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella’s more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as “The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions.” As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics and computer science students.

Podcast feed:

http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/flatland-a-romance-of-many-dimensions-by-edwin-abbott-abbott.xml

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Maria Lectrix Podcast: Code Three by Rick Raphael – a HUGO nominee

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The Maria Lectrix Podcast has more fiction content than the of other leading podcasts brands.

Clinical studies show that brushing your teeth while listening to a Maria Lectrix podcast prevents tooth decay and improves brain function.

In fact, 4 out of 5 lab-coated scientists agree that it’s public domain blend of humor and intelligence widens your smile while improving neuronal activity.*

Seriously though, Maureeen O’Brien, the ML podmistress/narrator of Maria Lectrix, has some of the best SF stories that ever get podcast. Here’s the latest, Code Three by Rick Raphael, it was originally published in the February 1963 issue of Analog. It promises to be a real contender for best SF story podcast in Autumn 2008. Want evidence? Here’s some: Code Three was nominated for a 1964 Hugo award! Here’s more: This story was later expanded to novel length!

Science Fiction Short Story Audiobook - Code Three by Rick RaphaelCode Three
By Rick Raphael; Read by Maureen O’Brien
7 MP3s – Approx. 3 Hours 4 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Maria Lectrix
Podcast: September – October 2008
“Code Three” is one of those speculative, gadget-filled, slice of life stories that some people will like and others find boring. I think it’s a rather interesting look at what someone in the early sixties thought that highways and law enforcement might be like in the eighties and nineties, if normal passenger cars had kept getting more powerful engines.
Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3 |MP3| Part 4 |MP3| Part 5 |MP3| Part 6 |MP3|
Part 7 |MP3|

*4 out of 5 un-lab-coated scientists are also in agreement, with the study, but the general public don’t trust their opinions as much

Posted by Jesse Willis

LibriVox: At The Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Another day, another FREE LibriVox Science Fiction Audiobook! Here’s the first in the ERB’s “Pellucidar” series, the second for which is already available (in a single voiced narration). This is the 10th ERB title to be completed for LibriVox. Nice!

LibriVox Science Fiction Audiobook - At The Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice BurroughsAt The Earth’s Core
By Edgar Rice Burroughs; Read by various
16 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 4 Hours 38 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: October 11th 2008
This is the first book in the Pellucidar series. Pellucidar is a fictional Hollow Earth milieu invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. The stories initially involve the adventures of mining heir David Innes and his inventor friend Abner Perry after they use an “iron mole” to burrow 500 miles into the earth’s crust.

Podcast feed:

http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/at-the-earths-core-by-edgar-rice-burroughs.xml

Posted by Jesse Willis