Paul Maclean (aka Paul Of Cthulhu) kindly wrote in to say that he’s got An interview With Charles Stross up and ready for listening over on Yog-Sothoth.com. It was recorded at a EasterCon 2009. Here’s the |MP3| or you can subscribe to the Yog-Sothoth podcast feed:
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/podcast.xml
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ROBERT J. SAWYER now has his own entry in our AUTHOR PAGES section. On it you’ll find a listing of all the Robert J. Sawyer audiobooks, MP3s of interviews and lectures he’s given, as well as a podcast short story. We’ve also added a HuffDuffer podcast feed for him too!
Podcast Feed: http://huffduffer.com/jessewillis/tags/robert_j._sawyer/rss
iTunes 1-Click |SUBSCRIBE|
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BLACK SCREEN, RISING MUSIC…
In the year 1988 the crime rate in the United States rises 400%. The once great city of New York becomes the one maximum security prison for the entire country. A fifty foot containment wall is erected along the New Jersey shoreline, across the Harlem river, and down along the Brooklyn shorline. It completely surrounds Manhattan Island. All bridges and waterways are mined. The United States Police Force, like an army, is encamped around the island. The prison’s name: New York Maximum Security Penitentiary, Manhattan Island. There are no guards inside the prison, only prisoners, and the worlds they have made. The year now… 1997.
Stevie Farnaby, (aka the voice of Conan from Queen Of The Black Coast) writes in to boast of his new project with Queen Of The Black Coast scripter Bill Hollweg. It’s a fan audio drama version of Escape From New York. Sez Stevie:
“This was a total joy of a series to produce. Bill Hollweg did an absolutely amazing job adapting the scripts, and there’s quite simply some of the finest VAs [voice actors] in the business on the show, giving some of their finest performances. As for the Production values, I went into sonic overdrive on this one, and created the audio equivalent of a thermo nuclear Strike ! – LOL I genuinely believe this to be one of the most groundbreaking and innovative shows around. The word, ‘explosive’ seems to fall woefully short of describing it.”
This isn’t exactly a re-imagining, more of a tribute to the original, but one that fills in more details. My hope is that in a later episode we’ll see the head of the Statue Of Liberty lying on a Manhattan Street (like in the poster).
Episode one is online now check it out |MP3| or subscribe…
Podcast feed:
http://brokensea.com/efny/feed/
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Jeff Rutherford, of the Reading And Writing Podcast, writes in to say:
I thought you’d be interested in this podcast interview I just posted with Taylor Anderson, author of the Destroyermen series from Roc.
Yeah, I am interested. I spotted Anderson’s unique series recently over on Tantor Media‘s website. The series is about a U.S. Navy warship that, like the terrific movie The Final Countdown (1980), travels through an otherworldly storm. But instead of a journey in time (as in The Final Countdown) the Destroyermen has the U.S.S. Walker traveling to an alternate Earth where a fierce war between Lemurians and Grik (sentient but non-human mammals and reptiles) is raging. After hearing the interview I think we should get a copy of the first novel in for review.
Have a listen |MP3|
Subscribe to the podcast:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ReadingAndWritingPodcast
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For those with Audible.com accounts there’s a classic Rudyard Kipling tale available. Sez audible:
“For anyone with kids, nieces or nephews, download this classic free”
That “FREE” is likely for a very limited time.
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
By Rudyard Kipling; Read by Sumeet Bharati
Audible Download – Approx. 40 [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Audible Kids
Published: 2008
“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”, a short story from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, is about the adventures of a valiant young mongoose.
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Julie Davis, of the Forgotten Classics podcast, did me a personal favour by recording one of James Powell’s stories for me. The tale, Dark Possessions, was first published in the February 1992 issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
I dig this tale because it showcases just how creative James Powell’s writing is. He manages to surprise the reader, yet he does so within the very rigid traditions of the mystery genre. Let me explain. Dark Possessions is a murder mystery. A locked room murder mystery. A locked room murder mystery years set after the event. A locked room murder mystery set years after the event and solved by furniture.
FURNITURE!
Oh and it’s a ghost story too!
And, last but not least, Julie does an amazing job bringing it to life! Have a listen…
Dark Possessions
By James Powell; Read by Julie Davis
1 |MP3| File – Approx. 20 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Forgotten Classics
Podcast: April 26th 2009
A little something extra from the mind of James Powell, in which we have a deep experience of mystery and furniture.
Posted by Jesse Willis