Author: Jesse Willis

LibriVox: Collected Public Domain Works of H.P. Lovecraft

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LibriVoxNow here is a surprise! A brand new collection of public domain H. P. Lovecraft stories read by a devoted team of LibriVox readers. Many of these have been released by LibriVox before, in various collections, and with different readers. This will be handy for podcast listeners who want to have quick access to stories that will freak their heads off. 24 tales by the master of the mind-blasting macabre. No podcast feed is up yet, but I expect that will change shortly.

LibriVox Horror - Collected Public Domain Works of H.P. LovecraftCollected Public Domain Works of H. P. Lovecraft
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by various
25 Zipped MP3 Files – Approx. 7 Hours 40 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: October 17, 2008
H. P. Lovecraft’s name is synonymous with horror fiction. His major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. This collection contains 24 Lovecraft works that are in the public domain. You’ll find more versions of these stories throughout LibriVox’s short story collections and short horror story collections.

The Alchemist
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by: Keith Worrell
1 |MP3| – Approx. 19 [UNABRIDGED]

The Beast In The Cave
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Scott Carpenter
1 |MP3| – Approx. 14 [UNABRIDGED]

Beyond the Wall of Sleep
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by D.E. Wittkower
1 |MP3| – Approx. 33 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Cats of Ulthar
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by jpontoli

1 |MP3| – Approx. 9 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Celephais
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Garrett Fitzgerald

1 |MP3| – Approx. 20 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Crawling Chaos
1 |MP3| – Approx. 17 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Joseph Canna

Dagon
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Michael Sample
1 |MP3| – Approx. 15 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Doom That Came to Sarnath
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by: Matt Bohnhoff
1 |MP3| – Approx. 18 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Ex Oblivione
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by jpontoli
1 |MP3| – Approx. 5 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by: Victoria Horsman
1 |MP3| – Approx. 34 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Herbert West: Reanimator
2 MP3s – Approx. 80 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by: Matt Bohnhoff
Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Memory
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Varra Unreal
1 |MP3| – Approx. 3 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Music of Erich Zann
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Cameron Halket
1 |MP3| – Approx. 19 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Nameless City
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Scott Carpenter
1 |MP3| – Approx. 28 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Nyarlathotep
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Durant Haire
1 |MP3| – Approx. 8 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Picture in the House
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Sandra Zera
1 |MP3| – Approx. 24 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Polaris
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by jpontoli
1 |MP3| – Approx. 10 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

A Reminiscence Of Dr. Samuel Johnson
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Cameron Halket
1 |MP3| – Approx. 12 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Statement of Randolph Carter
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Joseph Canna
1 |MP3| – Approx. 13 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Street
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Sarah Jennings
1 |MP3| – – 00:14:31 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Terrible Old Man
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Keith Worrell
1 |MP3| – Approx. 7 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Tomb
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by jpontoli
1 |MP3| – Approx. 26 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Tree
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Michael Sample
1 |MP3| – Approx. 11 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The White Ship
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by D.E. Wittkower
1 |MP3| – Approx. 20 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

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ABC RN’s Philosopher’s Zone on Frankenstein

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ABC Radio National - The Philosopher’s ZoneABC Radio National has some of the best podcast radio shows. It rivals the Canadian Podcasting Corporation’s own terrific podcasts in many respects. One show I get to talk about here every once in a while is The Philosopher’s Zone. The latest show to makes me say: “Hey, check it out.” is…

|MP3| It’s alive! Frankenstein, science and philosophy in the Romantic period

The show talks about a new collection of essays about Mary Shelly’s novel and the science of her era.

I took a Women’s Studies course that talked a lot about the feminist interpretations of the novel. The arguments made, made a lot of sense, and still do. But, this show delivers other arguments.

Subscribe to the podcast feed:

http://abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/pze.xml

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METAtropolis from Audible Frontiers: Lake, Scalzi, Bear, Buckell, Schroeder

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Audible Frontiers - METAtropolis : The Dawn Of UncivilizationMETAtropolis
By Jay Lake, John Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Karl Schroeder; Read by Michael Hogan, Scott Brick, Kandyse McClure, Alessandro Juliani and Stefan Rudnicki
Audible Download – Approx. 9 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Audible Frontiers
Published October 21st 2008
Five novellas by five of the hottest SF authors of today.
Novellas included:
In the Forests of the Night by Jay Lake; read by Michael Hogan
High in Oregon’s Cascades, a mysterious stranger named Tygre Tygre walks into the off-the-grid settlement known as Cascadiopolis and claims asylum. He is a man with no past and seemingly otherworldly abilities. Will he be the Cascadians’ salvation?
Stochasti-city by Tobias Buckell; read by Scott Brick
OK, Reg. You’re a bouncer who’s barely eking out a meager existence in the decaying Wilds outside Detroit. So a little job tracking the Eddies on their patrols seems like easy money. Well, think again, Reg. Because a riot’s about to happen… and you’re going to be the cause…
The Red in the Sky is Our Blood by Elizabeth Bear; read by Kandyse McClure
How does the stranger know Cadie’s real name – and why she’s on the run – and what it all has to do with the Ukrainian mob? He’s offering her freedom from possessions and a totally new way of life. But he wants just this one little favor…
Utere Nihil… by John Scalzi; read by Alessandro Juliani
The only thing Benji lacks more than ambition is luck. And his new job has to be the lowest of the low. But something is stirring in the zero-footprint economy of New St. Louis. And Benji’s about to find himself chin deep in the muck!
To Hie from Far Cilenia by Karl Schroeder; read by Stefan Rudnicki
Gennady’s an expert on nukes, so when the Interpol man hires him to track some stolen plutonium, it seems like business as usual. Except for this: all signs lead to – a place that doesn’t exist.

Listen to two METAtropolis authors discussion (John Scalzi and Tobias Buckell) |MP3| disucss the collection…

“The authors converse about writing for audio, how they artfully handle peculiar prose called infodumps, and the fun behind world-building in collaboration. How this team of five incorporated their lives into their novellas for METAtropolis and whether their frightening visions of the future could ever happen are also among the topics covered.”

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METAtropolis sample

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Audible Free Listen METAtropolis“Cascadiapoplis,” it sounds like some fictional city between Vancouver and Seattle. Which is appropriate given Michael Hogan’s Vancouver accent (Hogan is originally from Ontario, but his accent sounds Vancouver).
|MP3|

In what I think is the first ever pre-order for an audio exclusive title, Audible.com is offering an immediate novella download for those who Pre-order METAtropolis (set to release on October 21st). By pre-ordering you’ll get the opening novella, In the Forests of the Night by Jay Lake, delivered to your Audible Library immediately. Then, on October 21, 2008, they’ll automatically drop the full, nine-hour audiobook (one download with all five exclusive novellas) into your Audible Library.

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