American Army soldier and blogger Andrew Olmsted used some poignant Babylon 5 quotes in his final blog entry – his own obituarty.
“‘I will see you again, in the place where no shadows fall.’
Ambassador Delenn, Babylon 5I don’t know if there is an afterlife; I tend to doubt it, to be perfectly honest. But if there is any way possible, Amanda, then I will live up to Delenn’s words, somehow, some way. I love you.”
Have a listen to the NPR story HERE.
Posted by Jesse Willis
Mark F. Smith, the narrator behind The First Men in the Moon, Greylorn, Tarzan Of The Apes, The Mysterious Island, and plenty more public domain Science Fiction, has released another classic SF novel through LibriVox.org. Mark sez of his latest: “This book is a sequel to an earlier Verne novel, Robur the Conqueror, but enough detail is given to fully appreciate this story without having first read the other.”
The Master Of The World
By Jules Verne; Read by Mark F. Smith
18 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: January 2008
Chief Inspector Strock gets the tough cases. When a volcano suddenly appears to threaten mountain towns of North Carolina amid the non-volcanic Blue Ridge Mountains, Strock is posted to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle traveling at multiples of the top speed of the entrants, Strock is consulted. When an odd-shaped boat is sighted moving at impossible speeds off the New England coast, Stock and his boss begin to wonder if the incidents are related. And when Strock gets a hand-lettered note warning him to abandon his investigation, on pain of death, he is intrigued rather than deterred. Set in a period when gasoline engines were in their infancy and automobiles were rare, and when even Chief Inspectors had to engage a carriage and horses to move about, the appearance of a vehicle that can move at astounding speeds on land, on water – and as later revealed, underwater and through the air – marks a technological advance far beyond the reach of nations. It is technology invented by and for the sole benefit of a man who styles himself (with some justification) “The Master of the World.”
Subscribe to the complete podcast audiobook via this feed:
http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/the-master-of-the-world-by-jules-verne.xml
Posted by Jesse Willis
Maureen O’Brien has been quietly podcasting since September 2005, we’ve been talking about her since October 2006 when she podcast her first public domain SF novel. Since then she’s narrated an impressive collection: The Lani People by J.F. Bone, The Devolutionist by Homer Eon Flint, Star Hunter by Andre Norton, Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper and Dawn of Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum. Her latest novel is one from our SFFaudio Challenge…Maureen sez of it:
“Legacy (aka A Tale of Two Clocks) is a darned good book by one of my favorite SF authors, James H. Schmitz. He’s best known for his Telzey Amberdon psi sci-fi stories (set in the same Galactic Hub as Legacy and including some of the same characters) and his very funny space opera The Witches of Karres. This book is a sequel to the short story “Harvest Time”, but you don’t have to read that first to understand this book. (I didn’t read it till after.) So welcome to the Hub, and say hello to your new friend, Trigger Argee! She’s not in the best mood when we first meet her, but you’ll like her even so.”
Six, of a total of 29 chapters, are out already…
Legacy
By James H. Schmitz; Read by Maureen O’Brien
Podcast – [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Maria Lectrix
Podcast: January 2008 –
Strange ancient machines possessing vast power have been discovered. Ruthless people want to control them. Governments, industries, and universities claw for jurisdiction, and scientists for discoveries and status. Trigger Argee just wants to go home and see her boyfriend — but first, she’s got a lot of mess to sort out.
Check it out on the Maria Lectrix podcast feed:
http://marialectrix.wordpress.com/category/fiction/science-fiction/feed/
Posted by Jesse Willis
Relentless blog-whore that he is, I gave my good buddy Tony Smith the task of writing up a bit about the latest offerings on his Star Ship Sofa podcast. Here’s what Tony (who thinks he can’t write) wrote:
“Following on from the brilliant series of Michael Moorcock stories, the one and only StarShipSofa has gone and got themselves a darn fine futuristic story by 2007 Hugo Nominee, Peter Watts… and if that wasn’t enough, hasn’t Peter Watts narrated this story himself and he also gives a small insight into how this particular tale came about. If you have not already subscribed to the StarShipSofa, then I urge all to do so. They have some fine tales due out soon from the likes of Harry Harrison, Kevin J Anderson, John Varley, Bradley Denton, Pat Murphy and Bruce Sterling among others – so be warned – subscribe or miss out on some fine oral delights!”
I love how Tony talks, and guess what, he writes just like how he talks – “oral delights” – just what kind of show is this?
Star Ship Sofa has consistently proved that it is THE podcast place in which you’ll find discussion of SF authors and their works. At this very moment I’m listening to Tony talk knowledgeably about Hal Clement (Show #73 |MP3|) – for some reason his sidekick, the unflappable Ciaran O’Carroll is absent from the latest show).
Plug this podcast URL into your podcatcher to get the feed automatically:
http://starshipsofa.libsyn.com/rss
Posted by Jesse Willis
SimplyAudiobooks.com has placed approximately 800 of their audiobook titles on sale for “50% off”! Many of em are Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror. They all appear to be CD editions, likely these are used rental CDs being cleared in order to make room for more MP3-CDs.
[Via RedFlagDeals.ca]
Posted by Jesse Willis
Macmillan Audio (formerly Audio Renaissance) has covertly posted an interview with technothrillerist Douglas Preston talking about his new novel Blasphemy – part of the plot for which sounds eerily similar to Bill DeSmedt’s Singularity. Have a listen |M3U|.
Posted by Jesse Willis