The latest Dragon Page Cover To Cover podcast has an interview with Science Fiction author Robert J. Sawyer who talks about his new novel Rollback, which is coming to hardcover in April and which was previously serialized in Analog Science Fiction magazine (unfortunately no audiobook for it is planned at this time). You can download the |MP3| directly or subscribe to the show’s XML feed:
http://www.dragonpage.com/podcastC2C.xml
Promos are a staple of podcasting, the idea behind a promo is that you make a little audio advertisement for your podcast and send it to other podcasters in the hopes they will include it in their podcast. And usually they do. Promos are often exchanged – if you play a promo it is only courteous to play the promo of the podcaster who played yours. Most promos follow a standard formula: Give a taste of what the show is like, give the podcast’s URL give the URL again. In the case of Tee Morris though, there’s a whole new level of fun happening. His recent promos and teasers are more than just advertising, they are entertainment in themselves. Tee gets other podcast novelists to play themselves in little scenarios getting taken out by a mobster voiced by Tee. If the promos and teasers are anything to go by the podcast novel Billibub Baddings And The Case Of The Singing Sword will rule. Check out the fun for yourself:
Teaser 1: |MP3| Sigler vs. Hutchins Teaser
Teaser 2: |MP3| Sigler & Hutchins getting Whacked again Teaser
Promo 1: |MP3| “Respect for Family” Promo
Promo 2: |MP3| “Fancy-pants Jenkins” Promo (PG-Rated Version) or R-Rated Version |MP3|
And you can have a listen to the first episode of the actual novel too |MP3|.
Get in early, subscribe the the official Billibub feed with this URL:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/billi
The Sci Phi Show has an interview with podcaster, editor and author Mur Lafferty. Join Host Jason Rennie as he talks with Mur about her serialized fiction on podiobooks.com Heaven and Hell. Download the |MP3| direct or subscribe to the podcast via this link:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSciPhiShow
The latest Rev Up Review and its host Paul S. Jenkins have an interview with fellow U.K. podcasters Tony C. Smith and Ciaran O’Carroll of the Starship Sofa Podcast. Tony and Ciaran relate the various sources for their seemingly random ruminations. And for the record boys, Heinlein is pronounced HINE-LINE with equal emphasis on both syllables. To hear the interview download the |MP3| directly, or feed your podcatching software this URL to subscribe:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/revupreview
Scott D. Danielson, Science Fiction author, blogger and SFFaudio editor Emeritus, who was recently mentioned March 2007’s Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine, has written in to remind me of The Audio Publishers Association’s annual awards: “The Audies” – The APA has released their Finalists List in a PDF. Actual “Audie” winners will be announced June 1st 2007. Bur in terms of finalists…
In the Science Fiction category are:
Callahan’s Legacy – Blackstone Audio
Stolen Child, Recorded Books
Street Magic – Full Cast Audio
The Incredible Shrinking Man – Blackstone Audio
Voyagers – Blackstone Audio
In the short story category, two are genre:
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, Harper Audio
Grown-up’s Halloween by Yuri Rasovsky, Blackstone Audio
Over 6 months in the making…
Thistlechick, a LibriVox Admin, spearheaded the campaign for this multi-reader audiobook. She reads the first 4 chapters herself and other LibriVox participants pick up the baton from there. Warlord Of Kor was originally published in 1963 as half of an Ace Double (# F177). It’s an interplanetary adventure in which humans probe the mysteries of the planet Hirlaj and the few remaining aliens who live there.
Warlord Of Kor
By Terry Carr; Read by various readers
10 Zipped MP3 Files – 3 Hours 26 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Completed: January 19th 2007
Backward world — or secret outpost of another galaxy? …Now they would attempt further to discover the forbidden directives of Kor. Horng remembered, somewhere far back in the fossil layers of his thoughts, a warning. They must be stopped! If he had to, he would stamp out these creatures who were called ‘humans.’
I had listed this novel on our first SFFaudio Challenge, but it doesn’t qualify because of the multiple narrators. Warlord Of Kor by Terry Carr, is still, therefore, listed on the challenge list. Thistlechick sez: “I completely mispronounced the main character’s name throughout my readings… and I suspect that some of the alien names will be pronouced differently by everyone… you are welcome to pronounce the names however you like, or you may download and listen to one of my recordings to hear how I have pronounced them… but I’m not splitting hairs on this one” If someone wants to take up a single voiced reading for our challenge, we should probably first get a good answer on how to pronounce the names: “Hirlaj, Rynason, Malhomme and Horng.” Anyone have any opinions?