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Escape Pod gets a FAN podcast: Retrieval Detachment

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The Retrieval Detachment podcast takes its name from the job it does, analyzing Escape Pod (and other Science Fiction podcasts). This is the first EPod fan podcast that I know of. It’s really nice to know that there are people as dedicated to short fiction as we are. Who needs another Harry Potter podcast anyway right?

The Detachment seeks to discuss the sci-fi and fantasy behind the stories, whether it’s nanotech, cooking up an immortality potion, or employing zombies as a workforce. The hope is to expand on the concepts presented in the story, and maybe presenting an idea or two that might not have been readily apparent.

Episode 001:|MP3|
The first episode, show hosts discuss the concepts behind the Escape Pod story Nano Comes To Clifford Falls by Nancy Kress.

Episode 002:|MP3|
Discuss the concepts behind the Escape Pod stories Paradox And Greenblatt, Attorneys At Law by Kevin J. Anderson, and I Look Forward To Remembering You by Mur Lafferty.

Subscribe to the show via this feed:

http://podcast.radiocaravan.com/detach.xml

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FREE Paul Levinson novellete In WMA format – But it doesn’t work!

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~~Hey cool!~~ Uncool! It seems that Listen & Live Audiobooks have tried to released a radio dramatization of Paul Levinson’s novellette The Chronology Protection Case for FREE as a promotion for their abridged version of his novel The Conciousness Plague (which we reviewed). SpokenNetwork.com has THE FILE available after you sign in (FREE) and make an account (FREE).

The Chronology Protection Case
Based on the novellette by Paul Levinson; Performed by Mark Shanahan
1 WMA File – 38 Minutes 37 Seconds [RADIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Listen & Live Audio
Published: 2003
ISBN: 1593160399

The Chronology Protection Case radio play, a science fiction murder mystery, features Shanahan in the role of Dr. Phil D’Amato, the forensic detective who appears in Levinson’s acclaimed novels, “The Silk Code,” “The Consciousness Plague” and “The Pixel Eye.” When D’Amato is approached by the distraught wife of a missing scientist whose work is embroiled in secrecy, he is plunged into an adventure with a terrifying and powerful force of nature at the heart of a series of mysterious deaths.

The “radio play” of The Chronology Protection Case was adapted by Mark Shanahan with Paul Levinson, based on the novelette by Paul Levinson which first appeared in the pages of Analog Magazine in September, 1995. The script of the radio adaptation was nominated for a prestigious Edgar Allan Poe Award as “Best Play of 2003” by the Mystery Writers of America. It was initially performed live before a studio audience at the Museum of TV & Radio in September of 2002. It was subsequently recorded at CDM Studios in New York City in 2003, featuring a cast of nine actors, with an original sound design and score.

Unfortunately the damn thing doesn’t work on my Windows XP OS using my Windows Media Player! If you are going to release something for free to generate a positive buzz you’ve got to make sure it actually will work. Stupid WMA format.

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The Time Traveler Show Podcast # 9: Features Sam Mowry & a Jack Vance short story!

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The Time Traveler Show podcast #9 is out, this one’s a “Halloween Special.” The featured tale is a short story by the legendary Jack Vance. Entitled When The Five Moons Rise it is read by Sam A Mowry of The Willamett Radio Workshop. When The Five Moons Rise first was first published in the March 1954 issue of “Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine.”

Oh and stay tuned to the end of the podcast to hear a special H.G.Wells & Orson Welles duo radio interview from 1940!

When The Five Moons Rise
By Jack Vance; Read by Sam A. Mowry
1 MP3 File – [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: October 2006
Podcast: TheTimeTravelerShow.com

To read the complete show notes for podcast #9 click HERE.

Subscribe to the podcast to listen for free:

http://www.timetravelershow.com/shows/feed.xml

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New Podcast: Behind The Scenes at Darker Projects

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Darker Projects is a collective of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror audio drama projects with a dark edge. I’ve mentioned this umbrella organization a few times on SFFaudio already, and we are currently working on an extended examination of all the shows they produce. But I just had to post up a little something about the new meta-podcast, they’ve created. Here is the RSS feed:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/BehindTheScenesAtDarkerProjects

Or download the show direct:

Intro |MP3|
Episode 1 |MP3|

“You might already know that Darker Projects is one of the premiere sources of quality audio fiction on the internet. What you might not know is where a lot of these great ideas come from. This podcast brings you the voices of those responsible for the great content you hear on Darker Projects. Hear interviews from producers, composers, writers and actors. Have a look behind the scenes… at Darker Projects.”

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BBC7 has Doctor Who, Oscar Wilde and Piers Anthony

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BBC7’s the 7th Dimension will be airing three outstanding aural delights this coming week…

Doctor Who – The Stones of Venice (an 8th Doctor Adventure)
By Paul Mags; Performed by a Full Cast
BROADCASTER: BBC7
BROADCAST: Sunday at 6pm and midnight (U.K. Time)
This Doctor takes his companion, Charley, on a break. But has he got the right time? Soon they’re embroiled in the decadent court of a tired Duke and his search for his beloved wife. The curse of the long since dead Duchess has finally come to pass and the enchanted city of Venice is sinking beneath the canals. Starring Paul McGann as the Doctor and India Fisher as Charley.
This is a Big Finish production!

The Canterville Ghost
By Oscar Wilde; Read by Alistair McGowan
BROADCASTER: BBC7
BROADCAST: Monday to Wednesday at 6:30pm and 12:30am (U.K. Time)
When American Minister, Hiram B. Otis signs the deeds for Canterville Chase he not only buys a piece of English heritage, he also inherits a most troublesome ghost. No sooner have Mr Otis and his family moved into their new home than they come up against this unruly spirit. A battle of wills ensues – the ghost devising ever more elaborate hauntings to oust the interlopers who just refuse to be frightened.
It is the Minister’s only daughter, Virginia, who tries to look beyond the ghost’s evil ways and understand why he behaves as he does. Characteristic of Wilde’s early fairy tales, where innocence and true love triumph over evil, this beautifully crafted story combine’s wry amusement with poignancy.

The Ghost Galexies
By Piers Anthony; Read by Stephen Hogan
BROADCASTER: BBC7
BROADCAST: 6:30pm and 12:30am (U.K. Time)
In the not too distant future, when travelling at light speed is in its infancy, the crew of the spaceship, Meg II, are sent on a mission to discover the fate of their sister ship, Meg I. As they hurtle at mind-bending speeds towards the outer limits of the Milky Way, they are forced to confront the terror of the unknown – what lies beyond the rim of our universe?

These will all be avilable via the Listen Again service shortly after they air.

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The Sci Phi Show interviews Science Fiction author Robert J. Sawyer

The Sci Phi Show, has an exclusive interview with Hugo and Nebula award winning author Robert J. Sawyer. I got a chance to hear the half-hour interview early and it’s a real cracker! Jason and Rob talk about Rob’s newest novel, Rollback, the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, and its relationship to the writing of Golden Fleece. Ever wonder what sciences influence an authors works? Rob expounds on the origins of many of his novels, how he likes to bridge the “grandly cosmic” and the “intimately human.” Rob even confides about which is his favorite of his many novels. This is probably the most exciting guest Jason’s had on his show, and if you haven’t been listening he’s had some weighty philosophers on.

Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed via this link:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSciPhiShow

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