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The Sonic Society is RABID after a bite of Crazy Dog’s The Silver Tounged Devil

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The latest Sonic Society podcast includes one of Crazy Dog Audio Theatre‘s Diabolic Playhouse segments that was originally broadcast on RTÉ (Ireland National Radio). We’ve recently been debating the difference in quality between professional and amateur audio drama. Check out this show to see the professionals as The Sonic Society is presenting…
The Silver Tounged Devil The Silver Tongued Devil
A documentary of poetry, pretension, and possession.

We reviewed this show and the rest of the Diabolic Playhouse series in early 2005, this is what Scott wrote about “The Silver Tongued Devil”: “This entire piece is done like a radio documentary, NPR-style, complete with interviews of average people about the ‘Silver Tongued Devil’. The actors who did these segments were perfect! If I had listened to this on the radio without knowing that Crazy Dog had done it, I’d have thought it was news. Who is the ‘Silver Tongued Devil’? He’s an incredibly famous poet from Cork who has the god-like ability to make people swoon with his words. Again, the piece is multi-layered, achieving both hilarity and poignancy.”

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Nina Kimberly The Merciless by Christiana Ellis: COMPLETED

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Christiana Ellis, who I was lucky enough to meet at WorldCon 2006, has now completed her podcast novel Nina Kimberly The Merciless. It is the comedic adventure story of a teenage barbarian princess faced with the task of dispensing with an obnoxious royal suitor. I haven’t finished listening yet, I’m still laughing and snorting my way through her topsy turvy adventure world, but it is fair to say that Nina comes off like Robert E. Howard’s Conan as channeled through Joss Whedon’s Buffy, with an added dash of Arrested Development. Ellis knows how to exploit fantasy’s well-trod paths for comic effect. If you’d been waiting for it to complete before starting now you can!

Nina Kimberly The Merciless
By Christiana Ellis; Read by Christiana Ellis
24 Chapters + 1 Question Show – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Podiobooks.com
Completed: September 2006

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The official George R.R. Martin Podcast launches

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It looks like George R. R. Martin has been persuaded to join the growing ranks of Random House authors who’ll be doing “limited run” podcasts to promote their works. In eight episodes, George will “cover a range of topics from the birth of his acclaimed saga, to his experiences in Hollywood, to ‘weird stuff,’ and even reads an excerpt from his new paperback novel A Feast For Crows.” Out now is:

Episode 1: The Birth of A Song of Ice and Fire
In this first episode, George R. R. Martin discusses the origin of his bestselling “A Song of Ice and Fire” cycle.

You can subscribe to the podcast by plugging this feed into your podcatcher:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheGeorgeRRMartinPodcast

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BBC7’s The 7th Dimension does the classics: 2001: A Space Odyssey and Brave New World

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BBC7’s the 7th Dimension will be airing two Science Fiction classics back to back starting monday weekdays for two weeks. First, Arthur C. Clarke’s novel 2001: A Space Odyssey as produced by radio legend Dirk Maggs. Followed by a definitely abridged version of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Details follow…

2001: A Space Odyssey
By Arthur C. Clarke; Read by William Roberts
10 X 15 Minute Episodes – Approx. 2.5 Hours [ABRIDGED?]
BROADCASTER: BBC7’s The 7th Dimension
BROADCAST: Monday to Friday at 6:30pm (repeats 12:30am) UK Time*
When an enigmatic monolith is found buried on the moon, scientists are amazed to discover that it’s at least 3 million years old; the spaceship Discovery, its highly trained crew and self-aware, ultra-capable computer, HAL are sent to investigate.

*This has been broadcast twice before: (in 2001 on BBC Radio 4 and on BBC7 in November 2005)

Brave New World
By Aldous Huxley; Read by Anton Lesser
10 X 15 Minute Episodes – Approx. 2.5 Hours [ABRIDGED]
BROADCASTER: BBC7’s The 7th Dimension
BROADCAST: Monday to Friday at 6:45pm (repeats 12:45am) UK Time*
A nightmare vision of the future, where humans are battery farmed and cloning and consumerism is rife.

*This has been broadcast at least once before on BBC Radio 4

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

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RTÉ Radio 1 makes ‘tax breaks for sexual intimacy’ Radio Drama

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Our UK correspondent, Roy, reports that RTÉ Radio 1 (Ireland Public Radio) will be airing another promising sounding show this Sunday (October 8th @ 20:02) in their “Sunday Playhouse” slot.

It is 2021 and with falling birth rates, tax breaks are available for sexual intimacy. But only for the right kind of couple… The Intimacy Initiative by Gerard Stembridge is the second in RTÉ Radio 1’s Drama Human Right’s Season and explores notions of sexual rights.

The Intimacy Initiative
By Gerard Stembridge; Performed by a FULL CAST
Radio Broadcast – Approx 1 Hour [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: RTÉ Radio 1
Broadcast: Sunday Oct 8th 2006

Thanks Roy!

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SciFiDimensions article on Science Fiction podcasts

SciFiDimensions is a substantive internet review and interview magazine that’s been publishing monthly since 2000.The site’s editor, John C. Snider, has just compiled a short article that talks about Science Fiction and Fantasy related podcasts. Our very own Time Traveler and his The Time Traveler Show get mention, as do Escape Pod, Pseudopod, Starship Sofa, Atlanta Radio Theater Company‘s new podcast and 7th Son Conspicuously present is the often included, but never SF, Skepticality. I love Skepticality, I truly do, but it doesn’t belong on a list of SF & F shows. If you add one really good show that isn’t SF to the list you violate your list policy. Regardless, the article is a good place to start if you don’t yet know where to start listening. Once you read it, come back here, we’ll give you the advanced course.

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