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Maine Radio Show plays previously podcast Science Fiction

Online Audio

Paul Cole and Ron Huber host a local radio show on WRFR (93.3 FM) in Rockland, ME called Beam Me Up. On their show they discuss Science and Science Fiction from sources like “movies, audio, radio, books and music.” The show airs on Sundays between 4 & 5pm (EST). There, they interview Science Fiction readers, talk about Science Fiction news and play unabridged fiction from podcast sources like Escape Pod and Craphound (Cory Doctorow’s podcast).

If you aren’t in mid-coast Maine, or even if you are, you can subscribe to the podcast via this feed:

http://beameup.podomatic.com/rss2.xml

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BBC Radio 7 has a Daphne Du Maurier novel

Online Audio

BBC7’s the 7th Dimension has just started an unabridged reading of a Daphne Du Maurier novel. Described as “[A] gripping tale of history mixed with horror, and an original approach to time travel. Of all her works it was apparently the author’s favourite.”

The House on the Strand
By Daphne Du Maurier; Read by Julian Wadham
12 half-hour segments – Approx. 6 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
BROADCASTER: BBC Radio 7
AIRING: Monday to Friday at 6.30pm adn 12.30am UK Time

This will be avilable via the Listen Again service shortly after it airs.

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Silent Universe Episode 3 Streets

SFFaudio Online Audio

Episode 3 of J. Marcus Xavier’s Silent Universe is up and ready for download. This is probably the highest profile Science Fiction podcast available, production values and acting are very high with a compelling story and it includes a “choose your own adventure” style twist. There are three ways to get the show:

1. You can download it directly from this LINK.

2. You can subscribe to the FREE podcast with this link:

http://www.silentuniverse.com/silentuniverse.xml

3. You can upgrade to the CD-quality stereo version for a small fee (your payment will help support continued episodes).

The previous two instalments are also available.

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Shimmer Zine: Summer 2006 Featured Author Short Story In MP3

SFFaudio Online Audio

Shimmer Magazine, the quarterly Speculative Fiction magazine, is offering another free MP3 short story in their Featured Author section.

Gnome Season
By Michael Livingston; Read by Michael Livingston
1 MP3 File – 28 Minutes 16 Seconds [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Shimmerzine.com
Published: Summer 2006
This story is funny, well read, and thoughtful. I’ve never trusted Garden Gnomes, and after listening to this tale neither will you.

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Escape Pod asks: "What first inspired you to become passionate about Science Fiction?"

SFFaudio @ Worldcon 2006

During Worldcon, Stephen Eley, editor of Escape Pod, the premier podcast Science Fiction magazine, took time out on Saturday August 26th from organizing the Podcast party and doing several panels, to tour the dealers room, mic in hand, asking the con attendees: “What first inspired you to become passionate about science fiction?”

Many friendly people took time out to answer including: Rachel Turtledove (Harry Turtledove‘s daughter and fellow SF writer), Tim Pratt (Escape Pod alumnus), Douglas Triggs (official bannerman for Escape Pod and SFFaudio both), Johnathan Gage, Mike Resnick (Escape Pod alumnus), Vera Nazarian (SF&F author), Jetse de Vries (SF author and Interzone editor) and more!

Listen to the 9 minute MP3 documentary HERE.

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Visit Worldcon via NPR’s Weekend America

SFFaudio @ Worldcon 2006

It seems Weekend America (NPR) correspondent Krissy Clark dropped in at Worldcon and we’ve got the link to audio story she broadcast on Saturday August 26th. Krissy talked to panelists Nick Sagan (SF author and son of Carl Sagan), the legendary James Gunn and Paolo Bacigalupi (who was nominated for a Hugo in the Novelette category), and a few other folks.

You can listen to the eight minute segment via Realaudio HERE or you can subscribe to the Weekend America podcast via this feed (the segment can be found near the begining of hour one):

http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/rss/podcast/podcast.xml

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