Author: Jesse Willis

UK Radio Programme Welcome To Mars available as a podcast

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Welcome To Mars (1947-1959)Welcome To Mars (1947-1959) is a fascinating collection of non-fiction oddments about the fantastic futuristic world of the fifties. Presenter Ken Hollings in a live twelve-part series reflects on the “fantasy of science” in the early years of the American Century.

“Between 1947 and 1959, the future was written about, discussed and analysed with such confidence that it became a tangible presence. This is a story of weird science, strange events and even stranger beliefs, set in an age when the possibilities for human development seemed almost limitless.”

The show is broadcast live on Wednesdays at 3.30pm GMT on Resonance FM (104.4 FM) in the UK and podcast to the world via XML feed:

http://www.simonsound.co.uk/podcasts/marspodcast.xml

Episodes released so far:

Part 1: 1947: Rebuilding Lemuria |MP3|
Part 2: 1948-49: Flying Saucers over America |MP3|
Part 3: 1950: Cheapness and Splendour |MP3|
Part 4: 1951: Absolute Elsewhere |MP3|
Part 5: 1952: Red Planet |MP3|
Part 6: 1953: Other Tongues, Other Flesh |MP3|
Part 7: 1954: Meet The Monsters |MP3|
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1967 Radio Drama of a Science Fiction classic available for FREE in MP3

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Via BoingBoing.net…

“In 1967, WBAI produced a two-hour radio dramatization of Samuel R. Delany’s first short piece [a novellette] of SF, ‘The Star-Pit’, with narration by Delany himself.” That broadcast is now available as 4 FREE Mp3s, all of which are downloadable HERE, along with a fascinating article chronicling the radio drama’s production history. Enjoy!

Benjamen Walker's Theory Of EverythingThe Star Pit
By Samuel R. Delany; Perfomed by a Full Cast
4 MP3 Files – Approx. 2 Hours [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: Mind’s Eye Theater / WBAI FM New York
Broadcast: 1967
A tale of loneliness and difference, about grounded workers who service the starships that will travel the galaxy.

All four parts:

Part One (24.3 MB)
Part Two (23.7 MB)
Part Three (22.8 MB)
Part Four (25.9 MB)

Performers: Samuel R. Delany, Baird Searles, Randa Haynes, Walter Harris, Jerry Matts, Joan Tanner and Phoebe Wray.
Produced by Baird Searles
Production Assistant Neal Conan
Directed by Daniel Landau
Music and Sound Effects by Susan Schweers
Technical Direction by David Rabkin and Ed Woodward

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The First Podcast Novel To Go Hard Copy Audiobook

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As mentioned recently, Brave Men Run author Matthew Wayne Selznick has turned his first podcast novel into an audiobook and here it is, available to be purchased!

The Brave Men Run Audio CollectionThe Brave Men Run Audio Collection
By Matthew Wayne Selznick; Read by Matthew Wayne Selznick
1 MP3-CD – Approx 6.5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Matthew Selznick / Lulu.com
Published: 2006
This special collection features the entire text of Brave Men Run, read by the author, and the very special audio-only short story, Brenhurst’s Tale – Another View of ‘Brave Men Run’ that originally was heard on the Brave Men Run Podcast. “Brenhurst’s Tale” is not available in print or e-book, and will only be available in audio formats for at least the next five years! This is the same reading as heard in the podcast, but without the introductions, “outros,” and other non-story material.

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MP3 documentary on Stanislaw Lem

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Benjamen Walker's Theory Of EverythingBenjamen Walker‘s Theory Of Everything, which we first mentioned back when Ben did a show on Philip K. Dick, has made a similar eclectic audio mini audio document about recently deceased SF author Stanislaw Lem. In the piece both Ben and his friend Bill Marx mourn the death of the influential author and reminisce, in part “about how if Lem didn’t get the Nobel prize for literature before he died [they] would have to go to Stockholm and fuck shit up”. You can download the MP3 about Lem HERE.

And by the way, the original PKD documentlet is available HERE too (it was the very first T.O.E. show).

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BBC Radio 7 and The 7th Dimension

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BBC 7's The 7th DimensionMore BBC Radio 7 audio of interest starts this weekend…

Thanasphere
By Kurt Vonnegut; Read by Kerry Shale
Approx 30 Minutes
Broadcaster: BBC7 / The 7th Dimension
Broadcast: Monday April 10th at 6pm and 12am UK TIME.
An astronaut encounters dead souls in space.

Also ahead on BBC 7, starting Monday the four dramatizations of The Chronicles of Narnia broadcast at Christmas will be rebroadcast over Easter holidays. Actors include David Suchet and Paul Scofield.

The Magician’s Nephew
By C.S. Lewis; Performed by a FULL CAST
3 Part Dramatization – Approx 2 Hours [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC7
Broadcast: Monday April 10th to Wednesday April 12th at 10am, 9pm and 2am UK TIME.
Young Digory and his friend Polly are persuaded to help a sinister magician with an experiment, that goes awry when they are sent to a mystical world inhabited by an evil Queen.

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
By C.S. Lewis; Performed by a FULL CAST
3 Part Dramatization – Approx 2 Hours [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC7
Broadcast: Thursday 13th, Friday 14th and Monday the 17th at 10am, 9pm and 2am UK TIME.
Four children are transported to Narnia where they meet talking animals and an evil white witch.

Presumably the subsequent two adaptations in the series will start airing on Tuesday the 18th.

NOTE: Those outside the UK can use the BBC7 Listen Again service to catch it for 6 days following the broadcasts.

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James Patrick Kelly’s latest Asimov’s column covers SF podcasts

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Asimov's Science Fiction April / May 2006 IssueIn case you missed it over there, SF Signal beat us to the punch by reporting that the latest Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine column, “On the Net” by James Patrick Kelly is all about Science Fiction podcasts!

In Jim’s column he explains podcasting, tells us how he made his and talks about all the Science Fiction related podcasts he’s got loaded into his MP3 player. Jim’s podcast subscriptions at the time of the column’s submission included…

Paul Jenkins’ The Rev Up Review

All three of the Michael & Evo Dragon Page podcasts

Michael J. Stackpole’s The Secrets

Mur Lafferty’s I Should Be Writing

Escape Pod <---- Jim's favorite at the time of the column's submission Podiobooks.com

Andy Doan’s Spaceship Radio

The Fantasy Times

You can read the whole column online HERE.

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