At Lakeshore, Jay Lake reads his story “Arrange the Bones” which originally appeared in Say…Was that a Kiss?. Here’s the |MP3|.
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Posted by Charles Tan
Category: Online Audio
StarShip Sofa talks Olaf Stapledon
Is it that time again?
Boy… the StarShipSofa is busy of late. This week I pilot the SOFA towards Olaf Stapledon. A writer who in the beginning never realized just how cutting edge his SF ideas were.
This mild mannered Englishman tackled subjects and themes that even today are fresh and bursting with possibilities. In the 1930’s Olaf Stapledon gave us some classic works, including Last and First Men and Star Maker. Join me on the good-ship StarShipSofa and find all about this great SF writer.
Blast Off!
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Posted by Tony C. Smith
Wil Wheaton Reading at Phoenix Cactus Comicon 2008
Pulp Gamer has a recording of Wil Wheaton’s reading at Phoenix Cactus Comicom 2008. There are two readings here, the first is a non-fiction story Blue Light Special where Wheaton talks about his childhood and Star Wars toys, while the second is a review of an old Star Trek: The Next Generation episode entitled Justice. Here is the |MP3|.
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Posted by Charles Tan
Friction at Escape Pod
Stephen Eley reads Friction by Will McIntosh over at Escape Pod. Here is the |MP3|.
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Posted by Charles Tan
Tor Forge Podcast on Book Covers
The Tor Forge Podcast has a panel discussion held at the last World Fantasy Convention with artists such as Irene Gallo, Lou Anders, John Picacio, Tom Kidd, and Jacob Weisman on book covers. Here is the |MP3|.
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Posted by Charles Tan
BBC Radio 4: In Our Time podcast on “The Fisher King” mythology
The BBC Radio 4 program (and podcast) In Our Time is an always reliable source for academic scientific and historical discussions, a recent program on “The Fisher King” will be of much interest to fans of chivalric literature. Here’s the official line:
“In the world of medieval romance there are many weird and wonderful creatures – there are golden dragons and green knights, sinister enchantresses and tragic kings, strange magicians and spears that bleed and talk. And yet, in all this panoply of wonder, few figures are more mysterious than the Fisher King. Entrusted as the keeper of the Holy Grail itself, he resides in a castle made of magic where he lies blighted by a wound that does not heal.
He is a complex and poetic figure and has meant many things to many people. From the age of chivalry to that of psychoanalysis and beyond, he has been Christian and pagan, tragic and enduring, a sinner, a fertility god and a symbol of sexual fear and desire.”
Contributors to the program, Carolyne Larrington (Tutor in Medieval English at St John’s College, Oxford), Stephen Knight (Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature at Cardiff University), Juliette Wood (Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh, Cardiff University and Director of the Folklore Society) joined Melvyn Bragg in this fascinating forty minute show. To listen to the archived programme click on the “Listen To This Program In Full” button on this subpage (RealAudio required).
Listeners to the episode have made connections between “The Fisher King” and as disparate works as: Dr No, Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness, Discworld (to name a few).
Here’s the podcast feed for In Our Time (which unfortunately doesn’t archive its programs for more than a week):
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/iot/rss.xml
Posted by Jesse Willis