Adventures in Scifi Publishing has a nice two-part interview with Science Fiction author Robert J. Sawyer. Host Shaun Farrell talked to Rob about his new novel Rollback, S.E.T.I., aliens, and the lengthening human lifespan. Listen to Part 1 |MP3| and Part 2 |MP3| or subscribe via podcast feed to stay abreast of all the new shows:
http://scifipublishing.libsyn.com/rss
Neil Gaiman‘s HUGO NOMINATED short story How To Talk To Girls At Parties is being given away as a FREE MP3 download! Gaiman writes:
“The story is in Fragile Things and was also in the January cover date Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. There’s a worthy tradition (a recent tradition, but a tradition) of getting Hugo nominated short stories up on the web to help level the playing field and allow the voters to read as much as possible, and I’ll get the story up somewhere here soonish.”
The audio is up and here it is…
How To Talk To Girls At Parties
By Neil Gaiman; Read by Neil Gaiman
1 MP3 – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: NeilGaiman.com
Published: April 2007
A tale of two boys going to a party and encountering those mysterious beings known as “girls.”
The Zombie Astronaut‘s podcast Frequency Of Fear has the slickest production values for introductory content that I think I’ve ever heard in a podcast. This undead-guy’s talent is spookily supernatural. The framing scenes around the two vintage radio dramas, this week’s theme is Zombies, are fresh and funny. Plug this podcast feed into your podcatcher to see if I’m wrong, I’m not, you wont be sorry:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheZombieAstronautsFrequencyOfFear
Subterranean Press is offering a free audiobook version of SF&F author Kage Baker’s “short novel” Rude Mechanicals. This audiobook is read by the talented narrator, and SFFaudio’s own, Mary Robinette Kowal! This novella is set in Baker’s “Company” universe. The release is being used to promote Subterranean’s limited edition hardcover releases: 1500 signed Limited Editions and 26 deluxe lettered editions. Thanks Subterranean, please make this, your first audiobook, the first of many more!
Rude Mechanicals
By Kage Baker; Read by Mary Robinette Kowal
10 MP3s – Approx. 2 Hours 43 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: April 2007
|MP3 Chapter 1|MP3 Chapter 2|MP3 Chapter 3|MP3 Chapter 4|MP3 Chapter 5|MP3 Chapter 6|MP3 Chapter 7|MP3 Chapter 8|MP3 Chapter 9|MP3 Chapter 10|
The year is 1934, the scene is a Wood Near Athens — temporarily relocated to the environs of the Hollywood Bowl, as German theater impresario Max Reinhardt attempts to stage his famous production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Fortunately for Reinhardt, he has immortal assistance in the person of Literature Specialist Lewis, a cyborg working undercover for Dr. Zeus Incorporated, masters of time travel. Lewis is tasked with preserving Reinhardt’s promptbooks for future Company profits at auction. Unfortunately for Reinhardt, there are complications… For Joseph, Lewis’s fellow cyborg, is on the case as well, attempting to salvage a botched mission of his own. It involves the lost treasure of the Cahuenga Pass, a missing diamond, a third-century pope, burglary, disguises, car chases, and a legendary Hollywood party spot. All of which interact, more or less disastrously, with Lewis’s mission and Reinhardt’s Shakespearean extravaganza. Will the show go on?
The latest FREE Fantasy audiobook on LibriVox.org is “Red Shadows” a fantasy novelette first published in Weird Tales’ August 1928 issue. This story, also known as “Solomon Kane,” was the first Solomon Kane story ever published. I’m a big fan of Solomon Kane and was pleased to hear that the narrator, Paul Siegel, is going to continue voicing more Kane stories.
Red Shadows (AKA “Solomon Kane”)
By Robert E. Howard; Read by Paul Siegel
5 Zipped MP3s – Approx. 63 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox
Published: April 2007
Red Shadows is the first of a series of stories featuring Howard’s puritan avenger, Solomon Kane. Kane tracks his prey over land and sea, enters the jungles of Africa, and even faces dark Gods and evil magic — all to avenge a woman he’d never met before.
More exciting than a backyard Easter Egg hunt is the hunt for old records. At least that’s what the folks at The Secret Cavern Of Read Along Treasures think! That’s why they’ve added a number of new titles to their collection for this Easter Weekend. Below are three that I thought were particularly cool Plenty more are available for your enjoyment including your favorite ’80s characters like… SpiderMan, James Bond, Wonder Woman and even Top Gun‘s Maverick and Goose (?). Enjoy…
Conan The Barbarian: The Movie Adaptation LP
Based on the Motion Picture directed by John Milius; Performed by a FULL CAST
1 MP3 – 33 1/3 RPM LP – Approx. 43 minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Power Records
Published: 1982 (Out Of Print)
Product #: 1134
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V – The Visitors
2 MP3s – [DRAMATIZED READING]
Publisher: Rainbow Records
Published: 198? (Out Of Print)
Product #: BOW???
Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|
Flash Gordon: The Lost Planet
2 MP3s [READING]
Publisher: Kids Stuff Records
Published: 198? (Out Of Print)
Product #: DBR-???
Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|