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Listen to "The History Of Utopias" on Open Source with Christopher Lydon

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Open Source with Christopher Lydon, the Public Radio International show, has an informative discussion on “The History Of Utopias”.
Download the show |MP3|

We are more interested in the long history of Utopias (and dystopias, their evil twins) — and how they’ve always reminded us about our most urgent desires, dreams, fears, and obsessions. These stories are nothing new: from Eden and Plato to Swift and More, from Orwell to Skinner to Dick to Atwood, we’ve been imagining the best (and worst) of all possible worlds for a long, long time. And those imaginings have obviously changed a lot over time.

Subscribe to the podcast:

http://www.radioopensource.org/wp-rss2.php?cat=18

posted by Jesse Willis

Firefly: Old Wounds concludes!

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Episode six of this slick fan-fic audio drama miniseries is up and ready for download! This completes the entire 6 episode miniseries based on Joss Whedon’s Firefly television show.

You can download all 6 episodes directly:

Episode 1 “Nothin’s The Best Thing” |MP3|
Episode 2 “All Alone In The Black” |MP3|
Episode 3 “The Hub” |MP3|
Episode 4 “Religiosity” |MP3|
Episode 5 “Faith” |MP3|
Episode 6 “The Mail Job” |MP3|

or subscribe to the podcast feed:

http://serenityfirefly.com/firefly_old_wounds_rss.php

posted by Jesse Willis

BBC7’s The 7th Dimension transmits Doctor Who: Phobos on Sunday

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BBC7’s the 7th Dimension will be airing another original Doctor Who radio drama this Sunday.

Doctor Who – Phobos (an 8th Doctor Adventure)
By Eddie Robson; Performed by a Full Cast
Streaming Audio / Listen Again – Approx. 1 Hour [RADIO DRAMA]
BROADCASTER: BBC7
BROADCAST: Sunday at 6pm and midnight (U.K. Time)
The Tardis lands on Phobos, one of the moons of Mars – where the extreme sports athletes of the future indulge their passion for gravity-boarding and wormhole-jumping. But there’s something lurking in the shadows, something infinitely old and infinitely dangerous. It’s not for nothing that ‘Phobos’ is the ancient word for ‘fear’…

This will be available via the Listen Again service the day after it airs. And it will be released on CD by Big Finish in May 2007 (ISBN: 1844352595).

posted byJesse Willis

LibriVox: Warlord Of Kor by Terry Carr

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Over 6 months in the making…

Science Fiction Audio Book - Warlord of Kor by Terry Carr

Thistlechick, a LibriVox Admin, spearheaded the campaign for this multi-reader audiobook. She reads the first 4 chapters herself and other LibriVox participants pick up the baton from there. Warlord Of Kor was originally published in 1963 as half of an Ace Double (# F177). It’s an interplanetary adventure in which humans probe the mysteries of the planet Hirlaj and the few remaining aliens who live there.

Warlord Of Kor
By Terry Carr; Read by various readers
10 Zipped MP3 Files – 3 Hours 26 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Completed: January 19th 2007
Backward world — or secret outpost of another galaxy? …Now they would attempt further to discover the forbidden directives of Kor. Horng remembered, somewhere far back in the fossil layers of his thoughts, a warning. They must be stopped! If he had to, he would stamp out these creatures who were called ‘humans.’

I had listed this novel on our first SFFaudio Challenge, but it doesn’t qualify because of the multiple narrators. Warlord Of Kor by Terry Carr, is still, therefore, listed on the challenge list. Thistlechick sez: “I completely mispronounced the main character’s name throughout my readings… and I suspect that some of the alien names will be pronouced differently by everyone… you are welcome to pronounce the names however you like, or you may download and listen to one of my recordings to hear how I have pronounced them… but I’m not splitting hairs on this one” If someone wants to take up a single voiced reading for our challenge, we should probably first get a good answer on how to pronounce the names: “Hirlaj, Rynason, Malhomme and Horng.” Anyone have any opinions?

posted by Jesse Willis

Joe Haldeman on "The Craft of Science Fiction" and his new novel

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Joe Haldeman, an Adjunct Professor of Writing at MIT, and future SFWA Grand Master (if there’s any justice) has recorded a lengthy lecture/discussion on “The Craft of Science Fiction.” Recorded at MIT’s Bartos Theatre back in November 2006.

In the piece Haldeman reads a section from his upcoming Time Travel novel The Accidental Time Machine, the plot for which plays at MIT itself. Joe also talks about the history of Science Fiction, and his own work in it. Really fascinating!

Follow this link |RealAudio| to hear it for yourself.

[via SF Signal]

posted by Jesse Willis

StarShipSofa Podcast on Neil Gaiman

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StarShipSofa, has an unflinching look at fantasy mesmerist Neil Gaiman. The two part examination began last week and concludes Sunday with part 2. The hosts, Tony C. Smith and Ciaran O’Caroll have done their homework, digging up facts that illuminate the writings of the man in black.

Download the Neil Gaiman show Part 1 |MP3| and Part 2 |MP3|. Or subscribe to the feed for automated retrieval:

http://starshipsofa.libsyn.com/rss

As a point of interest – we’ve added StarshipSofa host Tony Smith to SFFaudio staff! Two of Tony’s reviews have already posted and we’re expecting more soon. Welcome aboard Tony!

posted by Jesse Willis