Hour 25‘s latest show has an interesting interview with Douglas Preston – he and host Warren James discuss Preston’s collaborations with Lincoln Child and even have a nice discussion regarding the audiobook adaptations of their work. Worth checking out!
Here’s another podcast I’ve been following – SciFiDig. It’s a very simple podcast, consisting of a guy talking about whatever aspect of science fiction he currently feels like talking about. Quote of the week (from Show #13): “My standards aren’t very high.”
Posted by Scott D. Danielson
Prisoners of Gravity is a television show that originally ran on TVOntario from 1989-1994. It is a wonderful show full of science fiction and fantasy author interviews in a very entertaining format. Each show has a topic, like “Heroes and Superheroes”, “Collaborations”, and “Robots and Artificial Intelligence”. Commander Rick, the host, plays pre-recorded segments of various author interviews where they comment on the topic in question. It is an excellent show.
But it is a television show, and this site is devoted to audio. Though I think such a show would be FANTASTIC on audio (even this show would be great heard and not watched), it’s not available. What is available are a few audio clips on Signal Loss, a beautiful site dedicated to the show.
I wish Prisoners of Gravity was still on and I wish I could see reruns of past shows in the United States. Short of that, I wish I could download the audio from the shows to listen to in my MP3 player. Thanks for the site!
Posted by Jesse Willis
The Audie Awards are given every year by the Audio Publisher’s Association for excellence in audiobook publishing. In 2003, a Science Fiction category was added, but a number of genre titles won awards previous to then, and continue to win in other categories. Just completed: A complete list of Audie Award-winning science fiction and fantasy titles.
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Posted by Scott D. Danielson
The Diane Rehm Show is one of my favorite radio shows. On Wednesday, July 20, Diane featured a one-hour Readers Review of A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. It’s archived, and you can listen online at your leisure – click here to get to the page you need.
SFFAudio’s review of the audio version of A Wizard of Earthsea can be found here.
A couple of other items of genre interest on the Diane Rehm Show:
For an interview of Elizabeth Kostova about her novel The Historian – click here.
From 2004, an interview of Susanna Clarke, the author of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, which is a Hugo Nominee and a World Fantasy Award nominee. Find it here.
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Here’s a really cool 29 minute radio documentary originally produced for WZBC Boston radio by Benjamen Walker entitled “Saint Phil.” Host Benjamen Walker argues for the canonization of PKD. He talks with authors Jonathan Lethem and Josh Glenn about the Science Fiction genius Philip K Dick. He also gets “UBIK” tattooed on his body. You can listen to the MP3 at the WTRO Radio site by clicking HERE!.
Posted by Jesse Willis