Check out Zombie Astronaut, a great source for online audio drama!
Posted by Scott D. Danielson
Check out Zombie Astronaut, a great source for online audio drama!
Posted by Scott D. Danielson
Listen to the GrandMasters of Science Fiction via online audio
Ever wonder what your favorite Science Fiction authors sound like? We can help. Here’s a complete list of the Science Fiction Writers Of America GrandMasters sorted by the year of their induction and the online audioclips and interviews that we know about.
PLEASE NOTE: File types vary ( .mp3 .m3u .ram .wav ).
Robert A. Heinlein (1974)
Stranger in a Strange Land – Time Enough for Love
“Robert Heinlein Day” – “eggs in one basket”
“colonies beyond Earth” – “through the universe”
Jack Williamson (1975)
-An interview from the Fast-Forward archives
Clifford D. Simak (1976) – None known
L. Sprague de Camp (1978) – None known
Fritz Leiber (1981) – None known
Andre Norton (1983) – None known
Arthur C. Clarke (1985) – None known
Isaac Asimov (1986)
-Asimov interviewed by Terry Gross 1986
-A Wired for Books interview from 1987
Ray Bradbury (1988)
-A Wired for Books interview from 1992
-A Wired for Books interview from 1993
Lester Del Rey (1990) – None known
Frederik Pohl (1992) – None known
Damon Knight (1994) – None known
A.E. van Vogt (1995) – None known
Jack Vance (1996) – None known
Poul Anderson (1997) – None known
Hal Clement (1998)
-An Hour 25 online interview
Brian W. Aldiss (1999)
-A Wired for Books interview from 1984
–A Wired for Books interview from 1986
Philip José Farmer (2000) – None known
Ursula K. Le Guin (2002)
-Three Hour 25 Interviews: Sep 2000 – Oct 2001 – Aug 2003
Robert Silverberg (2003) – None known
Posted by Jesse Willis
Don’t forget, tonight at 10:00PM CBC Radio One, will be airing the BRAND NEW Science Fiction radio drama Birth. Written by Robert J. Sawyer and Michael Lennick and produced by Joe Mahoney. Tune in with your radio or if you are outside of Canada, with your browsers…
HERE
ALSO! You can get a behind the scenes peek, check out some of the photos taken during the recording… HERE
Posted by Jesse Willis
Our very own Scott Danielson is interviewed on the latest Dragon Page – Cover To Cover (Cover to Cover #172). Click here to listen.
Skip ahead to 47 Minute mark to hear Scott!
Posted by Jesse Willis
I just stumbled across a very nice resource – Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction is a television show based in Arlington, VA. They have interviewed a number of science fiction authors, and they have archives going back to 2003 so you can listen to (or watch – each interview is available in MP3 audio format or compressed video format) at your leisure.
The following interviews are currently available: Orson Scott Card, Lois McMaster Bujold, Connie Willis, Neil Gaiman, Patricia Wrede, Elizabeth Massie, Laura Anne Gilman, Susanna Clarke, Jasper Fforde, China Miéville, Cortney Skinner, Kim Stanley Robinson, Bruce Sterling, William Gibson, Tamora Pierce, Nalo Hopkinson, Jack Williamson, Terry Pratchett, Karl Kofoed, Margaret Weis, Laurell K. Hamilton, Garth Nix, Roger MacBride Allen, Donna Andrews, Catherine Asaro, Robert Jordan, Will Ludwigsen, and Mindy Klasky.
Next week, the Quandary and Quintessential Phases of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy air on BBC Radio 4. You can listen to each show online for a week after it plays over the air.
Posted by Jesse Willis