PHILIP JOSE FARMER (1918 – 2009) A prolific American author of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Farmer is best known for his Riverworld series – which was set in a kind of Bangsian Fantasy world. Themes recurring in Farmer’s work include: Religion, sex, pulp heroes, history and humor. Many of Farmer’s stories rework existing public domain characters from fiction. He wrote a sequels (of sorts) for Moby Dick, and Around the World in Eighty Days, and The Wizard Of Oz. Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes even team up in one story. Farmer also wrote two biographies of fictional characters (Doc Savage and Tarzan). Far too few of Farmer’s stories and novels are available as audiobooks.
Public Domain Audiobooks:
The Green Odyssey
By Philip Jose Farmer; Read by Mark Nelson
10 MP3s or 10 OGG Vorbis files – 6 Hours 6 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: December 2006
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Commercial Audiobooks:
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
by Philip Jose Farmer; Read by Richard Clarke
2 cassettes – 2 hours [ABRIDGED]
Publisher: Waldentapes (1985)
Suggested Retail: $14.95 USD
ISBN: 0681327731
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go
By Philip Jose Farmer; Read by Paul Hecht
6 Cassettes – 7.75 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Recorded Books Inc.
Published: 2000
ISBN: 0788763261
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The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld Saga, Book 2)
By Philip José Farmer; Read by
10 CDs – 12 hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Recorded Books / Sci-Fi Audio
Published: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4361-8636-0
The Fabulous Riverboat tells of a world where all of humanity has been mysteriously resurrected on the banks of one mighty river. Samuel Clemens (a.k.a.MarkTwain) is tasked with finding a fallen meteorite and using its ore to build a massive riverboat. But in order to succeed, he’ll have to outwit some of history’s most nefarious villains.
DAVID D. LEVINE (1961 -) An American Science Fiction and Fantasy author. Levine lives in Portland, Oregon. He made his first professional short fiction sale in 2001. He describes himself as “a plot focused writer” (as opposed to a character focused writer). He cites stories by George R.R. Martin and Jack Vance as influences on at least two of his stories. 
The Sci-Phi Show Outcast #29 – Interview with David D. Levine
ROBERT J. SAWYER (1960 – ) A Canadian/American Science Fiction writer living in Ontario. Sawyer is author of more than 20 books, nearly all novels, and all published since 1990. His short fiction has appeared in Analog, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and numerous anthologies. Sawyer has won dozens of awards including a Nebula for his novel The Terminal Experiment, and a Hugo for his novel Hominids. A Sawyer’s writing is chock full of recurring themes: Uploaded human consciousness, disease, genetics, physics, religion, paleontology (especially regarding dinosaurs and Neanderthals), artificial intelligence, first contact, and most of all science itself. Sawyer’s earth-bound fiction is often set in the near future with fictional scientists working at real scientific institutions (
WWW: Wake
Shed Skin
The Terminal Experiment
Interview with Robert J. Sawyer
RICHARD K. MORGAN (1965 -) A British science fiction author is a former ESL teacher, world traveler and history student. In 2002 his first novel Altered Carbon was published, combining elements of cyberpunk and hardboiled detective fiction and noir. The film rights to Altered Carbon reported to be for a near unprecedented $1,000,000. That payday enabled Morgan to become a full-time writer. In 2003 the U.S. paperback publication of Altered Carbon received the Philip K. Dick Award. A common theme to Morgan’s novels is that they take place in dystopias. His attitude is summed up by the following statement: “Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a willful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses.” Market Forces is set in the near future. Morgan says that the novel was originally written as a short story, then as a screenplay (but neither have been published). Morgan also wrote two six-issue miniseries for Marvel Comics under the Marvel Knights imprint. Every Richard K. Morgan novel so far has been published as an audiobook by 
StarShipSofa interviews Richard K. Morgan
LESTER del REY (1915 – 1993) An American Science Fiction author and editor. del Rey was especially famous for his juvenile novels. del Rey first started publishing stories in pulp magazines in the late 1930s. He was closely associated with Astounding Science Fiction, and its editor, John W. Campbell, Jr. In the 1950s, del Rey was one of the three leading SF writers writing for adolescents along with Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton. Interestingly “Lester del Rey” wasn’t his real name, but neither was it merely a pen name, he used at least one pseudonym for his fiction (Erik van Lhin). As a name-fabulist, del Rey edited under names including: Philip St. John, Wade Kampfaert and Cameron Hall. In later life del Rey would be best known as the editor of the popular science fiction imprint Del Rey Books. Along with Isaac Asimov and del Rey was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders. In 1990 he was designated a “Grand Master” by the SFWA. 
TED CHIANG (1967 – ) An American Science Fiction writer. Despite a slow pace of publication, having had only 10 short stories up to 2008, Chiang has to date won a seemingly endless string of acclaim and awards for his fiction. He is the winner of a Nebula Award (for Tower of Babylon), the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for Story of Your Life), a Sidewise Award for (Seventy-Two Letters), a Nebula Award, Locus Award and Hugo Award for his novelette Hell Is the Absence of God. A Nebula and Hugo Award for his novelette The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate. When asked why he hasn’t written any novels Ted Chiang responds by saying that novels are ‘best for telling stories about a character over time, whereas short stories are more about ideas.’ Chiang describes himself as an “idea man.” He’s most interested in the ideas that Science Fiction offers, and that, “short fiction is the best way to explore a single idea.”
The Merchant And The Alchemist’s Gate
Hell Is The Absence Of God
