Four Great Reasons to Listen to District of Wonders this week…

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Four great reasons to listen to District of Wonders this week…

StarShipSofa

StarShipSofa No 255 Gregory Frost Benjamin Rosenbaum  |mp3|

Coming Up

Short Story: Angry Child by Benjamin Rosenbaum 03:00

Main Fiction: The Seals of New R’lyeh by Gregory Frost 10:00

Promo: Cheapskates Host 40:00

Fact: Poetry Planet by Diane Severson 45:00

First Chapters: The Mechanikals, Book 1: The Apprentice by John Dodds

Narrators: Bob Hoe, Gregory Frost

Daily Science Fiction

Crime City Central

Crime City Central No 9 Dave Zeltserman |mp3|

Coming up

Main Fiction: Dave Stevens, I Presume? by Dave Zeltserman

Narrator: Wilson Fowlie

Tales To Terrify

Tales to Terrify No 36 Maria Alexander Angela Slatter |mp3|

Coming up:

Good evening: 0:00:40

A short riff on comedy and horror 0:00:55

Main Fiction: “A Conspiracy of One by Maria Alexander 0:08:35

Fiction: The Bones Remember Everything by Angela Slatter 0:31:53

Pleasant dreams… 01:01:54

Narrators: Steven Howell, Elise Goodman

Protecting Project Pulp

Protecting Project Pulp No. 9: E. Hoffman Price |mp3|

Main Fiction: “Live Bait” by E. Hoffman Price, first published in Alibi, April 1934.

Narrator: Steven Howell.

 Posted by Tony C. Smith

AudioGo: YouTube trailer for Great Classic Suspense (Five Unabridged Tales)

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Do you recognize the voice of this narrator?

Perhaps you will if you were, like me, a fan of a particular Canadian TV show (that also aired on CBS in the mid 1990s).

The narrator is Geraint Wyn Davies. He was the star of Forever Knight, a terrific “Crimetime After Primetime” late night drama that promised, and delivered, an odd blend of cop show and vampire mystique.

Hmmmm… now that I think about it, Forever Knight could have been set within the same universe as True Blood (prior to the invention of Tru Blood).

The collection includes five of the greatest stories of American classic horror. The richest of language is used to create extraordinary atmosphere — gloom, darkness, solitude, despair-and the relentless feeling of impending doom.

Table of contents:
The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe
Ethan Brand by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers
The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

Posted by Jesse Willis

Badge Of Infamy by Lester Del Rey

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Here’s a terrific audiobook. It’s one I hadn’t thought of for a long while, but now, looking at its plot and themes, it seems fresher than ever before. It’s about healthcare, political lobbies by powerful interest groups, ethics in a time of corruption, and the red planet, Mars.

The complete audiobook is available from LibriVox, but what’s new here is a |PDF| made from a scan of it’s original publication in Satellite Science Fiction, June 1957! And it’s beautiful!

Satellite Science Fiction, June 1957 - cover illustration by Alex Schomburg

LIBRIVOX - Badge Of Infamy by Lester del ReyBadge Of Infamy
By Lester del Rey; Read by Steven H. Wilson
1 |M4B|, 15 Zipped MP3 Files, or Podcast – Approx. 3 Hours 19 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: January 17, 2007
Daniel Feldman was a doctor once. He made the mistake of saving a friend’s life in violation of Medical Lobby rules. Now, he’s a pariah, shunned by all, forbidden to touch another patient. But things are more loose on Mars. There, Doc Feldman is welcomed by the colonists, even as he’s hunted by the authorities. But, when he discovers a Martian plague may soon wipe out humanity on two planets, Feldman finds himself a pivotal figure. War erupts. Earth is poised to wipe out the Mars colony utterly. A cure to the plague is the price of peace, and only Feldman can find it.

Podcast feed: http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/badge-of-infamy-by-lester-del-rey.xml

iTunes 1-Click |SUBSCRIBE|

Illustrations from Satellite Science Fiction, June 1957 (artwork uncredited):
Illustration from Badge Of Infamy (artwork uncredited)
Illustration from Badge Of Infamy (artwork uncredited)
Illustration from Badge Of Infamy (artwork uncredited)
Posted by Jesse Willis

LibriVox: The Occupant Of The Room by Algernon Blackwood

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Here’s a haunted hotel story, that while being rather melancholy is also surprisingly uplifting.

LibriVoxThe Occupant Of The Room
By Algernon Blackwood; Read by Mooseboy Alfonzo
1 |MP3| – Approx. 23 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: September 15, 2008
First published in Nash’s Magazine, December 1909.

Here’s a |PDF|.

Lee Brown Coye illustration of The Occupant Of The Room from Sleep No More

[Thanks to Freedom School Records!]

Posted by Jesse Willis

LibriVox: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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The Yellow Wallpaper - original illustration from The New England Magazine

There are several readings of The Yellow Wallpaper on LibriVox, but the best one to my ears is Michelle Sullivan’s. I think that’s the one we’ll use on an upcoming SFFaudio Podcast.

LibriVoxThe Yellow Wallpaper
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Read by Michelle Sullivan
1 |MP3| – Approx. 32 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: June 7, 2008
First published in The New England Magazine, January 1892.


LibriVoxThe Yellow Wallpaper
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Read by Justine Young
1 |MP3| – Approx. 28 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: May 2, 2006
First published in The New England Magazine, January 1892.


LibriVoxThe Yellow Wallpaper
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Read by Lola Rogers
1 |MP3| – Approx. 35 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibirVox.org
Published: February 13, 2007
First published in The New England Magazine, January 1892.


LibriVoxThe Yellow Wallpaper
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Read by jaggO
1 |MP3| – Approx. 41 [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: March 25, 2007
First published in The New England Magazine, January 1892.


LibriVoxThe Yellow Wallpaper
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Read by Kirsten Ferreri
1 |MP3| – Approx. 21 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: August 8, 2006
First published in The New England Magazine, January 1892.


Here’s a |PDF| made from the original publication.

And here’s one with the modernized title and with the author’s more familiar married name |PDF|.

The Yellow Wallpaper - original illustration from The New England Magazine

Posted by Jesse Willis