The latest Dragon Page Cover To Cover podcast features an interview with Charlaine Harris (From Dead to Worse).
You can download the |MP3| directly or subscribe to the show’s XML feed:
http://www.dragonpage.com/podcastC2C.xml
Posted by Charles Tan
PodCastle Features “Fourteen Experiments in Postal Delivery” by John Schoffstall
PodCastle, the fantasy fiction podcast, features “Fourteen Experiments in Postal Delivery” by John Schoffstall read by Heather Lindsley |MP3|.
You can subscribe to the feed at http://feeds.escapeartists.net/PodCastle_Main
Posted by Charles Tan
Escape Pod Features “God Juice” by M.K. Hobson
Christiana Ellis reads “God Juice” by M.K. Hobson over at Escape Pod. Here is the |MP3|.
Subscribe to the podcast via this feed:
http://escapepod.org/podcast.xml
Posted by Charles Tan
Canadia: 2056 – Season 3?
Matt Watts has posted an update about everybody’s favorite Canadian radio drama, Canadia: 2056 to his blog. –
Matt sez:
While I was at the CBC today, we talked about the possibility of a 3rd season… And we don’t know what to do…
I would love to do a 3rd season, not just because it’s a job, but because I have a great time putting this show together… It’s a great group of people, and I love the world that’s been created.
The success of a show like this is tough to gauge… There are listener numbers, but it doesn’t tell us a whole lot.
So, without sounding like I’m trying to solicit “fan mail” I’m putting this out there:
It wouldn’t hurt to write the CBC and ask for a 3rd season, if you want one… Even if it’s a simple: “I’m a fan of this show and I’d like a 3rd season please”.
Of course, you can be more enthusiastic if you like, I’m not going to dissuade you.
Here’s the address to send something to: [email protected]
It’ll go to my producer, who will forward it to the powers that be.
This isn’t an attempt at starting a campaign, it’s just that we could all benefit from a better picture of how many people are actually listening.
So… let’s get writing folks. I’m excited about the idea of a third season, but I’d probably just as excited to hear a new Matt Watts SF show – maybe even more so. I’m betting most folks still haven’t heard either of Matt’s “Steve” series – it’s got the same flavour, comedy, satire SF, but a completely different setting.
Posted by Jesse Willis
The Parsec Awards – and what should be an award winning promo
The nominations for the Parsec Awards are closing at midnight the 15th of June!
There are two promos for it. One is a short, straightforward, and frankly a snorringly normal promo |MP3|. The other is dynamic, hilarious and informative! I’ve heard this second promo a few times now, on different podcasts and I think it holds up to repeated listening. Have a listen to the tag team of Scott Sigler and J.C. Hutchins telling all about the nomination cutoff date for the Parsec Awards |MP3|.
Posted by Jesse Willis
LibriVox’s Horror Story Collection 004
Just added to the ever expanding LibriVox catalogue…
Horror Story Collection 004
By Various; Read by various narrators
10 Zipped MP3s or Podcast – Approx. 2 Hours 24 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: June 9th, 2008
An occasional collection of 10 horror stories by various readers. We aim to unsettle you a little, to cut through the pink cushion of illusion that shields you from the horrible realities of life. Here are the walking dead, the fetid pools of slime, the howls in the night that you thought you had confined to your more unpleasant dreams.
The Dream
By Ivan Turgenev; Read by Pete Williams
1 |MP3| – Approx. 53 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
A Ghoul’s Accountant
By Stephen Crane; Read by Paul Curran
1 |MP3| – Approx. 7 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
A Haunted House
By Virginia Woolf; Read by Lauren Herzog
1 |MP3| – Approx. 5 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
The Man-Tiger (version 1)
By Anonymous; Read by Bobby Marcelino
1 |MP3| – Approx. 3 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
The Man-Tiger (version 2)
By Anonymous; Read by Sy
1 |MP3| – Approx. 3 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Napoleon And The Spectre
By Charlotte Bronte; Read by Annoying Twit
1 |MP3| – Approx. 8 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
One Summer Night
By Ambrose Bierce; Read by Paul Curran
1 |MP3| – Approx. 6 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
The Street
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Glen Hallstrom
1 |MP3| – Approx. 14 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
A Test of Courage
By C.W. Leadbeater; Read by SWES
1 |MP3| – Approx. 10 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
A Wedding Chest
By Vernon Lee; Read by Tysto
1 |MP3| – Approx. 36 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Podcast feed:
http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/horror-story-collection-004.xml
My thoughts on this collection: Other than some bad pronunciations by narrator Pete Williams (who sounds a lot like Alex Wilson), Ivan Turgenev’s The Dream makes for a solid listen. It’s quite dreamlike and seems inspired by Turgenev’s own life. Beirce’s One Summer Night sounds like it would have been a great story if the setup narrator Paul Curran has had been tweaked a bit (there’s something wrong with the sound, it’s both too bassy and too whistly at the same time). Lovecraft’s The Street, narrated by Glenn Halstrom (AKA Smokestack Jones) is a good reading, but their still something wrong with his setup too (a persistent hiss). SWES’s narration of A Test Of Courage by C.W. Leadbeater, on the other hand is clear and completely noise free – but is way too fast! Tysto, who reads Vernon Lee’s A Wedding Chest, also has a good setup. His reading is a tad off. I’m not sure what the problem is, but the word that springs to mind is “cadence.”
Posted by Jesse Willis