BBC7: The Last Days Of Shandakor by Leigh Brackett

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BBC Radio 7 - BBC7BBC7’s the 7th Dimension is re-broadcasting their action-packed reading of a novelette by Leigh Brackett. The Last Days of Shandakor was originally published in April 1952 issue of Startling Stories magazine and was first broadcast on BBC7 back in March 2007.

NOTE: This is being broadcast in 2 parts on successive Sunday evenings with repeat broadcasts at 12:30am (Monday).

The Last Days Of ShandakorThe Last Days Of Shandakor
By Leigh Brackett; Read by Nathan Osgood
Broadcast in 2 parts – Approx. 50 minutes [UNABRIDGED?]
Broadcaster: BBC 7 / 7th Dimension
Broadcast: Sunday January 28th and Sunday February 3rd 2008
This is another new commission for the 7th Dimension.
An epic space adventure written in which Mars is portrayed as a dying planet where desperate Earthmen compete with the last Martians and other alien races for lost knowledge and hidden power.

And remember BBC7 provides the Listen Again service to catch it for 6 days following the broadcast!

NRO Between The Covers: The History of The Hobbit interview

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National Review Online - Between The CoversThe National Review Online‘s Between The Covers program has a fascinating interview with John D. Rateliff who has authored The History of the Hobbit

“the first time that Tolkien had written a whole book-length work of fiction; his earlier pieces were much shorter than The Hobbit. So it was a sort of ambitious undertaking for him. He got ideas, and then as the story went along, he would reject them. Originally, Bilbo would kill the dragon. . . . ”

Have a listen online, the file is in the Flash audio format (SWF) |LISTEN|.

[via The Cimmerian]
Posted by Jesse Willis

Comics with sound: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne

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One of the Yahoo! Groups I belong to had a recent discussion of the old “Classics Illustrated” comic books. Good times there. This brought up the following files…

Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Peter Pan Records20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Based on the novel by Jules Verne; Performed by a full cast
1 MP3 (from a 45 RPM record) & 1 PDF (from a comic book) – Approx 13 Minutes & 24 Pages [AUDIO COMIC]
Publisher: Peter Pan Records
Published: 19??
Product #: PR42
UPC: 071083001987

Blog - Power Records PlazaFor similar goodness, be sure to check out a site I mentioned last Spring… Power Records Plaza is a blog devoted to those 1970s and 1980s record companies that put out comics with sound. Lots of new additions have been posted there since my last visit. Have a visit yourself, you’re sure to find hours of nostalgia and fun.

Posted by Jesse Willis

The Agony Column Interivews Jeff and Ann Vandermeer

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The Agony Column The Agony Column interviews Jeff and Ann Vandermeer on The New Weird |MP3|.

Posted by Charles Tan

Podcast Audio Drama: The Planet Of The Apes – complete

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Broken Sea Audio Production’s The Planet Of The Apes - Audio DramaThe guerrilla audio producers at Broken Sea Audio Productions have finished monkeying with their production of The Planet Of The Apes and the entire podcast audio drama is now complete!

All you maniacs, go check it out damn you! God damn you all to podcast hell …. rather, get the entire 13 part series via the podcast feed:

http://www.brokensea.com/planetoftheapes/feed

Posted by Jesse Willis

LibriVox releases Horror Story Collection 003 stories by Poe, Wells, Lovecraft, Howard and more!

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I think we’re getting spoiled…

LibriVox Horror Story Collection 003Horror Story Collection 003
By various; Read by various
10 Zipped MP3 Files, or podcast – 3 Hours 18 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: January 23rd 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.

Caterpillars
By E.F. Benson; Read by Andy Minter
1 |MP3| file – Approx. 21 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Cats of Ulthar
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by: Sarah Jennings
1 |MP3| file – Approx. 8 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Crawling Chaos
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by D.E. Wittkower
1 |MP3| file – Approx. 26 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Nameless City
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Mark Nelson
1 |MP3| file – Approx. 37 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Raven
By Edgar Allen Poe; Read by Zoe Earley
1 |MP3| file – Approx. 8 Minutes

Skulls in the Stars
By Robert E. Howard; Read by Paul Siegel
1 |MP3| file – Approx. 22 Minutes

The Spook House
By Ambrose Bierce; Read by Scott Bush
1 |MP3| file – Approx. 9 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Statement of Randolph Carter
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Glen Hallstrom
1 |MP3| file – Approx. 14 Miuntes [UNABRIDGED]

The Strange Orchid
By H.G. Wells; Read by Pete Williams
1 |MP3| file – Approx. 21 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

The Tomb
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by D.E. Wittkower
1 |MP3| file – Approx. 32 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Subscribe to the podcast feed:

http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/horror-story-collection-003.xml

Posted by Jesse Willis