The Time Traveler Show podcasts a FREE Kurt Vonnegut Tale: 2BR02B

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Podcast - The Time Traveler ShowThe Time Traveler will be materializing on April 21st 2007 at PenguiCon in Troy, MI where he will be recording an interview with SF author Tobias Buckell. Buckell will also be reading a story for the show! Can’t wait? Hop in the time machine! Or, pass the time by listening to the latest TTS, which contains an early Kurt Vonnegut story: 2BR02B.

To read the complete show notes for podcast #16 click HERE or download the show in the MP3 format directly by clicking HERE.

2BR02b by Kurt Vonnegut2BR02B
By Kurt Vonnegut; Read by William Coelius
1 MP3 – [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: The Time Traveler Show
Podcast: April 14th 2007
In the not so distant future an over-populated planet requires that every birth be balanced by a death. When Edward K. Whelig, Jr.’s wife births triplets he needs to find three people willing to enter a local suicide booth and give him the receipt…

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Escape Pod #101 features Hugo Award winning Mike Resnick: The 43 Antarean Dynasties

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Escape PodEscape Pod issue #101 features another excellent Mike Resnick story, with this one being a Hugo winner you can’t go wrong. To make it even more impressive the tale is performed by Steven Burley and Gregg Taylor of Decoder Ring Theatre fame – you won’t want to miss it! The story, The 43 Antarean Dynasties was first published in Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine’s December 1997 issue.

EP101: The 43 Antarean Dynasties
By Mike Resnick; Read by Steven Burley and Gregg Taylor
1 MP3 File – [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Escape Pod
Podcast: April 12th 2006
A proud tourist guide, shows the ancient sights of his alien world to a family from Earth.

Also of note is the recent announcement that Escape Pod will spinoff yet another weekly fiction podcast this summer! This as yet unnamed show will feature all FANTASY stories, allowing Escape Pod to specialize in all Science Fiction! There’s a thread on the Escape Pod discussion forums that details all the contest rules and regs but here’s the main stuff briefly:

The Rules:
* E-mail your name ideas to [email protected].
* An eligible name must have the .org domain available.
* Maximum one entry per person per day.
* The contest ends at midnight PST on April 15, 2007 (hey that’s tomorrow!!!!)

The Prize:
A new 2 GB iPod Nano with every Escape Pod episode preloaded on it! COOL!

New Arrivals – Full Cast Audio, Blackstone Audio & Brilliance Audio titles

Science Fiction Audiobook Recent Arrivals

We’ve got some new arrivals that took a circuitous route to our door.

Science Fiction Audiobook - The Will of the Empress by Tamora PierceThe Will of the Empress
By Tamora Pierce; Read by Full Cast
14 CDs, Approx. 15.5 hrs – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Full Cast Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 9781933322391

From the website:
Tamora Pierce returns to the world of Circle of Magic for this smashing novel that brings the four young mages back together as teens. Suspense! Court intrigue! Romance! Fights! All the things that you love about Tammy’s books are here in abundance.

Science Fiction Audiobook - March Upcountry by David Weber and John RingoMarch Upcountry: Book 1 of the Prince Roger Series
By David Weber and John Ringo; Read by Stefan Rudnicki
2 MP3CDs, 14 CDs, or 12 cassettes; Approx. 17.5 hrs – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2005
ISBN: 0786178523(MP3 discs); 078617577X(CDs), 0786137932 (cassettes)

“The dynamic duo of Weber and Ringo continue Prince Roger McClintock’s adventures, which are coming to constitute a military SF classic.”—Booklist

From the back cover:
The royal brat is in trouble.

Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock was young, handsome, athletic, an excellent dresser, and third in line for the Throne of Man. So why wouldn’t anyone at Court trust him? It wasn’t surprising that he became spoiled, self-centered, and petulant. After all, what else did he have to do with his life?

But that was before his mother the empress packed him off to a backwater planet, a saboteur tried to blow up his ship, and he found himself shipwrecked on the planet Marduk, with jungles full of damnbeasts, killerpillars, carnivorous plants, and barbarian hordes with really bad dispositions. Now all Roger has to do is hike halfway around the planet, capture a spaceport from the Bad Guys, commandeer a starship, and then go home.

Science Fiction Audiobook - March to the Stars by David Weber and John RingoMarch to the Stars: Book 3 of the Prince Roger Series
By David Weber and John Ringo; Read by Stefan Rudnicki
2 MP3CDs or 14 CDs; Approx. 17.5 hrs – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2005
ISBN: 9780786172603(MP3 discs); 9780786163410(CDs)

From the back cover:
Since his attempted assassination, which marooned him with his bodyguards on the hostile planet Marduk with its unending series of adventures, Prince Roger McClintock has evolved from a spoiled, petulant heir into a true leader of humans and aliens alike.

Science Fiction Audiobook - Road of the Patriarch by R.A. SavatoreRoad of the Patriarch
By R.A. Salvatore; Read by David Colacci
11 CDs; Approx. 13 hrs – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 2006
ISBN: 9781423316404

From the back cover:
THE ASSASSIN — A cold and emotionless killer for whom every soul has a price, even his own, embarks on a path to find out just how high that price can be.

THE MERCENARY — A dark elf of limitless guile dares to challenge a king, and carve for himself a place in the inhospitable World Above.

ILNEZHARATA and TAZMIKELL — A are ancient dragons of great power, accustomed to easily manipulating the humans around them. But not all humans are so easily led. When they pushed Entreri and Jarlaxle into the heart of the Bloodstone Lands, not even they could have imagined the strength of the human assassin’s resolve, or the limitless expanse of the drow mercenary’s ambition.

H.G. Wells Month – FREE MP3 short story: The Magic Shop

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Thought AudioThought Audio‘s mission is to pump more thought provoking spoken word into daily life. Mission accomplished! They’ve got classics, non-fiction and a bit of Specualtive Fiction too! Among their plenteous resources are complete readings of Jack London’s Call Of The Wild, Anthem by Ayn Rand and a short story by H.G. Wells The Magic Shop

The Magic Shop by H.G. WellsThe Magic Shop
By H.G. Wells; Read by Michael Scott
5 MP3 Files – Approx 27 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: ThoughtAudio.com
Published: 2006

MP3s:|Part 1 |Part 2 |Part 3|Part 4|Part 5|

This is a charming tale from H.G. Wells about a young boy named Gip who visits a magic shop for his birthday with his father. But this is not just any magic shop – the shopkeeper insists that this is a genuine magic shop. The story is an entertaining adventure as Gip, like any young boy of his age, experiences the pure enjoyment of true magic while his skeptical father grapples with having to draw the line between slight of hand and genuine magic.

Adventures In SciFi Publishing talks to Robert J. Sawyer

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Adventures In Sci Fi PublishingAdventures in Scifi Publishing has a nice two-part interview with Science Fiction author Robert J. Sawyer. Host Shaun Farrell talked to Rob about his new novel Rollback, S.E.T.I., aliens, and the lengthening human lifespan. Listen to Part 1 |MP3| and Part 2 |MP3| or subscribe via podcast feed to stay abreast of all the new shows:

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FREE Hugo Nominated Neil Gaiman story How To Talk To Girls At Parties

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NeilGaiman.comNeil Gaiman‘s HUGO NOMINATED short story How To Talk To Girls At Parties is being given away as a FREE MP3 download! Gaiman writes:

“The story is in Fragile Things and was also in the January cover date Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. There’s a worthy tradition (a recent tradition, but a tradition) of getting Hugo nominated short stories up on the web to help level the playing field and allow the voters to read as much as possible, and I’ll get the story up somewhere here soonish.”

The audio is up and here it is…

How To Talk To Girls At Parties by Neil GaimanHow To Talk To Girls At Parties
By Neil Gaiman; Read by Neil Gaiman
1 MP3 – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: NeilGaiman.com
Published: April 2007
A tale of two boys going to a party and encountering those mysterious beings known as “girls.”