Documentary on The Tunguska Event set to air on Boxing Day

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Television - The History ChannelBill DeSmedt, author of the SFFaudio Essential podiobook Singularity wrote in to say that there’s a cool documentary set to air on The History
Channel.

Sez Bill: “As if Christmas weren’t apocalyptic enough…”

THE HISTORY CHANNEL:
Tuesday, December 26 10:00 PM
Wednesday, December 27 02:00 AM

At 7:15AM on June 30, 1908, a giant fireball, as bright the Sun, explodes in the Siberian sky with a force a thousand times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. It decimates 1,000 square miles of forest–over half the size of Rhode Island, and was the biggest cosmic disaster in the history of civilization. What caused the apocalyptic fire in the sky? Over a hundred theories surround what is called the Tunguska event, varying from asteroids and comets to black holes and alien spaceships. Most scientists agree the Tunguska event will happen again, and next time, the human toll could be unimaginable. Now, NASA and other organizations race against time to stop the next planet killer before it ignites Armageddon.

Those planning on listening to Singularity, check this out, it’ll give you a primer.

Thanks Bill!

Destructomundo! How Do You Stop It?!!?

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Destructomundo PodcastGreetings once again fellow vault-dwellers I have some terrible news.

That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die.

Yes, it is true, Destructomundo!, the podcast panel made up of Adam, Ted, Derek, and James, who would normally bring you advice on how to survive an “end of the world scenario” may have finally met a threat to the world that **GASP** cannot be survived! This due, to the Lovecraftian terror that nobody knows how to pronounce, and his eldritch friends. Cthulhu and his mythos are the latest topic on Destructomundo! Also listed are a cavalcade of slightly less dangerous scenarios…

Episode 024 Cthulhu |MP3|
Episode 023 Louisville Zombie Attack |MP3|
Episode 022 Anarchy |MP3|
Episode 021 Technopause |MP3|
Episode 029 Time Travel |MP3|
Episode 019b Supernatural Evil – Part 2 |MP3|
Episode 019a Supernatural Evil – Part 1 |MP3|
Episode 018 Dystopia |MP3|
Episode 017 Doppelgangers |MP3|
Episode 016 Mutants |MP3|
Episode 015 Rocks From Space |MP3|
Episode 014 Bunkers |MP3|
Episode 013 Post Apocalypses |MP3|
Episode 012 Dystopia |MP3|
Episode 011a/011b The Fourth Reich |MP3| & |MP3|
Episode 010a/010b Zombie Apocalypse |MP3| & |MP3|
Episode 009 The Antichrist |MP3|
Episode 008 The Last Man On Earth |MP3|
Episode 007 Doom Cults |MP3|
Episode 006 The Big List |MP3|
Episode 005 Science Run Amok |MP3|
Episode 004 Supervillians |MP3|
Episode 003 Aliens Attack! |MP3|
Episode 002 Rise of the Robots |MP3|
Episode 001 Road Warriors |MP3|

Be sure to only put these hardened MP3s into your “MIL-SPEC” iPod or MP3 player. Subscribe via this insanity inducing feed:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/destructomundo

posted by Jesse Willis

Billibub Baddings Podcast Novel preparing to Launch

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{Podcast / Podiobook - Billibub Baddings And The Case Of The Singing Sword by Tee MorrisThe original podcast novelist is set to STRIKE AGAIN soon!

Tee Morris, co-author of Morevi: The Chronicles Of Rafe and Askana, and the first podcast novelist in the history of this universe is planning on podcasting his 2004 novel Billibub Baddings And The Case Of The Singing Sword. The first teaser |MP3| is out already, and the actual novel should start sometime in the early New Year, likely February. Here’s the hook:

“Chicago, 1929. There are a thousand stories in the naked city; and when you’re a dwarf at four-foot-one, they all look that much taller.” It is The Era of Prohibition, where crime runs rampant in the streets and a city divided into territories serves as the ultimate prize. Somewhere in this Underworld of Chicago, an enchanted weapon holds the key to ending The Gangland Wars. In the wake of The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, only one is man enough to stand up against Al Capone… …a four-foot-one dwarf named Billibub Baddings. “Billi,” as his friends come to know him, is a working stiff dwarf in the all too-human sized world of Chicago. Seems that a brood of orcs and a renegade warlock had opened a Portal of Oblivion in his homeworld and was planning to submerge his nine lands of Acryonis into an Age of Darkness. Billi had managed to throw a monkey wrench into those plans…but not before getting himself caught in the pull of that portal. When he came to, he found himself in the heart of The Windy City during The Roaring Twenties. After dealing with trolls, goblins, and rock dragons, Al Capone and Bugs Moran are about as intimidating as choir boys. Billi sets himself up as a tough-talking, waist-high, straight-dealing detective, and business was looking bleak, until a dark-eyed beauty crossed his threshold with the case that involved the mob, the upper-crust of Chicago society, and Billi’s past. Get ready for The Lord of the Rings written by Mickey Spillane! Poking fun at the hard-boiled detective novel, Fantasy mainstays, and even the legend of Chicago’s 1920 underworld!

Tee’s first novel was abridged, but no word has yet been leaked as to whether this will be an UNABRIDGED or ABRIDGED podiobook. Let’s hope for the former!

Kate Fleming dies tragically at her home

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Audiobook narrator - Kate FlemingKate Fleming

Kate Fleming who may be better known to audiobook listeners as Anna Fields, died tragically at her home in Seattle on December 14th. When flash floods hit her home, Kate was moving audio equipment out of her basement. Apparently the basement’s walls collapsed, trapping Kate.

Kate took her professional name, Anna Fields, from her great grandmother who was a professional actress. As Anna Fields, she recorded over 250 audiobooks. She was nominated numerous times for the prestigious Audie award. She won the Audie award in 2004 for All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki.

She was a great talent and will sadly be missed.

Please send any special thoughts and remembrances to [email protected]. They will be appreciated by Kate’s family and her partner of nine years, Charlene Strong.

Look! Up on the blog! It’s Superman by Tom DeHaven

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Blackstone Audiobooks Soundings with Haila WilliamsThe latest SOUNDINGS, written by Blackstone Audio’s oracle, Haila Williams, features a very promising sounding audiobook for fans of the original man of steel…

Why is that that when I tell someone that IT’S SUPERMAN is the most literary of the Superman books, I get nothing but snorts of derision? After all, subject does not define the literary value of a work. Stefan Rudnicki who directed Scott Brick in our audio of IT’S SUPERMAN said this, “The action is always carefully grounded in full and vivid characters…all flawed, and all, in their way, heroic. Even more important, the setting is not some fantasyland Gotham, but an incredibly accurate portrayal of Depression-era New York City. Tom De Haven’s rich character-driven storytelling, detailed use of authentic period language and ambiance, and his overriding moral themes about the nature of corruption and friendship, make this one of the best reads I’ve come across in years.”

Hey, I’ve got a great idea for a graphic novel: a psycho mariner and his cohorts, Starbuck, Tattooed Guy and Sin-Eater go on a voyage in search of a legendary white whale hell-bent on revenge. Nah, that’s just too weird.

Fantasy Audiobook - It's SupermanIt’s Superman
By Tom DeHaven; Read by Scott Brick
10 Cassettes, 1 MP3-CD or 12 CDs & Audible.com download – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: December 2006
ISBN: 0786148381 (Cassettes), 0786173173 (MP3-CD), 0786161337 (CDs)
Opening with the young Clark Kent on a date, the novel takes an entirely fresh approach to the emergence of his superpowers and the start of his newspaper career, following him from rural 1930s Kansas across America to Hollywood in its golden age and then to New York City. He meets a worldly Lois Lane and conniving political boss Lex Luthor and begins his battles against criminal masterminds, mad scientists, and super villains inspired by fascists.

Online Audio – We are having Robotz Company for Xmas

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Podcast - Robotz Of The CompanyDream Realm Enterprises and Robotz Of The Company, present a yule-time show for your enjoyment. Not only is this show holiday related, it also features the voice of our very own Danielle Cutler!

“A familiar story retold for a future generation! It has action, adventure, intrigue and romance!”

Download the complete MP3!

And get a preview of Robotz Of The Company – Season 3 with this MP3 promo!

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