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Tor.com has FREE Scalzi and Stross audio shorts
Esther writes…
“You’ve probably caught the news about the launch of the new look of the Tor web site, but you might not know about the audio versions of the featured stories.”
WOW! I certainly did know about the Tor launch, but hadn’t been too excited about it. A free ebook giveaway isn’t all that exciting to me, because no matter how fancy the ebook reader you have, the file is still essentially a .txt and that’s about 10,000 times less interesting than an .mp3 – but now we all have reason to be excited about Tor.com!
“After the Coup”
By John Scalzi; Read by John Scalzi
1 |MP3| – Approx. 47 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tor.com
Published: July 2008
“A story in the world of Old Man’s War.” This short story features Harry Wilson, one of the
characters in Old Man’s War.
“Down on the Farm”
By Charles Stross; Read by Charles Stross
1 |MP3| – Approx. 78 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tor.com
Published: July 2008
“A new tale of the Laundry.” This is one of Stross’ Lovecraftian inspired stories. Well, a cross between Lovecraft and Jeeves anyway.
[Thanks Esther!]
Posted by Jesse Willis
Free Audiobooks for a Summer Roadtrip
According to the Triple-A, over 31 million Americans will travel by road this Memorial Day weekend. If you’re one of those, you might want to bring along an audiobook or two to keep you company on the Interstate. Long drives are a great time to take in an audiobook, but also require a specific type of book. The plot has to be exciting enough to hold your interest on boring stretches of the Interstate, but simple enough that you can still pay attention to the traffic. Since you’ll be spending most of your money on gas, you might want to save your vacation budget by going with a free downloadable audiobook. I’ve come up with 5 recommendations for free road trip Science Fiction and Fantasy audiobooks:
* Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell – This novel, published by Podiobooks, tells the story of Ishmael, a new crewmember on a space freighter. The story and gentle didactic tone reminded me of classic adolescent science fiction like Have Spacesuit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein.
* Trunk & Disorderly by Charles Stross – Stross reads his own work here in a novellette made available by Subterrannean Press. The story is a hilarious re-imagining of the Wooster and Jeeves stories by P.G. Wodehouse, but set in a futuristic universe. Not recommended for children.
* The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle – In probably the greatest Sherlock Holmes novel, Holmes and Watson confront a demonic hellhound threatening the life of their client. John Telfer performs a marvelous array of British accents in this excellent recording. Project Gutenberg provides two duplicate copies of the files: one at 11 kHz and a higher-quality version at 22 kHz.
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum – Even if you or your children have the movie memorized, the original book is worth a listen. J. Hall narrates the book in this LibriVox offering with a pleasant American accent that would be at home on NPR.
* Red Panda Adventures by Decoder Ring Theatre – Okay, so this one’s not technically an audiobook. The folks at Decoder Ring Theater produce an excellent show in old-time radio style about the adventures of a pair of wisecracking masked heroes. Download several episodes to fit the length of your trip.
Posted by Seth (Listener of the Free Listens blog)
Audiobook Fix: Audio Stross
The latest installment of my (Scott Danielson’s) Audiobook Fix column at The Fix: Short Fiction Review was posted online. This time, I discuss three Infinivox titles by Charles Stross.
Posted by Scott D. Danielson
Several Interviews at The Agony Column
Rick Kleffel of The Agony Column has a couple of interesting interviews:
Charles Stross and his latest book, Halting State: MP3 |Part 1| |Part 2|
Jeremy Lassen of Nightshade Books and the best books of 2007: MP3 |Part 1| |Part 2|
Posted by Charles Tan
Subterranean Press’ Winter 2008 mag is Trunk And Disorderly thanks to Charles Stross
Subterranean Press, which produces the “Subterranean Online” magazine, is proving itself a reliable source for excellent (and FREE) audiobooks. The latest proof of this comes from the
Trunk And Disorderly
By Charles Stross; Read by Sam Mowry
13 MP3s – Approx. 1.5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: December 2007
|Part 1 MP3|Part 2 MP3|Part 3 MP3|Part 4 MP3|Part 5 MP3|Part 6 MP3|
|Part 7 MP3|Part 8 MP3|Part 9 MP3|Part 10 MP3|Part 11 MP3|Part 12 MP3|Part 13 MP3|
“In some distant future, a socialite with the most tenuous of relationships bounces from activity to activity with only the slimmest idea of what is going on. Bringing along his sister’s mini-elephant and his butler, he consumes prodigious amounts of alcohol and still manages to survive a coup masquerading as a wild party.”
[Summary by Jeff of FILLING MY MIND WITH GEH]
Posted by Jesse Willis