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BBC7: The Last Days Of Shandakor by Leigh Brackett

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BBC7’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 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!

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…

20,000 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

For 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

Podcast Audio Drama: The Planet Of The Apes – complete

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The 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

SciPodBooks Podcast: A dramaztized The Statement Of Randolph Carter by H.P. Lovecraft

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The Sci Pod Books podcast, run by Mark Nelson, has some of the best free audiobooks on the net. Nelson is a busy guy of late, as he is transitioning from an amateur audiobook narrator to professional audiobook narrator! Look for more of his work promoted here soon. On his free podcast you’ll find an unabridged dramatized reading of one of my favorite H.P. Lovecraft tales The Statement Of Randolph Carter as well as the first chapter of his reading of Plague Ship by Andre Norton – with more chapters to come. Also available, and complete in three parts is: Police Operation by H. Beam Piper!

Subscribe to the feed:

http://rss.mac.com/marknelson2/iWeb/SciPodBooks/SciPodCast/rss.xml

Posted by Jesse Willis

The Space Show, interview with Donna Shirley on Science & Science Fiction

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David Livingston, who hosts The Space Show, interviewed Donna Shirley, the former manager of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. Shirley was also a director of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (in Seattle, WA). You’ll need to bear with the programs flaws, there are lots of clicks, buzzes, pleas for donations and copyright notifications. Listen directly |MP3| or use the podcast feed:

http://www.gigadial.net/public/station/11253/rss.xml

[via Marooned: Science Fiction books on Mars]

Posted by Jesse Willis

BBC Radio 4 presents: The Listening Room

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Our resident agent in the U.K., Roy, tells us that the latest issue of the Radio Times has a BBC Radio 4 show that may be of interest…

The Listening Room
By Steve Gough; Performed by a full cast
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4 / Saturday Play
Broadcast: January 26th 2007 @ 14:30-15:30
In this psychological thriller exploring truth, confidentiality and morality, it is the year 2035 and Kathleen works on a national helpline in a call centre named The Listening Room. Late one night, she receives a call from a man named John who holds a terrible secret. Over the past three years, he claims to be responsible for the “disappearance” of many foreign nationals and illegal immigrants who are perceived by those in the British Interior Ministry to be an unacceptable threat to the State. Kathleen listens with horror, bewilderment and disbelief, but the strict professional code she works to has been drummed into her. Confidentiality is paramount and must never be broken – even in the most extreme case. As she’s drawn in deeper, Kathleen starts to feel that even her own sanity is under threat.

This should be available through the “listen again” feature for 6 days following the broadcast.

Posted by Jesse Willis