Check out this freshly scanned batch of audiobooks from Blackstone Audio, Brilliance Audio, and Macmilian Audio. Personally I’m most excited about the two Dick titles (despite the terrible covers) and The Lost World in part because how great the cover is! I can highly recommend Immortality, Inc as we talked about it on SFFaudio Podcast [...]
Gail Z. Martin interviews Brent Weeks on the Ghost in the Machine podcast. In this episode Gail and Brent discuss deadlines, revisions, and building the magic systems of The Fallen Kings Cycle and THE BLACK PRISM.
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Narrator Katherine Kellgren conducts this herky jerky video tour of Audible.com’s headquarters in Newark, New Jersey Posted by Jesse Willis
The SFFaudio Podcast #146 – Eight O’Clock In The Morning by Ray Nelson, read by Gregg Margarite. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (16 Minutes) followed by a discussion of it with Jesse, Gregg Margarite and Ray Nelson himself! Talked about on today’s show: This story was suggested by a [...]
There’s a fascinating article by Kurt Kuersteiner HERE titled “OTR: The Evil Influence Behind EC.” In it Kuersteiner maps some of the many stories swiped from radio drama series and turned into EC Comics. It came to me at the perfect time too. I’ve just been getting into EC comics over the last few months. [...]
Thou knowest what this world needeth. Aye, ye know tis of course more AUDIO DRAMA of the SCIENCE FICTION kind! I have, here in my possession, a PUBLIC DOMAIN tale that would make for a fine dramatization. I speake of yon tale, The Crystal Crypt, as penned by one Philip Kindred Dick Here be’st the [...]Dude! We’ve had some serious download numbers for The SFFaudio Podcast. Here’s my accounting from the last 14 Months tracking our podcast downloads as best I’ve been able. The way our tracking system works I can only see the top 10 URLs downloaded per month (in KBytes). I’ve taken those numbers and plugged them all [...]Hey, these are fun to re-listen to! First podcast September 15, 2008. HERE are the shownotes. Posted by Jesse WillisFirst podcast September 8, 2008. The shownotes are HERE. Posted by Jesse Willis
, , , Home About Orbit FAQ Publishing Schedules Contact Us Sign Up Intrusion Ken MacLeod With sinister echoes of 1984 and Brave New World this original novel features a near-future city where medical science invents a single-dose pill for eradicating many common genetic defects Read a sample The Troupe Robert Jackson Bennett From the acclaimed author of Mr . Shivers and The Company Man comes a new tale of gothic intrigue set during the Vaudeville . era Visit the book site MASS EFFECT : DECEPTION Out Today Ghost in the Machine Podcast with Gail Z . Martin and Brent Weeks THE DREAD Dark magics , swordmanship and sorcery Anna Gregson February 3rd , 2012 Out now is The Dread US UK ANZ the second and final part in Gail Z . Martin s Fallen Kings Cycle . This compelling epic fantasy series beganRay Nelson, who we talk to on the next SFFaudio Podcast, is in this excellent documentary entitled The Penultimate Truth About Philip K. Dick. It’s well worth watching, especially the first few parts, which deal with Dick’s early career. There’s also an intriguing mention of Dick’s first published story – presumably lost – that was [...]I’ve made The SFFaudio Podcast available on YouTube. Here’s the first episode, from September 1, 2008! The shownotes are HERE. Posted by Jesse WillisLately I’ve been paging through dozens and dozens of magazines from the 1960s and 1970s. Several issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction from the mid-70s include a mysterious ad for a record from the future. Here’s a scan from the Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1975 issue: Here is the complete text: RECORDS – TAPES [...]
Personally, I can’t wait until Mass Effect 3 is released next month (in fact I might just request about a month of vacation days and spend some quality time with my Xbox) but it’s good to know that in the time between now and March 9th there’ll …
Where do you listen to audiobooks and podcasts? I listen to a lot of novel length audiobooks while walking. I listen to audiobooks when walking to work, from work, or walking a dog. Short stories are for folding laundry, cooking or loading and unloading a dishwasher. Depending on the length of the trip I either [...]William Gibson talks about his childhood (reading H.P. Lovecraft) and life in Canada. Posted by Jesse WillisMichael Geist compares Bill C-11 to SOPA in this brief vid that aired on The Hour. Internet expert and academic Michael Geist outlines the content and implications of Bill C-11, a proposed copyright bill that has been called “Canada’s SOPA”. Posted by Jesse WillisWilliam H. Patterson, Jr., author of Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century a new biography of Robert A. Heinlein, is the speaker in this Cato Institute video from 2010. Here’s the official description: Robert A. Heinlein is regarded by many as the greatest science fiction writer of the 20th century. He is the [...]James Gunn filmed this interview with Damon Knight sometime in the 1960s, it features Knight discussing Science Fiction from a time when there was no name for it. He begins with stories of of moon voyages (Lucian, Cyrano de Bergerac) and moves on to 19th century authors Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne. H.G. Wells, [...]Blackstone Audio’s Grover Gardner recently posted an interview with narrator Simon Vance! They talk about how Vance got started in the business, and what effect narrating Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo had upon his career. |MP3| Posted by Jesse Willis
Episode #152 of The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast is a discussion of Isaac Asimov’s The End Of Eternity. It’s also a follow-up to the previous time travel episode (#151). Luke and I discuss the book and related time travel tales. |MP3| Podcast feed: http://www.sfbrp.com/?feed=podcast Discussed on the show: A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s [...]
, , Home About Orbit FAQ Publishing Schedules Contact Us Sign Up Intrusion Ken MacLeod With sinister echoes of 1984 and Brave New World this original novel features a near-future city where medical science invents a single-dose pill for eradicating many common genetic defects Read a sample The Troupe Robert Jackson Bennett From the acclaimed author of Mr . Shivers and The Company Man comes a new tale of gothic intrigue set during the Vaudeville . era Visit the book site How to be a Sidekick , According to Giguhl February Events The Legend of Eli Monpress Anna Gregson January 31st , 2012 Released in February is The Legend of Eli Monpress US UK ANZ Rachel Aaron s fantasy tale of the incorrigible thief who plans to pull of the greatest heist in history If you’re a fan of K . E . Mills’ RogueThe Great Courses (formerly called The Teaching Company) has a new catalogue out. It is offering discounts up to 80% (for Canadian customers). I’ve scanned it, here’s the |PDF|, but be sure to have a look at it quickly as the catalogue’s offers expire on February 16, 2012. Incidentally, this new course entitled Espionage and [...]Back in August 2011 Tom Elliot, of the terrific The Twilight Zone Podcast, posted a wonderful interview with the makers of Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man. Jason and Sunni Brock talk to Tom for 45 minutes, it’s great stuff! |MP3| Podcast feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheTwilightZonePodcast iTunes 1-Click |SUBSCRIBE| Posted by Jesse Willis
Episode #151 of The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast is a special episode on Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and similar time travel tales. It is both special and strange. First it’s strange because it’s the first part of a two part discussion of time travel and not a regular book [...]
The SFFaudio Podcast #145 – Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. Jesse, Tamahome, Professor Eric S. Rabkin and Jenny discuss Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. |ETEXT| Talked about on today’s show: Tam can’t trust anyone over 25, Jesse’s review in 2008, re-reading Little Brother in 2012, South Carolina, did Jenny vote Herman Cain (Stephen Colbert)?, SOPA/PIPA, [...]Moxyland By Lauren Beukes; Read by Nico Evers-Swindell 8 hours [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Angry Robot via Brilliance Audio Published: 2011 Themes: dystopia / commericalism / police states / apartheid / art / AIDS / cell phones Publisher summary: You think you know what’s going on? You think you know who’s really in power? You have No. [...]The latest Dan Carlin’s Common Sense episode, #217 – The Big Ketchup Show, has Carlin asking tough questions and proffering incredibly reasonable answers. |MP3| Podcast feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/dancarlin/commonsense?format=xml Carlin’s take on SOPA is both surprising and insightful. He also talks about the latest U.S. presidential jockeying and a number of other recent items in the news. [...]There’s one segment of Nazi Eyes On Canada, episode 5 “Alameda” (Saskatchewan), available via Relic Radio’s Orson Welles: On The Air podcast. |MP3| This is one of the strangest and oldest alternate history radio programs I’ve ever heard |READ OUR REVIEW|. Posted by Jesse WillisIf you were to take a stab at guessing the favourite audiobook of Canadians you’d be well to guess a Christmas story that includes a vampire, a ghost, and a mosquito. Produced for CBC Radio this classic reading of Frederick Forsyth’s The Shepherd is superbly read by Alan Maitland (aka Frontporch Al, aka Fireside Al, [...]The Dragon Factory: A Joe Ledger Novel By Jonathan Maberry; Read by Ray Porter 16 Hours – [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Blackstone Audio via Audible.com Published: 2011 Themes: / Science Fiction / Cloning / Genetics / Mayhem / “Detective Ledger?” he said, and held out an ID case. “NSA.” “How do you spell that?” Joe Ledger’s [...]
A double execution. A forced wedding. Two thieves have other plans.
The New Empire intends to mark its victory over the Nationalists with a bloody celebration. On the high holiday of Wintertide, their Empress will be married against her will …
When asked, I always describe The Heir of Night as “classic epic fantasy.” In part this is because it is a hero tale with the fate of the world, and perhaps even of all worlds, at stake. It’s a tale …The video below is a quick exploration of the MP3-CD audiobook format. It’s my favourite format for physical audiobooks. The packaging is small, the files are ready to be used, and they are cheaper audiobooks than their regular CD equivalent. The only disadvantage to the MP3-CD format is they don’t play on all CD players, [...]
Thanks to my friend Jessica Goldman for font help, as folks correctly pointed out my inexperience with handling fonts and made some good suggestions a few weeks ago when I posted my original cover concepts. These new covers have text and art that are much more integrated and are still clear to read. I’m getting [...]When you’ve got an old paperback book that’s coming apart at the spine, with pages falling out all over the place it’s time to consider making it immortal. In order to do that, in a reasonable period of time, you must kill the book. That’s the hardest part of the process. The actual transformation is [...]After six years of faithful service I’m closing the SFFaudio.com P.O. Box in Port Moody, British Columbia. Anybody and everyone who sends physical stuff to it please make a note. Those who normally only send me psychic messages need make no change. My astral plane address will remain identical. The new mailing address for physical [...]
At Orbit we’re big fans of World Book Night, so are delighted to see so many SFF titles appear in the final UK shortlist for this year’s event on 23 April 2012 – especially since one of the selected …
The SFFaudio Podcast #144 – Jesse, Tamahome and Gregg Margarite talk about the audiobook of Robert Sheckley’s 1959 novel Immortality, Inc.. Talked about on today’s show: Time Killer was nominated for a Hugo, the Blackstone Audio audiobook, Sheckley’s family of themes, a collage of images, Immortality, Inc. is a comedy, Bronson Pinchot’s narration, Peter Lorre, [...]Paul Verhoeven (filmmaker), Ridley Scott (filmmaker), Roberto Orchi (filmmaker), Kim Stanley Robinson (writer), Matt Fraction (writer), Gregg Rickman (biographer), Michio Kaku (purveyor of futuorology), André Fenton (neuroscientist), David Brin (“Futurist”), and Brad Barker (surveillance corporate guy) are consulted for the Science Channel’s Prophets Of Science Fiction: Philip K. Dick episode. The narration tying all the [...]
Thomas M. Disch (author), Brian Aldiss (author), Kim Stanley Robinson (author), Tim Powers (author), Terry Gilliam (filmmaker), Lawrence Sutin (biographer), Paul Williams (biographer), Barry Spatz (analyst), Kleo Mini (second wife), Anne Dick (third wife), Tessa Dick (fifth wife), Jim Blaylock (friend), Russel Galen (agent) talk about Philip K. Dick and his writings in this 1994 [...]ReCivilization is a new five part CBC radio show, by Don Tapscott one of the authors of Wikinomics and Macrowiknomics. The show is podcast and I’ve subscribed. I heard its first episode on the radio a few minutes ago starting about half-way through. It looks to be a pretty thoughtful show. There was an interview [...]
: : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Saturday , January 21, 2012 New Rag Muffin Short Story : Prelude to a Fall' I realize I haven't posted in quite a while , as my work situation is currently somewhat odd and I'm busily editing my recently completed . novel But if you'd like to see a small teaser of what I'm up to , you can now read a brand new Rag Muffin flash fiction story , Prelude to a Fall featuring some of the same characters as my novel in progress , over at the Catholic Flash Fiction website . Here comes the introductory hook : paragraph Her name was Mademoiselle Anne Defoy , but to the criminals of Godtown , she was the Ragamuffin , or Rags” for short . By day she was a fourth grader at Valhalla Primary , but by night
Me with a simple MOC LEGO race-car: A LEGO Classic Space Wafer Fighter: My students with an afternoon of swooshable LEGO creations: LAMLradio is a podcast about LEGO! As you can see by the images above I’m a big LEGO fan. I still have all (or almost all) of my LEGO back from when I [...]
Here’s a link to an article describing the new DC comics line-up as relying on sex and violence to sell. I thought to myself, maybe that’s true. For the last 30+ years comics having been getting more adult. This reflects some symbiotic relationship involving the suppliers offering more complex material and older/more sophisticated readers. The [...]Craig Black, the founder and CEO of Blackstone audio has today reported, on the Blackstone audio blog, the death of audio dramatist Yuri Rasovsky. Black calls Rasovsky “the greatest audio dramatist of our modern age.” Among American audio dramatists of the last thirty years he was absolutely preeminent. Posted by Jesse WillisPulped! The New Pulp Podcast features an interview with Paul Bishop of the terrific Bish’s Beat blog. “Join Hosts Tommy Hancock and Derrick Ferguson as they discuss Sports Pulp, Crime Fiction, Old Time Radio Pulp, and more with Pulp and Crime Writer Paul Bishop!” Bish and the hosts talk about every kind of pulp fiction [...]
An upcoming episode of The SFFaudio Podcast will be a discussion of Little Brother by Cory Doctorow |READ OUR REVIEW|. The audiobook is available from Random House Audio (not through audible). I reviewed it back in 2008 but in listening to it again it seems even more relevant today than it was then. And while [...]
Working from the feedback and mock-ups from a couple of weeks ago…I’ve got one cover I’m mostly happy with: Thanks for the helpful feedback, especially about the fonts. I tried to make the letters here a little nebulous and fit in with the background more explicitly. I could perhaps do better yet, but it’s in [...]: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Friday , December 23, 2011 Because You Don't Mess with Santa Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 9:52 PM Because You Don't Mess with Santa Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by . Disqus blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Amazon.com Widgets Shop the Sci Fi Catholic Make Custom Gifts at CafePress Blog Archive 2012 1 January 1 New Rag Muffin Short Story : Prelude to a Fall' . 2011 99 December 19 Rag Muffin' Rough Draft Complete : Well , That Wa . Yet Another Narcissistic Update Because You Don't Mess with Santa Nooo Science Fiction Sermons Disney's Sofia the First' Portlandia on Battlestar Galactica News from the Fish Bowl: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Thursday , December 22, 2011 Science Fiction Sermons Not very long ago , I read and forgot to review George L . Murphy's Pulpit Science Fiction a collection of science fiction short stories meant to illustrate biblical passages , which Rev . Murphy had preached from the pulpit . I was recently reminded of my fault when Dave Maass , of Syfy s Blastr blog kindly sent me a post he had put together , rounding up videos of actual sermons using science fiction as illustrations Here's his post and a big thanks to Maass for sending it our . way I leave you , then , with no comment besides this : I like sermons , and I like science fiction , but I don't particularly like them together . I don't like: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Tuesday , December 20, 2011 Portlandia on Battlestar Galactica I really didn't think it was that good . In fact , I thought the original was better so there . Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 4:16 PM Labels : videos Portlandia on Battlestar Galactica I really didn't think it was that good . In fact , I thought the original was better so . there Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by . Disqus blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Amazon.com Widgets Shop the Sci Fi Catholic Make Custom Gifts at CafePress Blog Archive 2012 1 January 1 New Rag Muffin Short Story : Prelude to a Fall' . 2011 99 December 19 Rag Muffin' Rough Draft: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Saturday , December 17, 2011 Worth a Read Without much comment , I direct you to Tim Molloy's article , TV's Disturbing New Trend--Kids in Danger about the frequent depiction of children getting killed in recent television . shows More disturbing than the contents of article are the comments underneath it , the majority of which berate Molloy with statements like , It's just a show , often accusing him of being unable to tell fiction from reality , though he actually shows no such confusion in what he writes . Implicit in these angry comments is the quite obviously false assumption that you cannot be negatively affected by the entertainment you consume . Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 7:43 PM: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Saturday , December 17, 2011 Random Link I know I haven't posted much lately , but don't complain or I will punish you with this Or , alternatively , this Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 12:41 PM Labels : links Random Link I know I haven't posted much lately , but don't complain or I will punish you with this Or , alternatively , this Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by . Disqus blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Amazon.com Widgets Shop the Sci Fi Catholic Make Custom Gifts at CafePress Blog Archive 2012 1 January 1 New Rag Muffin Short Story : Prelude to a Fall' . 2011 99 December 19 Rag Muffin' Rough Draft Complete: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Thursday , December 15, 2011 Get Your Own Redshirt John Scalzi's novel Redshirts which pokes fun at Star Trek s short-lived red-shirted ensigns who always die on away missions , but , according to promises over at Tor.com turns into something bigger than a mere parody , is coming out on June 5, but you can buy your own Scalzi red shirt right now as well as other crazy redshirt gear . Some of the items for sale are pretty funny . Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 12:19 PM Labels : books humor Get Your Own Redshirt John Scalzi's novel Redshirts which pokes fun at Star Trek s short-lived red-shirted ensigns who always die on away missions , but , according to promises over at Tor.com turns into: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Monday , December 12, 2011 Star Trek Comic Strip Mocking Patheos I just found , over at Acts of the Apostasy a B-Movie Catechism style comic strip using images from Star Trek : TNG to poke fun at Catholic bloggers who blog at Patheos a website bringing together loads of religious articles and blogs . nbsp The comic is overlong , but amusing . Also , I'm not quite sure what its point is so some bloggers blog at Patheos so what And just for the record , I had an article on Patheos before Patheos was big . Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 5:34 PM Labels : humor Star Trek Comic Strip Mocking Patheos I just found , over at Acts of the Apostasy a B-Movie Catechism style comic strip using images from: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Saturday , December 10, 2011 DC Universe Online Trailer Don't usually follow video game news , but I just happened to run into this . Well worth . watching Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 8:17 PM Labels : video games DC Universe Online Trailer Don't usually follow video game news , but I just happened to run into this . Well worth . watching Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by . Disqus blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Amazon.com Widgets Shop the Sci Fi Catholic Make Custom Gifts at CafePress Blog Archive 2012 1 January 1 New Rag Muffin Short Story : Prelude to a Fall' . 2011 99 December 19 Rag Muffin' Rough Draft