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SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #833 - READALONG: Waterspider by Philip K. Dick Jesse, Will Emmons, and Terence Blake, talk about Waterspider by Philip K. Dick Talked about on today’s show: Worlds Of IF, January 1964, estate, renewed, Poul Anderson, there’s a Poul Anderson serial, not related, the public domain contents, archive.org, delete the half of the serial that’s in this, from 1963, poor Astrid, Karen, Jesse fucking them over out of their money, light and playful and not interesting, a lot of the humour is fan insider humour, doesn’t interest, some deeper stuff, funny, beyond the who’s who of fan people, Howard Browne always having to...2025-04-075h 43

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #574 - AUDIOBOOK: Flight To Forever by Poul Anderson The SFFaudio Podcast #574 – Flight To Forever by Poul Anderson, read by John W. Michaels (aka Mike Vendetti). This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (2 hours 13 minutes) comes to us courtesy of Mike Vendetti! Flight To Forever was first published in Super Science Stories, November 1950. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2020-04-202h 14

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #571 - AUDIOBOOK: The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs The SFFaudio Podcast #571 – The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs, read by Delmar H. Dolbier. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (5 hours 3 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Efficiency Expert was first published as a serial in Argosy All-Story Weekly, October 8 – 29, 1921. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2020-03-305h 03

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #568 – AUDIOBOOK: The Men In The Walls by William Tenn The SFFaudio Podcast #568 – The Men In The Walls by William Tenn, read by Phil Chenevert. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (3 hours 36 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Men In The Walls was first published in Galaxy, October 1963. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2020-03-093h 37

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #561 - AUDIOBOOK: The Green Odyssey by Philip José Farmer The SFFaudio Podcast #561 – The Green Odyssey by Philip José Farmer, read by Mark Nelson. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (6 hours) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Green Odyssey was first published in 1957. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2020-01-206h 01

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #556 - AUDIOBOOK: Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery The SFFaudio Podcast #556 – Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, read by Karen Savage. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (8 hours, 23 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. Anne Of Green Gables was first published in 1908. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-12-168h 23

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #554 - AUDIOBOOK: Shadows In The Moonlight by Robert E. Howard The SFFaudio Podcast #554 – Featuring a complete and unabridged reading of Shadows In The Moonlight by Robert E. Howard First published in Weird Tales, April 1934 It comes to us courtesy of Protecting Project Pulp and is read by Nick Camm. Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-12-021h 20

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #551 - AUDIOBOOK: City Of Endless Night by Milo Hastings The SFFaudio Podcast #546 – City Of Endless Night by Milo Hastings, read by Kate Follis. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (9 hours, 35 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. City Of Endless Night was first serialized as Children Of Kultur in True Story Magazine, May – November 1919. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-11-119h 35

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #546 - AUDIOBOOK: The Angel Of Terror by Edgar Wallace The SFFaudio Podcast #546 – The Angel Of Terror by Edgar Wallace, read by Lee Elliott. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (6 hours, 27 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Angel Of Terror was first published in 1922. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-10-076h 28

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #544 - AUDIOBOOK: Police Your Planet by Lester del Rey The SFFaudio Podcast #544 – Police Your Planet by Lester del Rey, read by Christian Alexander. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (5 hours) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. Police Your Planet was first serialized in Science Fiction Adventures, March to September 1953 The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-09-235h 01

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #538 - AUDIOBOOK: The Curse Of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley The SFFaudio Podcast #538 – The Curse Of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley, read by Barry Eads. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (6 hours 22 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Curse Of Capistrano was first serialized in 1919. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-08-126h 22

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #536 - AUDIOBOOK: The Scarlet Plague by Jack London The SFFaudio Podcast #536 – The Scarlet Plague by Jack London, read by James Christopher. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (1 hours 54 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Scarlet Plague was first published in 1912. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-07-291h 54

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #528 - AUDIOBOOK: Typee by Herman Melville The SFFaudio Podcast #528 – Typee by Herman Melville, read by Michael Scherer. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (11 Hours 33 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. We will discuss it next week. Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-06-0311h 33

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #526 - AUDIOBOOK: Herbert West: Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft The SFFaudio Podcast #526 – Herbert West: Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Mr Jim Moon. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (2 Hours) comes to us courtesy of Mr Jim Moon’s Hypnogoria podcast. We will discuss it next week. Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-05-202h 00

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #524 - AUDIOBOOK: The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick The SFFaudio Podcast #524 – The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick, read by Gregg Margarite. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (2 Hours 47 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. The Variable Man was first published in Space Science Fiction, September 1953. We will discuss it next week. Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-05-062h 48

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #523 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Tomb by H.P. Lovecraft The SFFaudio Podcast #523 – The Tomb by H.P. Lovecraft; read by D.E. Wittkower. This is an unabridged reading of the short story (32 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Paul Weimer, and Evan Lampe. Talked about on today’s show: The Vagrant, March 1922, June 1917, Weird Tales, 1926, his first adult story, so polished, Jesse’s favourite Lovecraft story, personality, Jervas Hyde or Jervas Dudley, how you interpret the events of the story, I want to be somewhere else, Polaris, WWI, a civil war among the Teutonic races, complex loyalt...2019-04-291h 47

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #515 - AUDIOBOOK: The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie The SFFaudio Podcast #515 – The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie, read by Maureen O’Brien:. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (8 hours 4 minutes) comes to us courtesy of MariaLectrix. The Mysterious Affair At Styles was first published as a serial in The Times, February 1920. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-03-048h 04

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #512 - AUDIOBOOK: Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown The SFFaudio Podcast #512 – Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown, read by Karen Joan Kohoutek. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (7 hours 28 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. Wieland was first published in 1798. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2019-02-117h 28

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #502 - AUDIOBOOK: The Wood Beyond The World by William Morris The SFFaudio Podcast #502 – The Wood Beyond The World by William Morris, read by Cori Samuel. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (5 hours 15 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Wood Beyond The World was first published in 1894. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2018-12-035h 15

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #494 - AUDIOBOOK: News From Nowhere by William Morris The SFFaudio Podcast #494 – News From Nowhere by William Morris, read by Elizabeth Klett. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (7 hours 15 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. News From Nowhere was first published as a serial in The Commonweal (The Official Journal Of The Socialist League), January 11th to October 4 1890. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2018-10-087h 15

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #478 - AUDIOBOOK: The Wolf-Leader by Alexandre Dumas The SFFaudio Podcast #478 – The Wolf-Leader by Alexandre Dumas, read by John Van Stan. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (8 Hours 12 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. A PDF of it is available on our PDF Page. We will discuss The Wolf-Leader by Alexandre Dumas. Posted by Jesse Willis 2018-06-188h 12

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #472 - AUDIOBOOK: The Shadow Out Of Time by H.P. Lovecraft The SFFaudio Podcast #472 – The Shadow Out Of Time by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Julie Hoverson. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (3 Hours 52 Minutes) is followed by a related poem entitled Dreams Of Yith by H.P. Lovecraft and Duane W. Rimel (6 Minutes). It read by Mr Jim Moon. A PDF, made from the first publication in Astounding Stories, June 1936, is available on our PDF Page We will discuss both The Shadow Out Of Time and Dreams Of Yith next week. Posted by Jesse Wi...2018-05-073h 59

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #468 - AUDIOBOOK: The War Of The Worlds by H.G. Wells The SFFaudio Podcast #468 – The War Of The Worlds by H.G. Wells, read by Cori Samuel. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (6 Hours 49 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. A PDF, made from the serialization, is available on our PDF Page. We will discuss The War Of The Worlds next week. Posted by Jesse Willis 2018-04-096h 49

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #458 - AUDIOBOOK: The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton The SFFaudio Podcast #458 – The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton, read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (5 Hours 51 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. A PDF of it is available on our PDF Page. We will discuss The Man Who Was Thursday next week. Posted by Jesse Willis 2018-01-295h 51

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #444 - AUDIOBOOK: Citadel Of Fear by Francis Stevens The SFFaudio Podcast #444 – Citadel Of Fear by Francis Stevens, read by Mark Nelson. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (9 Hours 34 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. A PDF of it is available on our PDF Page. We will discuss Citadel Of Fear next week. Posted by Jesse Willis 2017-10-239h 44

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #440 - AUDIOBOOK: The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle The SFFaudio Podcast #440 – The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle, read by Julie Davis. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (12 Hour 34 Minutes) was previously serialized on Julie’s Forgotten Classics podcast (Episodes 98 to 110). We will discuss The Uninvited next week. Posted by Jesse Willis 2017-09-2512h 34

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #433 - TOPIC: ISAAC ASIMOV'S SUPER QUIZ The SFFaudio Podcast #433 – Luke Burrage, Maissa, Julianne, and Jesse play Isaac Asimov’s SUPER QUIZ – because the game is 35 years old we used just four categorizes: “Geography”, “History”, “Science”, and “Words” (we left out “Movies” and “Sports”). This is boardless tabletop game was invented by Ken Fisher in 1982, and was followed by two sequels (Isaac Asimov’s SUPER QUIZ II and Isaac Asimov’s SUPER QUIZ III), it still sees regular publication as a featured column in a United States based newspaper chain. Posted by Jesse Willis 2017-08-071h 01

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #423 - AUDIOBOOK: Dracula by Bram Stoker The SFFaudio Podcast #423 – Dracula by Bram Stoker, read by Rick Kistner. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (14 Hour 23 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of Lit2Go, a great website offering individual chapter MP3s and streaming audio (all available HERE). Dracula was first published in 1897. We will discuss Dracula next week. Posted by Jesse Willis 2017-05-292h 22

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #418 - AUDIO DRAMA: This Hour Has 17 Programs by Paul K. Willis and Michael Boncoeur The SFFaudio Podcast #418 – This Hour Has 17 Programs by Paul K. Willis and Michael Boncoeur was first broadcast on CBC FM Radio, June 30th, 1984 (airing on the weekend variety show, The Entertainers, hosted by Jim Wright). now for something completely different, Peter Gzowski, A.M. Morning, Wayne Gretzky, a musical about nuclear war: We Are Your Dead, Toronto’s new domed city ward, The Trojan Women, Morningside, Margaret Atwood, the Group Of Seven, Greenpeace, the Queen Charlotte Islands, whale songs, the letters of Noel Coward and Adolph Hitler, a book of Canadian fairy tales, Calgary, W.O. M...2017-04-241h 13

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #414 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Unnamable by H.P. Lovecraft The SFFaudio Podcast #414 – The Unnamable by H.P. Lovecraft; read by Mr Jim Moon. This is an unabridged reading of the short story (24 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse Willis, Paul Weimer, and Mr Jim Moon. Talked about on today’s show: Weird Tales, a joke, W. H. Pugmire, the Lovecraft learning curve, a very short story indeed, the meta-story, beyond our ken, a literary argument, someone from the Great Race Of Yith came back in time, defending his own fiction, playtesting, every paragraph has vocabulary expanding word...2017-03-271h 52

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #407 – AUDIO DRAMA: The Ego Network by Paul K. Willis The SFFaudio Podcast #407 – The Ego Network by Paul K. Willis was first broadcast on CBC Radio in the Spring of 1987 (airing on the weekend variety show, The Entertainers, hosted by Stan Carew). “The chances are good that you’ve never heard of The Ego Television Network. caters to the world’s elite. There’s a reason for that, your’e not important enough.The Ego Television Network caters to the world’s political elite, the movers and shakers, the leaders of nations. This program offers a rare glimpse into that most private of networks, you are about to s...2017-02-0626 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #403 - AUDIOBOOK: The Call Of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft The SFFaudio Podcast #403 – The Call Of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Martin Reyto. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (1 Hour 31 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of Legamus. The Call Of Cthulhu was first published in Weird Tales, February 1928. We will discuss it next week. Posted by Jesse Willis 2017-01-091h 31

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #390 - AUDIOBOOK: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick The SFFaudio Podcast #390 – Second Variety by Philip K. Dick, read by Gregg Margarite. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (1 Hours 42 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. Second Variety was first published in Space Science Fiction, May 1953. We will discuss it next week. Posted by Jesse Willis 2016-10-101h 43

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #384 - AUDIOBOOK: The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The SFFaudio Podcast #384 – The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Delmar H. Dolbier. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (1 hours 54 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. The Parasite was first published as a four part serial in Harper’s Weekly, November 10 – December 1, 1894. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2016-08-291h 53

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #381 - AUDIOBOOK: Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini The SFFaudio Podcast #381 – Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini, read by Gordon Mackenzie. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (16 hours 50 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. Scaramouche was first published in 1921. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2016-08-084h 50

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #366 - AUDIOBOOK: The Prince And The Pauper by Mark Twain The SFFaudio Podcast #366 – The Prince And The Pauper by Mark Twain, read by John Greenman. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (6 hours 50 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. The Prince And The Pauper was first published in 1881. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2016-04-256h 50

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #359 - AUDIOBOOK: The Sign Of The Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The SFFaudio Podcast #359 – The Sign Of The Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by David Clarke. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (4 hours 24 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. The Sign Of The Four was first published in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, February 1890. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2016-03-074h 25

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #354 - AUDIOBOOK: The Dream-Quest Of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft The SFFaudio Podcast #354 – The Dream-Quest Of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Martin Reyto. This is an UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK of the novella (5 hour 20 minutes) comes to us courtesy of Legamus.eu. The Dream-Quest Of Unknown Kadath was first published in 1943. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2016-02-015h 20

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #348 - AUDIOBOOK: The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson The SFFaudio Podcast #348 – The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson, read by Mark Nelson. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (4 hours 53 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Ghost Pirates was first published in 1909. Posted by Jesse Willis 2015-12-214h 53

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #335 - AUDIOBOOK: A Voyage To Arcturus by David Lindsay The SFFaudio Podcast #335 – A Voyage To Arcturus by David Lindsay, read by Mark Nelson. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (11 hours 5 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. A Voyage To Arcturus was first published in 1920. Posted by Jesse Willis 2015-09-2111h 09

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #332 - AUDIOBOOK: The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The SFFaudio Podcast #332 – The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, read by Bob Neufeld. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (9 hours 23 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Picture Of Dorian Gray was first published in the July 1890 issue of Lipincott’s magazine, and then in 1891, in an expanded and revised edition. This audiobook is made from the latter publication. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2015-08-319h 23

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #327 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Moon-Bog by H.P. Lovecraft The SFFaudio Podcast #327 – The Moon-Bog by H.P. Lovecraft; read by Martin Reyto courtesy of Legamus. This is an unabridged reading of the short story (24 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse Willis, Seth Wilson, Jim Moon, and Juan Luis Pérez. Talked about in this episode: Title has a hyphen; published in Weird Tales in June 1926, but written for a St. Patrick’s Day event; most critics dismiss the story; most characters are nameless; no Cthulhu mythos; Greek ties to Lovecraft’s The Tree; H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podca...2015-07-271h 30

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #317 - AUDIOBOOK: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan The SFFaudio Podcast #317 – The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan, read by Adrian Praetzellis. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (4 hours 2 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Thirty-Nine Steps was first published in 1915. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2015-05-184h 02

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #305 - AUDIOBOOK: The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson The SFFaudio Podcast #305 – The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson, read by Mark Nelson. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (18 hours 40 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox. The Night Land was first published in 1912. For our discussion of The Night Land check out episode #288 Posted by Jesse Willis 2015-02-236h 40

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #302 - AUDIOBOOK: The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe The SFFaudio Podcast #302 – The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Rick Kistner. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (6 hours 14 minutes) comes to us courtesy of Lit2Go, a fabulous website offering individual chapter MP3s and streaming audio (all available HERE). The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket was first published in 1838. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2015-02-026h 15

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #298 - AUDIOBOOK: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen The SFFaudio Podcast #298 – Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, read by Elizabeth Klett. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (6 hours 55 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. Jane Austen was first published in 1817. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2015-01-056h 55

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #282 - READALONG: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie The SFFaudio Podcast #282 – Jesse, Tamahome, Bryan Alexander, and Julie Davis discuss Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. Talked about on today’s show: a recent novel, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, a long novel, a genderless society, an absence of vocabulary, a politics-biology-language fusion, a light space opera, a murder mystery, a multi-body perspective, foreshadowing a sequel, confusing historical allusions, empire, imagination, personal story, dialogic, magnetic fiction in space, a puppet-like main character, mysterious actions, an unsatisfactory explanation, slave women, a fight for emancipation, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, auxiliaries, the stor...2014-09-1548 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #280 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: Völsungasaga The SFFaudio Podcast #280 – Völsungasaga translated by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris; read by Corpang (of LibriVox). This is an unabridged reading of the saga (4 hours) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Seth, and Mr Jim Moon. Talked about on today’s show: anonymous, 1000 AD, Beowulf, Germanic myth collection, Volsung Dynasty, quick character changes, irrational logic, biblical similarities, Sigurd, echoes of myths, family relationships in Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Tales of Dragons, a hodgepodge of influences, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rin...2014-09-015h 03

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #269 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Moth by H.G. Wells The SFFaudio Podcast #269 – The Moth by H.G. Wells; read by Peter Bishop. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (24 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Seth and Mr Jim Moon! Peter Bishops narration of The Moth is a part of Spoken Freely: Summer Shorts ’14 audiobook by Tantor Media – all proceeds benefit ProLiteracy. Talked about on today’s show: Subtitle “Genus Novo” means “new species”, or, well, new genus; not to be confused with Edgar Allan Poe’s The Sphinx; not tongue-in-cheek lik...2014-06-1649 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #267 - NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS The SFFaudio Podcast #267 – Jesse, Jenny, Tamahome, and Seth talk about NEW RELEASES and RECENT ARRIVALS. Follow this link for a list of our latest arrivals. Note that not all books listed are discussed in the podcast. Talked about on today’s show: Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik Davidson, “minotaurpunk”; the Thirty Years War; 1634 by David Weber and Eric Flint; The New Food by Stephen Leacock; LEGOs!; “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!”; we love narrator Jonathan Davis; Runcible spoon and vorpel sword; intentionality of names in Philip K. Dick’s work; place names in Su...2014-06-021h 28

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #260 - AUDIOBOOK: The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The SFFaudio Podcast #260 – The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Bob Neufeld. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (6 hours 40 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. The Hound Of The Baskervilles was first serialized in The Strand Magazine, August 1901 to April 1902. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2014-04-146h 40

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #257 - AUDIOBOOK: The Star Rover by Jack London The SFFaudio Podcast #257 – The Star Rover (aka The Jacket) by Jack London, read by Barry Eads. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (10 hours 1 minute) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. The Star Rover was first published in 1915. The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it! Posted by Jesse Willis 2014-03-2410h 01

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #254 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Anticipator by Morley Roberts The SFFaudio Podcast #254 – The Anticipator by Morley Roberts; read by Mr Jim Moon. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (17 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse and Mr Jim Moon! Talked about in this episode: Story “found through a route obscure and lonely” via Arthur C. Clarke’s A Recursion in Metastories; H.G. Wells; story anthologized in time travel collection; Morley Roberts popular in The Strand magazine right alongside H.G. Wells and Arthur Conan Doyle; a story about the writer’s life; serialized fi...2014-03-031h 09

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #250 - READALONG: Scanners Live In Vain by Cordwainer Smith The SFFaudio Podcast #250 – Jesse, Tamahome, J.J. Campanella, and Marissa van Uden discuss Scanners Live In Vain by Cordwainer Smith. Talked about on today’s show: Cordwainer Smith’s first story, Fantasy Book, Frederik Pohl, roughness but with power, space is not for humans, A Game Of Rat And Dragon, a cool cat story, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, a bit romantic with a cat, cyborgs, habermans, cranching, Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (aka Cordwainer Smith), was that a Mandarin fingernail?, Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, a specialist in propaganda, the spacers union, On The Waterf...2014-02-0348 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #249 - AUDIOBOOK: Scanners Live In Vain by Cordwainer Smith The SFFaudio Podcast #249 – Scanners Live In Vain by Cordwainer Smith, read by J.J. Campanella. First published in Fantasy Book, #6 in 1950. Scanners Live In Vain has been anthologized in such collections as The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume I, Science Fiction 101 (aka Robert Silverberg’s Worlds Of Wonder), and The Great SF Stories 12 (1950). This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK runs (1 Hour 35 Minutes). We will discuss it in SFFaudio Podcast #250. Posted by Jesse Willis 2014-01-271h 36

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #242 - AUDIOBOOK: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The SFFaudio Podcast #242 – Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, read by William Dufris. First published serially from January to December 1915 in The ForeRunner, this UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (7 Hours 2 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of Tantor Media and their collection of “Unabridged Classics”. Thanks Tantor! Three American young men discover a country inhabited solely by women. Come back for our next episode (SFFaudio Podcast #243) to hear our discussion of Herland. Posted by Jesse Willis 2013-12-097h 02

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #238 - AUDIOBOOK: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells The SFFaudio Podcast #238 – The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, read by Cathy Barratt (for LibriVox.org). This audiobook, 4 hours 35 minutes, is complete and unabridged. Griffin, a scientist, devoted himself to research into optics – he invented a chemical that could change his body’s refractive index to that of air – he absorbs no light, he reflects no light – he is completely invisible. First published in Pearson’s Magazine, June 12, 1897. Posted by Jesse Willis 2013-11-114h 35

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #225 - AUDIOBOOK: The Iron Heel by Jack London The SFFaudio Podcast #225 – The Iron Heel by Jack London, read by Matt Soar. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (8 Hours 9 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. The Iron Heel was first published in 1907. Posted by Jesse Willis 2013-08-128h 09

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #223 - AUDIOBOOK: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka The SFFaudio Podcast #223 – The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, read by David Barnes. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (2 Hours 33 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. The Metamorphosis was first published in 1915, in German, under the title Die Verwandlung. This translation is by Ian Johnston. Posted by Jesse Willis 2013-07-292h 33

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #216 - AUDIOBOOK: The Pit And The Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe The SFFaudio Podcast #216 – The Pit And The Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe, recorded by Paul Michael Garcia for Spoken Freely: Going Public In Shorts. Experience Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling short tale of the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. The story is also available on Downpour.com right now. Previously, Gabrielle de Cuir’s narration of Prince Bull by Charles Dickens is HERE. And next up, will be Dick Hill’s narration of Two Illuminating Stories: The Story Of The Bad Little Boy, and The Story Of The G...2013-06-1039 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #215 - TALK TO: Xe Sands The SFFaudio Podcast #215 – Jesse talks to narrator Xe Sands about Spoken Freely: Going Public In Shorts. Talked about on today’s show: Xe is a family name, xenon, a rare poisonous gas, a noble gas, the Going Public project, poems, stories, D.H. Lawrence, Banned Books Weeks, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Peter Davies, Little Fictions, Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper, first person narration, changing sides, Herland, The Pit And The Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe, suspense, Paul Michael Garcia, 36 stories, 1 essay, Simon Vance, 1 speech, Dion Graham, Abraha...2013-06-0333 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #211 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: Beside Still Waters by Robert Sheckley The SFFaudio Podcast #211 – Beside Still Waters by Robert Sheckley, narrated by Julie Davis. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (9 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Julie Davis, and Rose Davis. Talked about on today’s show: Futurama, The Odyssey, Argos (Odysseus’ dog), a cup of sadness, depressing and beautiful, packed in sensitivity, The Status Civilization by Homer, Ray Bradbury, Amazing Stories, cold war worries, racism, Genesis, Psalms, Philip K. Dick, Eric S. Rabkin, there is no truth about what’s really happening in ficti...2013-05-061h 06

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #204 - AUDIOBOOK: The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley The SFFaudio Podcast #204 – The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley, read by Gregg Margarite. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (4 Hours 53 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. The Status Civilization was first published under the title Omega and was serialized in the August and September 1960 issues of Amazing Science Fiction Stories Magazine. Go back to episode (SFFaudio Podcast #056) to hear our discussion of it. Will Barrent awakes without memories just before being deposited on Omega, a planet for criminals where the average life expectancy is three years. He’s listed as a murderer and...2013-03-184h 53

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #195 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: Polaris by H.P. Lovecraft The SFFaudio Podcast #195 – Polaris by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Jim Moon. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (11 Minutes) followed by a discussion of it by Jesse, Tamahome, Jim Moon. Talked about on today’s show: The Philosopher (an amateur magazine), is this a Christmas story?, The Festival, Lord Dunsany, The Necronomicon, Lovecraft’s Christianity, religion vs. Tradition, Lovecraft’s relationship to his characters, WWI, eldritch gibbering, fainting fits, Lovecraft loved his snoozing, reincarnation vs. mind transfer, time travel, alternate realities?, neanderthal in North America?, what is the setting?, The Horr...2013-01-1442 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #188 - AUDIO DRAMA: The Queen Of The Black Coast The SFFaudio Podcast #188 – First podcast in 2008, in seven separate installments, here it is, the legendary, unconquerable epic that they didn’t want you to hear. It’s back, stronger, and wholly united into one massive adventure … the mighty BrokenSea Audio Productions adaptation of The Queen Of The Black Coast by Robert E. Howard! Posted by Jesse Willis 2012-11-262h 18

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #186 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Lady, Or The Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton The SFFaudio Podcast #186 – An unabridged reading of The Lady, Or The Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton (17 minutes), read by David Federman – followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Tamahome, and Julie Hoverson (of 19 Nocturne Boulevard). Talked about on today’s show: Monty Hall, Let’s Make A Deal, a can of sardines, a donkey and a block of hay, the Dungeons & Dragons meaning of “Monty Hall”, use in schools, weighting the scales, what is the character of women?, equally loving and equally jealous, love vs. jealousy, how barbaric are women?, wher...2012-11-121h 08

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #179 - AUDIOBOOK: The Murders In The Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe The SFFaudio Podcast #179 – The Murders In The Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Bronson Pinchot. This is an UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (1 Hours 31 Minutes) and comes to us courtesy of AudioGo and their collection Poe’s Detectives: The Dupin Stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Thanks AudioGo! Posted by Jesse Willis 2012-09-241h 31

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #174 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Temple by H.P. Lovecraft The SFFaudio Podcast #174 – The Temple by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Mirko Stauch. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (37 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Mirko, and Julie Hoverson. Talked about on today’s show: who’s the womanish Rhinelander?, Rhinelanders are manly(!), superstitious swine, Julie has a transsexual voice in the morning, Julie’s reading of The Temple, renaissance fairs, big crazy hats, Julie’s audio dramatization, the explanation, what’s with the curse, the practical and science-minded captain, insanity, The Call Of Cthu...2012-08-201h 14

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #173 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: A Thousand Deaths by Jack London The SFFaudio Podcast #173 – A Thousand Deaths by Jack London, read by Julie Hoverson (of 19 Nocturne Boulevard). This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (29 Minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Tamahome, Jenny, Julie Hoverson, and Matthew Sanborn Smith Talked about on today’s show: Jack London’s first professional sale, “the hirsute fruit”, the LibriVox version, is the protagonist supposed to be female?, “I don’t know what’s real”, a disintegrated Saint Bernard, a Freudian story, The Island Of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, vivisect...2012-08-131h 17

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #172 - READALONG: The Odyssey by Homer (Books XVII - XX) The SFFaudio Podcast #172 – Scott and Jesse talk, in the fifth of a six part series, about the books XVII, XVIII, XIX and XX of The Odyssey. Talked about on today’s show: Scott is struck, building tension, the nurse, “to be wroth against”, Eumaeus, names are handy, Hiro Protagonist, Neal Stephenson, parody, William Gibson, Eurycleia, Odysseus rolls a saving throw against a stool, first bum fight in literature, twinning, Odysseus is Athena’s avatar on Earth, The Iliad vs. The Odyssey, being of two minds, gods as metaphors, externalization, a primitive version of Matthew 25:40, “my good for...2012-08-0647 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #168 – AUDIOBOOK: Cool Air by H.P. Lovecraft The SFFaudio Podcast #168 – a complete and unabridged reading of Cool Air by H.P. Lovecraft. The narrator is Jonathan Davis! More details, and alternatively formatted versions of this recording, are available HERE. Posted by Jesse Willis 2012-07-0923 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #165 - READALONG: The Odyssey by Homer (Book XIII - XVI) The SFFaudio Podcast #165 – Scott and Jesse talk, in the fourth of a six part series, about the books XIII, XIV, XV and XVI of The Odyssey. Talked about on today’s show: roman numerals, Ian McKellen’s narration, Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World by Jack Weatherford, the host/guest relationship, Phaeacians vs. Phoenicians, Ithaca, the start is near the end, the loyal swineherd, sleeping Odysseus, Poseidon: “I’d like to avenge myself at once” (on the people of Scheria), a ship shaped rock, the generous Phaeacians tax the people to pay for thei...2012-06-1843 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #157 - AUDIOBOOK: The Syndic by C.M. Kornbluth The SFFaudio Podcast #157 – The Syndic by C.M. Kornbluth, read by Mark Nelson. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (6 Hours 20 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of SciPodBooks.com and WonderEbooks. The Syndic was first published in Science Fiction Adventures, December 1953 and March 1954. Come back for our next episode (SFFaudio Podcast #158) to hear our discussion of it. Here’s the etext |RTF| (Rich Text format). Posted by Jesse Willis 2012-04-236h 20

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #151 - READALONG: The Odyssey by Homer (Books V - VIII) The SFFaudio Podcast #151 – Scott, Jesse, and Julie Davis talk, in the second of a six part series, about the books V, VI, VII and VIII of The Odyssey. Talked about on today’s show: We join Odysseus crying into the wine dark sea, it’s all about marriage (and homecomings), my wise Penelope, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Captain Kirk of the Mediterranean, the Samuel Butler translation, Calyspo vs. Circe, Ogygia vs. Scheria, Nausicaa, the role of women in Ancient Greece, adornments to the men, Nausicaa will later marry Telemachus, Odysseus is always being gifts...2012-03-1258 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #148 - READALONG: The Odyssey by Homer (Books I - IV) The SFFaudio Podcast #148 – Scott and Jesse, in the first of a six part series, discuss the first four books of The Odyssey by Homer (books I, II, III and IV). Talked about on today’s show: Odysseus doesn’t appear in the first four books of The Odyssey, planting the seeds for the end of the story, The Iliad, and the missing epics, why not read The Iliad first?, novel vs. tragedy, Robert Fagles, E.V. Rieu, Ian Mckellan’s narration, The Apology Of Socrates by Plato, Telemachus’ dilemma, The Teaching Company, The Telemache (the first...2012-02-2043 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #142 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG - Accessory Before The Fact by Algernon Blackwood The SFFaudio Podcast #142 – Accessory Before The Fact by Algernon Blackwood, read by Gregg Margarite. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (16 Minutes) followed by a discussion of it (by Jesse, Tamahome, and Gregg Margarite). Talked about on today’s show: Accessory Before The Fact was published in 1911, Jesse doesn’t understand this story, Wilkie Collins, ethereal planes are the hook (rather than the detail), Gilligan and The Skipper vs. Laurel and Hardu vs. Harold and Kumar, “this is not a time-slip story”, “this is a precognative story”, paranoia, “spirtitualized”, Germanophobia, WWI, bigotry on di...2012-01-0938 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #140 - AUDIOBOOK: The Island Of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells The SFFaudio Podcast #140 – The Island Of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells, read by Jonathan Kent. This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (4 Hours 8 Minutes) comes to us courtesy of Tantor Media and their collection of “Unabridged Classics”. Thanks Tantor! Come back for our next episode (SFFaudio Podcast #141) to hear our discussion. Here’s the ETEXT. Incidentally, I believe this is the first time an entire novel has been podcast as one big file. Posted by Jesse Willis 2011-12-264h 08

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #129 - READALONG: The Mote In God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle The SFFaudio Podcast #129 – Jesse, Tamahome, Julie and Jenny discuss the Audible Frontiers audiobook of The Mote In God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Talked about on today’s show: Aliens, first contact, alien aliens, Theodore Sturgeon, Microcosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon, evil genius inventor, a society in a bottle, how do we figure out which information is true, L.J. Ganser, “Fyunch(click)”, space empire, the Horse-Head Nebula, the depth of the alien alienness, who has free will in The Mote In God’s Eye?, “there was little of free will in an engineer...2011-10-101h 12

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #119 The SFFaudio Podcast #119 – Scott, Jesse and Tamahome talk to author Paul Malmont about his novel The Astounding, The Amazing, And The Unknown. Talked about on today’s show: The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, Jack London In Paradise, Hawaii, The Iron Heel by Jack London, the rise of the oligarchy, The Washington Post review of The Astounding, The Amazing, And The Unknown, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, L. Ron Hubbard, the Philadelphia Experiment, the movie The Philadelphia Experiment, “a psuedo-historical event” vs. “a cultural phenomena”, legend, John W. Campbell, Astounding Science Fiction, Unknown (magazine), Kamikaze pilots vs. t...2011-08-0134 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #112 - AUDIOBOOK: The Marching Morons by C.M. Kornbluth The SFFaudio Podcast #112 – a complete and unabridged reading of The Marching Morons by C.M. Kornbluth. It is wonderfully narrated for us by William Coon of Eloquent Voice. The Marching Morons is a Science Fiction novella written by Cyril M. Kornbluth, originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction’s April 1951 issue. It has been famously anthologized in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two (B). The story is set hundreds of years in the future: the date is 7-B-936. Its protagonist is John Barlow, a man from the past put into suspended animation by a...2011-06-131h 20

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #099 The SFFaudio Podcast #099 – Jesse talked with Evo Terra, Steve Eley, Bill Desmedt, Steen Hansen, and Matthew Wayne Selznick in a kaffeeklatsch recorded on Friday August 24, 2006 at LA . . Talked about on today’s show: recording for posterity, Evo is not his real name, Milford, Pennsylvania, Damon Knight, James Blish, Larry Niven, Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Johnstown, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Johnstown Flood, podcasting, giant squid?, iRiver MP3 players, Dragon Page: Cover To Cover, “it’s a good pain”, Podiobooks.com, Audible.com, Libsyn, Slice Of Sci-Fi, Farpoint Media, Mech Muse, Escape Pod‘s Stev...2011-03-1428 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #081 - AUDIOBOOK: The Code Of The Poodles by James Powell The SFFaudio Podcast #081 – Featuring a complete and unabridged reading of The Code Of The Poodles by James Powell! This is a humorous FANTASY/CRIME story from one of the best in the business, James Powell. Check out our talk with Powell (in SFFaudio Podcast #020) and his first published story, The Friends Of Hector Jouvet (in SFFaudio Podcast #030). The Code Of The Poodles comes to us courtesy of James Powell himself. Thanks James! Powell’s recently published collection of short stories, A Pocketful of Noses: Stories of One Galnelon or Another, is avai...2010-11-0822 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #079 - AUDIOBOOK: Queen Of The Black Coast by Robert E. Howard The SFFaudio Podcast #079 – Featuring a complete and unabridged reading of Queen Of The Black Coast by Robert E. Howard! This is perhaps the greatest CONAN adventure ever written. It was first published in Weird Tales, May 1934. It comes to us courtesy of Audio Realms and TheAudioBookShop.com. It can be found, along with a bunch of other great Howard yarns, in People Of The Dark: The Weird Works Of Robert E. Howard – Volume Two. 2010-10-251h 20

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #067 - TALK TO: Dan Carlin The SFFaudio Podcast #067 – Scott and Jesse talk to Dan Carlin, of the Hardcore History and Common Sense podcasts! Talked about on today’s show: Hardcore History, Common Sense, the Rashomon effect, Gilligan’s Island, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, defensive reporting, nuance vs. talking points, BBC, NPR, PBS, Wikileaks, Common Sense Show #179 – GenX Journalism, the Martian political position, comics, What If…, Niall Ferguson, “counterfactual history“, “how different would voting be if there were no money impacting the political system at all?”, the toothless United Nations, the Canadian political system vs. the U.S. political system...2010-07-1958 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #066 - TALK TO: Harlan Ellison The SFFaudio Podcast #066 – Scott talks to Harlan Ellison, in the vintage 2006 interview, about audiobooks and audio drama. Talked about on today’s show: SFWA, Harlan Ellison’s Grand Master of Science Fiction award, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Repent Harlequin Said The Tick-Tock Man, A Boy And His Dog, Shatterday, Alternate World Recordings, Shelly Levinson, Roy Torgeson, The Prowler In The City A The Edge of the World, Yours Truly Jack The Ripper by Robert Bloch, Dangerous Visions, The Bloody Times Of Jack The Ripper, radio drama, Orson...2010-07-1240 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #063 - TALK TO: Rick Jackson and William Coon The SFFaudio Podcast #063 – Scott and Jesse talk to Rick Jackson and William Coon about audiobook narration and recording. Talked about on today’s show: Eloquent Voice Audiobooks, Wonder Audio, LibriVox.org, WordPress, Elements of SEO (a wordpress theme), The Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown |READ OUR REVIEW|, The Wench Is Dead by Fredric Brown (available on audible.com), The Defenders and Other Stories by Philip K. Dick, Starman’s Quest and Other Stories by Robert Silverberg, OverDrive.com, Borders, Barnes & Noble, WHSmith, public libraries, Toronto, Anton Chekhov, “life is a passing parade”, Henry Jame...2010-06-2147 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #059 The SFFaudio Podcast #059 – Jesse and Scott talk with Science Fiction author David J. Williams about his recently completed Autumn Rain trilogy. Talked about on today’s show: Mirrored Heavens (book 1 in the Autumn Rain trilogy), The Burning Skies (book 2 in the Autumn Rain trilogy), The Machinery Of Light (book 3 in the Autumn Rain trilogy), writing in the present tense, memory, espionage, using past tense is “privileging the narrative”, cold war, cyberspace, cyberpunk, space as the ultimate high ground, militarizing space, satellites, “rods from god“, the straylight run scene from William...2010-05-2443 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #038: AUDIOBOOK: The Burning Bridge by Poul Anderson The SFFaudio Podcast #038 – Diverting from our usual agenda of talking about audiobooks, we’re presenting one. This comes courtesy of Rick Jackson, of Wonder Audio. It’s an unabridged reading of Poul Anderson’s short story The Burning Bridge! And be sure to check out our authors pages section on POUL ANDERSON , it details other versions of this story and many other Poul tales. The Burning Bridge By Poul Anderson; Read by Amanda Fitzwater 1 |MP3| – Approx. 1 Hour 7 Minutes [UNABRIDGED] Podcaster: The SFFaudio Podcast Podcast: October 5, 2009 Usua...2009-10-051h 06

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #034 - READALONG: The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan The SFFaudio Podcast #034 – Jesse and Scott have invited a roster of internet celebrities on for this podcast to talk about Richard K. Morgan‘s novel The Steel Remains. Listen in as… Brian Murphy (of The Silver Key blog and The Cimmerian), Gregg Margarite (LibriVox.org narrator and book coordinator), and Luke Burrage (professional juggler and host of the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast) discuss… The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan [AN UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK from TANTOR MEDIA]! Talked about on today’s show: The...2009-08-311h 24

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #030 - The Friends Of Hector Jouvet by James Powell The SFFaudio Podcast #030 – is rather different than previous programs. This one has no talk, it’s all story. I asked for and received permission to record a short story by previous SFFaudio Podcast guest James Powell. The Friends Of Hector Jouvet was Powell’s first ever sale. It was originally published in the April 1966 issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Our audio version is skillfully narrated by J.J. Campanella. This is a great story. Enjoy! The Friends Of Hector Jouvet By James Powell; Read by J.J. Campanella 1 |MP3| – Approx. 34 Minutes [UNABRIDGED...2009-07-1333 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #029 The SFFaudio Podcast #029 – Jesse and Scott are joined by Julie D. of the Forgotten Classic podcast. Listen in as Julie gushes over the new audiobook of Ken Scholes’ novel Lamentation! We also talk Space Opera, libraries, and how to read a paperbook: “Breaking the spine of a book is like breaking the spine of the family dog.” Ya, it’s a Buck Roger-ish show. Talked about on today’s show: Hyperion by Dan Simmons, David Weber, “The Honor Harrington” series, On Basilisk Station, military SF, Audible Frontiers, John Ringo, March...2009-03-161h 05

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #028 The SFFaudio Podcast #028 – Jesse and Scott are joined by Luke Burrage of The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast. First up we talk about Luke’s show and reviewing Science Fiction. Later we ask the question for our time: Are the British taking over Science Fiction? Talked about on today’s show: Luke Burrage: International Juggler and Entertainer, Juggling Podcasts, Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas, Gateway by Frederik Pohl, Perdido Street Station by China Miéville, NaNoWriMo, the “Void Trilogy” by Peter F. Hamilton, Richard K. Morgan, Black Man (aka Thirteen) |READ OUR RE...2009-03-091h 18

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #027 The SFFaudio Podcast #027 – Jesse and Scott are joined by Rick Jackson (The Time Traveler). Today we talk about new audiobooks, the ongoing CONAN situation, and libraries. Should libraries be renting Zunes to patrons? Talked about on today’s show: Ted Chiang, Eclipse 2, Blackstone Audio, The Green Hills Of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein, Apollo 8, Brotherhood Of The Wolf by David Farland, Bellewether by Connie Willis, Corsair by Clive Cussler, James Bond is fantasy?, Quantum Of Solace, Sahara, coming from Wonder Audi...2009-03-0254 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #025 The SFFaudio Podcast #025 – Jesse and Scott are joined by Brian Murphy of The Silver Key and The Cimmerian blogs. We mostly talk about Fantasy, with a little war talk to make things manlier. Talked about on today’s show: Recent Arrivals, Penguin Audio, re-release of Stephen King audiobooks, Desperation, The Regulators, Thinner, Rose Madder, Joe Mantegna, Blair Brown, Kathy Bates, Kate Nelligan, the origins of the “Richard Bachman” pseudonym, Donald E. Westlake, Chapterhouse Dune, Frank Herbert, full cast narration, Macmillan Audio, Starship series, Mike Resnick, Jonathan Davis, Book Of The Road, du...2009-02-1645 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #024 The SFFaudio Podcast #024 – Jesse and Scott discuss hardware (which is the best iPod), comics (graphic novels to some), movies (bad and worse) and even a few audiobooks (not so bad at all). Talked about on today’s show: Recent arrivals, Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip, Blackstone Audio, Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint, urban fantasy, Pebble In The Sky by Isaac Asimov, BBC Audiobooks America, Gentleman Of The Road by Michael Chabon, In The Electric Mist With The Confederate Dead by James Lee Burk...2009-02-0957 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #022 The SFFaudio Podcast #022 – Jesse and Scott are guestless so they decide to talk about themselves and audio in the third person. Talked about on today’s show: LibriVox’s releases 1, 2, Wonder Audio, Mark Douglas Nelson, Audible.com’s “first book in a series” offer, Mike Resnick’s Starship Mutiny, Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon, Robert J. Sawyer’s Hominids, the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast, Robert J. Sawyer, Wake, Golden Fleece, multiple voice recordings, Dune, Ted Chiang (“best short story writer ever”), Exhalatio...2009-01-2600 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #019 The SFFaudio Podcast #019 – Julie Davis (of the Forgotten Classics, StarShipSofa and Happy Catholic blog) joins us for a potassium filled show. Talked about on today’s show: Forgotten Classics, The Hidden Adversary, Agatha Christie, Temptation, David Brin, Recorded Books, Sundiver, Different Seasons, Stephen King, Frank Muller, Daemon, Daniel Suarez, Microsoft Zune’s 30gb brick = DRM, Librivox’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Craftlit, Craftlit podcast, Another Beowulf & Grendel, Iceland, Greenland, The Fall, Encounters At The End Of The W...2009-01-0500 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #018 The SFFaudio Podcast #018 – a podcast about audiobooks, audio drama, History and most of all mutiny! This is mutiny mister! Talked about on today’s show: One way to get around DRM (swapping iPods), Blackstone Audio arrivals, The Selected Stories Of Philip K. Dick Volume 1, The Selected Stories Of Philip K. Dick Volume 2, X-Minus One: Colony, The Days Of Perky Pat, Alpha, Catherine Asaro, Inferno, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, New Releases, Starship: Rebel, Mike Resnick, Allen Steele, Coyote, Wayne June, The...2008-12-2939 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #007 The SFFaudio Podcast #007 is so lucky! We’re super hoop-jumping, in this deadly to DRM show – we’re unspooling fences and digging ditches – working around the work-arounds – so, the long and the short: Scott: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes. Jesse: No it isn’t. Topics discussed include: Golden Age Comic Book Stories, Argosy magazine covers, Pellucidar, At The Earth’s Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs, LibriVox, A Princess Of Mars, multiple narrators, Ender’s Game, Step...2008-10-1353 min

SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #001 - NEW RELEASES / RECENT ARRIVALS Hey look! We’ve got our own podcast. This is the very first one, which includes SFFaudio founders Scott D. Danielson and Jesse Willis talking about audiobooks, audio drama, and cease and desist orders. We won’t desist podcasting if you won’t cease downloading them – whatever that means. This week we talked about the most recent of Recent Arrivals, the newest of the New Releases, and the breaking news about the attempt to break Broken Sea Audio Productions‘ productions. Topics under discussion include: Ubik, Philip K. Dick, Joss Whedon, 2008-09-0138 min