I’m back! With more podcast recommendations! As the title of this entry suggests, I’ll be introducing a couple of podcast novels, otherwise known as podiobooks, that I’ve picked up these couple of months.
Since I don’t have any classes for the current summer semester (I’m taking a BSc in Computing at an Australian university via distance learning), I’ve got more time on my hands, which I decided to devote to catching up on my long long list of podcasts. Recently, several of “big shots” in the world of podiobooks have released new productions. Being the junky that I am, I just HAD to subscribe to as many of them as my puny little MP3 player could fit.
Disclaimer: The novels featured below may contain mature situations, language and violence.
At the final hours of Halloweens, Scott Sigler uploaded the first episode of his latest sci-fi horror podcast novel Nocturnal. The novel is revolves around Bryan, a detective in San Francisco, who’s plagued by wierd, murderous dreams. He and his partner, Pookie try to uncover the deadly secrets behind Bryan’s dreams, which are apparently related to a series of recent vicious murders. Well, this is all I can reveal for now, before Scott has me silenced. Subscribe to learn more!
Within minutes of Nocturnal’s launch, Mur Lafferty released her latest piece of work Playing For Keeps. This is the story of Keepsie Branson, a bar owner in the shining metropolis of Seventh City: birthplace of super powers. Keepsie and her friends live among egotistical heroes and manipulative villains, and manage to fall directly in the middle as people with powers, but who just aren’t strong enough to make a difference. Or that’s what they’ve been told. As the city begins to melt down, it’s hard to tell who are the good guys and who are the bad. Other than your normal audio-only feed, there is also a special Playing For Keeps experience feed, where in addition to the audio files of the individual episodes, you will ALSO get a PDF of the episode AND a short supplemental podcast called Stories of the Third Wave. Highly recommended! Do check out these other novels/podcasts by Mur:
- Heaven – Season 1
- Heaven – Season 2: Hell
- Heaven – Season 3: Earth
- Pseudopod
- The Geek Fu Morning Show
- I Should Be Writing
On December 1st, Steve Saylor launched his very own podcast novel Black Shadow, which is about a faceless super-hero, Black Shadow, who possesses supernatural powers to stop the demonic evil trying to take over the world. Steve also produces the This Week in Geek podcast.
Fans of Tee Morris‘s popular MOREVI series will be pleased to know that MOREVI: Remastered is now available. MOREVI: Remastered is a “Director’s Cut” of the original MOREVI podcast. MOREVI is Tee’s first novel, co-written with Lisa Lee and released in print in 2002. Other novels/podcast produced by Tee are:
Another podcast novel worth checking out is the recently ended Cresent, by Phil Rossi. Crescent is dark science fiction at it’s most visceral. Phil Rossi weaves a tale that is reminiscent of old school Stephen King but with a shiny, new set of tricks and an appetite to terrify. After you sweat your way through the first chapter, there’s plenty more to keep you awake at night.
Well folks, that’s all for now. Hope you enjoy the podcasts I’ve recommended so far!
Tags: fiction, Podcasts, podiobooks, Reviews
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