Aural Delights #85 features Jeremiah Tolbert’s “The Culture Archivist”, narrated by yours truly. It’s a strange and thought-provoking far future piece that probes uncomfortably deep into themes of identity. Link here.
On the Stage & Behind the Mic
Yesterday was Day One and today Day Two of auditions for “Sweeney Todd” at the Bellevue Society for the Arts. Though the competition is fierce and impressive, I think I at least have a look at the lead– if not, perhaps a secondary character, and certainly a chorus role. Regardless of my personal outcome, let it be said right now: there will be some stunning talent on display in this show. Tickets go on sale July 10th.
A recent re-syndication, followed by an appearance on the fledgling Sofanauts podcast, have served as my introduction to Jeremiah Tolbert, who has invited me to read a story for Escape Pod. I’ll be taking a run at a clever tale by Samantha Henderson, and it should hit the EP feed some time this summer.
Speaking of podcasts and Mr. Tolbert, keep an ear on Starship Sofa for my reading of his far-future story “The Culture Archivist“. If I understand correctly, the story should air next week.
Sofanauts appearance
Tony Smith (from Starship Sofa) has a new roundtable podcast called The Sofanauts. The third episode is live, and I’m on the panel, alongside Campbell-nominated author Gord Sellar and Escape Pod managing editor Jeremiah Tolbert. (No, I’m really not worthy, thanks for asking.) Discussion topics for the episode include the Nebula and Locus awards, games as literature, the predicted Singularity, and the Heinlein/Spider Robinson novel Variable Star.
It’s a lively discussion; Tolbert in particular has a knack for answering counterintuitively and then backing his position convincingly.
Escape Pod appearance
A pleasant surprise: Escape Pod has resyndicated my reading of “Exhalation” that originally aired on Starship Sofa.
Escape Pod, for the uninitiated, is the biggest market for short audio SF, and the second-largest market for short SF regardless of media. As Escape Pod was among the first podcasts I ever heard, it was vaguely surreal to see my name pop up in their RSS feed.
New narration up today
Starshipsofa.com has posted all seven 2009 Nebula nominees(!) in podcast form, for your listening pleasure:
http://www.starshipsofa.com/20090402/the-complete-nebula-best-short-storynominees-2008/
My contribution was Ruth Nestvold’s “Mars: A Traveller’s Guide”:
http://www.starshipsofa.com/20090402/aural-delights-no-73-nebula-nominee-ruth-nestvold/
I haven’t listened to the rest yet, but I’ve read some of the stories, and am familiar with the exceptional talents of the other narrators; expect good things here.
–Ray
New narration online
My first full-length narration is up over at starshipsofa.com. It’s part of the Sofa’s 2009 British Science Fiction Association award nominee series: “Exhalation”, by none other than (multiple Hugo and Nebula winner) Ted Chiang.
Many thanks to Mr. Chiang for allowing his work to be podcast, and to Tony Smith at starshipsofa.com for selecting me as narrator of this phenomenal story.
Upcoming SF narrations
Keep an ear on starshipsofa.com in the months to come for some narration from your truly. Tony already has work from Michael Bishop (a strange story) and Jetse de Vries (considerably stranger) in the can for future presentation, and I’m starting work on a story by Ted Chiang(!) as soon as this chest cold eases off.
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