Posts tagged: ray bradbury

Good Monsters?

Posted on 2015-10-31 at 19:42 by Dave

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, read by Christian Rummel Length: 9 hours, 8 minutes

Cabal by Clive Barker, read by Chet Williamson Length: 6 hours, 44 minutes

Nothing says Halloween quite like monsters. Over the last few weeks, two books I've listened to have focused on monsters and our reactions to them: Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes and Clive Barker's Cabal. Both of these books are considered classics of their eras, and listening to them back-to-back, I found their

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged all hallows listen, clive barker, monsters, ray bradbury

Release Week: Manly Wade Wellman's The Old Gods Waken, Eric Flint's Islands, Peter F. Hamilton's The Abyss Beyond Dreams, Daniel Abraham's A Shadow in Summer, Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, and Tim Robbins reads Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

Posted on 2014-10-24 at 17:7 by Sam

OCTOBER 15-21, 2014: Appalachian folk magic from the legendary Manly Wade Wellman, a full cast radioplay adaptation of an Eric Flint novella, new space sf, backlist epic fantasy from Daniel Abraham, Pynchon's postmodern epic Gravity's Rainbow, and Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian tale Fahrenheit 451 under the voice of Tim Robbins headline this week's releases which also include: Ytasha Womack's Rayla 2212, Chuck Palahniuk's Beautiful You, Eliza Granville's debut novel Gretel and the Dark read by Stefan

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Posted in Release Week | Tagged daniel abraham, eric-flint, fahrenheit 451, george guidall, gravity's rainbow, islands, john lee, manly wade wellman, peter f hamilton, ray bradbury, rayla 2212, skyboat media, stefan rudnicki, tantor, thomas pynchon, tim robbins, ytasha womack

All Hallow's Listen Part 2: Dave reviews Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury

Posted on 2012-10-19 at 14:0 by Dave

Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury edited by Sam Weller and Mort Castle Stories by: 26 writers including Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Audrey Niffenegger, Margaret Atwood, Alice Hoffman, Robert McCammon, and more Narrated by: George Takei, Edward Hermann, Kate Mulgrew, F. Murray Abraham, Neil Gaiman, Peter Appel, and James Urbaniak for Harper Audio Length: 14 hours, 11 minutes

Review by Dave Thompson

For me, Ray Bradbury’s name is more synonymous with October and Halloween than any

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Posted in All Hallow's Listen, regular, reviews | Tagged all hallows listen, dave thompson, george takei, joe hill, kate mulgrew, neil gaiman, ray bradbury, reviews, shadow show

All Hallow's Listen Part 1: Dave Thompson reviews The Halloween Tree by Rad Bradbury

Posted on 2012-10-12 at 19:55 by Sam

[Editor’s note: “All Hallow’s Listen” will be a 3-part series this October, featuring Dave Thompson’s reviews on Halloween-suitable audiobooks. Stay tuned each Friday!]

The Halloween Tree By Ray Bradbury Narrated by Bronson Pinchot for Blackstone Audio Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins Release Date: 07-25-11

Review by Dave Thompson: All Hallow’s Listen #1: An October Essential

If you’re looking for a fun story to listen to this Halloween, look no further. Bradbury’s The Halloween Tree is about as essential to

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Posted in All Hallow's Listen, regular, reviews | Tagged all hallows listen, all hallows read, dave thompson, ray bradbury, reviews, the halloween tree

Release week: Shadow Show, Caitlin R. Kiernan's The Drowning Girl, The Last Policeman, and Year Zero

Posted on 2012-07-11 at 13:52 by Sam

July really gets rolling here in its second week, with a long list of big new releases, including Rob Reid’s Year Zero and Deborah Harkness’s Shadow of Night. Still, it’s another four books which most catch my eye this week, starting with the anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury edited by Sam Weller and Mort Castle, narrated by George Takei, Edward Herrmann, Kate Mulgrew, F. Murray Abraham, Neil Gaiman, Peter Appel, and James Urbaniak for Harper Audio, concurrent with its

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Posted in regular, Release Week | Tagged caitlin r kiernan, graham joyce, neil gaiman, neil gaiman presents, ray bradbury, release week, the drowning girl, the last policeman, year zero