Audiobooks are hot. This once decidedly unhip form of entertainment, the purview of grandmas and square commuters, has exploded in recent years. And most industry mavens think the growth is just beginning. They feel huge segments of the public will embrace audiobooks given half a chance.
The greatest twist ending of all time? That’s what many Old Time Radio experts say about this episode of “Mysterious Traveler” entitled “S.O.S.” which originally aired on May 2, 1950.
So do you agree with the experts? Is it the greatest twist ending of all time? Post your thoughts in the comments section.
Why not pass this pleasant summer day with another tale from old time radio show “The Shadow”. And a very scary one at that called “The Gibbering Thing”.
As always, if you want to us to post a specific piece of radio drama …. just ask! We usually are happy to oblige.
In his Guest of Honor speech at this year’s Worldcon (Aussiecon), Kim Stanley Robinson offered his take on utopia. It was a speech full of intriguing ideas and fun musings.
Sometimes he’s a bit too optimistic:
The powers of human science and ingenuity are such that even despite this strangely dangerous situation we’re in I have full confidence that people will for their own sakes and for their children’s sakes, will get a grip and, even if it’s 51 per cent, even if it’s a hung parliament with a lot of dealings to pull a few more people into the fold, that’s all you need.
Sometimes convincing:
The more visions we have of a future where things are going right in some large sense, the more we believe in our hearts that we’re headed that way as a consensus culture.
Often quite funny:
Economics is the astrology of our time.
Always worth your time. And he does it all in the form of an interview with himself.
So if you want to listen to the whole thing. (And you should.) You just a click on the play button below.
It’s a scorching Sunday here in NYC, so we’re not feeling very entergetic today in the Ghost Radio compound. We thought you might be feeling much the same.
And what better way to get through a lazy Sunday than to kick back, close your eyes, and listen to a spooky tale.
So we picked one of the best for you: “On a Country Road” from a 1954 broadcast of Suspense. Hit the play button, let reality slip away, and enjoy a creepy half-hour of entertainment.
Listen to the author of Ghost Radio, Leopoldo Gout, on the Canadian Science Fiction podcast Hi-Sci-Fi.
The interview begins about 21 minutes into the podcast.
You can check out their website here.
And, of course, you can check out reviews of Ghost Radio in the “reviews” link in the categories tab on the main page.
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