Random Science-fiction Podcasts

A podcast about old-time radio, fighting Nazis, and a small town in Ohio where time doesn’t quite work right.

Categories: Arts, Fiction

Tags: Arts, fiction, science-fiction

Henry Beam Piper’s book “Five Sci-Fi Short Stories“ is a collection of: The Answer, Temple Trouble, Flight From Tomorrow, Police Operation and Graveyard of Dreams. “The Answer” is about two nuclear scientists who have successfully made a very powerful weapon and are planning to drop it from space on un-expecting earthlings. The story is set in 1984, many years after a supposed nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union had ended. The stories “Temple Trouble” and “Police Operation” deal with alternate histories which is a theme that Piper is well known for. “Temple Trouble” has a very interesting religious undertone which many readers will surely be curious about and in “Police Operation,” he introduces Varken Vall, one of the best characters that Piper brought to life. “Flight From Tomorrow” and “Graveyard of Dreams” on the other hand are both set in the future. Like in all of Piper’s works, these stories have a simple narrative style and a very interesting storyline. Most of his main protagonists in these stories also have a common factor: they’re self-reliant persons who can deal with any kind of situation which they face. Some experts believe that they’re a reflection of himself. Piper unlike most of the other writers during his time was largely self-educated and even worked various blue collar jobs before he became a successful writer. Piper’s “Five Sci-Fi Short Stories” is a good read for people who are interested in futuristic and alternate reality sci-fi stories.

Categories: Arts

Tags: audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, Five Sci-Fi Short Stories by H. Beam Piper, free audio books, H. Beam Piper, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, science-fiction, Short stories

Join me regularly as I break down and explore the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Categories: Fiction, TV & Film

Tags: bbc, Classic Doctor Who, Dr Who, science-fiction, TARDIS, timelord

Murder, betrayal, the fate of humanity… it’s all in a day’s work for Jim Meade, Martian P.I. In 2097 humanity is ruled by two major powers: The Consortium and Coalition. But Jim Meade is a Runabout – someone who doesn’t care who’s running the show so long as he can earn his keep peacefully in the deadly Zero-G fights that keep the Martian colonists entertained on a nightly basis. After one of his fights goes horribly wrong, Meade finds himself deep in debt to one of the most dangerous warlords on Mars. When a beautiful Coalition officer asks to help clear her father’s name, he seizes the opportunity to make some easy money. However, Meade quickly finds out that he’s entangled within a dark conspiracy that gets stranger at every turn and if he wants to survive the change in management, he’ll need every ounce of wit, whiskey and guts he’s got.

Categories: Arts

Tags: Books, detective, detective novels, mars, martian p.i., Noir, noir on the radio, radio play, radio play podcast, science-fiction

The title ‘Anthem’ is derived as an anthem to sense of self and self-governing thoughts. Anthem is a story of Equality 7-2521 who is a young man living in some unspecified future time and place. In this future era freedom and individual rights have been eradicated. The starring character of the novel is an inquisitive street cleaner. He lives in a society where people have lost their knowledge of individualism, to the extreme that people do not know words like ‘I’ or ‘mine’. All the people live and work for their livelihood in collective groups, along with the people with power, namely the ‘Councils’. There are many types of councils namely the Council of Vocations, Council of Scholars etc. The society is where all the terminology of individualism is completely restrained. They emphasize the principle that all are equal and should remain that way. Equality was an outstanding student during childhood and was very interested in learning. He wanted to become a scholar in the Council, but for his thought, he was punished by the Council which is responsible for assigning jobs to each individual. They punished him by assigning him the job of street sweeper. Equality had a thirst for knowledge that he secretly satisfy by sneaking into a tunnel every evening, where he was alone. He used the time to write, think and to perform some scientific experiments. Soon he falls in love with a woman named Liberty 5-3000. The book enumerates the quest for knowledge by this young man who struggles to find answers for many burning questions. These questions lead him to discover the mystery behind his society and the key to freedom. You’ll find the book hard to put down as it tackles the question of expressing love in a society that does not recognize it. More great books at LoyalBooks.com

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

Tags: anthem, audio books, audiobook, ayn rand, ebooks, fantasy, fiction, free audio books, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Philosophy, Psychology, romance, science, science-fiction, travel

Ever since the castle first appeared in the sky above the city of Windfall, its residents have been building upward. Now the city consists of towers where the wealthiest residents live at the top while the poor eke out a living on the ground. Our podcast follows Cas, Shaima, and Argus, three brothers who live with their Uncle Vern after being orphaned during the grounder rebellion twenty years earlier. They find themselves drifting apart as Argus, the youngest, falls hopelessly in love with the much-older Helina, a foreign merchant haunted by her past; Cas, the middle brother, works in secret for the local crime boss; and Shaima, the oldest, struggles to keep their uncle’s scrap shop from going under. When Cas’s best friend, Kendall, is offered a position with the Wolfpac, Windfall’s military cult that acts as the city’s police, Cas is forced to decide where his loyalties lie. Meanwhile, something sinister looms over the city itself, threatening the lives of all who live in Windfall, from the wealthiest residents to the ground-level poor. Start at Episode 1.00.

Categories: Arts, Fiction

Tags: audio drama, audio fiction, drama, Sci-Fi, science-fiction, sound design, windfall

From the creators of Doctor Who: Podshock, a podcast covering all of British science fiction including but not limited to Doctor Who, Blake’s 7, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, UFO, Thunderbirds, Space: 1999, War of the Worlds, The Tripods, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and more. Hosted by Louis Trapani and friends. Plain MP3 version. A production of Art Trap Productions. See other podcasts at arttrap.com.

Categories: Arts, TV & Film

Tags: Art Trap Productions, bbc, Blake's 7, british, Doctor Who, film, Gerry Anderson, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, K9, Louis Trapani, Movies, Red Dwarf, Sarah Jane Adventures, Sci-Fi, science-fiction, The Prisoner, Torchwood, tv

Writer/Comedian Dane Curley explores all the intelligent s*** you’re interested in, but makes it funnier. Discover fascinating new concepts in the least pretentious, most entertaining way imaginable. MCREC is thoughtful and irreverent infotainment, from the crowd-work specialist who also hosts “The Best Open Mic Comedy Show in New York City.” Always unscripted. Always worth a shot! Follow, Subscribe & Play Any Episode, Now.

Categories: Arts, Comedy, Music

Tags: Books, Comedian, Comedy, music, new york comedy, roast battles, science-fiction, scifi, Stand Up Comedian, stand up comedy, stand-up comic, underground comedy

In October 2017 a woman washed up on a quiet shore in the sleepy New England town of Merrow’s Cove. The locals say she was a mermaid. Reporter Emma Kersey returns to her hometown to investigate the case and uncover secrets and folktales that span hundreds of years. Mermaids of Merrow’s Cove is a serialized weekly podcast from Massachusetts Public Radio, hosted by journalist Emma Kersey and produced by John Murphy.

Categories: Arts

Tags: mermaids, MYSTERY, science-fiction

Connor Trinneer, Erica LaRose & Mark Cartier explore the world of Star Trek and life on Earth. Guests. Fan questions answered. Watch on YouTube. Listen here. Patreon for those who just love us.

Categories: Comedy, Fiction, TV & Film

Tags: connor trinneer, dominic keating, enterprise, erica larose, Fun, Guest, interview, mark cartier, science-fiction, star trek, star trek enterprise, television, tv

Early victories by the USSR in a global nuclear war cause the United Nations government to retreat to the moon leaving behind troops and fierce autonomous robots called “Claws”, which reproduce and redesign themselves in unmanned subterranean factories. After six bloody years of conflict the Soviets call for an urgent conference and UN Major Joseph Hendricks sets out to meet them. Along the way he will discover what the Claws have been up to, and it isn’t good… – Second Variety was first published in the May 1953 edition of Space Science Fiction Magazine.

Categories: Arts

Tags: audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Philip K. Dick, science-fiction, Second Variety

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories originally published between 1931 and 1963, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input.

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family

Tags: Adventure, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, science-fiction, Short Science Fiction Collection, Short stories, Teen/Young adult, various

Burroughs’ second book in the classic Barsoom series, The Gods of Mars is a scientific fiction novel following the adventures of John Carter as he returns to Mars after a ten year hiatus in the hope of being reunited with his wife, child and the Red Martian people. First published as a five-part serial in a pulp magazine in the course of 1913, the novel was later published as a whole in 1918. A tale of audacity, honor, optimism, and perseverance, Burroughs successfully builds on to the previous book allowing a broader view of the Red Planet. The novel begins as John Carter returns to Barsoom after his involuntary absence of ten years and finds himself in the Valley Dor, or the Barsoomian afterlife from which no one is permitted to leave. However, the Valley Dor is anything but a spiritual haven and instead Carter discovers that it is a ruse, forged by the Therns, a race of self-proclaimed gods. For eons they have deceived Barsoomians into believing that the pilgrimage to the Valley Dor is a journey to paradise, although in reality most visitors are either killed or enslaved by the Therns. Accompanied by friend Tars Tarkas, the pair tries to escape from the place, and are aided by the confusion caused by an attack by the Black Pirates of Barsoom upon the Therns. Taking advantage of the present mayhem, Carter and his accomplices are able to hijack a Black Pirate flier, killing most of the Pirates in the process and saving a Thern captive. Carter learns that the Black Pirates or the “First Born”, also see themselves as gods therefore clarifying their hatred for the Therns. The Red Planet finds itself in a time of crisis, immersed in religious and schismatic conflict, and it is up to Carter to not only participate but maneuver a planetary scale revolution. Burroughs continues his fast moving plot full of action and twists, as the endearing hero must prevail through many obstacles and bring order between the inhabitants, while ultimately reuniting himself with his family. The Gods of Mars is an exciting installment in the Barsoom series which continues to pave the way for science fiction as its protagonist faces his greatest challenges and deadliest dangers to date.

Categories: Arts

Tags: Adventure, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, Edgar Rice Burroughs, fiction, free audio books, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, science, science-fiction, The Gods of Mars

This is Book 4 in the Time Traders Series, In this book Ross Murdock and Arthur Ashe continue their adventures in Time and Space on the World of Hawaika. Hawaiian and Polynesian settlers help Ross and Ashe discover the way the world has changed from the data tape to present time. Helped by a girl (Karara) and her two trained dolphins (Tino-rau and Taua)

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

Tags: Andre Norton, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, Key Out of Time, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, science, science-fiction, travel

History What If…..a podcast about history and explores the “What If” during historical events

Categories: Fiction, History

Tags: alt, alt history, alternate history, audio fiction, History, multiverse, parallel universe, Podcast, science-fiction, scifi, time-travel, what if, whatif

Funny stories to entertain children and the young at heart.

Categories: Comedy, Fiction, Kids & Family

Tags: childrens, fairy tale, fantasy, humor, science-fiction, short story, Stories

Welcome to the greatest show in the multiverse! Fasten your seat belts for a rocketship ride to Altair City Spaceport’s Rusty Rocket Tavern, where I discuss science fiction, fantasy, and horror books, comics, movies, TV, games, and toys. Powered by alien technology, eldritch abilities, and caffeinated beverages, since a summer night in 2012 fuelled by two double gin and tonics. Expect a ramble, a review, or a revisit of classic Doctor Who, Hammer House of Horror, etc. I’m at roymathur.com, archive.org/details/@roymathur, @roymathur@mastodon.social, and @RoyMathur on Twitter until it goes fazoom! Please support me here: https://ko-fi.com/U7U72359G

Categories: Arts, Leisure, TV & Film

Tags: Books, comics, fantasy, films, games, horror, science-fiction, toys, tv

Now Playing has a bonus episode for you: BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT, Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart take a break from their Marvel Comics based movie reviews to look at a DC Comics property–Green Lantern! Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, and Mark Strong, this is DC’s attempt to emulate Marvel’s Iron Man success with the B-level Emerald Knight. Does it reach Iron Man heights? Is Angela Bassett the new Samuel L Jackson? Listen to find out!

Categories: Music, TV & Film

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