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hrjIn my round-up of podcasts, I previously mentioned Galactic Suburbia with a note that they weren't high on my priority list as they seemed to focus primarily on non-book media, as well as being longer shows than worked well for my commute. So given a 16+ hour drive up to Spokane yesterday, I figured I'd binge-listen to some of the earlier shows from this year (since listening to several in a row means I don't have to pull off the freeway to line up a new episode each time).
Galactic Suburbia has now moved higher on my listening priority list. Lots of very incisive and insightful feminist discussion on books and issues. Still a lot of non-book media, but more book discussions than I'd heard in my original sampling. So I think I may simply have gotten a non-representative selection in my first introduction to the show.
Another thing I listened to on the drive up was the LibriVox.org audiobook of Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World, which is touted by many as the first "science fiction novel". I'll be posting a review of it at a future date, but since this is all about literary community and resources, I'd like to promote LibriVox as a fine organization and excellent source of out-of-copyright audio books. The readers are all volunteer, with variable recording situations and variable talents, but there's a solid baseline quality and the site is free (but donations are encouraged).
My standard bedtime audio is from this site, especially Karen Savage's recordings of Jane Austen novels. I also accomplished my goal of working through the unabridged text of Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo via the LibriVox recording (and a cross-country road trip). If you like audiobooks, enjoy classics, and are on a limited budget, definitely check them out.
Galactic Suburbia has now moved higher on my listening priority list. Lots of very incisive and insightful feminist discussion on books and issues. Still a lot of non-book media, but more book discussions than I'd heard in my original sampling. So I think I may simply have gotten a non-representative selection in my first introduction to the show.
Another thing I listened to on the drive up was the LibriVox.org audiobook of Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World, which is touted by many as the first "science fiction novel". I'll be posting a review of it at a future date, but since this is all about literary community and resources, I'd like to promote LibriVox as a fine organization and excellent source of out-of-copyright audio books. The readers are all volunteer, with variable recording situations and variable talents, but there's a solid baseline quality and the site is free (but donations are encouraged).
My standard bedtime audio is from this site, especially Karen Savage's recordings of Jane Austen novels. I also accomplished my goal of working through the unabridged text of Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo via the LibriVox recording (and a cross-country road trip). If you like audiobooks, enjoy classics, and are on a limited budget, definitely check them out.
