SF Novel Audiobooks
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
by Charles Dickens
2 hours, 47 minutes
Unabridged Classic Novel
1843
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is the classic tale of curmudgeon Ebeneezer Scrooge and the visitation of three ghosts (four if you include Marley) in the run up to Christmas. Read by James Spencer.
Originally for sale on December 7, 2005, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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Charles Dickens, Podcast
Monday, April 5th, 2010
by L. Frank Baum
3 hours, 36 minutes
Unabridged Fantasy/ Young Adult Novel
1900
The beloved novel about a quest to see a Wizard. Join Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, The Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion in an adventure that some would call the “first American fairy tale” (and, later, the inspiration for one of the most successful films ever made). Read by James Spencer.
Note: The podcast includes only the first chapter. The entire unabridged book is included in the downloadable bundles.
Originally for sale on April 5, 2005, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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L Frank Baum, Podcast
Friday, August 14th, 2009
by H G Wells
3 hours, 2 minutes
Unabridged Science Fiction Novel
1895
An amateur scientist discovers that just as he may travel around in the three physical dimensions, he may also travel through the fourth–time. These are his adventures and discoveries through time. Read by James Spencer. Note: the Spoken Alexandria podcast includes only the first chapter of TM. The full book is included in the zipped download options
“There’s a slightly old-fashioned quality to his speech that compliments Wells’ old-fashioned brand of science fiction … rises above the source material, making these audio editions a great way to experience these two classics.” – John Joseph Adams, Locus
As James Patrick Kelly writes in this month’s (September 2004 issue) Asimov’s Science Fiction, “What makes this the first science fiction time travel story is that the Time Traveler actually builds his machine.” Previous fictitious time travelers (like Ebeneezer Scrooge or the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court) didn’t have a choice in the matter.
Originally for sale on August 13, 2004, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later (though please note restrictions based on internationally diverse copyright standards). See the Mission page for why.
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H G Wells, Podcast
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
by H G Wells
5 hours, 53 minutes
Unabridged Science Fiction Novel
1898
“There’s a slightly old-fashioned quality to his speech that compliments Wells’ old-fashioned brand of science fiction … rises above the source material, making these audio editions a great way to experience these two classics.” – John Joseph Adams, Locus
“Worth buying.” – The New York Times
The classic alien invasion novel by “The Father of Science Fiction” H.G. Wells. Read by James Spencer and produced by Active Voicing. Note: the Spoken Alexandria podcast includes only the first chapter of WotW. The full book is included in the zipped download options.
“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own…”
Originally for sale on May 28, 2004, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later (though please note restrictions based on internationally diverse copyright standards). See the Mission page for why.
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H G Wells, Podcast
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
by Franz Kafka
2 hours, 15 minutes
Unabridged Novella
1915
“One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he
found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.” So begins the classic existential tale about the traveling salesman who too late realizes what he’s become.
Translation by David Wyllie. Read by Alex Wilson.
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Franz Kafka, Podcast
