# SF Audio Reccommendations?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-audio-reccommendations/790004>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 27, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-audio-reccommendations/790004 "2017-06-27T19:00:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-audio-reccommendations/790004/1 "2017-06-27T19:00:37Z")

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Heya!

I realized that while I consider myself a SF/Fantasy fan, I’ve been reading almost exclusively fantasy. I also realized that I’m getting my lit through audiobooks, not paper ones. So I’d like some recs, if you have them!

Well, you say, what kind of SF? It’s a big genre. Some examples of likes/dislikes/etc:

Like: Optimistic stories. Classic SF (Heinlein, Bradbury, Asimov, Tiptree, etc). Women authors/protagonists. I’d love to read more SF from nonwhite authors. I’m not a huge Star Wars fan, but I’ve heard that some of the new novels are good.

Dislike: Hard SF that goes too much into tech. Grimdark futures. Military SF. Romances. Anything that covers generation after generation and requires a map and/or geneology chart (Mostly a fantasy issue, and yes I know that would exclude much of Heinlein, but he’s the exception).

Who wants to rec me a good one?

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-audio-reccommendations/790004/2 "2017-06-27T19:35:04Z")

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I saw the thread title and my first thought was The Shoreline Amphitheatre.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-audio-reccommendations/790004/3 "2017-06-27T19:56:30Z")

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[Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, specifically the Graphic Audio versions which utilize many different voice actors, sound effects, and music.](http://www.graphicaudio.net/mistborn-download-series-set.html)

Their slogan is “It’s like a movie in your mind” and it kind of is. They read the entire books, too. It’s not adaptations. It’s amazing.

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**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-audio-reccommendations/790004/4 "2017-06-28T18:27:10Z")

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> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#):
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> I realized that while I consider myself a SF/Fantasy fan, I’ve been reading almost exclusively fantasy. I also realized that I’m getting my lit through audiobooks, not paper ones. So I’d like some recs, if you have them!

Not an audiobook but a BBC radio series, which I think meets your optimistic classic sci-fi tastes: Charles Chilton’s Journey Into Space. I have read that it was the last radio programme to beat the TV in the ratings, back in the 50s.

A quick google shows links on the front page to amazon, [archive.org](http://archive.org) and something called [oldtimeradiodownloads.com](http://oldtimeradiodownloads.com), so it should be possible to access. If you’re in Britain it’s also not rare to hear it on Radio 4Extra.