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Lightspeed: Year One

Written by: John Joseph Adams - editor
Narrated by: Don Leslie, Cassandra Campbell, Gabrielle de Cuir, Rosalyn Landor, Stefan Rudnicki, Christian Rummel, Robin Sachs, Kristoffer Tabori, Mirron Willis, Judy Young
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Publisher's Summary

Lightspeed: Year One compiles fiction published by the online science fiction magazine Lightspeed in its first year. Produced by Skyboat Media, and under the direction of Grammy and Audie Award-winning narrator and producer Stefan Rudnicki, the Lightspeed podcast features audiobook-style recordings of the stories published each month in Lightspeed.

  • “The Cassandra Project” by Jack McDevitt, read by Stefan Rudnicki
  • “Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn, read by Gabrielle de Cuir
  • “The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball” by Genevieve Valentine, read by Rosalyn Landor
  • “No Time like the Present” by Carol Emshwiller, read by Judy Young
  • “More Than the Sum of His Parts” by Joe Haldeman, read by Stefan Rudnicki
  • “How to Become a Mars Overlord” by Catherynne Valente, read by Robin Sachs
  • “Amid the Words of War” by Cat Rambo, read by Don Leslie
  • “Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” by Yoon Ha Lee, read by Stefan Rudnicki
  • “The Taste of Starlight” by John Fulz, read by Kristoffer Tabori
  • “Tight Little Stitches on a Dead Man’s Back” by Joe R. Lansdale, read by Stefan Rudnicki
  • “Hwang’s Billion Brilliant Daughters” by Alice Sola Kim, read by Cassandra Campbell
  • “Standard Loneliness Package” by Charles Yu, read by Christian Rummel
  • “The Silence of the Asonu” by Ursula K. Le Guin, read by Gabrielle de Cuir
  • “Jenny’s Sick” by David Tallerman, read by Mirron Willis
  • “Black Fire” by Tanith Lee, read by Rosalyn Landor
  • “Elephants of Posnan” written and read by Orson Scott Card
©2011 Prime Books (P)2011 Skyboat Road Company, Inc.

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