Stefan Rudnicki
@stefansecho.bsky.social
Audiobook narrator, publisher, and GRAMMY-winning producer. Voice of Ender, Matt Helm and Mike Hammer, Albrecht Entrati... among others. skyboatmedia.com. American by adoption; citizen of the world.
If you're in or near Boston this weekend, join us at Boskone, sponsored by the New England SF Association, and say HI!
I'm a Special Guest, and will be involved in several events every day.
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I'm a Special Guest, and will be involved in several events every day.
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If this is your first convention or your tenth, you’ll find an open and welcoming gathering of people who share your same interests, talents, and love of anything to do with science fiction or fantasy...
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February 11, 2026 at 8:31 AM
If you're in or near Boston this weekend, join us at Boskone, sponsored by the New England SF Association, and say HI!
I'm a Special Guest, and will be involved in several events every day.
boskone.org
I'm a Special Guest, and will be involved in several events every day.
boskone.org
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SOULTRIAL: OPEN YOUR MIND (NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL)
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December 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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@stefansecho.bsky.social, beautiful work on this story. @giftogab.bsky.social was certainly right when she said she'd listen to you read a grocery list [updated from "phone book" for obvious reasons]. Oh myyyyy.
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The Space Between Us - Lightspeed Magazine
Xylina The first date had that delicious awkwardness that makes you self-conscious in the moment, but in retrospect seems endearing and makes you nostalgic for a more innocent and hopeful time. Adis ...
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December 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
@stefansecho.bsky.social, beautiful work on this story. @giftogab.bsky.social was certainly right when she said she'd listen to you read a grocery list [updated from "phone book" for obvious reasons]. Oh myyyyy.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
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December 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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What a great story, sir! Two characters very different from one another + fun to read, and the 3rd, um, main character, who was SO great. (Happy to hear the info from the helpful customer service guy as well.) @stefansecho.bsky.social's reading was perfect but #3's rendition was just a riot!
Re-sharing for the daytime crowd--I've got a new short story out today! It's totes magotes not about AI! Really!
You can listen to the podcast or read the text for free, or you can support the work Lightspeed is doing by buying the issue or subscribing!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/hagi...
You can listen to the podcast or read the text for free, or you can support the work Lightspeed is doing by buying the issue or subscribing!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/hagi...
HagioClass - Lightspeed Magazine
Hayley stands by the exit to the bookstore, eyeing the torrent coming down in sheets over the parking lot. Behind her, Matt hides the tiniest of fist pumps and says, “You don’t want to go out in that....
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What a great story, sir! Two characters very different from one another + fun to read, and the 3rd, um, main character, who was SO great. (Happy to hear the info from the helpful customer service guy as well.) @stefansecho.bsky.social's reading was perfect but #3's rendition was just a riot!
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Stefan, I and our crackerjack team Skyboat #audiobooks @skyboatmedia.bsky.social take tremendous pride in researching (and enforcing) pronunciations. Plus, Stefan is just a damn poetic genius and knows all these things from his dizzying academic and theatrical background. @stefansecho.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Stefan, I and our crackerjack team Skyboat #audiobooks @skyboatmedia.bsky.social take tremendous pride in researching (and enforcing) pronunciations. Plus, Stefan is just a damn poetic genius and knows all these things from his dizzying academic and theatrical background. @stefansecho.bsky.social
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Thank you for your support. We appreciate every single #audiobook you listen to; even if it's not one of ours. 😂 Libraries are HUGE supporters of our art, and we are very grateful that they pay us well to spread the "word." @skyboatmedia.bsky.social @stefansecho.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Thank you for your support. We appreciate every single #audiobook you listen to; even if it's not one of ours. 😂 Libraries are HUGE supporters of our art, and we are very grateful that they pay us well to spread the "word." @skyboatmedia.bsky.social @stefansecho.bsky.social
Great thread, everyone! Thanks for addressing some of the serious issues related to narration.
Stefan, I and our crackerjack team Skyboat #audiobooks @skyboatmedia.bsky.social take tremendous pride in researching (and enforcing) pronunciations. Plus, Stefan is just a damn poetic genius and knows all these things from his dizzying academic and theatrical background. @stefansecho.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Great thread, everyone! Thanks for addressing some of the serious issues related to narration.
If you're anywhere within a 2-3 hour drive, you should check this out.
See ya!
See ya!
Stefan Rudnicki (partner in crime) is a Guest of Honor @boskone.bsky.social at Boskone63 in February. We have a table in the Dealers' Room #audiobooks galore. Fans of sci-fi/fantasy in Boston (or willing to travel there) Audiobookarama! @stefansecho.bsky.social @blackstonepub.bsky.social boskone.org
Boskone 63 | Home
If this is your first convention or your tenth, you’ll find an open and welcoming gathering of people who share your same interests, talents, and love of anything to do with science fiction or fantasy...
boskone.org
December 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
If you're anywhere within a 2-3 hour drive, you should check this out.
See ya!
See ya!
Definitely one of my faves. Thanks, Dr. Sue.
What a great story, sir! Two characters very different from one another + fun to read, and the 3rd, um, main character, who was SO great. (Happy to hear the info from the helpful customer service guy as well.) @stefansecho.bsky.social's reading was perfect but #3's rendition was just a riot!
Re-sharing for the daytime crowd--I've got a new short story out today! It's totes magotes not about AI! Really!
You can listen to the podcast or read the text for free, or you can support the work Lightspeed is doing by buying the issue or subscribing!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/hagi...
You can listen to the podcast or read the text for free, or you can support the work Lightspeed is doing by buying the issue or subscribing!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/hagi...
December 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Definitely one of my faves. Thanks, Dr. Sue.
Wonderful, multi-layered story. Great characters. Not for the faint of heart. (consider that a challenge!)
If you’re looking for something to listen to while traveling for the holidays, or a gift for the science fiction fan in your life, my novel THE EXTRAPOLATED MAN is now available as an audiobook. Preorder on the major platforms - Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble - and get it in time for the holidays!
December 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Wonderful, multi-layered story. Great characters. Not for the faint of heart. (consider that a challenge!)
Ah yes. Thanks, Sue. THE MISSION has received less media attention than it deserves, because the subject is politically volatile. Terrific book, and my fourth with author Tim Weiner, the ultimate researcher by interview.
www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...
www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Ah yes. Thanks, Sue. THE MISSION has received less media attention than it deserves, because the subject is politically volatile. Terrific book, and my fourth with author Tim Weiner, the ultimate researcher by interview.
www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...
www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...
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@isabel.kim, Thanks for your wonderful "Human Voices." @lightspeedmagazine.com's author spotlight was fascinating and gave background on the potential power of a voice. (BTW, I also found "deep ennui" on the one cruise ship I was ever on.) And bravo to @stefansecho.bsky.social's amazing performance.
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
@isabel.kim, Thanks for your wonderful "Human Voices." @lightspeedmagazine.com's author spotlight was fascinating and gave background on the potential power of a voice. (BTW, I also found "deep ennui" on the one cruise ship I was ever on.) And bravo to @stefansecho.bsky.social's amazing performance.
Thanks Glenn. This "story" has become one of my instant favorites. Special format and all.
Dristressingly relevant, but gorgeous. @sentencebender.bsky.social's Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead in @nightmare-magazine.com. Wow. @stefansecho.bsky.social's narration had a lump in my throat. Do yourselves a favour
#booksky 💙📚💙
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#booksky 💙📚💙
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Courtney Lovecraft’s Book of the Dead - Nightmare Magazine
Honey, the spirits are here with us tonight and they are deeply disappointed. [audience laughter] Momma, do you not own a mirror? Did you think you looked cute when you walked out of your house tonigh...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Thanks Glenn. This "story" has become one of my instant favorites. Special format and all.
Just last night, this song by John Denver popped up on my playlist. Seems terribly appropriate today. Enjoy.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Just last night, this song by John Denver popped up on my playlist. Seems terribly appropriate today. Enjoy.
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I have listened to that one as well. I usually listen to Ender's Game at least once a year. It is one of my favorites and quite possibly my favorite book of all time.
October 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I have listened to that one as well. I usually listen to Ender's Game at least once a year. It is one of my favorites and quite possibly my favorite book of all time.
By all means, go for it. I guarantee it'll sound different to you. New revelations. Or...go for ENDER'S GAME ALIVE, OSC's dramatic adaptation of the events surrounding ENDER'S GAME. With an even bigger cast. Plus sound effects and original music, and a whole bunch of other features.
Ah, you're right! I forgot about that. Guess I need to listen to it again.
October 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
By all means, go for it. I guarantee it'll sound different to you. New revelations. Or...go for ENDER'S GAME ALIVE, OSC's dramatic adaptation of the events surrounding ENDER'S GAME. With an even bigger cast. Plus sound effects and original music, and a whole bunch of other features.
A few years back I had the pleasure and the honor of directing Diane Keaton reading Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem. At a studio in Santa Monica. Sweet lady. She did a wonderful job. Wish I could promote her performance, but that version has disappeared. I'll miss her.
October 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A few years back I had the pleasure and the honor of directing Diane Keaton reading Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem. At a studio in Santa Monica. Sweet lady. She did a wonderful job. Wish I could promote her performance, but that version has disappeared. I'll miss her.
Thanks for the referral. But it should be noted that this is a multi-cast production, and there are a few other narrators involved. They are ALL terrific.
Ender's Game is narrated perfectly by @stefansecho.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Thanks for the referral. But it should be noted that this is a multi-cast production, and there are a few other narrators involved. They are ALL terrific.
Thanks, Lonna for placing us in such great company.
Ahhh, but the right narrator can get that right without it sounding grating. Stefan Rudnicki @stefansecho.bsky.social, Gabrielle deCuir @giftogab.bsky.social, Grover Gardner, RC Bray, and Roy Dotrice are all amazing readers.
October 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Thanks, Lonna for placing us in such great company.
Thank you!
For a satirical fever dream only marginally (by the most austerity-trimmed of feathers) more absurd than reality, @p-h-lee.bsky.social’s Richard Nixon and the Princess of the Crows in @lightspeedmagazine.com, read by the inimical @stefansecho.bsky.social, takes the imperial cake 🐦⬛🎂
Hilarious!
#sff
Hilarious!
#sff
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Thank you!
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Fascist occultism goes viral in Manish Melwani’s spine-chilling masterwork, MAMMOTH (@nightmare-magazine.com, hauntingly delivered by @stefansecho.bsky.social).
It creeps from the shadows; inexorable as history, foreboding as myth
If you haven’t read it yet, you will.
#sff #horror #shortstories
It creeps from the shadows; inexorable as history, foreboding as myth
If you haven’t read it yet, you will.
#sff #horror #shortstories
August 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Fascist occultism goes viral in Manish Melwani’s spine-chilling masterwork, MAMMOTH (@nightmare-magazine.com, hauntingly delivered by @stefansecho.bsky.social).
It creeps from the shadows; inexorable as history, foreboding as myth
If you haven’t read it yet, you will.
#sff #horror #shortstories
It creeps from the shadows; inexorable as history, foreboding as myth
If you haven’t read it yet, you will.
#sff #horror #shortstories
See y'all there folks.
Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Authors:
Are you attending Worldcon Seattle?
Don't miss
Audiobooks 101:
Streaming; Virtual
Room 443-444, Thu. 1:30–2:30 p.m PDT
Rebecca H. Lee (M), @alexyquest.bsky.social , Gabrielle de Cuir, Kim Iverson Headlee, @shiromispeaks.com @stefansecho.bsky.social
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Are you attending Worldcon Seattle?
Don't miss
Audiobooks 101:
Streaming; Virtual
Room 443-444, Thu. 1:30–2:30 p.m PDT
Rebecca H. Lee (M), @alexyquest.bsky.social , Gabrielle de Cuir, Kim Iverson Headlee, @shiromispeaks.com @stefansecho.bsky.social
seattlein2025.org
August 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
See y'all there folks.
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Looking forward to hearing @stefansecho.bsky.social again!
Follow the path of Albrecht Entrati as he seeks absolution.
Can the Orokin can be forgiven? This question lies at the heart of The Devil's Triad, coming with The Old Peace! wrfr.me/46SA02C
Can the Orokin can be forgiven? This question lies at the heart of The Devil's Triad, coming with The Old Peace! wrfr.me/46SA02C
August 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Looking forward to hearing @stefansecho.bsky.social again!
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One of my fave #book podcasts is Australian: The Bookshelf. I've gotten some extraordinary fiction recs from hosts Cassie McCullagh+Dr. Kate Evans. I've never forgotten The Signal Line (B.Colley) or The Kingdoms (N.Pulley). Good to hear abt bks from elsewhere. #BookSky
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The Bookshelf with Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh - ABC listen
What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.
www.abc.net.au
July 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
One of my fave #book podcasts is Australian: The Bookshelf. I've gotten some extraordinary fiction recs from hosts Cassie McCullagh+Dr. Kate Evans. I've never forgotten The Signal Line (B.Colley) or The Kingdoms (N.Pulley). Good to hear abt bks from elsewhere. #BookSky
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...