Remembering Bob Bione

There was a time when Sunday nights were magic. From 10 to 12 on KVMR Bob Bione would read novels and short stories in a voice that even today I can still hear when reading. I turned a few people onto his "Readings in Speculative Fiction"show and a few others have found me since then.

I am looking for recordings of Bob reading and for more information about him and his show. Specifically:

• What years did Bob's show run on KVMR - Ans: 79-89

• Which novels and short stories did he read?

• When did he die? - Ans: 89

Recordings:

I have at least one recording of him reading a story and possibly a few more on unmarked cassette tapes which are waiting to be transferred to computer. Please contact me if you have any information about Bob or recordings of him speaking or reading. My email address is here.

Below is a partial list of the works read during the time the show was on the air.

Known novels:

• From Beyond by H.P. Lovecraft

• Rats in the Walls by H.P. Lovecraft

• Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (sometime in 82 or 83, and 87) in 5 parts. part1 part2 part3 part4 part5

• Who Goes There by John W. Campbell, Jr.

• Dune by Frank Herbert (89) in some number of parts. This might not have been completed part1 part3

Known short stories:

• Sandkings by George R. R. Martin (Sep 87) show

• The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

• The Teltale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

• 3:47 by ?

• Dreams in the Witch House by H.P. Lovecraft

• Picture in the House by H.P. Lovecraft

• The Thing on the Doorstep by H.P. Lovecraft

• Don't Look Back by Pat Murphy (30aug87) show

• Firestorm by Steve Rasnic Tem (30aug87)

• What Say the Frogs Now Jenny by Hugh B. Cave (30aug87)

• Count The Clock That Tells The Time by Harlan Ellison (17apr88) show

• The Malted Milk Monster by William Tenn (17apr88)

• Pickup for Olympus by Edgar Pangborn (17apr88)

• The Fourth Muskateer by Charles L. Grant (25oct87) show

• Three Faces of the Night by Craig Shaw Gardner (25oct87)

• Space Time Arabesque by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (25oct87)

• Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming by Bob Leman (10Jan88) show

• The Monkey Treatment by George R. R. Martin (10Jan88)

• The Valley of The Worm by Robert E Howard (Dec87) show

• Fish Story by Dennis Hamilton (Dec87)

• Family by Charles L. Grant(Dec87)

• Twilight at the Towers by Clive Barker (Nov88) show

• Dead End by Richard Matheson (Nov88)

• Comes Now the Power by Roger Zelazny (Sep87) show

• Unknown Drives by Richard Christian Matheson (Sep87) show

• The Man Who Did Tricks With Glass by Ron Wolfe (Sep87) show

• Mozart in Mirrorshades by Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner (Sep87) show

• Old Loves by Carl Edward Wagner(Sep87) show

• Life Cast by Craig Spector(Sep87) show

• The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Oct87) show

• Fugative Colors by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Oct87) show

• Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (Oct87) show

• Last of the Wild Ones by Roger Zelazny (Aug87) show

• Hardshell by Dean R Koontz (Aug87) show

• The Near Departed by Richard Matheson (Aug87) show

• The Substitute by Gahan Wilson (Feb89) show

• Person to Person by Richard Mathesen (Feb89) show

• No Future in It by Joe Haldeman (Feb89) show

• Canavan Calling by Joseph Payne Brennan (Sep88) show

• More sinned Against by Karl Edward Wagner (Sep88) show

• The Self Improvement of Salvadore Ross by Henry Slesar (Sep88) show

• Drunkboat by Cordwainer Smith (89) (partial) show

• Happy Ending by Henry Kuttner (3Jul88) show

• Buried Talents by Richard Mathesen (3Jul88) show

• The Vampire Lover by Tanith Lee(3Jul88) show

• The Crime and Glory of Commander Suzdal by Cordwainer Smith (Apr88) show

• The Feast In The Abbey by Robert Bloch (Apr88) show

• Vermeer's Window" by Gordon Eklund (Apr88) show

• The Festival by H. P. Lovecraft (Dec88) show

• The Burning of the Brain by Cordwainer Smith (Dec88) show

• Go to Sleep by John Skipp and Craig Spector(Dec88) show

• Timed Exposure by Richard Christian Matheson (Dec88) show

• Metastasis by Dan Simmons(87 or 88) show

• Pipeline to Pluto by Murray Leinster (87 or 88) show

• Out There by Charles L Grant (87 or 88) show

• The Cure by Henry Kuttner and Catherine Moore (1May88) show

• The Hunting Ground by David Drake (1May88) show

• Anna Medea by Tannith Lee (1May88) show

• Reaper by Robert Bloch show

• Lost Souls by Clive Barker show

• Hell by Richard Christian Mathesen show

• Becalmed in Hell by Larry Niven show

• Because Our Skins Are Finer by Tannith Lee show

• They Bite by Anthony Boucher show

• Last Rights by Charles Beaumont show

• The Children of the Night by Robert E. Howard show

• People's Park by Charles Ott show

• Too Far by Fredric Brown show

• In The Blood by Charles L. Grant show

• Zombique by Joseph Payne Brennan show

• The Whining by Ramsey Campbell show

• Death of a Hunter by Michael Shaara show

• The Beholder by Richard Christian Matheson show

• Home Is the Hunter by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore show

• The Thing On The Doorstep by H.P. Lovecraft show

• Can You Still See Me? by Margeret Dickson show

• Apocryphal Fragment by Edward Wellen show

• "Cuts" by F. Paul Wilson show

• "Red" by Richard Christian Matheson show

• "Having a Woman at Lunch" by Paul Hazel show

• "Next Time You'll Know Me" by Ramsey Campbell show

• "The Night Flyer" by Stephen King show

• "The Bell" by Ray Russell show

• "The Black Stone" by Robert E. Howard show

• "'--And He Built a Crooked House--'" by Robert A. Heinlein show

• "Paranoid Fantasy No. 1" by Lawrence Watt-Evans show

• "The Very Slow Time Machine" by Ian Watson show

• "The Man Who Drowned Puppies" by Thomas Sullivan show

• "I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon" by Philip K. Dick show

• "Hobson's Choice" by Alfred Bester show

• "The Scythe" by Ray Bradbury show

• "Space-Time for Springers" by Fritz Leiber show

• "The Game of Rat and Dragon" by Cordwainer Smith show

• "Into Gold" by Tanith Lee show

• "Down Satan" by Clive Barker show

• "The Princess and her Future" by Tanith Lee show

• "The Law of Averages" by Wendy Webb show

• "Home" by Charles L Grant show

• "Moving Day" by R. Chetwynd-Hayes show

• "The Million Dollar Wound" by Dean Whitlock show

• "Take The A Train" by Wayne Allen Sallee show

• "Before The Storm" by Ramsey Campbell show

• "Taking The Night Train" by Thomas F Monteleane show

• "The Anatomy Lesson" by Scott Sanders show

• "Conversation Piece" by Richard Christian Matheson show

• "End of the Carnival" by Chelsea Quinn Yarboro show

• "Eyes" by Charles L. Grant show

• "They Will Not Hush" by James Sallis and David Lunde show

• "Permafrost" by Roger Zelazny

• "The Engine at Heart Spring Center" by Roger Zelazny

• "Singles" by Marta Randall

• "The Children They Laugh So Sweetly" by Charles L Grant show

• "The Godmother" by Tina Rath

• "Silted In" by Karl Edward Wagne

• "The Elcar Special", by Carl Jacobi

• "Popsy" by Stephen King show

• "The Yard" by William F. Nolan

• "Caliban" by Robert Silverberg

• "The New Season" by Robert Block

• "The Man from Nowhere" by Frank Belknap Long show

• "The Ballad of the Lost C'mell" by Cordwainer Smith

• "Big Surprise" by Richard Matheson

• "Absolute Ebony" by Felice Picano show

• "Sticks" by Karl Edward Wagner

Many thanks to everyone who sent me information about Bob and the things he read on his show.

Special thanks to George Parsons for providing the picture of Bob!

Thank you Sheldon Colin for sponsering Bob's show back in the day, recording the shows when they aired, and for digitizing them for all of us to enjoy again!

Last updated: Sun Jun 24 17:14:40 PDT 2018

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