Producers of "Ruby, the Galactic Gumshoe" and the Jack
Flanders adventures, and others. To get their catalog, see the Web
page, or call 1-800-662-3345.
Ruby, the Galactic Gumshoe. Ruby is a detective. She's
tough, cynical, well armed, and she can slow time for those around
who wish to harm her.
- Ruby* - Lots of fun,
wonderfully produced. Out on 3 CDs now. My favorite character
is Professor Teru (Bill Raymond).
- Ruby Two - Different actress for Ruby, but still
great fun. Plot gets lost somewhere. Asides are often the best
part. 4 CDs or cassettes.
- Ruby 3, Parts 1 & 2 - Each part is 10 half-hour
episodes of intricate plot and terrific production. Denser and
more focused than the two previous Ruby stories. 4 cassettes or
5 CDs each part.
- Ruby 4 - Four parts; each part is 2 hours (2 CDs or
2 cassettes). What you'd expect from Ruby. Terrific
production; I think it's the funniest of the Ruby series.
- Ruby 5 - Back to the early format, 65 3-minute
episodes. Ruby is hired to find out why people in the Awakening
Archipelago are making their islands into places from the old
children's stories of the Land of Zoots. Lots of good silly
characters, and a pretty good mystery, too. 3 CDs.
- Ruby 6 - Half-hour programs for 7 episodes covering
3.5 hours on 3 CDs. "The Illusionati". Ruby and the gang go to
Illuboo to investigate if the people are being manipulated by
the Illusionati. They travel as performers in the Digital
Circus.
- Tired of the Green Menace - An older Ruby one-hour
episode. Very silly indeed. Also includes all the original Ruby
pilot episodes, to show you how it evolved into the Ruby we
love. One CD.
Jack
Flanders - they tend more to mystical fantasy than SF, but
still lavishly produced and usually in half-hour episodes. My
favorite is definitely The Incredible Adventures of Jack
Flanders.
- The Ah Ha Phenomenon - One 70 minute cassette or CD.
The pilot episode. (Also part of Stars and Stuff. See
below.)
- The Fourth Tower of Inverness - 13 episodes. CD and
cassette.
- Moon Over Morocco - 13 episodes. CD and
cassette.
- The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders - 10
episodes. 5 CDs or Cassettes.
- Dreams of Rio - 13 episodes. CD or Cassette.
- Travels with Jack - separate stories, each 2 hours
on CD or cassette. Sounds recorded in exotic places and woven
into the stories (or vice versa).
- Dreams of the Amazon
- Dreams of India
- Dreams of Bali
- Dreams of Sumatra
- The Mystery of Jaguar Reef - Takes place in Belize.
On 2 CDs or cassettes.
- Midnight at the Casa Luna, Jack Flanders story. 2
CDs or cassettes.
- Return to Inverness, the latest Jack Flanders, where
he returns to the Towers, and much goes on behind the walls. 5
CDs.
Stars and Stuff - Six tapes, and now on 5 CDs, of
original short stories for radio. Usually leaning into the
mystical, horror, science fantasy, or just silly. I especially
like "Rocket Pierre and the Peanut People of Pluto." (CDs do not
include the Ruby or Jack Flanders stories that were originally
part of the tapes set, but they are both available separately.)
O Boy O Boy O - The "Zombs" are criminals with new
personalities programmed into them. When O Boy O, the programmer
decides to program in "plots" for his characters, they come
looking for their creator. 3-D sound. Available on cassette, and
now out on CD, too - with a few scenes replaced that aren't on the
cassette version.