Archives for July 2005
EP Review: The Island
Published on 31 Jul 2005 at 12:20 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated R, Reviews.
A film by Michael Bay.
Reviewed by Jonathon Sullivan.
EP012: Clean Up Your Room!
Published on 28 Jul 2005 at 1:27 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated G.
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-->By Laura Anne Gilman.
Read by Mur Lafferty (of Geek Fu Action Grip).
“Jessy, put that away and come eat breakfast. You won’t get anything useful done on an empty stomach.” The voice was the usual gender-neutral computer-generated drone, and yet it sounded different to her this morning. Obviously, the tone modifiers Gregory had suggested were working, too. That was going to be a selling point for everyone yelping about the dehumanization of home life. In a few generations, they’d be able to personalize the voice, maybe even to customer order.
Rated G. Contains intense maternal nagging and disturbing chorework. May not be suitable for some adults.
EP Flash: Virus
Published on 24 Jul 2005 at 11:46 pm.
6 Comments.
Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated PG.
By Greg van Eekhout.
Read by Deborah Green.
Drawn by the sound of the propellers, the lunchtime crowd looked to the sky. An airship passed over the skyscrapers, plumes of black, virus-laden smoke spewing behind it. Traffic below stopped. People paused on the sidewalks and watched the cloud sink slowly towards them.
EP011: Herd Mentality
Published on 21 Jul 2005 at 2:08 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated G.
By Jay Caselberg.
Read by Stephen Eley.
Einstein was getting old now. All of them. Not so old that he was past it, but you had to wonder. When our troops liberated the Spemann Lab complex in 1945, the Einsteins had been just five years old. The Government had done the humanitarian thing and brought them back home. Eventually, someone had leaked the information and slowly, slowly, public pressure and outrage had grown. The big hush-hush operation our government had mounted was shut down and the Einsteins were released – or rather, they were integrated into society in a humanitarian manner. That was the wording the government press releases used. Two hundred and fifty is a lot of Einsteins.
Rated G. Suitable for world-dominating clone armies of all ages.
EP Flash: Paradox
Published on 18 Jul 2005 at 12:41 am.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated G.
By Scott Janssens.
Read by Paul S. Jenkins (of Rev Up Review).
I saw nothing when I looked through the eyepiece Franz handed me and told him so.
“Of course not,” said Franz. “Right now, the time sight is set to look into the future. From this point in time, the future doesn’t exist yet, not in any meaningful way, so it can’t be seen.”
EP010: The Girlfriends of Dorian Gray
Published on 14 Jul 2005 at 2:20 am.
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Filed under Podcasts, Rated R.
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-->By Gregory Frost.
Read by Stephen Eley.
For all that, his manners were impeccable. It wasn’t that he sat slobbering and gnashing, drawing attention to himself as some deranged Neanderthal with a fork might have done. No, he ate demurely, quietly, chatting with her, truly interested in what she had to say (or at least feigning interest so well that she would never notice the difference). Dinner with him lasted the entire evening. The courses came and went ‚Äî soups, hors-d’oeuvres, first course, main course, cheese course, desserts and coffee, liqueurs. She would not have noticed right away that he had eaten an extra course, or more than one dessert, or consumed an entire bottle of wine on his own and helped her with half of another. Simply, he ate. And ate. And ate. And ate.
Rated R. Contains explicit sex, cruelty, and immoral dining.
EP Flash: Slicing
Published on 11 Jul 2005 at 11:14 pm.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated G.
By Greg van Eekhout.
Read by Stephen Eley.
The fact is, almost any new knife can cut through an aluminum can and then slice a tomato with equal ease. Don’t believe me, buy a new cheap knife and try it yourself. The pitch man hacks through a tree branch. He cuts a radiator hose. And this ho-hum humbug works. If he hammered a nail with his shoe people would buy nine pair, as long as they came with a free shoehorn and an extra pair of laces.
Discussion Forums
Published on 10 Jul 2005 at 2:39 pm.
9 Comments.
Filed under Site News.
For all of you who can’t get enough Escape Pod from the Web site and want to talk about it some more, we now have our own dedicated bulletin board through our affiliation with The Sci-Fi Podcast Network. You can reach our forum here:
We’ve actually had this for a couple of weeks now, but a friendly e-mail reminded me that we hadn’t actually told anyone about it. Oops. We’ve also put this link in the lefthand sidebar of our page for future reference.
EP009: Jack
Published on 7 Jul 2005 at 1:23 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated G.
By Justin Stanchfield.
Read by Deborah Green.
“That truly is a fine heifer, and any man would be proud to own her.”
“Well…” said Jack, hope rising. “I suppose she might be for sale, if that is your meaning.”
“It is.” The stranger dug inside the pocket of his slick and shiny coat, and brought out a small lead case. The lid clicked open and he turned in over in his hand, three shimmering beads rolling in his palm. He offered them to Jack.
“What are those?” Jack frowned, suspicious once more.
“What are they? They might be beans.” The stranger laughed. “Then again, they might be more precious than rubies, mightn’t they? Truth of the matter, I’m not certain what they are, only that they are beyond any worth you can imagine.”
Rated G. Contains cattle theft, kidnapping, and crimes against fashion.
EP Review: LEGO Moonbase Project
Published on 4 Jul 2005 at 8:15 pm.
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An open standard for collaborative LEGO displays.
Reviewed by David Lukens.
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