Comments on: EP036: Connie, Maybe

By: StarShipSofa » Aural Delights No 51 Jeff VanderMeer

StarShipSofa » Aural Delights No 51 Jeff VanderMeer — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:48:37 +0000

[...] Connie, Maybe by Paul E. Martens powerpress_queue_player(‘http://media.libsyn.com/media/starshipsofa/StarShipSofa_Aural_Delights_No_51_Jeff_VanderMeer.mp3′, ‘powerpress_player_311′); [...]

By: F5iver

F5iver — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:12:11 +0000

Perfect marriage of narrative and narrator. Now everything I write has a “how would Wichita sound reading this?” filter, along with a “how would Steve sound reading this?” filter.

By: Howie Feltersnatch

Howie Feltersnatch — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:29:57 +0000

Absolutely outstanding. I’ve listened to it THREE times–the only time I’ve listened to an Escape Pod story more than once. Sent it to my Dad too. Great stuff.

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:46:53 +0000

"...so, we beat him up."

Bloddy hilirious!

I like slipstream stories; they have no classification boundries.

By: Short Stories I Wish I Had Written - Vol. 1 | One Word at a Time

Short Stories I Wish I Had Written - Vol. 1 | One Word at a Time — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:04:44 +0000

[...] Connie, Maybe easily is one of the best short stories I’ve heard in a long time. It was featured eons ago on Escape Pod, which is currently one of my favorite podcasts for short stories. [...]

By: 8 Minutes On High » Blog Archive » Podcasting

8 Minutes On High » Blog Archive » Podcasting — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:33:34 +0000

[...] So … John Howell hands me this CD for my car. He’s written on it in marker. It has two stories on it from Escape Pod http://escapepod.org/2006/01/12/ep036-connie-maybe/. [...]

By: Escape Pod » EP064: Head of State

Escape Pod » EP064: Head of State — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:40:50 +0000

[...] Worldcon: Anaheim, CA, August 23–27 Bring Sigler’s Ancestor to Sci Fi! Wil Wheaton EP036: Connie, Maybe EP061: I Look Forward To Remembering You EP055: Down Memory Lane Standard Podcast: [...]

By: Scott’s Left Wing » Good Sci-Fi Podcast

Scott’s Left Wing » Good Sci-Fi Podcast — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:55:06 +0000

[...] Been listening to Escape Pod quite a bit lately: Sci-Fi short stories. Really liked Connie Maybe, by Paul E. Martens and read by Wichita Rutherford. Funny stuff that still manages to carry many typical science fiction themes: alienation, conspiracy theories, the question of self and sentience. [...]

By: Bas Wijnen

Bas Wijnen — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:10:20 +0000

Cool story indeed. What does surprise me though, is that nobody seems to have noticed that the intro says it’s still 2005.

By: WGH

WGH — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:58:17 +0000

The single most amusing story I’ve found on Escape Pod and that says something – the reading is fabulous. I’ve already listened to it twice.

By: david

david — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:21:16 +0000

I really do talk like this and I thought it was hysterical. I can’t advise anyone to listen to this at work if you horse-laugh like I do.

By: Jason Erik Lundberg

Jason Erik Lundberg — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:30:19 +0000

That was just simply awesome. A funny story, and Wichita made me laugh so hard that my coworkers thought I was having a fit.

Thanks to everyone involved for this one.

By: Nora

Nora — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:51:32 +0000

Oh, this was *hilarious*. The reader fits the story perfectly, and the story was a delight. Thanks to both reader and author!

By: Chris Radcliff

Chris Radcliff — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:27:33 +0000

Absolutely fantastic. This was the quintessential Escape Pod, from “Snakes on a Plane, man” to to the awesome father-daughter review.

Wichita was perfect. I never would have thought I was a fan of southern-themed scifi, but between Mur and Wichita you could create a successful Dixie Escape Pod spin off. Or something.

Can’t wait to get this on the next CD. It’s a keeper.

By: Mike Goodstadt

Mike Goodstadt — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:10:55 +0000

Love it love it love it
or is that just the alien in me…

By: Spaceship Radio » SSREP29 There will come soft rains / Zero Hour

Spaceship Radio » SSREP29 There will come soft rains / Zero Hour — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:31:34 +0000

[...] Don’t for get to check out Connie Maybe on the Escape Pod [...]

By: Paul E Martens

Paul E Martens — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:08:13 +0000

um, I’m hoping “totally Airwolf” is a good thing?

By: Jim Van Verth

Jim Van Verth — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:55:22 +0000

[Erk, left this out.]

On the other hand, I have to agree — the story and reading were totally Airwolf.

By: Jim Van Verth

Jim Van Verth — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:53:00 +0000

As a corollary to Godwin's Law, any discussion of this movie must eventually lead to a reference of Josh Friedman's blog (note: unlike the podcast, this contains bad language). Snakes on a plane, man. Snakes on a plane.

By: Richard Green

Richard Green — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:46:53 +0000

When I listened to the openner and hear that Wichita was reading it, my first two thoughts were:
1) How did he get Wichita to do it?

and 2) What kind of SciFi story would this be?

I was incredibly impressed at both the story and the delivery. A true “home run out of the park”!

This kind of quality keeps me listening to Escape Pod.

Keep up the good work Steve (plus all those talented voice talents)! And of course the real stars are the writers who provide such good material!!

Who knows I might even write my own SciFi short for Steve to reject.

–Richard Green
Macon GA

By: Brad P. from NJ

Brad P. from NJ — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:33:06 +0000

Frickin’ awesome… Wichita is amazing. I keep about 3 or 4 PodCasts on my Palm T5 for those times when I catch up, or I’m recommending ones for people to listen to… or I just want something great to hear. This is going on the list. It was just precious.

By: Shannon Hearn

Shannon Hearn — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:30:29 +0000

This was a great story, nice touch of the Southern Twang. I loved how the questioning of self in this small southern town played out. This reminded me a lot about the time that I went to my Mom’s home town in Southern Alabama and all of the humorous characters that live there.

Also… Snakes on a plane… Yeap that sounds like a Sam Jackson movie. kinda of like Formula 51, Pulp Fiction, The Man, Coach Arter, Basic, and Unbreakable. Sounds like a movie I want to go see. Now… Do I need to pack anti-venom when I go flying?

Well to alert you to another Sam Jackson movie… it is called Afro Samurai. He does the voice of one of the characters in a Samurai Jack-est world sent to advenge his murdered father.

Well I leave you now to look over new stories and concepts.

“Whether or not what we experienced was an According to Hoyle miracle is insignificant. What is significant is that I felt the touch of God. God got involved.” Jules from Pulp Fiction.

and in relation to your podcast and this story in particular…

“Uuummmm, this is a tasty burger…”

You get what I mean

By: J. R. DeRego

J. R. DeRego — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:56:04 +0000

Holy Mackeral! I had to restart this one almost immediately as the accent was so perfect I couldn’t believe I was listening to it (and it was funny!).

What a great story AND a great read!

And no, you cain’t see muh bluuud…

Great work guys, just great!