Comments on: EP053: Seventy-Five Years

By: Seventy-Five Years – Michael A. Burstein « Free SF Reader

Seventy-Five Years – Michael A. Burstein « Free SF Reader — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:43:29 +0000

[...] http://escapepod.org/2006/05/11/ep053-seventy-five-years/ [...]

By: Norm

Norm — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:28:16 +0000

Proof that the Hugo is a club for established writers with little thought to content, original thought, or accessiblity.
Even as a ameateur writer I know to make my stories more interesting.
This story is Booorrring! Although, I appreciate Steve posting the Hugo stories.

By: Dan the Man

Dan the Man — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:25:56 +0000

Like some others, I was a little disappointed. After I got to the end I thought I had missed something and kept rewinding further and further until I realized that it just had a fizzle ending.

By: Test

Test — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:37:58 +0000

Hello

G'night

By: SFEley

SFEley — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:02:20 +0000

Now that is cool.

By: Ian Mackereth

Ian Mackereth — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:55:33 +0000

Replying to Paul:

Just how many “Ian Mackereth”s do you know?!

(Sorry people, move along, nothing to see here, just old friends from opposite sides of the globe meeting by chance in a website in one of the other corners of the world. Business as usual in the system of tubes.)

By: El Efecto Cherenkov » Archivo del weblog » Premios Hugo 2006

El Efecto Cherenkov » Archivo del weblog » Premios Hugo 2006 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:51:41 +0000

[...] ‚ÄúDown Memory Lane‚Äù de Mike Resnick, ‚ÄúThe Clockwork Atom Bomb‚Äù de Dominic Green, ‚ÄúTk’tk’tk‚Äù de David D. Levin y ‚ÄúSeventy-Five Years‚Äù de Michael A. Burstein siguieron sus pasos ofreciendo sus textos en formato audio. [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:34:46 +0000

To Ian Mackereth

Australia? Sydney? Atari? (waaay back?)
if so, drop me a line!

Paul

kazoo@planet.nl

By: Pete Butler

Pete Butler — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:20:00 +0000

Hmm. I’m in agreement with the “This is a Hugo nominee?” reaction. It certainly didn’t suck — far from it — but the story was just a pair of talking heads.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 03:34:54 +0000

Good story, I really liked it quite a bit. I gotta admit that the end was a bit too ‘and they fell in love again’ for me, but it was good altogether.

Also, it’s my understanding that Mormon’s don’t do the polygamy thing, at least not anymore. Wiki backs me up here, but it’s not a big deal.

By: Bendy

Bendy — Tue, 23 May 2006 17:13:45 +0000

Goood

By: The Podcast Pedant » Really Nice Compressor

The Podcast Pedant » Really Nice Compressor — Fri, 19 May 2006 05:24:48 +0000

[...] If you Google on the thing you’ll find a large number of sound engineers who swear that the RNC is the best compressor you can find for less than $2,000. I got mine for $175 (plus state tax, and with some cables thrown in) at Humbucker Music, whom I will attest are a great bunch of folks. I’ve used it twice now for podcasting. I wish I could say something like, “Wow! All I had to was turn the thing on and nightingales dropped dead from envy at my feet.” Unfortunately, it didn’t work that way. New sound gear never works that way. Even on Super Nice mode, I’m still working on tweaking the settings just right. My first attempt (for last week’s Escape Pod intro) used a 6:1 ratio, -8 dB threshold, +6 dB gain. I personally think it came out sounding overpowered, way too flat and pushy. For this week’s intro I used a 4:1 ratio, and made the threshold and gain even at +8 (which the manual recommends). It wasn’t flat this time, but I clipped frequently. This could mean I need to make my mic gain part of the equation too. [...]

By: SFEley

SFEley — Thu, 18 May 2006 05:17:54 +0000

Hi Sarah,

“Seventy-Five Years” isn’t old — it’s one of this year’s Hugo nominees. So are the ones you’ll hear next week. The 2006 Hugos recognize work that was done in 2005.

By: Sarah Louis

Sarah Louis — Thu, 18 May 2006 02:57:28 +0000

I really like the idea of podcasts of Hugo noms, even though this one is old. It’d be even cooler if EP somehow got permission to do the new nominated stories. Publicity for the stories, more great content for EP. Everyone wins!

By: Sunrider

Sunrider — Wed, 17 May 2006 17:43:35 +0000

OK, going to echo much of what was said. The story could have gone so many places and didn’t. After the last line was read and there was a pause, my immediate thought was “What, that’s it??”

The concept was fantastic, but I think it could have had a better ending.

By: Colin F

Colin F — Wed, 17 May 2006 12:34:22 +0000

I imagine a lot of the Escape Pod stories that have been broadcast so far wouldn’t be eligible for this year’s Hugo anyway – as they were originally published a couple of years ago?

I’ve got to agree with earlier comments though. The end was overly sentimental. The story started promisingly but was ultimately a bit of a disappointment.

But it’s almost Thursday, so another story’s just around the corner ……

By: Ian Mackereth

Ian Mackereth — Mon, 15 May 2006 07:30:12 +0000

I haven’t checked, but I’d bet that this was published in Analog. It’s got that clunky, awkward romantic bit tacked onto a long exposition.

It would’ve been a nice enough little story but not especially memorable, except that it’s got a Hugo nomination somehow, which places higher expectations on it.

Read well, though!

By: noyb

noyb — Sun, 14 May 2006 04:23:25 +0000

I chuckled a bit when Margaret Marshall was lumped in with Ghandi and MLK. Maybe people really will see her that way in 100 years…

By: Chuck Burkins

Chuck Burkins — Sat, 13 May 2006 15:25:41 +0000

I liked this story quite a bit. Still, I have to agree with Wally. It just doesn’t strike me as Hugo brilliant. Still, glad to have heard it – good stuff.

By: Wally Conger

Wally Conger — Fri, 12 May 2006 20:38:36 +0000

Why this nominal story was nominated for a Hugo over 90% of the original stuff that’s appeared on Escape Pod is beyond my comprehension.

By: Jared

Jared — Fri, 12 May 2006 20:28:13 +0000

Very interesting story. The part about mormons and polygamy especially since I am a mormon (not a polygamist). I don’t think we are trying to get polygamy legalized or will ever try in the future. Who knows though I can see Mass. being the first state to leagalize gay, polygamous, clone marriages though.