Comments on: EP118: The Veteran http://escapepod.org/2007/08/09/ep118-the-veteran/ The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine. Each week Escape Pod delivers science fiction short stories from today's best authors. Listen today, and hear the new sound of science fiction! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=972 By: Dave (aka Nev the Deranged) http://escapepod.org/2007/08/09/ep118-the-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-7279 Dave (aka Nev the Deranged) Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:31:35 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=231#comment-7279 <p>I like the line (which I will paraphrase because my memory is terrible), "Now that I could kill you easily, I'm even more certain that it isn't what I want to do." Does absolute power always corrupt? Or does being able to do anything you want make it easier to figure out what that is? If I am some day gifted with inscrutable alien technology, I'll get back to you on that.</p> I like the line (which I will paraphrase because my memory is terrible), “Now that I could kill you easily, I’m even more certain that it isn’t what I want to do.” Does absolute power always corrupt? Or does being able to do anything you want make it easier to figure out what that is? If I am some day gifted with inscrutable alien technology, I’ll get back to you on that.

]]> By: Logan http://escapepod.org/2007/08/09/ep118-the-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-7277 Logan Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:59:23 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=231#comment-7277 <p>I spent the summer listening to Escape Pod stories. Now, I commonly recommend certain stories to friends and family if I think they might like the subject, the humor, or the reading.</p> <p>I would recommend this story to anyone who is into hard tech, along with EP95, "Blink, don't blink." However, I doubt that any of my friends or family would recommend the story to me. There isn't anything fatally wrong with the story, it just didn't capture my interest.</p> I spent the summer listening to Escape Pod stories. Now, I commonly recommend certain stories to friends and family if I think they might like the subject, the humor, or the reading.

I would recommend this story to anyone who is into hard tech, along with EP95, “Blink, don’t blink.” However, I doubt that any of my friends or family would recommend the story to me. There isn’t anything fatally wrong with the story, it just didn’t capture my interest.

]]> By: Mitch http://escapepod.org/2007/08/09/ep118-the-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-7278 Mitch Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:17:44 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=231#comment-7278 <p>I like this one. I didn't understand what the author was getting at in the tech & battle descriptions - then it hit me - it's "hard tech". It's can't be understood by us mortals.</p> <p>I'd like to have heard this story from the angle of the veteran.</p> I like this one. I didn’t understand what the author was getting at in the tech & battle descriptions – then it hit me – it’s “hard tech”. It’s can’t be understood by us mortals.

I’d like to have heard this story from the angle of the veteran.

]]> By: Martin R http://escapepod.org/2007/08/09/ep118-the-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-7280 Martin R Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:30:44 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=231#comment-7280 <p>Naah. "Gangster's moll steals his loot. She's saved from his cronies by Superman. The gangster suddenly also gets super powers. A ferry sinks. The super-gangster decides to let his ex-moll live. The end."</p> Naah. “Gangster’s moll steals his loot. She’s saved from his cronies by Superman. The gangster suddenly also gets super powers. A ferry sinks. The super-gangster decides to let his ex-moll live. The end.”

]]> By: macevangelist http://escapepod.org/2007/08/09/ep118-the-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-7276 macevangelist Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:29:15 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=231#comment-7276 <p>Perfect pick Stephen. Neal is a great guy, we fought hooligans once in Greenwich together.</p> Perfect pick Stephen. Neal is a great guy, we fought hooligans once in Greenwich together.

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