Archives for September 2007
EP125: End Game
Published on 27 Sep 2007 at 3:29 am.
32 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated R.
By Nancy Kress
Read by Stephen Eley.
First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 2007.
“What exactly happened in the seventh grade?” I found myself intensely curious, which I covered by staring at the board and making a move.
He told me, still unembarrassed, in exhaustive detail. Then he added, “It should be possible to adjust brain chemicals to eliminate the static. To unclutter the mind. It should!”
“Well,” I said, dropping from insight to my more usual sarcasm, “maybe you’ll do it at Harvard, if you don’t get sidetracked by some weird shit like ballet or model railroads.”
“Checkmate,” Allen said.
Rated R. Contains profanity, sexual innuendo, and chess-related violence.
Referenced Sites:
2007 Podcast & New Media Expo
California Brunch Meetup 9/30/07
Better Late Than Never (Stardust review)
Meetup Near LA
Published on 26 Sep 2007 at 2:27 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under Site News.
I know this is late notice; sorry about that. I’m speaking this weekend at the Podcast Expo in Ontario, California, and Cunning Minx and I have put plans together for a joint brunch meetup. If you’re in the area, I’d love to see you there.
The brunch will be SUNDAY, SEPT. 30 AT 11 AM at Marie Callender’s in Ontario, CA:
MARIE CALLENDER’S
2149 E. Convention Way
Ontario, CA 91764
Here’s a Mapquest link for those of you who can use it.
Feel free to spread the word — but if you’re coming, please drop me an e-mail at sfeley@gmail.com so we know how big a table to get. Thanks very much.
This’ll be Fun.
EP124: Save Me Plz
Published on 20 Sep 2007 at 4:30 am.
27 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated PG.
By David Barr Kirtley.
Read by Mur Lafferty (of I Should Be Writing and Lulu TV).
First appeared in Realms of Fantasy, October 2007.
Meg hadn’t heard from Devon in four months, and she realized that she missed him. So on a whim she tossed her sword and scabbard into the trunk of her car and drove over to campus to visit him.
Rated PG. Contains sexual innuendo, some mild language, and fantasy violence.
Referenced Sites:
Geek Fu Action Grip
This Day in Alternate History
Blog of the Week:
Ogre Marco’s LiveJournal
(receives Carnal Knowledge by Charles Hodgson)
EP123: Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane
Published on 13 Sep 2007 at 8:00 pm.
36 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated PG.
Read ‘EP123: Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane’
-->By Jonathon Sullivan.
Read by Stephen Eley.
First appeared in Strange Horizons July 2005.
“Herr Doktor Bohr!” The captain’s cruel smile returned. “What a relief. We’ve been very concerned about you.”
Bohr sighed, looked up at the Gestapo captain with calm resignation, and took his wife’s hand. He started to get up.
“You are mistaken, sir,” Papa said.
I was nineteen years old. I had followed Bohr’s career for half my life, with something bordering on worship. A terrible miracle of circumstance had finally brought me into his presence. But at that moment his life meant nothing next to my own. Niels Bohr was already a prisoner of the Third Reich‚Äînothing could stop that now. Papa’s action could only put us on a boxcar to Theresienstadt.
Rated PG. Contains scenes of graphic violence.
EP122: Transcendence Express
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 11:00 pm.
23 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated R.
Read ‘EP122: Transcendence Express’
-->By Jetse de Vries.
Read by Jack Mangan (of Jack Mangan’s Deadpan).
First appeared in Hub Magazine Issue #2.
Unable to keep my distance, I walk up to three classmates interacting with one such a BIKO. The pictures are fuzzy, the colours ill-defined and the reaction time tediously slow. However, the letters appearing are large and easily readable, and after all three kids have been asked to introduce themselves the program equally divides its attention to each of them, making them take turns while the other two can effortlessly follow what’s going on. But man, is it slow. The display makes your eyes water and would have any western whizz kid tuning the screen properties like crazy.
Still, the real wonder is that those pell-mell constructions are doing anything at all. Furthermore, those African kids have nothing to compare them with, so are uncritically happy with what they’ve got. As dinner time closes in Liona has to wrestle most kids away from their new toys and promises that first thing tomorrow they will — after school hours — start making new BIKOs, so that eventually every classmate will have one. The whole class cheers and Liona’s smile doesn’t leave her face for the rest of the evening.
Rated R. Contains sexual innuendo, some strong language, and an R-rated bit of podcast feedback at the end.
Referenced Sites:
Steve’s Dragon*Con Report
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders
One Laptop Per Child
Blog of the Week:
Hares Rock Lots
(receives Carnal Knowledge by Charles Hodgson)
