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By: “Instead of a Loving Heart’ on Escape Pod | JeremiahTolbert.com

“Instead of a Loving Heart’ on Escape Pod | JeremiahTolbert.com — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:54:28 +0000

[...] by Jay Lake and David Moles–two of the finest cats to mark up a manuscript) has gone live on Escape Pod. Escape Pod is the one podcast I listen to every week without fail, and I’ve been using [...]

By: Mari Mitchell

Mari Mitchell — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:08:49 +0000

I wrote to Jeremiah Tolbert and he was wonderful enought to write back. He said that because of the response he has recived here, that he has started the follow-up story. He plans on trying to sell, and when he does, he then will send it here.

Write your fav arthors. They want to hear from you. Sometimes in the dark with only the glow of the computor screen to light your way, it is good to know that somewhere out there, in the dark you have touched someone.

Stories need someone to read them. What good is a story with no one to read them? You must feed the writer's ego, carefully.

By: Mari Mitchell

Mari Mitchell — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:45:06 +0000

I too wanted to know what happened. It seems like there is so much to left to explore.

Does he find love?

Did the arm escape?

I think there is a lovely story floating in space waited to be captured in starlight and words.

By: ruthling

ruthling — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:54:47 +0000

Ok, I’m an Escape Pod freak. I am bored or frustrated with the stories “everyone loves”, but this one, which got such a mixed reaction, I liked a lot. The personality of the painter turned robot slave was interesting, the way his emotions were barely allowed to peek through, and the way his perceptions and options were limited by his programming.

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:21:26 +0000

More dieselpunk than steampunk.

By: Randall

Randall — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:20:34 +0000

Not bad, but it was detail-scarce and depth-scarce. Also, why were the Brits happy to take Zed (or whatever his name was) with them and help him out even though he killed several with his flamethrower?

I know he did radio them but still, he killed a lotta guys, why was that OK with the Brits?

By: araña

araña — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:31:08 +0000

Picture this, if you will:

After coming home from a particularly crappy day of waiting for that damn time machine, I decide to seek comfort in an episode of Escape Pod when I make this realization:

Stephen Eley, you are a wonderful, wonderful man.

Not only did you get Jared Axelrod to read a giddy giggle-inducing fiction replete with cat burglars, Nazis, British accents, and a mad scientist named Octavio (the name does not get used ENOUGH, honestly), but you also managed to pull it off on what was suddenly becoming the worst day of my life.

Dan Woods, my thoughts exactly. I am currently waiting for the big reveal a few episodes down the line, but I fear to think that it's just wishful thinking.

This one was up my alley, down my street, and took me out of my mind (and Alpha Centauri).

By: Smee!

Smee! — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:18:35 +0000

Had to give up on it due only to the voice of the person reading it. Gah. It’s like he’s bored out of his mind and being forced to read at gunpoint. Story seemed nice other than way it was read…

By: Motti

Motti — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:43:02 +0000

I'd like to echo Mike on this one.

Meh^2

By: foshizzle

foshizzle — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:24:29 +0000

I enoyed this story. I thought it was whimsical for such a dark concept. I’ve never heard of “steampunk” before this podcast, so I guess I’ll google it.

By: Dom

Dom — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:36:03 +0000

I know I'm a bit behind the eight-ball, but better late than...

I thought this was an excellent story. Right up my alley with AI, steampunk, brain transplants and robots.

Two thumbs up - thanks Steve!

By: fishyswaz

fishyswaz — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:17:31 +0000

What was the deal with the Nazis/British Commandos or the Jewel thief bit? They felt entirely random to me. Fleshed them out or thrown out would have made it tighter.

Liked the whole painter-stuffed-in-robot-by-evil-scientist idea, but I probably won't be able to recall the story in a week.

By: B.Ruhsam

B.Ruhsam — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:52:52 +0000

I'm not a large steampunk fan, but this story was very good, if you consider it from the perspective of the slave who escapes his bonds. Zed had his passions, which were denied, and he eventually decided to betray his creator to achieve them.

I liked this episode, and it made me hope for a sequel, even though I know it wouldn't have the same bite.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:46:53 +0000

Meh.

By: Hawthorne

Hawthorne — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:54:28 +0000

I actually liked this one, i am a large steam punk fan, and retro scifi really has a place in my heart. The story reminded me of Edward scissors hands a little. But the only disappointment i had with the story was that it ended.

I love jared's reading, and call for more in the line steam punk stuff.

By: Shoshannah

Shoshannah — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:16:38 +0000

Am I the only one who was expecting to hear “Skullcrusher Mountain” ( http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Skullcrusher%20Mountain ) as the closing song of this week’s episode?

By: Me

Me — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:45:59 +0000

This one didn't grab me at all, sorry. I like other retro-scifi stories I've read or listened to before but this didn't feel very realised.

[Steve - can you please ask Jared not to use that accent again (I think it was "British"). He's been watching too much Dick van Dyke 'mockney' acting, maybe.]

By: DaveNJ

DaveNJ — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:37:59 +0000

I enjoy retro more than most, but the problem with this episode was less setting and more substance. By the end of the story I just didn't feel like much had been accomplished, and this story doesn't just warrant a sequel, it pretty much demands it. Otherwise it's just a slice of pseudo-historical life that doesn't go anywhere.

But can we all agree that Jared Axelrod is great at reading the stories for Escape Pod? Between this, Conversations With and About my Electric Toothbrush, and the EP Flash Nightshift in the Automart I'm convinced his dulcid tones are some of the best for reading sci-fi.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:08:06 +0000

I confess that this story was right in the sweet spot for me. I’m a big fan of retro-pulp. I think this is the first Escape Pod story that I’ll listen to multiple times. (Not that other stories haven’t been as good, but with limited time and so many good podcasts out there, I rarely have time for multiple listens. But for this story, I will make time.)

By: Void Munashii

Void Munashii — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:35:39 +0000

This was really fun story. it managed to be both shallow retro sci-fi while still having a sense of depth.

This story does share one thing with "Artifice and Intelligence", and that would be that it left me wanting more, but without leaving me unsatisfied the way AaI did. This story feels both self-contained and like the beginning of a much larger adventure.

Happy Valentine's Day (what is left of it)

By: AmazingSteve

AmazingSteve — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:35:01 +0000

So we have a delicate, soulful artist trapped in a machine body by an evil engineer with a small wang who enjoys smashing sculpture. Yawn. More science-positive stories on escape pod, please : )

By: David

David — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:18:44 +0000

Never been a huge fan of retro, though this story was better than most. I suppose this is a more modernized version of retro, in that it deals with greater moral ambiguity and the balance between logic and emotion in an increasingly complex technological world.

By: Dan Woods

Dan Woods — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:48:52 +0000

Listening to the Feedback from EP142 and then Steve’s request for a Sequel to this story, I realised one thing:
This story does have a sequel, or more accurately, it is a Prequel.
The Himalayan Lab of Doctor Octavio contained a new form of self-improving AI prior to it’s apparent destruction.
Saraswati from EP142 originated in India; the closest modern country to where Octavio’s Lab would have been.
Coincidence? I Think Not!