Comments on: Escape Pod Flash: Standards http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/ 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! Tue, 08 May 2012 17:42:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Standards « Writing Every Day http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-12345 Standards « Writing Every Day Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:33:29 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-12345 <p>[...] Posted on April 28, 2009 by Pam Phillips Told as the rejection letter from a science journal, Standards, by Richard K. Lyon, is full of deft hints of adventure and dry put-downs of the sort of mad genius [...]</p> [...] Posted on April 28, 2009 by Pam Phillips Told as the rejection letter from a science journal, Standards, by Richard K. Lyon, is full of deft hints of adventure and dry put-downs of the sort of mad genius [...]

]]> By: TrelvePoorror http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-12239 TrelvePoorror Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:15 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-12239 <p>nice, really nice!</p> nice, really nice!

]]> By: Connor Moran http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-11802 Connor Moran Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:32:54 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-11802 <p>I'm deeply sorry to hear about Mr. Lyon. I had the opportunity to read and critique some of his stories at Critters (http://www.critters.org/), including what I think were some early albeit very different versions of this.</p> <p>Clearly a loss to SF with a sense of humor.</p> I’m deeply sorry to hear about Mr. Lyon. I had the opportunity to read and critique some of his stories at Critters (http://www.critters.org/), including what I think were some early albeit very different versions of this.

Clearly a loss to SF with a sense of humor.

]]> By: Daniel Cotton http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-11737 Daniel Cotton Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:31:50 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-11737 <p>I cringed when I heard the phrase "he was a true scientist," I don't think an editor would really have said that. Other than that though this was a really cool story.</p> I cringed when I heard the phrase “he was a true scientist,” I don’t think an editor would really have said that. Other than that though this was a really cool story.

]]> By: Winter Sunday Stats #4: Running Out of Excuses. « The Unfocused Life http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-11727 Winter Sunday Stats #4: Running Out of Excuses. « The Unfocused Life Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:44:41 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-11727 <p>[...] On the iPod: I got back to some of the usual podcasts on my ancient iPod Mini: recent episodes of Planet Money; I Should Be Writing #107 (”Goals”); Adventures in Science Fiction Publishing #71 (Bear McCreary);   Escape Pod #184 (”As Dry Leaves That Before the Wild Hurricane Fly,” a fantastic steampunk Santa story by Mur Lafferty); Escape Pod #185 (”Union Dues — All About the Sponsors,” another solid entry in the Union Dues superhero series — like all of them, it’s very dark); and Escape Pod Flash (”Standards”). [...]</p> [...] On the iPod: I got back to some of the usual podcasts on my ancient iPod Mini: recent episodes of Planet Money; I Should Be Writing #107 (”Goals”); Adventures in Science Fiction Publishing #71 (Bear McCreary);   Escape Pod #184 (”As Dry Leaves That Before the Wild Hurricane Fly,” a fantastic steampunk Santa story by Mur Lafferty); Escape Pod #185 (”Union Dues — All About the Sponsors,” another solid entry in the Union Dues superhero series — like all of them, it’s very dark); and Escape Pod Flash (”Standards”). [...]

]]> By: Dave (aka Nev the Deranged) http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-11723 Dave (aka Nev the Deranged) Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:06:59 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-11723 <p>Nice. Except for the page turning noise at the end >_<. But otherwise very amusing.</p> Nice. Except for the page turning noise at the end >_<. But otherwise very amusing.

]]> By: Stevens Miller http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-11675 Stevens Miller Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:11:39 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-11675 <p>I did laugh. Thanks, Mr. Lyon.</p> <p>Rest in peace.</p> I did laugh. Thanks, Mr. Lyon.

Rest in peace.

]]> By: DrCrisp http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-11674 DrCrisp Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:58:24 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-11674 <p>Totally classic!!! That could have been published in any of the finest Science Fiction magazines during their golden heights and fit perfectly in. After watching almost all of the Twilight Zone marathon (yes, and your life is....?) the only thing that could have made that story any better would have been to tune into it on a Philco radio and heard it. And the reader had exactly the correct academic editorial sneer in his reading.</p> Totally classic!!! That could have been published in any of the finest Science Fiction magazines during their golden heights and fit perfectly in. After watching almost all of the Twilight Zone marathon (yes, and your life is….?) the only thing that could have made that story any better would have been to tune into it on a Philco radio and heard it. And the reader had exactly the correct academic editorial sneer in his reading.

]]> By: scatterbrain http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-11668 scatterbrain Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:49:13 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-11668 <p>Given the strong comparison between the real life author and his dead protagonist, this was truly a weird spoonful of a story and proof that Discordism truly does exist.</p> Given the strong comparison between the real life author and his dead protagonist, this was truly a weird spoonful of a story and proof that Discordism truly does exist.

]]> By: Brave Space Monkey http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-11665 Brave Space Monkey Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:39:31 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-11665 <p>Farewell, Mr. Lyon. You will be missed.</p> Farewell, Mr. Lyon. You will be missed.

]]> By: Lexicat http://escapepod.org/2008/12/29/escape-pod-flash-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-11664 Lexicat Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:54:23 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=331#comment-11664 <p>AWESOME!!!!!!!</p> <p>Just the kind of pick-me-up boost needed after the first two-thirds of a rough holiday season, and yet before the new year shenanigans.</p> <p>So short and funny, I am gonna pass along to friends in a diabolical plot to ensnare them in the ecapepody goodness.</p> <p>Also: I am a scientist, and both publish and act as a referee in peer-reviewed journals, and I find the author has really hit the nail on the head.</p> <p>Titter.</p> <p>Lexicat</p> AWESOME!!!!!!!

Just the kind of pick-me-up boost needed after the first two-thirds of a rough holiday season, and yet before the new year shenanigans.

So short and funny, I am gonna pass along to friends in a diabolical plot to ensnare them in the ecapepody goodness.

Also: I am a scientist, and both publish and act as a referee in peer-reviewed journals, and I find the author has really hit the nail on the head.

Titter.

Lexicat

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