http://escapepod.org 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 22:05:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=5838 Copyright © 2012 Escape Pod http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 editor@escapepod.org (Mur Lafferty) editor@escapepod.org (Mur Lafferty) science fiction 1440 science fiction, sf, stories, audiobooks, storytelling, fiction, short fiction, short story The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine. Each week Escape Pod delivers science fiction short stories from todayapos;s best authors. Listen today, and hear the new sound of science fiction! Mur Lafferty Mur Lafferty editor@escapepod.org No no http://escapepod.org/wp-content/images/pod-org-icon300.jpg http://escapepod.org 144 144 http://escapepod.org/2012/02/01/still-alive-online-sf-for-january/ http://escapepod.org/2012/02/01/still-alive-online-sf-for-january/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:28:25 +0000 Michael Ray http://escapepod.org/?p=3064 http://escapepod.org/2012/02/01/still-alive-online-sf-for-january/feed/ 0 http://escapepod.org/2011/06/01/promo-for-the-alphabet-quartet/ http://escapepod.org/2011/06/01/promo-for-the-alphabet-quartet/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:10:11 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=2250 http://escapepod.org/2011/06/01/promo-for-the-alphabet-quartet/feed/ 0 11:45 From Dave Thompson, the co-editor at our sister podcast, Podcastle: In late 2007, I took a trip down to San Diego's Conjecture convention. I'd been listening ... From Dave Thompson, the co-editor at our sister podcast, Podcastle: In late 2007, I took a trip down to San Diego's Conjecture convention. I'd been listening to Escape Pod for a couple of years (PodCastle hadn't even started yet) and so I was thrilled that the very first panel I got to see featured Tim Pratt, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout. Tim had just won a Hugo for his story "Impossible Dreams" (which I first heard at Escape Pod, yo!) and proceeded to do a collaborative reading of ABC flash fiction. Essentially, they divvied up the alphabet, wrote flash fiction stories for each letter, such as "E is for Excrement" and "N is for Nevermore Nevermore Land." It was a fantastic reading - hilarious, poignant, thrilling, and most of all - they knew how to have fun. I left the convention knowing, just knowing, that one day - this ABC book was going to be big. But nothing happened. Several years passed, and still - nothing happened. And then, toward the end of last year - I realized, I'm at Escape Artists, co-editing PodCastle, and that awesome book I remember? Is out there still, and nobody's heard it. So, I talked to Ben Phillips, and then I talked to Tim, Heather, Greg, and Jenn Reese - who came aboard to help them finish up the collection - and we came up with a plan. I decided it'd be awesome to send the Alphabet Quartet out to listeners who'd been kind enough to sign up as paid subscribers or make a one-time donation to us of $50 or more since January 1, 2011. Times are tough, we know, and not everyone can donate, so all the Escape Artists podcasts are going to be sharing a few of these stories with everyone who wants them (and also at the Drabblecast). Additionally, all the stories are available to read there for free at Daily Science Fiction, a great new online magazine that emails you free SF/F stories daily, so everyone wins. Thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy the extra stories. Bonus,,Podcasts,,SF/F,News Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2011/05/22/congratulations-to-the-nebula-awards-winners/ http://escapepod.org/2011/05/22/congratulations-to-the-nebula-awards-winners/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 21:25:18 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=2198 http://escapepod.org/2011/05/22/congratulations-to-the-nebula-awards-winners/feed/ 0 http://escapepod.org/2011/04/27/escape-pod-special-episode-the-arthur-c-clarke-award-winner/ http://escapepod.org/2011/04/27/escape-pod-special-episode-the-arthur-c-clarke-award-winner/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:14:59 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=2119 http://escapepod.org/2011/04/27/escape-pod-special-episode-the-arthur-c-clarke-award-winner/feed/ 2 27:43 You heard it here first, folks, we have an exclusive interview and book excerpt from this year's Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Lauren Beukes, author ... You heard it here first, folks, we have an exclusive interview and book excerpt from this year's Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Lauren Beukes, author of Zoo City (Angry Robot Books)! Zoo City explores a present day, but alternate, Johannesburg, and follows the story of Zinzi December, one of the animalled ndash; people who are psychically bonded with animals due to crimes they have committed in the past.nbsp;Zinzi has a talent for finding lost things, but when she is asked to take on a missing persons case, her life becomes increasingly more complicated and she discovers that beneath the seedy underbelly ofnbsp;Zoo City, things can - and do - get a lot worse. Rated PG-13 for talk of sex workers and street violence. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Zoo City by Lauren Beukes"][/caption] 13,and,Up,,Podcasts,,SF/F,News Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2011/03/31/genre-for-japan/ http://escapepod.org/2011/03/31/genre-for-japan/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:00:37 +0000 Adam Christopher http://escapepod.org/?p=2011 http://escapepod.org/2011/03/31/genre-for-japan/feed/ 0 http://escapepod.org/2011/03/24/best-news-ever/ http://escapepod.org/2011/03/24/best-news-ever/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:29:57 +0000 Bill Peters http://escapepod.org/?p=1997 http://escapepod.org/2011/03/24/best-news-ever/feed/ 2 http://escapepod.org/2011/03/08/2011-award-season-the-british-contingent/ http://escapepod.org/2011/03/08/2011-award-season-the-british-contingent/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:20:17 +0000 Adam Christopher http://escapepod.org/?p=1924 http://escapepod.org/2011/03/08/2011-award-season-the-british-contingent/feed/ 0 http://escapepod.org/2011/02/22/2010-nebula-nominees/ http://escapepod.org/2011/02/22/2010-nebula-nominees/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:36:33 +0000 Bill Peters http://escapepod.org/?p=1891 http://escapepod.org/2011/02/22/2010-nebula-nominees/feed/ 4 http://escapepod.org/2011/01/19/the-speculative-literature-foundation-2011-older-writers-grant/ http://escapepod.org/2011/01/19/the-speculative-literature-foundation-2011-older-writers-grant/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:38:30 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=1776 http://escapepod.org/2011/01/19/the-speculative-literature-foundation-2011-older-writers-grant/feed/ 0 http://escapepod.org/2010/12/07/announcements-from-pyr-angry-robot-and-cory-doctorow/ http://escapepod.org/2010/12/07/announcements-from-pyr-angry-robot-and-cory-doctorow/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:52:17 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=1583 http://escapepod.org/2010/12/07/announcements-from-pyr-angry-robot-and-cory-doctorow/feed/ 0 http://escapepod.org/2010/10/12/the-sunburst-award-needs-your-help/ http://escapepod.org/2010/10/12/the-sunburst-award-needs-your-help/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:51:41 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=998 http://escapepod.org/2010/10/12/the-sunburst-award-needs-your-help/feed/ 0 http://escapepod.org/2010/10/04/i-hear-you-folks-like-free-fiction/ http://escapepod.org/2010/10/04/i-hear-you-folks-like-free-fiction/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:29:51 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=961 http://escapepod.org/2010/10/04/i-hear-you-folks-like-free-fiction/feed/ 4 http://escapepod.org/2010/05/07/mur-on-becoming-escape-pods-editor/ http://escapepod.org/2010/05/07/mur-on-becoming-escape-pods-editor/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 15:47:25 +0000 Bill Peters http://escapepod.org/?p=602 http://escapepod.org/2010/05/07/mur-on-becoming-escape-pods-editor/feed/ 0 http://escapepod.org/2009/08/22/ea-metacast-aug-2009/ http://escapepod.org/2009/08/22/ea-metacast-aug-2009/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:13:25 +0000 ben http://escapepod.org/?p=447 http://escapepod.org/2009/08/22/ea-metacast-aug-2009/feed/ 0 18:07 A few announcements. The full text is on the forum. Please visit that link to comment, as well. Thanks! A few announcements. The full text is on the forum. Please visit that link to comment, as well. Thanks! SF/F,News,,Site,News Escape Artists, Inc. no No http://escapepod.org/2009/06/09/endorsement-personal-effects-dark-art/ http://escapepod.org/2009/06/09/endorsement-personal-effects-dark-art/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:00:50 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=379 http://escapepod.org/2009/06/09/endorsement-personal-effects-dark-art/feed/ 8 00:01:01 NOTE FROM STEVE: This is not this week's Escape Pod story. This is me talking about something I like. Feel free to skip ... NOTE FROM STEVE: This is not this week's Escape Pod story. This is me talking about something I like. Feel free to skip this post if it isn't fun for you. There are a number of good writers now breaking into the big leagues through podcasting. My friend J.C. Hutchins is one of them. I loved his 7th Son trilogy, and I jumped at the chance when he asked me to read an advance copy of his horror novel Personal Effects: Dark Art and record a reaction for him. Here's my initial reaction (Hutch liked it enough that he added the background music and bumper titling and such): J.C. Hutchins's "Personal Effects: Dark Art" - Expert Testimony from Stephen Eley on Vimeo. And here's the big group "vlurb" project that my piece was a part of: J.C. Hutchins's "Personal Effects: Dark Art" - SuperVlurb from Stephen Eley on Vimeo. (The folks in that vlurb are all awesome and you should check out their sites: Philippa Ballantine, Scott Sigler, Seth Harwood, Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff, Christiana Ellis, Matt Wallace, James Melzer, Mark Jeffrey, Mur Lafferty, Phil Rossi and Matt Selznick.) I read the book in PDF form. And then I pre-ordered it on Amazon, because it's just that good. (Also because the little goodies that come with the physical copy sound like fun.) This is an unusual horror novel: it brings in a lot of conventional settings and tropes, but the characters break from formula in some surprising ways. And it's a smart horror novel. Silliness in hats aside, I highly recommend it. SF/F,News,,Shoutouts Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2007/08/09/ep-bonus-ecru-the-butcher-of-balis/ http://escapepod.org/2007/08/09/ep-bonus-ecru-the-butcher-of-balis/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:27:49 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=230 http://escapepod.org/2007/08/09/ep-bonus-ecru-the-butcher-of-balis/feed/ 4 00:01:01 Here's a special prerelease of a new podcasting first: a full comic book distributed exclusively via podcast! Ecru debuts today from Particle 9 Productions, distributed by ... Here's a special prerelease of a new podcasting first: a full comic book distributed exclusively via podcast! Ecru debuts today from Particle 9 Productions, distributed by Outcast Multimedia. The first issue features art by Chasen Grieshop and an original story by Earl Newton (of Stranger Things). We're pleased to deliver this special preview edition of the comic on the Escape Pod feed. (And yes, today's regular Escape Pod episode will be posting shortly.) Bonus,,Podcasts,,SF/F,News Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2007/03/19/ep-bonus-ancestor-by-scott-sigler/ http://escapepod.org/2007/03/19/ep-bonus-ancestor-by-scott-sigler/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:01:20 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=203 http://escapepod.org/2007/03/19/ep-bonus-ancestor-by-scott-sigler/feed/ 10 00:01:01 As part of Scott's _"Monday Bloody Monday"_ campaign, we're giving you the full text of his novel for free. The paperback will be available on April ... As part of Scott's _"Monday Bloody Monday"_ campaign, we're giving you the full text of his novel for free. The paperback will be available on April 1st. Scott wants to hit #1 that day by having everyone order from Amazon at noon Pacific time. So if you like what you're reading, support him by buying the book! SF/F,News,,Shoutouts Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2006/05/31/return-from-balticon-40-and-news/ http://escapepod.org/2006/05/31/return-from-balticon-40-and-news/#comments Wed, 31 May 2006 21:30:54 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=130 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/31/return-from-balticon-40-and-news/feed/ 140 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/25/pern-movie/ http://escapepod.org/2006/05/25/pern-movie/#comments Fri, 26 May 2006 02:17:47 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=129 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/25/pern-movie/feed/ 122 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/23/writers-beware/ http://escapepod.org/2006/05/23/writers-beware/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 20:43:05 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=127 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/23/writers-beware/feed/ 12 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/19/tiptree-award-controversy/ http://escapepod.org/2006/05/19/tiptree-award-controversy/#comments Fri, 19 May 2006 19:16:46 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=126 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/19/tiptree-award-controversy/feed/ 4 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/09/the-dragon-page-expands-the-reach-of-podcasting/ http://escapepod.org/2006/05/09/the-dragon-page-expands-the-reach-of-podcasting/#comments Wed, 10 May 2006 03:21:13 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=122 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/09/the-dragon-page-expands-the-reach-of-podcasting/feed/ 3 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/08/free-hugo-nominated-works/ http://escapepod.org/2006/05/08/free-hugo-nominated-works/#comments Tue, 09 May 2006 01:51:04 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=120 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/08/free-hugo-nominated-works/feed/ 80 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/07/congratulations-to-the-nebula-winners/ http://escapepod.org/2006/05/07/congratulations-to-the-nebula-winners/#comments Sun, 07 May 2006 13:06:11 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=119 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/07/congratulations-to-the-nebula-winners/feed/ 2 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/06/jeff-vandermeers-exhaustive-reading-list/ http://escapepod.org/2006/05/06/jeff-vandermeers-exhaustive-reading-list/#comments Sat, 06 May 2006 19:09:19 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=118 http://escapepod.org/2006/05/06/jeff-vandermeers-exhaustive-reading-list/feed/ 0 http://escapepod.org/2006/01/21/kudos-on-robots/ http://escapepod.org/2006/01/21/kudos-on-robots/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2006 03:29:23 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=94 http://escapepod.org/2006/01/21/kudos-on-robots/feed/ 6 http://escapepod.org/2005/05/26/the-serenity-spoiler-review/ http://escapepod.org/2005/05/26/the-serenity-spoiler-review/#comments Thu, 26 May 2005 04:22:01 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=15 http://escapepod.org/2005/05/26/the-serenity-spoiler-review/feed/ 0 00:01:01 (Clarification: No, this isn't a real spoiler review. It's a joke, okay?) **Escape Pod #3** will be up later tonight. It'll probably be uploaded ... (Clarification: No, this isn't a real spoiler review. It's a joke, okay?) **Escape Pod #3** will be up later tonight. It'll probably be uploaded at the same time some of you will be in one of twenty theaters around the country, watching the unfinished preview screener of [Serenity](http://www.serenitymovie.com/). (*Note:* an earlier version of this same rant appeared on the [Slice of SciFi](http://www.sliceofscifi.com) podcast earlier this month. If you've heard it twice... C'mon, it was funny both times, right?) OK,for,Kids,,Podcasts,,SF/F,News Mur Lafferty no No