• The Sofanauts
• Sanatorium
• Contributors
• Gallery
• Contact
• Forum
• Submissions
• Home

1. 

   Darren
   Member

   as Tony is not here, here you go.

   

   Poem: Gingerbread by Constance Cooper 04:00

   Short Story: Charles by Steve Rasnic Tem 05:00

   Fact Article: Science News by JJ Campanella 26:00

   Main Fiction: Child Of An Ancient City by Tad Williams 51:00

   Cover Art: Steve Boehme

   Main Fiction now in the anthology: By Blood We Live

   Narrators: Julie Davis, Christie Yant, Peter Cavell

   "The art of Medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease." - Voltaire.
   
   (http://twitter.com/darrenharmon)

   Posted 10 months ago #
2. 

   Darren
   Member

   Those where a great couple of stories. Along with JJ Campanella's Science News (including the German accent) a very fine episode indeed.
   Looks like I'll have to check out more of Tad Williams work. Very fine narration their as well. Reminded me when Tony ran Ted Chiang's Merchant at the Alchemist's Gate.

   Oh, and I even enjoyed the poem.

   Posted 10 months ago #
3. 

   the english assassin
   Member

   I've not been listening to much audio lately, but I'm going to give this one a listen. The only problem with Tad Williams is the sheer length of his novels! They must rank as the fattest books in F/SF of all time. I've only read his Otherland books: four volumes, the shortest was about 700 pages, the longest about 900 odd pages, easily 3,500 pages in total! They're good books, but it's hard to justify that level of commitment. I've not read his other work, but it all looks on the fat-assed side of 500 pages or more, which is a pity because Otherland had a lot to recommend it.

   Posted 10 months ago #
4. 

   umbrellapod
   Member

   I have never read any Tad Williams either- unwilling to commit to so many pages.... I may rethink that though after hearing his story in this week's episode. Not only was it entertaining but it also followed many time honored traditions, the ghost story, the story within a story. Good times.

   Posted 10 months ago #
5. 

   pdackerman
   Member

   I wonder if Jim could give some more info on this plastic thing. Talked to my wife about it and could do with some advise about how to avoide it.
   Great story by Tad.

   p.s. is Jim the Ant King???

   Phil Ackerman
   
   "Happiness? Happiness... is to wake up, on a bright spring morning, after an exhausting first night spent with a beautiful... passionate... multi-murderess."

   Posted 10 months ago #
6. 

   rivetkitten
   Member

   I just have one quibble about this episode, in particular JJ's science update: PD James is not a HE! I loved the reference to Children of Men, but calling it "his" book threw me off.

   Posted 9 months ago #
7. 

   divadiane
   Member

   I really enjoyed this show - it made the 3am feeding quite enjoyable actually!

   The entire show was wonderful from start to finish. I loved the flash fiction. Accessible with a little (if somewhat predictable twist) at the end. The main fiction by Tad Williams was also wonderful. I'm glad I'm not the only one that was reminded of the Ted Chiang story last year. Jim's fact article was also very interesting. Bring on the ants!

   My Blog: http://www.divadianes.blogspot.com
   MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/dianeseversonsoprano
   My CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/dsmg

   Posted 9 months ago #
8. 

   SimonH
   Member

   Apropos JJ's science info, Slashdot recently covered more research into how "Environmental Chemicals Are Feminizing Boys".

   Scary, especially as I have a 'son in the oven' as we speak...

   Posted 9 months ago #
9. 

   JLeuze
   Web Guy

   SimonH said:
   Scary, especially as I have a 'son in the oven' as we speak...

   If you've got a son in the oven, I think the feminization of males is complete

   Yeah all these petrochemicals are nasty stuff. I can't even imagine was I was exposed to on the farm as a kid, burning trash, surrounded by fields full of pesticides and other poisons...

   My wife and I try to keep the nastier plastics out of our house and feed our kids good, local food, but it's just too damn expensive! Slowly trying to ramp up our organic vegetable garden though.

   Follow me on twitter: @JLeuze

   Posted 9 months ago #

RSS feed for this topic

Reply

You must log in to post.