From the Podosphere: Podcast Short Fiction Review
A monthly column by Paul S. Jenkins examining short fiction podcasts.
From the Podosphere: Escape Artists 2008 First Quarter Round-up
Before getting to this month’s reviews, I’d like to thank John Dodds for his care in piloting From the Podosphere since its inception. It’s a privilege to be taking over his excellent column.
In the coming months, I hope to highlight some diverse sources of short podcast fiction, but it can’t be denied that the […]
From the Podosphere: February 2008
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver is a free podcast from BBC Radio 4. It’s a coming-of-age tale set in an unspecified prehistorical period. Young Torak’s father is viciously killed by a bear possessed by a demon. The boy is left alone in the ancient forest and sets out on an odyssey to a mystical mountain […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Podosphere: January ‘08
This month, From the Podosphere offers something other than the usual short story roundup: two audio dramas and one novella.
Podcast audio dramas, particularly genre work—which seems to be the majority of it—are like the bastard offspring of 50s and 60s radio serials, such as The Shadow and Sexton Blake, and audio space operas that were […]
From the Podosphere: December ‘07 podcasts
Greg Van Eekhout’s “In the Late December,” read by Stephen Eley, is a good old-fashioned, sense-of-wonder, weird SF tale with a modernist twist. It seems that we are close to the end of all life in the universe, no less. Santa and his reindeer are still alive, as are some “children” scattered across different […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Podosphere: November ‘07 podcasts
Before I talk about November’s batch of stories in Escape Pod, I want to put in good word for host, editor, and publisher, Stephen Eley. Eley’s introductions, his reflections and observations, philosophical musings, and snippets about his life, make for engaging listening, and the warmth and intelligence of his intros (and outros) give Escape […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Podosphere: October ‘07 podcasts
In “Immortal Sin” by Jennifer Pelland (read by Stephen Eley), a man murders a girl who refuses to marry him. His Catholicism suggests that if he repents, he can avoid being damned and going to Hell—except the priest to whom he confesses won’t absolve him because he must first be truly repentant. And since […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Podosphere: Escape Pod (#52, 55, 75, 100, & 105)
Steve Eley’s Escape Pod is an excellent way to experience the pleasures of audio SF. The quality of the stories is usually top notch, and the readings, with few exceptions, are also very professional.
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