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Escape Pod is now airing, with subsequent shows, the nominees for the 2006 short-story Hugo. I think this is great. He's done two stories so far, and as always you can listen to them as you like for nuttin.
So far Steve's aired Tk'tk'tk by David D. Levine, which I liked, and Seventy-Five Years by Michael A. Burstein, which I couldn't get five minutes into because I found that it quickly becomes annoying, and then simply incorrect.
Steve's gotten into the habit of putting a spoken MPAA-style rating bumper at the start of every podcast. I was hoping he'd stop this when he spun off a separate "Escape Pod Classic" podcast that contains only the stories that he's run on the main show that don't contain swearing, sex or anything else to upset parents. I find it grating, and annoying even when I skip past it, because (a) I don't want to be "warned" of any content of the story I'm about to encounter (where I come from, we call those spoilers) and (b) I have philosophical problems with the entire idea anyway. I mean: would Steve put MPAA stickers before every story in a short-story collection, warning of squishy content that each contains? If not, then would you instead restrict minors' access to the fiction section of bookstores and libraries?
I cynically assume that, as a non-parent, I have a reduced voice in this matter. But I am a listener and I should tell him anyway.
So far Steve's aired Tk'tk'tk by David D. Levine, which I liked, and Seventy-Five Years by Michael A. Burstein, which I couldn't get five minutes into because I found that it quickly becomes annoying, and then simply incorrect.
Steve's gotten into the habit of putting a spoken MPAA-style rating bumper at the start of every podcast. I was hoping he'd stop this when he spun off a separate "Escape Pod Classic" podcast that contains only the stories that he's run on the main show that don't contain swearing, sex or anything else to upset parents. I find it grating, and annoying even when I skip past it, because (a) I don't want to be "warned" of any content of the story I'm about to encounter (where I come from, we call those spoilers) and (b) I have philosophical problems with the entire idea anyway. I mean: would Steve put MPAA stickers before every story in a short-story collection, warning of squishy content that each contains? If not, then would you instead restrict minors' access to the fiction section of bookstores and libraries?
I cynically assume that, as a non-parent, I have a reduced voice in this matter. But I am a listener and I should tell him anyway.