Journey #70 - Kellerman's Eye Piece by Mary Elizabeth Counselman (presented by Mind Webs)

Cyrus Kellerman orders a telescope eyepiece through the mail, only to find it discontinued. The newer model sent to him by the telescope company, however, seems to pick up more than just stars and moon craters.

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Mind Webs was a 1970's series out of WHA Radio in Wisconsin that featured weekly semi-dramatized readings of science fiction short stories performed by Michael Hansen. It aired stroies by some of the genre's best writers like Norman Spinrad, Arthur C. Clarke, Gordon R. Dickson, and Ray Bradbury. Many of the readings were enhanced by music, periodic sound cues, and the occasional character voice, however they are not completely dramatized.

 

Mary Elizabeth Counselman was born on November 19, 1911 in Birmingham, Alabama. She began writing poetry as a child and sold her first poem at the age of six.  Ms. Counselman's work appeared in Weird Tales, Collier's, The Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, and other magazines.  Counselman also worked as a reporter for The Birmingham News and taught creative writing classes at Gadsden State Junior College (now the Wallace Drive Campus of Gadsden State Community College) and at the University of Alabama.

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Journey #69 - Lieutenant Hornblower: Home and Beauty by C.S. Forester (presented by BBC)

Unemployed at peacetime, Horatio plays cards to make a living, but has unknowingly attracted the attention of another.

 

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The radio series "The Hornblower Story" (1968-69) was adapted from four of the Hornblower books by C.S.Forester. Dramatised into 20 half-hour parts by Val Gielgud, it was produced by Trevor Hill, and directed by Trevor Hill and Christopher Hayton Webb. Music by Johnny Pearson, special effects by David Fleming-Williams, Jack Hollinshead in conjunction with the Sea Training Association.


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Journey #68 - Cyberpunk by D.K. Thompson - Issue #2 - Failsafes and Escapes

Billy is in a race against time to save his wife from Meme in cyberspace.

 

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Cover art provided by Bo Kaier, freelance illustrator / web designer, and art director for the Drabblcast.

 

The author, D.K. Thompson, is also co-editor of Podcastle, and often posts to his blog. His fiction has appeared in various anthologies, and also in podcast form at Escape Pod, Pseudopod, Varient Frequencies, and the Drabblecast.  

 

The character of Cyberpunk comes from D.K.'s YA podcast novel "The Unbelievable Origin of Superspiff and the Toothpick Kid". You can find episodes 1-3 of the novel here, and episodes 4-12 here.

 

Cast of characters:

D.K. Thompson as Billy Gibson a.k.a Cyberpunk

Lauren "Scribe" Harris (of the Pendragon Variety Podcast) as Moss

Lauren “Skrybbi” Nicholson (of the Pendragon Variety Podcast) as Kelly

Clay Dugger (of The Righteous Dude's Dudecast) as Hobbes

Mur Lafferty as Lily Gibson

Marshal Latham as Tao Li

 

Related Links:

Women in Refriderators

 

Music used in this production:

Keep It In Your Arms by Wasted Heroes

Passage II  by WMRI

"The Complex", and "The Sad Trio" by Kevin MacLeod

 

 

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Our next journey will start on Wednesday May 15 - Stay tuned for Cyberpunk Issue #2