EP051: Is You Is / Is You Ain’t?
Published by SFEley on 27 Apr 2006 at 6:00 am.
6 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated R.
By Michael Canfield.
Read by Evo Terra.
I won’t kid you, the main reason I contracted to upload this biography is the money. I want a way out of my baby body–expensive surgery. Thank you for buying this link: even if you don’t like what I have to say, you’ve helped an old actor out.
I’m told the public will not buy a starbio uplink unless there is a tragedy involved–and a triumph.
Rated R. Contains profanity, sexual situations, and Hollywood actors. None of which are suitable for children.
Referenced sites:
Escape Pod Classic
Balticon
Escape Archive
Brad P. from NJ on 28 Apr 2006 at 1:48 pm: 1
Not bad at all. Evo’s got a great voice, and I think it went well with this story. Knowing enough about Evo, I think we can all identify him with the wise-cracking baby character.
Simon on 29 Apr 2006 at 6:59 am: 2
This one was great. I’m not sure why it is, but there is a long tradition of excellent SF shorts about pregnancy and the babies. I’m thinking of Sturgeon’s Brat and Baby Is Three here, or also The Midwich Cuckoos, It’s A Good life and almost everything by Richard Matheson that doesn’t involve the apocalypse.
This one is an excellent addition to the theme, I really like the way Canfield works it, and I have to say Evo is one of the best narrators you’ve got here. His voice is just the right mixture of unobtrusive and evocative.
The stylistic choice in making it a podcast also works really well on EP. Meaning it fades more into the background, I have to admit i often stop listening to EP’s if I find the voice too distracting, but Evo is great.
Excellent work.
Johan Nilsson on 7 May 2006 at 7:20 am: 3
This story was great!
The Dragon Page » Cover to Cover #216: Dave Duncan on 3 Oct 2006 at 11:43 pm: 4
[...] Evo has read another story for Escape Pod. [...]
BrandtPileggi on 3 May 2007 at 5:38 pm: 5
I just couldn’t get into this one. The entire time, I couldn’t wait for it to end. It simply seemed like the autobiography of Herman the Baby from ‘Who Shot Roger Rabbit”. I hate that damn baby
scatterbrain on 10 Jun 2008 at 8:03 pm: 6
Brilliant! Post-singularity biopunk with white slavery overtones!