Posted in General, Podcasting, SFF: Writings on Jul 26th, 2008
he world of Internet-based audio has seen many firsts: the first podcast novel (Tee Morris’s MOREVI: the Chronicles of Rafe and Askana), the first podcast-only novel (Scott Sigler, EarthCore), the first audio drama (Children of the Gods was the first I heard of, but doubtless there were others), and the first podcast author to get [...]
Posted in General, Podcasting, SFF: Writings on Jul 23rd, 2008
ometimes the calendar makes strange demands on us. In this case, it requires that we present the following press release “out of order,” as it were; but then, we’re dealing not only with two good books and two fine authors, but also with two hemispheres and two time zones — so the time is out [...]
Posted in General on May 25th, 2008
Clerk’s Log, mJDate 54611.9: The following is my pitch to the Parsec nominating committee on behalf of Chris Lester’s story “Huntress,” part of his Metamor City Podcast. I’ve intended for a while (and yes, I know what they say about good intentions as paving material) to write a piece about the entire Metamor City cycle; [...]
Posted in General, SFF: Writings, Theology & SFF on Jan 18th, 2008
or those of you who wondered how soon I’d make it into print again…
Science fiction has long been known as “the literature of ideas,” and for the last two-plus years Jason Rennie has been discussing those ideas in The Sci Phi Show, a podcast that deals with philosophical issues raised by science fiction films, television, [...]
Posted in General on Dec 24th, 2007
ou remember how, when Israel crossed over the dried-up Jordan, Joshua had the Israelites take twelve large rocks from the center of the riverbed to build a monument to the event at their first encampment (Joshua 4:1-9). Have you remembered to celebrate its later equivalent?
Today’s reading is from the Book of Linus, chapter 12, verses [...]
Posted in General on Dec 4th, 2007
… can get you into so much trouble with the fairer sex. “My eyes are up here, buddy.” “Yes indeed, but the unusual words/drawings are down there.“
Posted in General, Podcasting, SFF: Writings on Jun 10th, 2007
Clerk’s log, mJDate 54262.0: Scott’s gracious comment on a previous article reminded me of something remarkable that happened this past February. Let me tell you about it.
very so often someone comes along and completely changes your perspective on a subject. I hadn’t thought much of Johann Strauss’s waltz “On the Beautiful Blue Danube,” for example, [...]
Posted in General, Theology, Theology & SFF on Dec 22nd, 2006
Clerk’s log, mJDate 54091.7: Book One of J.C. Hutchins’s thriller 7th Son, “Descent,” is now complete, and it’s available for download in audio form at http://www.jchutchins.net (book plus extra material) and http://www.podiobooks.com (book only). If you haven’t yet heard it, and don’t mind a bit of strong language and violence, I recommend it. Book Two, [...]
Posted in General, Podcasting, SFF: Writings on Nov 6th, 2006
ou — yes, you — can encourage an aspiring podcaster! Namely, me.
Posted in General on May 23rd, 2006
s you can see, this site has not only a new location but a new look.
