Plug: Escape Pod

What good is this rarely-used blog if I don’t promote things I appreciate?

It may not be entirely fair to promote anything as “surprisingly good”, but that was my first reaction to Escape Pod. It’s a weekly science fiction short story podcast with good production values and interesting stories. Each episode is different, and some are better than others, but I generally find myself amused by the podcast.

If you’re interested in more Charles Stross, Escape Pod arranged a live reading in front of an audience of Rouge Farm.

Escape Pod spawned two other podcasts, PodCastle (fantasy) and PseudoPod (horror). I listen to PodCastle; their definition of “fantasy” is far broader than the epic high fantasy ghetto I’ve come to despise. Try In the House of the Seven Librarians, which seems appropriate given our book club’s venue.