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# 138 The Evangelist - Colin P. Davies + machine evolution!
Episode 138 of Beam me up is not only the first show of 09 but is dedicated to my number one fan who will be missed greatly.This week, Colin Davies reminds me that I wanted to read his story The Evangelist from his collection of short stories 'Tall Tales on the Iron Horse' However I totally spaced it. So to rectify that error, I will read his very entertaining rather tongue in cheek 'The Evangelist' I mean, what could go wrong? huh? From the Blog, Tech evolution, Saturn Au Natural, a startl...

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[ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:40:06 GMT ]


# 137 Toy Shop - Harry Harrison + Woolworths bans Lightsabers!
Episode 137 of Beam Me Up! The last program of the year! I have a special offering in the story department for the last show of 08, Harry Harrison's 'Toy Shop' a wry tale of how to get someone interested in a technological break-through that is small and "impossible". Harrison carries off this feat and manages to throw in a twist ending that shows why he is a master at his profession. From the blog: is nanotech living up to the SF hype? Ender's Game gets a rewrite, Catwoman has gone to th...

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[ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:38:15 GMT ]


# 136 Tis the Season - Saunders + Watching the Leaves - Cole
With episode 136 being the last show before Christmas - Shaun Saunders and I thought we would put together a program from the both of us. First is Watching the Leaves written by yours truly, is a short story that tells the tale of an old merc who has lived past his usefulness. This was inspired by an old gent that I had the chance to sit and talk to who was a bit miffed that he had spent his life learning and now because he was old, everyone considered him superfluous. From Shaun is a black c...

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[ Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:16:28 GMT ]


#135 Babel 3000 - Colin P. Davies + The Universe is Recycled?!
Beam Me Up episode 135! Yo Yo Yo Pacman in da house! Spreadin a bit of Christmas cheer! Lots of interesting stuff from the blog, but first - the story this week is a short take from Colin P. Davies called Babel 3000. What if polite society in the future were all about the newest word? Not any ole word will do, it must be unique. And what makes this tale so very unique is how one goes "fishing" for just the right word. It truly is babel. Colin also wanted listeners to know that 'Babel 3000...

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[ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:33:52 GMT ]


#134 4x1 - Neal Barrett jr + Sunshine - Shaun Saunders
Yes, thanks for dropping in this snowy December afternoon for a nice warm cup of Beam Me Up. It's episode 134. Holding to the holiday tradition there are two stories for your enjoyment - Sunshine: a bleak tale where every good feeling come from a pill. Plus Neal Barrett's 4x1 - four mind bending tales that by the end will have you reeling. From the blog - NASA tries to raise the dead, Phoenix that is, ultra high speed computers may be right around the corner thanks to super conducting tran...

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[ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:27:05 GMT ]


#133 Report from the Rear - Jack McDevitt + Light Speed, Its the law?!
BMU 133 coming right at ya! This week's story is Jack McDevitt's "Report from the Rear" a wry tale of future war reporting and who wags who in the process. Jack wanted BMU listeners to know that The Devil's Eye has just been released, and that Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt will be released in February. Looking forward to both! From the blog, I discuss the history channel's show Light Speed, Dave Tackett gives a scathing argument for the level of science education or lack ...

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[ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:22:29 GMT ]


#132 DMV - Richard Kadrey + review Star Wars Rule of Two
Welcome to BMU episode 132. This week's story is the cyber strange D.M.V. by Richard Kadrey. I like the spin on crime and punishment and the ending? Harsh! But first Roy joins me with a review of the Star Wars novel The Rule of Two. Due to my lack of knowledge on the Star Wars universe we manage to get off track. Still we chat about the current crop of tv science fiction. The hour goes by fast and the story really kicks. Hope you enjoy as much as I had fun just chatting....

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[ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:13:55 GMT ]


#131 - 9 Sundays in a Row pt2 Kris Dikeman + non random evolution?!
Beam Me Up episode 131! Well I managed to get another episode up even under adverse conditions! Thanks to Herb for his effort in carting things around so "the show show could go on" This week, I read the rest of Kris Dikeman's killer story, 9 Sundays in a row. Thanks again to Kris and Strange Horizons for letting me read this fine piece of fiction. From the the blog, Philips' new smart pill, The Middle Man may be drawing unemployment soon, Burn-e, spray on solar cells, Thoughts on Chase and...

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[ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:19:32 GMT ]


#130 - 9 Sundays in a Row pt1 Kris Dikeman + zombie mice?
Beam Me Up episode 130! yaaaaay (hey, I heard that!) Still and all, momentous in it's own right. And since you have all be good boys and girls, I have a bit of a treat this week. From the wildly imaginative author Kris Dikeman and the good graces of Strange Horizons, comes Nine Sundays in a Row. I tried to keep my comments brief this week but I still managed to run close so I will play part one of this wonderful retelling of the Cross Roads myth. (I know, not strictly science fiction, but...

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[ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:30:35 GMT ]


#129 A Last Day with Mrs. Bloomsbury - Shaun A. Saunders + Homo Sap extinct?
Beam Me Up episode 129! Ready for some Halloween spookiness? What? I'm late? Story of my life. Still doesn't mean we can't have some fun. In truth, I wanted to get Uxo by Elliot Fintushel finished and then do what I could to get some spookiness in. This week I have a story written custom for BMU by our resident author Shaun Saunders called "A Last Day with Mrs. Bloomsbury" based on an idea of mine that posited "what if the doomsday clock where real? I hope you find the tale as unsettlin...

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[ Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:12:00 GMT ]


#128 Uxo Bomb Dog - con - Elliot Fintushel + say what Buzz?!
I hope your looking forward to episode 128 as much as I am. This week I finish reading Uxo Bomb Dog by Elliot Fintushel which finishes with a bang. Pun intended! lol It will become clear that Elliot takes his tongue out of his cheek and drives the ending of this powerful story. I think you will find the ending powerful and moving. From the blog, What's faster than a speeding bullet? How about a 16 million carbon fiber rocket powered car, Buzz Aldrin comes down squarely on the side of oddn...

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[ Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:47:46 GMT ]


#127 Uxo Bomb Dog pt4 - Eliot Fintushel + Angels & Vampires
Well the one thing you can say about episode 127 is well chaotic? Not really, but we certainly lost direction early! I start off the episode with a new song form SciFi Song's John Anealio called Angels and Vampires. Roy joins me again this week. He has been renting DVDs that I haven't been able to rent yet so he has seen Iron Man, the new Batman movie, Journey to the Center of the Earth and so on. So we don't spend too much time on the blog entries in this episode either. The things we did...

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[ Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:52:06 GMT ]


#126 Uxo Bomb Dog pt3 - Elliot Fintushel

Beam Me Up episode 126! The bulk of this episode is taken up by part 3 of Elliot Fintushel's post apocalyptic tale Uxo Bomb Dog. But first I start off with a beautifully seasonally appropriate song from John Anealio titled Beautiful Vampire. A haunting song about a modern day vampire spending her time tending bar in a underground night club. If yo like this song - check out John's web page Scifi Songs at http://scifisongs.blogspot.com/ My friend Roy joins me for the balance of the first h...

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[ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:43:25 GMT ]


#125 Eliot Fintushel's Uxo, Bomb Dog pt2 + Sanctuary

In episode 125 of Beam Me Up we re-enter the world of Eliot Fintushel in his story Uxo, Bomb Dog. The dysfunctional world of a man and his dog with land mines. This week is part 2. But first I talk about the premiere of the Sci-fi channel's Sanctuary and cartoon network channel's premiere of Star Wars Clone Wars. From the blog, does the US have the nads to really get to Mars, Magnetars, is the Solar System in a space time bubble?, Fox buys a year of Fringe but may opt out of Terminator and...

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[ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:42:08 GMT ]


#124 Uxo Bomb Dog pt 1- Eliot Fintushel + Monkey Bee!
Welcome to episode 124 of Beam Me Up! Thanks to everyone for your continued interest! This week I start reading Uxo Bomb Dog by Eliot Fintushel. This is a longish story of the near future which tells the tale of a man and his dog and their efforts to clear the world of anti personnel weapons, mainly land mines. The story plays close to home, because his efforts of late are not in a far off third world country but Manhattan Island. Yes Elliots world has gone crazy and warring political group...

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[ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:37:35 GMT ]


#123 Evil Robot Monkey-Mary Robinette Kowal + Earthmen Bearing Gifts-Frederick Brown
This week's episode is probably one of the most varied for Beam Me Up. Episode 123 starts with a new song by John Aneilo called Summer Glau. Doesn't take rocket science to see what this song is based on. The lyrics are in fact a bit of a tongue in cheek homage to Seals and Crofts Summer Breeze however. All in all though,I think you will find this song on par with some of the other works of John's. For stories, Quasar Dragon's Dave "wolfkahn" Tackett will be reading the sci-fi classic Earth-...

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[ Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:32:51 GMT ]


#122 Pyramid of Amirah - J.P. Kelly + impressions on the Fringe
This week I get to play a great story by James Patrick Kelly called "The Pyramid of Amirah" based on an odd Mayans practice. He tells in his preamble of the Mayans building a temple then building a pyramid over the temple enclosing it. So his story is set in present time but in an alternate universe where a religion is built up around pyramids covering temples of a sort. The inhabitants of the temples are both melancholy and wonderful at the same time and so much more. From the blog, Great...

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[ Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:01:52 GMT ]


#121 Bodies in the Water con by Jack Mangan + Gentle Art of Salesmanship Shaun Saunders
Got some good stuff on tap for episode 121 of BMU. Of course the conclusion of Jack Mangan's riveting story, Bodies in the Water. The program starts with a piece of post apocalyptic music in the form of an old standard folk song from Lee Hazelwood called Morning Dew. The funny piece about this cut is the fact that it would seem that every group that wanted to sing folk had a go at this tune. And I never heard it, wow! The first story this week is a piece of altered reality from Shaun Saund...

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[ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:14:04 GMT ]


#120 Bodies in the Water pt2 - Jack Mangan + xray eyes!
Episode 120! Things go swimmingly this week, so I manage to get a good portion of Jack Mangans Bodies in the Water, which I play at the bottom of the hour. The first 1/2 hour I, as usual, reserved for news of certain type. First off, did you know you had x-ray eyes? New webisodes Lonelygirl15 and the Resistance have been out and will start soon. What I mean is Lonelygirl started earlier this year, but I never saw any news of it and tthe producers of that show just started a follow on series ...

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[ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:52:35 GMT ]


#119 Bodies in the Water pt1 - Jack Mangan + Rachel Rosen!
Episode 119! I thought I would spend some time with music of a futuristic or science fiction feel today. I found a song based on Blade Runner, one that is a rap on the LHC believe it or not, and one that might not strictly speaking be science fiction, but may well be the very direction our enjoyment of our favorite music tracks. There are a host of webisodes coming on line and I cover a couple. Bad news from the Star Gate Atlantis world, ESA's Rosetta closing in on its' hat trick, Image Matr...

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[ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:12:02 GMT ]


# 118 How the Music Begins -pt2 James van Pelt + how 2 clone U!
Episode 118! with all that special goodness....ha! Part 2 of James Van Pelts How the Music Begins. Again, thank you very much James for your permission to read this fine short story. But in the first part of the hour, plenty of strangeness of all types, some short films this week - How to clone yourself, from the Onion - One astronaut's fat person NASA conspiracy, Toyota's newest commercial features what the world's highest sky dive might be like and One Air Canada traveler get a really unus...

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[ Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:09:05 GMT ]


#117 How the Music Begins pt1 -James Van Pelt + Anime on YouTube
Well, we finish a gloomy week on a bright upbeat note! Episode 117 of Beam Me Up! This week's story is James Van Pelt's How the Music Begins, a real thoughtful piece about a group forced to survive under conditions bound to drive anyone over the edge. The group? A young high school band and the where? Now there's the big question. And for what reason? The final mystery. A truly wonderful story by Mr. Van Pelt. But first, from the blog, Like Goldilocks, our solar system may have had to ha...

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[ Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:49:44 GMT ]


#116 Cosmic Express - Jack Williamson + Gore Al!
It's Episode 116 of Beam Me Up, for the first show in August of 2008. The story this week is a Science Fiction classic from Jack Williamson called The Cosmic Express. Ron Huber reads this story, so you get a double treat! From the Blog, Cowboy BeBop big screen possible, but with a Matrix twist? How about a silver screen treatment of Isaac Asimov's foundation? What would Hari say? Whats the best way to spy on US military bases? Call yourself a UFO that's how! H2O on the god of War, excell...

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[ Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:41:46 GMT ]


#115 Pride pt 2 Mary Turzillo + Robot Girl!
Thanks to Dave Tackett for the heads up! For some reason the programs mp3 seems to have gone through conversion when it shouldn't have which added double the code. I have since uploaded a new file. Episode 115 is now on tap! This week, part two of Mary Turzillo's excellent short story Pride. But first from the blog, a funny remake of Aqua's Barbie Girl called Robot Girl, Was Elvis a time traveler?, Jedi Gym, some excellent free ebook and audio fiction resources and Nasa's Nano D...

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[ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:38:22 GMT ]


#114 Pride pt1 Mary A. Turzillo + Aldrin say Science Fiction is BAD!
Episode 114 of Beam Me Up! This week's story is part 1 of Mary A. Turzillo's short story "Pride". That posits what if the basic science idea of Jurassic Park were able to take place. The problem with movies like Jurassic Park is that through the weaknesses of the human being science will ultimately fail. Though Mary's venue is not a fancy amusement park and not T-Rexs are eating people, she posits, what would happen if a long dead animal from 10s of thousands of years ago were recreated. ...

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[ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:39:44 GMT ]


#113 HAD - Shaun Saunders + Chicken Soup for Mars + Venus pt 2 Matt Jarpe
This week on Episode 113, The passing of Tom Disch is the major downer of the week. I start the rest of the hour with a story from Shaun Saunders. I run his short story H.A.D. as a prime example of how Science Fiction is on the bleeding edge of not only science but social and cultural dynamics. The tie in concerns new concerns in medicine and the age group they are aimed at. The story is disturbing in its own right, the truth is frightening. Plus AMC cable channel wants to one up SCI Fi, ...

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[ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:18:19 GMT ]


#112 Chicken Soup for Mars & Venus pt 1 Matthew Jarpe
Standard weirdness on this weeks BMU episode 112. For the story, I start reading Matthew Jarpe's Chicken Soup for Mars and Venus which is a good space yarn in the spirit of the genre. You know the type, hardened loner finds if not true love, then something close in the middle of no where. I had great fun reading it, I think you will like it. From the blog, Weird UFO sightings, Another SF passing, Tor's newest e-book, a great find in the sf film world!, what killed the mammoths? and print- cri...

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[ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:51:58 GMT ]


# 111 Tomb Wife pt2 Gwyneth Jones + Uncertainty - Shaun Saunders
You up for 2 stories today? Great! First story is a quick tale from Shaun A. Saunders called Uncertainty. Very much in the style of the golden age of science fiction, Shaun's tale deals with cutting edge quantum physics. The "Uncertainty" in the story is the Heisenberg uncertainty principle - but far from being boring, Shaun spins a very clever tale. At the bottom of the hour I read the last half of The Tomb Wife by Gwyneth Jones, which is one of the Theodore Sturgeon finalists and was als...

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[ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:22:04 GMT ]


# 110 The Tomb Wife pt1 Gwyneth Jones,+ do science with Chocolate!
This week, in episode 110, I start reading The Tomb Wife by Gwyneth Jones. This is a very cerebral tale, not to say that you have to burn out a few synapses just to understand it, but what I mean is, that it deals with loneliness, loss, isolation and know that your life depends on everyone agreeing what the "world" is suppose to be like. Plus I really think Mz. Jones' version of FTL is very inventive. Not to say that the terms have not been bandied about, but getting inside the people's heads...

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[ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:03:49 GMT ]


#109 Tide Line - Elizabeth Bear + SkyNet is ONLINE!
Episode 109, and get ready for an emotional rollercoast ride courtesy of Elizabeth Bear! Oh yes, Mz. Bear has graciously allowed me to read her award nominated short story Tide Line. I knew the first time I read this story that it was something special. Now up for 2 major awards, I guess I got it right! lol. This story aims at your emotional nether regions and is deadly accurate! I am sure you will enjoy it. From the blog, The Sturgeon Award finalists, Tor's newest, how would religion ha...

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[ Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:29:19 GMT ]

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