Personal Highlights Lost Terminal: 10.5 - Lev has made a discovery. I would also like an electronic birb, please. Seth has a lot to think about his own nature in this episode, as this little mechanical bird starts a train of thought about what's real or not. How is he different from that bird, or … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 6th November 2022
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Audio Fiction Sunday 7th August 2022
Personal Highlights Lost Terminal: 9.5 - Maddie has returned. The pain of gender dysphoria is acutely depicted in this episode, as Lara opens up to Maddie. It's interesting to note the ways in which Maddie is treated by different members of this family, as a kind of servant by one, and a confidant by another. … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 7th August 2022
Audio Fiction Sunday 24th July 2022
Personal Highlights The Silt Verses: Chapter 23 - I'd Howl, I'd Scream, In Victory. The line that stuck with me the most from this episode is 'There’s nothing we can make that can’t be turned against us.', and I think that's such a brilliant way of summarising so much of the world of The Silt … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 24th July 2022
Audio Fiction Sunday 17th July 2022
Personal Highlights Lost Terminal: 9.2 - We're in St Petersburg. Firstly, I had a good laugh about time zones, especially given Seth's feelings about them. It's the beginning of another long journey for Seth and Maddie, but there's also a focus on some other important themes in this story. Seth brings up the FAILSAFE's satellite … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 17th July 2022
Audio Fiction Sunday 10th July 2022
Personal Highlights Badlands Cola: 1.02 - The Raptor. First of all, I adore this show's aesthetic. After the trailer that introduced us to both Hawthorne and Strathcona, here we are reunited with Hawthorne in very different circumstances. Strathcona's disappearance is intriguing, even more so with the image of the Badlands that continues to be expanded. … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 10th July 2022
Audio Fiction Sunday 19th June 2022
Personal Highlights Modem Prometheus: 9 - Möbius. It’s a haunting tale from this world which exists between two realities, and of another threat which lurks in the dark corners of the city’s night. The story from this episode adds another new and unsettling aspect to our knowledge of this otherworldly reality, and the consequences of … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 19th June 2022
Audio Fiction Sunday 12th June 2022
Personal Highlights The Silt Verses: Chapter 21 - We'd Both Go Plunging Downwards. There was a focus on the intersection between science and faith in this world a couple of episodes ago, and in this week’s episode we take a deeper look at how politics works together with faith. The underlying message here, as we’ve … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 12th June 2022
Audio Fiction Sunday 29th May 2022
Personal Highlights Lost Terminal: 8.8 - Friends are important. As suggested by the episode's title, Seth has a lot of thoughts about friendships and how complicated they can be this episode - especially for an AI like him, who doesn't understand the complexity of human relationships. There are some more new details about this post-apocalyptic … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 29th May 2022