Hugo Awards – Escape Pod

Author : Peter Watts Narrator : Kate Baker Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine (Thanks to Kate and Clarkesworld for the audio!) Content warning: Language and disturbing imagery 2011 Hugo Award Nominee 2010 BSFA Award Finalist 2010 Shirley Jackson Award Winner 2011 Finalist: the […] Source

Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Matthew Wayne Selznick Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Impossible Dreams first appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2006 and was first published on Escape Pod as Episode 105 on May 10, 2007. Impossible Dreams By Tim Pratt (Excerpt) He went to the Sci-Fi shelf‚ and […] Source

Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Tim Pratt’s Patreon, June 2017 Some cursing. Suggestions of violence and death. Anna and Marisol in Time and Space By Tim Pratt The big day came, and Anna was tempted to tie up Marisol […] Source

Author : Naomi Kritzer Narrator : Miriam Krause Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Clarkesworld, January 2015 Mentions existence of sex and pornography. Contains ideation of self-harm and suicide. Cat Pictures, Please By Naomi Kritzer I don’t want to be evil. I want to be helpful. But knowing the […] Source

Author : Connie Willis Narrator : Veronica Giguere Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction in 1992. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Short Story. Candid discussions of the existence of sex and reproductive systems. Some cursing. Even the Queen By […] Source

Author : Carrie Vaughn Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums That Game We Played During the War originally appeared on Tor.com in March 2016. That Game We Played During the War By Carrie Vaughn From the moment she left the train station, absolutely everybody stopped to look […] Source

Author : Sofia Samatar Narrator : Amanda Ching Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story has been previously published by Strange Horizons in 2013. This story has been nominated for a Hugo Award. Please, also remember our friend P.G. Holyfield and donate to his fund if at all […] Source

Author : Rachel Swirsky Narrator : Christina Lebonville Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story has been previously published in Apex Magazine. If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love by Rachel Swirsky If you were a dinosaur, my love, then you would be a T-Rex. You’d be a small […] Source

Author : Clifford D. Simak Narrator : Norm Sherman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story was first published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1980. This story won the 1980 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 1981 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. The Grotto of […] Source

Author : Lawrence Watt-Evans Narrator : Jonathon Hawkins Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July 1987. Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers by Lawrence Watt-Evans Harry’s was a nice place — probably still is. I haven’t been back lately. It’s a […] Source

Author : Aliette de Bodard Narrator : Amy Robinson Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine, #69 June 2012. Immersion by Aliette de Bodard In the morning, you’re no longer quite sure who you are. You stand in front of the mirror–it shifts and trembles, […] Source

Author : Ken Liu Narrator : John Chu Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally published in The Future is Japanese, 2012, edited by Nick Mamatas and Masumi Washington. Mono no Aware by Ken Liu The world is shaped like the kanji for umbrella, only written so poorly, like my handwriting, […] Source

Author : Michael Swanwick Narrator : Amy Robinson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally in Asimovs Science Fiction 52. Folge Vulgar language. Special thanks to user ERH at FreeSound.org who created and/or recorded the sound effect used in this episode! The Very Pulse of the Machine by Michael Swanwick Click. The radio […] Source

Author : Robert Silverberg Narrator : Michael Spence Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Passengers was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story (1970) Rated 13 and over for sexual innuendo Passengers By Robert Silverberg There are only fragments of me left now. Chunks of memory […] Source

Author : Ken Liu Narrator : Rajan Khanna Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Rated 10 and up The Paper Menagerie By Ken Liu One of my earliest memories starts with me sobbing. I refused to be soothed no […] Source

Author : Nancy Fulda Narrator : Marguerite Kenner Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Bill Peters Discuss on Forums First appeared in Asimov’s, March 2011 Rated 10 and up If you listened to this back when it aired, then you’ve heard it, but I’m reposting it here for the benefit of people who want […] Source

Author : E. Lily Yu Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Clarkesworld Rated 10 and up The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees By E. Lily Yu For longer than anyone could remember, the village of Yiwei had worn, in its orchards […] Source

Author : Mary Robinette Kowal Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally appearing in Asimov’s Rated appropriate for teens and up for language. Nominated for the Hugo Award for Short Story, 2011 For Want of a Nail By Mary Robinette Kowal With one hand, Rava […] Source

Author : Peter Watts Narrator : Kate Baker Discuss on Forums Originally appearing in Clarkesworld Rated appropriate for older teens and up for language and disturbing imagery. Nominated for the Hugo Award for Short Story, 2011 Thanks to Kate Baker and Clarkesworld for the audio! The Things By Peter Watts I am being Blair. I […] Source

Author : Carrie Vaughn Narrator : Gabrielle de Cuir Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally appearing in Lightspeed Rated appropriate for all young teens and up for reproductive concerns. Nominated for the Hugo Award for Short Story, 2011 Amaryllis By Carrie Vaughn I never knew my mother, and […] Source

Author : Rachel Swirsky Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally published in: Tor.com Rated PG for marital strife and implied child abuse. Show Notes: This is a long one, we’re bringing occasional novelettes to Escape Pod now, and what better to launch the effort […] Source

Author : Kij Johnson Narrator : Kate Baker Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally published in: Clarkesworld — Download and read the text. Rated X – Graphic language and sexual situations. Not for kids. Seriously.   Show Notes: This particular story and narration were originally recorded by Kate […] Source

Author : Will McIntosh Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Ben Phillips Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally published in: Asimov’s — Download and read the text Rated PG   Show Notes: Starship Sofa is the first podcast ever to be nominated for a Hugo award, in the “Best Fanzine” category. […] Source

Author : Mike Resnick Narrator : Julie Davis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally published in: Asimov’s — Download and read the text Rated PG: for spousal annoyances   Show Notes: The Escape Pod Flash Contest ends soon! It runs June 1- July 4, stories must be under […] Source

Author : Lawrence M. Schoen Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally published in: Footprints Rated PG: for Space Exploration and Looking into the Abyss Show Notes: Enter the Escape Pod Flash Contest! It runs June 1- July 4, stories must be under 500 words. […] Source

Author : N.K. Jemisin Narrator : Kate Baker Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally recorded by Kate Baker for Clarkesworld Magazine, and is used here with their expressed permission. Rated R: for Lucky Streaks and Getting Lucky.   Show Notes: Enter the Escape Pod Flash Contest! It runs […] Source

Author : Michael Swanwick Narrator : Sara Tolbert Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Jeremiah Tolbert Discuss on Forums First appeared in Asimov’s Feb 2008 Rated PG. Contains the destruction of cities, a lack of trust, and sentient suits. From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled… By Michael Swanwick Imagine a cross between Byzantium and […] Source

Author : Mary Robinette Kowal Narrator : Serah Eley Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Jeremiah Tolbert Discuss on Forums First appeared in the Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, vol. 2 edited by George Mann. Special closing monkey music by George Hrab Evil Robot Monkey By Mary Robinette Kowal Sliding his hands over […] Source

Author : Kij Johnson Narrator : Diane Severson Mori Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Serah Eley Discuss on Forums First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2008. Rated PG. Contains 26 monkeys. Also, the abyss. Narration first appeared at and produced by Starship Sofa. Special thanks to Tony Smith and Diane Severson for […] Source

Author : Mike Resnick Narrator : Serah Eley Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Serah Eley Discuss on Forums First appeared in Baen’s Universe, October 2008. Rated PG. Contains religious themes and some violence. Article of Faith By Mike Resnick “I’m sure,” I said. “Somehow, lunch seems pretty trivial after you’ve been thinking about […] Source

Author : Ken MacLeod Narrator : Serah Eley Host : Serah Eley Discuss on Forums First appeared in The New Space Opera, ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan 2008 Hugo Nominee! Rated R. Contains profanity, nudity, and in flagrante delicto. Audible.com Promotion! Receive your free audiobook at: http://audiblepodcast.com/escapepod Referenced Sites: 2008 Hugo Awards Free Novels […] Source

Author : Michael Swanwick Narrator : Cheyenne Wright Host : Serah Eley Discuss on Forums First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April/May 2007 2008 Hugo Nominee! Rated PG. Contains dark, seedy places and dark, seedy characters, only a few of them alive. Today’s Sponsor: Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams A Small Room in Koboldtown […] Source

Author : Mike Resnick Narrator : Steve Anderson Host : Serah Eley Discuss on Forums First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April/May 2007 Rated PG. Contains mature themes and wistfulness. Referenced Sites: 2008 Hugo Awards “First of May” by Jonathan Coulton (Not work-safe) Distant Replay By Mike Resnick “Let me show you,” I said, pulling […] Source

Author : Elizabeth Bear Narrator : Serah Eley Host : Serah Eley Discuss on Forums 2008 Hugo Nominee! Rated PG. Contains implied violence and themes of death. Referenced Sites: 2008 Hugo Awards WisCon May 23-26, Madison, WI Closing Music: “The Fall” by Red Hunter. Tideline By Elizabeth Bear They would have called her salvage, if […] Source

Author : Bruce McAllister Narrator : Serah Eley Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Serah Eley Discuss on Forums First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, February 2006. Rated PG. Contains implied violence and morally complex themes. 2007 Hugo Nominee! Referenced Sites: The Girl Who Loved Animals and Other Stories by Bruce McAllister Balticon 2007 […] Source

Author : Robert Reed Narrator : MarBelle Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Serah Eley Discuss on Forums First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2006. Rated PG. Contains some suggestive imagery, references to infidelity, and not very good television. 2007 Hugo Nominee! Referenced Sites: World Science Fiction Society Steve’s LiveJournal Eight Episodes by Robert […] Source

Author : Benjamin Rosenbaum Narrator : Paul Tevis Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Serah Eley Discuss on Forums First appeared in Strange Horizons, September 2006. Rated R. Contains some profanity and child abuse. It’s probably too complex for young children as well. 2007 Hugo Nominee! Referenced Sites: Diversity in SF Markets (blog post by […] Source

Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Matthew Wayne Selznick Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Serah Eley Discuss on Forums First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2006. Rated G. Contains excessive movie trivia; some of it true. 2007 Hugo Nominee! Referenced Sites: Balticon 2007 Impossible Dreams by Tim Pratt He went to the Sci-Fi […] Source

Author : Mike Resnick Narrators : Gregg Taylor and Steven Burley Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, December 1997. 1998 Hugo Winner! Rated PG. Contains mild documentary references to violence and sexual acts. It’s also not very upbeat. Referenced Sites: Joe Murphy Tribute […] Source

Author : Dominic Green Narrator : Jonathan Sullivan Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Rated R. Contains profanity and some violence. Referenced sites: 2006 Hugo Nominees The Balticon Podcast Michael & Evo’s Slice of SciFi Rock & Roll Monster Bash The Clockwork Atom Bomb by Dominic Green The wind […] Source

Author : Mike Resnick Narrator : Alex Wilson Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Rated G. Referenced sites: 2006 Hugo Nominees World Science Fiction Convention L.A.Con IV TellTale Weekly — Clarion Foundation Fundraiser Hooting Yard Benevolent Fund for Distressed Out of Print Pamphleteers Down Memory Lane by Mike Resnick […] Source

Author : David D. Levine Narrator : Paul Tevis Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Rated PG. Contains scatology and crimes against pronunciation. Referenced sites: 2006 Hugo Nominees Shelley the Republican CAP Alert System Bento Fanzine National PTA Rescuing Recess Tk’tk’tk by David D. Levine Shkthh pth kstphst, the […] Source

Author : Michael A. Burstein Narrator : Deborah Green Host : Serah Eley Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Rated G. Contains politics and reference to moral issues. (Your kids may not get it, but it shouldn’t offend.) Referenced sites: 2006 Hugo Nominees Wikipedia on the Hugo Award Hugo History at a Glance […] Source