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EP179: Arties Aren’t Stupid
By Jeremiah Tolbert. Read by Philippa Ballantine (of Chasing the Bard). First appeared in Seeds of Change, ed. John Joseph Adams Audible.com Promotion! Get your free audiobook at: http://audible.com/escapepodsff Nobody went home to their Elderfolk while we waited for Niles to come back. That ...
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  • EmilyBlips EmilyBlips
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    Whoa, weird. I actually just read this story today, since it's a sample story on the Seeds of Change website. New Zealand accent isn't something you hear everyday, so if you're not used to it you'll have to listen extra well.
    Posted 10/15/2008 respond (flag)
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QuasarDragon — ... Niles never came back, then we wouldn’t have to. Nobody wanted to see the meanies anyway. They had us Made and then hated us afterwards, which wasn’t fair. All arties know you love the things you Make no matter what. But Elderfolk were just-plains all grown up and they didn’t make any sense at all. Some of the younger arties started to talk about going back, but we older arties who knew Niles better said no, that we’d wait." Available Streaming and in MP3 download HERE. Video A pair of Halloween appropriate ...

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ARTIES AREN’T STUPID by Jeremiah Tolbert
The Soulless Machine Review — I’m really enjoying this new thing that I’ve discovered. Again, I know, I’m way behind the curve. But in my defense, I’m also new to iTunes. I know that you don’t need iTunes to listen to podcasts, but it is how I learned about them. Anyway, this go around, while walking to work this morning, I listened to the latest edition of Escape Pod, the science fiction short story podcast, EP179: Arties Aren’t Stupid by Jeremiah Tolbert. This is a great story full of wonderful slang and a strange ...

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