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A Bite of Stars, A Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 16
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— 29 Oct 2008 Elisha Sessions 5 comments

In the last episode of Series 2, Astrophysicist Michael Williams joins Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions to talk about “The Forgotten Enemy”, written by Arthur C. Clarke in 1949. It’s about comfy isolation, radio static, and forces la[…]

A Bite of Stars, A Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 15
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— 21 Oct 2008 Elisha Sessions 4 comments

It’s Katie Grocott in the studio this week with Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions to talk about “Things”, written by Ursula Le Guin in 1970. This is a short story about a society sharply divided between nihilist marauders and maudlin […]

A Bite of Stars, A Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 14
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— 14 Oct 2008 Elisha Sessions 1 comment

Richard Tunnicliffe joins Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions to talk about Thomas M. Disch’s “The Squirrel Cage”. It’s a story about a writer writing for no one, or for everyone – he’s not sure which (lol Livejournal)[…]

A Bite of Stars, A Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 13
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— 9 Oct 2008 Elisha Sessions 1 comment

Rebecca Levene sits in with Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions to talk about Brian Aldiss’ 1957 short story, “All the World’s Tears”. It’s about a vitiated ecology, a mechanized society, and a desolate, wind-swept mansion w[…]

A Bite of Stars, A Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 12
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— 30 Sep 2008 Elisha Sessions 1 comment

Magnus Anderson joins the Slug Lords to talk about Arsen Darnay’s short story, “Such Is Fate”. It’s about a gypsy, a sailor, a tank of liquified gas, and what we can learn from the past. Music comes via Olivia Newton-John and […]

A Bite of Stars, A Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 11
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— 24 Sep 2008 Elisha Sessions 6 comments

Victoria de Rijke joins Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions to talk about “Aye, and Gomorrah”, a tale of sexless astronaut prostitutes and the people who worship them. I’m not making that up! It was written by Samuel R. Delany in 1966 a[…]

A Bite of Stars, A Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 10
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— 16 Sep 2008 Elisha Sessions 3 comments

“Track 12” by J.G. Ballard gets Slugged this week, with Richard Thomas joining Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions to discuss it. Elisha reads this odd story of revenge via home recording in case you haven’t; music comes courtesy of Joh[…]

A Bite of Stars, a Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 9
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— 10 Sep 2008 Elisha Sessions 17 comments

We pick up with Pete Baran joining Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions for “Zirn Left Unguarded, The Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead”, written in 1972 by Robert Sheckley, read here by Elisha. Music includes the Electro Hippies, P[…]

A Bite of Stars, a Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 8
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— 20 May 2008 Elisha Sessions 13 comments

Kat Stevens joins Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions to talk about Choose Your Own Adventure books, speaking with animals, and “Build Up Logically”, an unclassifiable short story written in 1950 by Howard Schoenfeld. It’s about two men[…]

A Bite of Stars, a Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 7
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— 14 May 2008 Elisha Sessions 4 comments

Ken Hollings joins Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions to talk about “The Tactful Saboteur”, a tale of civil servants and their multi-phase sexual life cycles. Written by Frank Herbert in 1964, it’s read by Elisha at the front of the pr[…]

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