Here’s part two of the podcast of my story “I, Robot.”
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My Podcast is a regular feed in which I read from one of my stories for a few minutes at least once a week, from whatever friend’s house, airport, hotel, conference, treaty negotiation or what-have-you that I’m currently at. Here’s the podcast feed.
This is the commencement of the podcasting of a new story, I, Robot, which was originally published in The Infinite Matrix, is slated for reprint in several of the Year’s Best anthologies, and is a finalist for the British Science Fiction Award and the Locus Award for Best Novelette. It’s a riff on Asimov’s robots stories, in which only one kind of robot is allowed — I tried to use this to show how such a world would be one of universal, totalitarian Broadcast Flags, technology mandates that restrict innovation and liberty.
Arturo Icaza de Arana-Goldberg, Police Detective Third Grade, United North American Trading Sphere, Third District, Fourth Prefecture, Second Division (Parkdale) had had many adventures in his distinguished career, running crooks to ground with an unbeatable combination of instinct and unstinting devotion to duty.
He’d been decorated on three separate occasions by his commander and by the Regional Manager for Social Harmony, and his mother kept a small shrine dedicated to his press clippings and commendations that occupied most of the cramped sitting-room of her flat off Steeles Avenue.
No amount of policeman’s devotion and skill availed him when it came to making his twelve-year-old get ready for school, though.
“Haul ass, young lady – out of bed, on your feet, shit-shower-shave, or I swear to God, I will beat you purple and shove you out the door jaybird naked. Capeesh?”
The mound beneath the covers groaned and hissed. “You are a terrible father,” it said. “And I never loved you.” The voice was indistinct and muffled by the pillow.
“Boo hoo,” Arturo said, examining his nails. “You’ll regret that when I’m dead of cancer.”
The mound – whose name was Ada Trouble Icaza de Arana-Goldberg – threw her covers off and sat bolt upright. “You’re dying of cancer? is it testicle cancer?” Ada clapped her hands and squealed. “Can I have your stuff?”
Here’s the seventh and final installment of the podcast of my story Human Readable:
Here’s installment six of the podcast of my story Human Readable:
On Tuesday night, I gave a talk about DVB-CPCM, Europe’s version of the Broadcast Flag, a plan to make sure that digital TVs don’t do anything to disrupt the entertainment industry’s business-model. The talk was part of the Open Rights Group’s second meeting and it also included a great talk by Phil Booth of the No2ID campaign.
Improbulus, a digital rights activist, recorded both speeches and uploaded them to the Internet Archive. The recording of my talk cuts just a few words off the beginning and end, but nothing major. Hope you enjoy it!
Here’s installment five of the podcast of my story Human Readable:
Here’s installment four of the podcast of my story Human Readable:
Here’s installment three of the podcast of my story Human Readable:
The Antwerpenbloggers have posted an
18MB, 40-minute MP3 of the talk I gave on Europe’s coming Broadcast Flag, last night at Antwerp’s MuHKA_media door/Constant vzw event. (A small correction: I misspoke when I said “I’m from the east coast of Canada” — I meant “I’m from the east part of Canada”)
Update: Stich-and-Split’s organizers have posted their own audio, with a Creative Commons license.
Here’s installment two of the podcast of my story Human Readable:
