Ulla

Dec. 8th, 2006 10:46 am
prog: ("The Sixth Finger" guy)
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This week's episode of Escape Pod features the short "Ulla" by Daniel Schwabauer, and it's totally awesome. It uses the trope of retelling a classic story from the villain's point of view to stunning effect, in part because it also employs a separate and quite unexpected narrative convention that I won't spoil for you. The reading is very well done, too (though I dunno about all the reverb).

Link to Escape Pod page on the story | Direct link to MP3

Steve's been doing the pre-show WARNINGs less often, too, which I think is an excellent trend. I seriously yank the buds right out of my ears and do a fifteen-count when he starts into one, so deep is my aversion to spoilers. (Though if he now only does them for stories with sex /cussing/bloodnguts in them, the very presence of a warning becomes a spoiler. Pfui.)

Date: 2006-12-12 01:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ruthling.livejournal.com
Eh, it didn't do it for me (I finally listened today). And he spoiled the story right at the beginning for me. Also, reverb. What was the "Seperate but unexpected narrative convention" you liked?

Date: 2006-12-12 03:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prog.livejournal.com
I liked how it was an epistolary story. I thought it worked as such.

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