Episode 44: Book Scouts Of The Galactic Rim by Jason Sanford
Bartholomew Higgins is a bookseller who specializes in finding first editions of rare science fiction classics. What does he do when he encounters a woman who actually reads these rare books, and takes notes in their margins? And now that he’s met her, he’s having the most fantastic dreams…
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Big and Rish talk about collecting, and we finally get to hear about Rish’s trip to Comic-Con.
Special thanks to Eleiece Krawiec and Abigail Hilton for contributing their voices to this episode.
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September 2, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I felt the story bogged down in places but was overall very good. I would’ve liked to know more about the glitter-glue man — I think a payoff is somehow necessary other than “he’s just a weird dude with glitter-glue on his eyes”.
Haven’t heard the commentary yet; ran out of time on the way to work.
September 2, 2009 at 8:16 pm
That was a lovely story! I agree with Josh that it was weakened by vague villain syndrome (what was he? I kept hoping to find out). But I felt the same way about Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book, and yet the story was still magical (and I’d still buy a collector’s edition of TGYB).
The action figures – lol. I did the same thing with My Little Ponies for a year or two. It was so much fun to handle some of the ones I always wanted to see and couldn’t have afforded to buy.
My podcast – content isn’t over! I still have short stories. I released one yesterday. I don’t actually answer every email a listener sends me on air, but Big asked particularly insightful, intelligent questions. :) (And I was too lazy to write out the answers.)
September 3, 2009 at 1:01 am
“A fifty year old porno movie starring his grandmother.”
My, that really brings back memories.
September 3, 2009 at 10:39 am
Beautiful story. Had me crying at the end.
September 4, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Still catching up on the backlogs, but this was my favorite story so far. Well written. Great reading. Bravo!
On a side note, I must comment on the sad piano music in the banter. Its been causing me to bust out laughing in public places every time it comes up. I received several concerned looks today. Just thought you should know.
September 4, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Big, you are so right. I was thinking “Craphound” very early on. And then when the list of books was getting longer and longer, I was pleased to hear mention of the half I have read, and dismayed at hearing the ones I’ve yet to read. I’ve only been “into” scifi for about 4 years, but I am a voracious reader and I’ve made a serious dent into what are considered foundational pieces. I use this site: http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersykes/topscifi/lists_books_rank1.html and I’m going through them. It’s been inspiring.
I consume podcasts of speculative short fiction as well, and not working during the summer gave me ample time to dry up every podcast well I have.
I think reading and listening to stories makes me a better writer.
September 4, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Thanks for that list, Liz! I’m bookmarking it. I think of myself as sci-fi-stupid, but I had read 14 of those, so that’s something. A lot of them were on my to-read list.
September 5, 2009 at 9:46 am
Yeah, nice list. I’ve only read 9 of them! If movies counted it would be more. :-) Been on more of a fantasy kick, I guess.
September 7, 2009 at 12:01 am
Abbie – Sorry, I didn’t mean to make it sound like your podcast was dead or something. Would it be more appropriate to say that major content was over for a while, but in the interim you keep the coals warm with feedback episodes and story contest material? I am particularly insightful and intelligent though, you got that right.
Don – You have no idea how much a comment like yours really helps keep the two of us going.
Bryan – Your comment keeps us going nearly as much as Don’s. It’s good to know that people other than ourselves find the goofy stuff that we do funny.
Liz – Thanks for the list. As we mentioned in the show, I really feel like I need to read the foundational (although I have read Asimov’s Foundation) works of Science Fiction. I should have read a lot more of the books on that list than I have. But it’s cool to have a list to look at, highlight, and gauge my progress. And they have a second list of 100 books on that site too. I’ve got a lot of work to do. I can say that I’ve read 19 of the books on that list. But within a year I will hopefully have read (or listened to, can you call that read?) half of them. We’ll see how it goes. I don’t want to get too far behind on my podcasts.
September 16, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Loved it! I dunno, I kinda liked the vagueness of glitterguy. Usually I want the mess in detail, but this worked for some reason. Maybe just cuz I’m drunk. Not really. err…
September 23, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I liked the story too. I think I would like to see the glitter-eye guy in other stories, maybe each giving us more of a glimpse to his true reason and purpose.
Anyway, I found the story entertaining, and isn’t that what it’s all about?
March 10, 2013 at 4:04 pm
Wow, this story gave me chills! I don’t mind that the wiry man was left undefined. Was he just a weirdo? An alien? Who knows! But I’m having fun thinking about the possibilities. Great reading. I got a little misty-eyed on this one.