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1. CC  wrote on March 16th, 2012 at 3:53 pm:

   You asked where we listen to this podcast; I listen to it at work in the laboratory working with cancer cells. The stories help me get through long, tedious experiments and inspire me to maybe someday attempt to publish my own stories. Thank you, this podcast is always one of the highlights of my week!

2. Noel  wrote on March 19th, 2012 at 8:45 am:

   I'm listening to this working in a office in Manchester England, Managed to listen to every podcast done since I found this site via listening to the Geeks guide.I gotta thank you guys, you get me through the mundane working day and have done since last november. Keep up the good work.

3. Russ "Weasel" Laughlin  wrote on March 20th, 2012 at 10:54 pm:

   Your podcasts help me keep my brain engaged during many tedious chores, such as dishes, housecleaning, yardwork, even the hour or two after we lock up our store and do all the recovery tasks such as restocking, ordering and cleaning up.

   Today, I listened during my lunch break as I took a walk to enjoy a lovely spring day. I'm glad it was nice out, because the story, while touching and well-read, was steeped in futility and depressing as heck. The ending got me a bit misty, but it was only "happy" in the protagonist reaching her objective. Thousands of people effectively sacrificed their souls/spirit/sanity to fuel this transport system. Even those who "survived" to become Captains are so irreparably harmed that her recall of a mere keyword to an important memory becomes a rallying cry.

   It took a few repetitions of words like planck and brane for me to assign them as physics terms, rather than their mundane homonyms, but once I had the context it worked well.

4. Bertie  wrote on March 30th, 2012 at 12:45 pm:

   Wow, what a beautiful story. At the start of it I didn't have very high expectations, but it is so well written and set in such intriguing and beautiful ideas that I couldn't help but become enthralled. Aside from the morbid nature of the technology described in this story, the idea of what they are doing is absolutely mind boggling. What exactly the author envisioned when thinking up the concept of the Anthropic plane would be very interesting to hear. I know it has something to do with the Anthropic Principle, and implies that those to tole the Bell form and shape reality using their will, but beyond that my mind is still trying to piece the concept together.

   The pacing was also superb, and in the last stretch toward her goal you really felt as if you where at the tip of a deadly and powerful maelstrom. Definitely saving this one in my collection.

   P.S., I listen to your podcast while keeping myself busy with some Minesweeper. Oh, and I'm all the way from South Africa :P.

5. Hakan Dances  wrote on April 2nd, 2012 at 10:33 pm:

   This story made me angry, but in a good way. When ever I have a long road trip, I squirrel away as many podcasts as I can, to keep me company on the lonely road. I was somewhere in rural Maryland when I heard this story. I was honestly lost in the details of the tale. The imagery was very compelling. As the story came to the end I was cursing because of how tricky it was to dab away tears of joy from behind glasses while on the highway?

   I never know what to expect when I start one of these podcasts, but I'm always glad I did.

6. flippertie  wrote on April 5th, 2012 at 10:46 pm:

   I listened to this story on my commute: a ferry between Hong Kong's Central district and my home on one of the outlying islands.

   I enjoyed the flow of the story - all the elements of the mythic quest were there: Losing love and family for duty, mortal danger, finding and losing companions, journey, and the long path home.

   I had a couple of little quibbles - if the captain could leave planets without her quota of 100 children and still pilot her ship why did she need them in the first place?

   But that's a detail - I was swept along with the narrative and smiling when it ended - which is what counts!

7. Roberoo  wrote on September 26th, 2012 at 9:25 am:

   I've lived in Seattle many years and like walking in a warm rain, some drops I feel, some miss.I'm slowly getting soaked,but feel much the better for it.I listen when I have the time to focus, my dog loves the walks and I enjoy the stories, even in the rain.

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