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The Cuckoo
Our first piece of audio fiction for April is “The Cuckoo” written by Sean Williams and read by Kate Baker.
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 91 - The Cuckoo by Sean Williams [19:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (30140)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
#1 New York Times bestselling Sean Williams lives with his family in Adelaide, South Australia. He's written some books--forty at last count--including the Philip K. Dick-nominated Saturn Returns, several Star Wars novels and the Troubletwisters series with Garth Nix. Twinmaker is the first in a new series that takes his love affair with the matter transmitter to a whole new level (he just received a PhD on the subject so don't get him started). "The Cuckoo" is part of that universe.
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Seekerpilgrim wrote on April 2nd, 2014 at 4:12 am:
Great April First story. Wasn't quite sure where this one was headed, as it seemed to start out with an almost Fantasy flavor, but as the story progressed and it began to get into the nature of self-perpetuating systems and how the more our technologies advance and merge the more vulnerable they become. Great reading by Kate as well. No fooling!
Otterpoet wrote on April 5th, 2014 at 2:33 pm:
Lovely story. And once again, beautifully narrated. Laughed and cried at the same time at the final lines. Which grabbed me a few odd looks, since I was listening at the grocery store XD
And I hope you feel better soon Kate. That Spring time funk is never fun.
Cheers
Bryan Alexander wrote on August 29th, 2014 at 9:21 pm:
A neat story. I admire its basis in pranks, and the escalating organism.
At first I thought the end too mild, but it has grown on me.