Our second piece of audio fiction for June is "My Father's Singularity" written by Brenda Cooper and read by Kate Baker.
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 45 - My Father's Singularity by Brenda Cooper [24:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6982)
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Brenda Cooper has published fiction in Analog, Oceans of the Mind, Nature, and in multiple anthologies. She is the author of the Endeavor award winner for 2008: THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA, and of the sequels, READING THE WIND and WINGS OF CREATION. By day, she is the City of Kirkland’s CIO, and at night and in early morning hours, she’s a futurist and writer.
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www.brenda-cooper.com
Quiet, beautiful story. I really don't have a lot to add. I enjoyed everything about it, but mostly the quietness. I don't see that a lot in SF. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Brenda Cooper is now on my look out reading list.
A kind of perfection. I listened to to the audio, and that was kind of perfect too.
Really enjoyed the story. But, it was very sad.... on one hand yes, the boy left his father... but only because he felt that's what his father wanted for him. And in the end, because he tried to follow what he felt his father desired for him, he was unhappy.. and I think because of that - this story is one of the more down to earth SF stories i've heard. Certainly relateable.
When one lives in a small town in a rural area, its a shock to hear the names of smaller towns in your area. I was in Leavenworth Washington just last weekend, its only a twenty mile (minuet) drive. Of course I spent the rest of the story trying to figure out where an orchards and a sheep pasture could located, as sheep herds are a rare sight in this area. Only places I could think of where you would drive to the Leavenworth train station instead of the Wenatchee station, are near Peshastin or Dryden. Pretty country up there, but it quickly gets steep and dry back in the hills away from the river. Good to hear a story from the working back county.