20 February 2010: 'Harry the Crow' by John Kratman

[13:50] Jago Constantine: Hi, Cloud :)
[13:50] Cloud Pilote: Hi Jago
[13:50] Jago Constantine: Are you here for the sci fi meeting?
[13:51] Cloud Pilote: I guess - I looked to see what was on and thought this looked interesting...
[13:51] Jago Constantine: Great - we'll start in about 10 minutes
[13:51] Cloud Pilote: OK
[13:51] Jago Constantine: This week we're listening to a story podcast
[13:52] Cloud Pilote: oh kool - this is every week at this time?
[13:52] Jago Constantine: Yes - 2pm Saturdays / Would you like a group invite?
[13:52] Cloud Pilote: Yes please :o)
[13:53] Cloud Pilote: While we wait I can tell you how i fell in love with sf if you like?
[13:53] Jago Constantine: Sure!
[13:53] Cloud Pilote: OK
[13:53] Cloud Pilote: I am 54 now but for my tenth birthday I got a book token
[13:53] Sora Bluebird: hello everyone
[13:53] Jago Constantine: Hey, Sora :)
[13:53] Cloud Pilote: Dad took me to town and prevailed upon me to buy a brand new book...
[13:53] Cloud Pilote: AC CLarke - 2001!
[13:54] Sora Bluebird: my stream is on already jago
[13:54] Jago Constantine: Wow nice :)
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: I read it deep into the night on my Birthday
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: At 2am I sat bolt upright in bed
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: as Dave Bowmans las words sped from Iapetus
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: to Earth
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: "Its opening and...
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: Oh MY GOd
[13:55] Cloud Pilote: Its full of stars...
[13:55] Cloud Pilote: Who needs drugs!!
[13:55] Jago Constantine: Hehe
[13:55] Lukos Tairov: I think that IS a fantastic line, personally.
[13:56] Cloud Pilote: who are fav authors for you guys?
[13:56] Jago Constantine: yes it has that sense of wonder / personally, I'd say Iain Banks or Neal Stephenson / Sora probably likes manga and anime :)
[13:56] Cloud Pilote: lol
[13:56] Sora Bluebird: you are correct
[13:57] Sora Bluebird: and dysney
[13:57] Cloud Pilote: wELCOME!
[13:57] Jago Constantine: hey zobeid :)
[13:57] Zobeid Zuma: Hii!
[13:58] Lukos Tairov: I haven't read so much sci-fi as watched it, but I do like it.
[13:58] Jago Constantine: Hi, Lukos ... come in and join us if you like :) / We're listening to a podcast sci fi story this week
[13:58] Zobeid Zuma: When it's written, then it's SF. The word "sci-fi" applies to lower life forms, such as TV and movies. :)
[13:58] Cloud Pilote: What is that disc on your face Jago?
[13:59] Jago Constantine: hehe its from the anime Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
[13:59] Lukos Tairov: I'm on a text-only client. I can not navigate around the doorway just using the minimap, haha. So, I'm just gonna stand wherever I am and talk as well x)
[13:59] Jago Constantine: oh ok then you won't be able to hear the story today lol
[13:59] Sebastian Diranovitz: Hello everyone... ^^
[13:59] Jago Constantine: Hi, Sebastian :)
[14:00] Sebastian Diranovitz: HelloZ Jago/... >.<
[14:00] Sebastian Diranovitz sits down shyly
[14:00] Jago Constantine: We'll start the story at about 5 past to give any latecomers time to get here
[14:01] Sora Bluebird snickers at the cute schoolboy
[14:01] Zobeid Zuma: Oh, I think I found a new favorite chair.
[14:01] Jago Constantine: hehe
[14:02] Sebastian Diranovitz: I iz shy! *Frowns*
[14:02] Jago Constantine: um so yeah Cloud - in the anime the character they're hunting is the Laughing Man, a hacker / and he always conceals his face with this symbol / I've been watching it lately so I bought one for myself :P
[14:03] Sora Bluebird: hello eddi hunni
[14:03] Eddi Haskell: hai
[14:03] Jago Constantine: hey eddi babe :)
[14:03] Eddi Haskell: hai
[14:04] Eddi Haskell: hey sweetie, you too jago
[14:04] Eddi Haskell: lol
[14:04] Jago Constantine: lol
[14:04] Eddi Haskell: i just consecrated two dogtags today
[14:04] Eddi Haskell: at a wedding
[14:04] Sebastian Diranovitz: Hii Eddi!
[14:05] Eddi Haskell: hi seb
[14:05] Jago Constantine: ok does everyone have their music stream on?
[14:05] Sora Bluebird: you should be hearing the moonlight sonata
[14:05] Sebastian Diranovitz: yuss... I am swaying to the moonlight sonata
[14:05] Zobeid Zuma: I had to stop and restart it. . . but it's going now.
[14:05] Jago Constantine: Hi, Souldeaf, Jairdan / Are you here for the sci fi meeting?
[14:06] Jairdan Tearfall: hello
[14:06] SOULDEAF Zabaleta: hello
[14:06] Jairdan Tearfall: yes, thought i would come and listen
[14:06] Jago Constantine: Great - put your music stream on cos we're just about to start / today's story is Harry the Crow / by John Kratman
[14:07] SOULDEAF Zabaleta: helo
[14:07] SOULDEAF Zabaleta: hello
[14:10] Sebastian Diranovitz: Guys... *Sighs* gotta go.... Suddenly... RL... I will try to make it back
[14:11] Jago Constantine: kk :)
[14:11] Sebastian Diranovitz waves
[14:11] Eddi Haskell: bye seb
[14:18] Eddi Haskell: must be from new york
[14:18] Jago Constantine: hi, serafina, we're listening to a story on the music stream
[14:18] Serafina Faith: cool
[14:38] Jago Constantine: hi, niccole :)
[14:38] Niccole Damone: hi!
[14:38] Jago Constantine: we're listening to a podcast story on the music stream
[14:38] Niccole Damone: ok
[14:53] Jago Constantine: cool
[14:53] Zobeid Zuma: That was wild!
[14:53] Eddi Haskell: hi!
[14:53] Jago Constantine: lol hi? / So what did you all think?
[14:54] Zobeid Zuma: Very funky story. A flight of fantasy, really, but a fun one.
[14:55] Jago Constantine: Yeah I thought it was fun / I've read a few stories and novels with native american themes / It would be good to have a NA perspective on the story
[14:56] Eddi Haskell: ok question
[14:56] Eddi Haskell: they were robot animaloids right?
[14:56] Eddi Haskell: what did they do?
[14:56] Jago Constantine: animaloids?
[14:56] Eddi Haskell: yeah
[14:56] Eddi Haskell: like kinda animals and kinda robots
[14:56] Jago Constantine: there was one robot in the story / harry
[14:57] Eddi Haskell: what were tthe others?
[14:57] Jago Constantine: there was a horse / and some buffalo
[14:57] Eddi Haskell: but how come it talked
[14:57] Jago Constantine: how come what talked?
[14:57] Eddi Haskell: the horse
[14:57] Jago Constantine: did it? / what did it say?
[14:57] Eddi Haskell: well everyone was intelligent
[14:58] Eddi Haskell: I got the sense that all the animals were semi robotic
[14:58] Jago Constantine: all the people were / no I don't think so
[14:59] Zobeid Zuma: Sometimes a horse is just a horse.
[14:59] Eddi Haskell: of course!
[14:59] Jago Constantine: of course
[14:59] Eddi Haskell: unless it is a horse that talks of course!
[14:59] Jago Constantine: lol
[14:59] Eddi Haskell: mr. ed
[15:00] Eddi Haskell: that was the opening of a TV show about a talking horse
[15:00] Jago Constantine: I wonder if the author is native american? / yes we know
[15:00] Eddi Haskell: im batting 100 today!
[15:00] Eddi Haskell: im just tying to make sense of it
[15:00] Eddi Haskell: the crow
[15:00] Eddi Haskell: the native americans
[15:01] Eddi Haskell: the starbase
[15:01] Eddi Haskell: but i guess the story about about Harry who is a robot
[15:01] Jago Constantine: yes / basically its the old story about the robot who wants to become human
[15:02] Eddi Haskell: oh yeah
[15:02] Jago Constantine: like pinocchio
[15:02] Zobeid Zuma: He seems to posit a future in which the native tribes have -- somehow -- retaken large parts of the country.
[15:02] Jago Constantine: well it said the government handed Yellowstone to the native americans in 2053
[15:02] Sora Bluebird: ok guys im gonna get going
[15:03] Zobeid Zuma: One of those things that would be hard to explain, but you can get away with it just by treating it as a given and leaving the rest to the reader's imagination.
[15:03] Jago Constantine: ok thanks sora :)
[15:03] Sora Bluebird: have fun!
[15:03] Eddi Haskell: io need to go too
[15:03] Jago Constantine: well I figure that if a lot of the population is moving into space
[15:03] Eddi Haskell: i need to run i have a commitment for dinner
[15:03] Jago Constantine: then the people with more ties to the land would remain / and why not get their lands back / it seemed like it was pretty sympathetic to the Crow culture / but again I would be interested in a Native American point of view on the story
[15:05] Zobeid Zuma: Well, it's been fun. :)
[15:05] Jago Constantine: so next week we'll be back to book discussion :) / thanks zobeid!
[15:06] Zobeid Zuma: I should read something!
[15:06] Jago Constantine: niccole, would you like a group invite?
[15:06] Niccole Damone: i just joined the group the other day. seems good. i had no idea what this story was about
[15:06] Zobeid Zuma: You arrived in the middle of it, didn't you?
[15:06] Niccole Damone: yeah, halfway through.
[15:06] Jago Constantine: hehe well you can download the full story here / http://media.rawvoice.com/escapepod/media.libsyn.com/media/escapepod/EP201_HarryTheCrow.mp3
[15:07] Niccole Damone: that's ok, just wanted to get here and meet some people.
[15:07] Niccole Damone: i'm already in the group
[15:07] Jago Constantine: oh cool / anyway, next week we'll be talking about what we've read lately / 2pm saturday, same location
[15:07] Niccole Damone: oh ok
[15:08] Jago Constantine: Time for my breakfast - see you next week!
[15:08] Niccole Damone: ok, nice meeting you