https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard en-us Podomatic RSS Generator Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:49:17 +0000 science-fiction, ,speculative-fiction,Arts,Spoken Word,Philadelphia Copyright 2025 jeff Gather round the bandwidth, dear listeners! episodic false no https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/f0/fc/83/phillybrarian/1400x1400_5668594.jpg https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard jeff https://jeffbullard.podomatic.com/entry/2012-06-22T06_54_02-07_00 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-06-22T06_54_02-07_00 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:54:02 +0000 2013-12-11 2013-12-11 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-06-22T06_54_02-07_00 jeff science-fiction,speculative-fiction,spoken,word,jeffs,podcast,bradbury 788 false Written in 1969, CHRISTUS APOLLO brings Christian mysticism into the Space Age. The musings by the narrator of what a Christ - a savior figure, an iconic aspect of the Creator - would experience on other planets is a mixture of religion and science fiction that, considering when the poem was written, is really not that unusual. Those were heady days, the infinite realms of Space were beckoning, Humanity was crossing the threshold, leaving our childhood home. And in that aura of boldness and optimism, we believed our God to be a god of boldness and optimism as well. We wanted to share our God with the Universe. We also sought the comfort of knowing our God, our Christ, had gone before us. Gone before us in a multitude of diverse alternatives to be sure, but our God still. And in that there was comfort against the dark, alien infinity we were launching ourselves into. So, CHRISTUS APOLLO is a work of confidence and comfort. A meeting of the future with head held high, conscious clear, and assured that the vast alien depths were not so alien after all. May Mr. Bradbury meet his next journey with the same knowledge and understanding. Written in 1969, CHRISTUS APOLLO brings Christian mysticism into the Space Age. The musings by th... https://jeffbullard.podomatic.com/entry/2012-05-27T13_58_24-07_00 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-05-27T13_58_24-07_00 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:58:24 +0000 2013-12-10 2013-12-10 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-05-27T13_58_24-07_00 jeff jeffs,spoken,word,poetry,sufism,persian 764 false Taken from the Introduction of Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition. Translated from the Persian by David and Sabrineh Fideler. Novato, CA: New World Library Press. 2006. Taken from the Introduction of Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition. Translated from the... https://jeffbullard.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-30T16_54_22-07_00 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-03-30T16_54_22-07_00 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:54:22 +0000 2013-12-10 2013-12-10 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-03-30T16_54_22-07_00 jeff jeffs,spoken,word,speculative-fiction,science-fiction 998 false This episode's reading is based on "An Ever-Reddening Glow" by David Brin and found in The Hard SF Renaissance edited by David G Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer (Orb: A Tom Doherty Associates Book. 2002. pp.360-363). David Brin is a physicist who tries to stick to the hard and fast laws of the known universe in his writing. He likes to keep the superman, heroic temptation so common in science fiction out of his writing; "I believe no protagonist should be so awe-inspiring that a committee of twenty really hard-working, intelligent people couldn't do the same thing." David Brin has won both the Hugo (1983 & 1987) and Nebula (1983) awards. This episode's reading is based on "An Ever-Reddening Glow" by David Brin and found in The Hard S... https://jeffbullard.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-04T18_08_42-08_00 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-03-04T18_08_42-08_00 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:08:42 +0000 2013-12-09 2013-12-09 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-03-04T18_08_42-08_00 jeff spoken,word,jeffs,science-fiction,speculative-fiction 1823 false Spring Training, Opening Day, batting averages, and playing outfield take on new meanings when you have to calculate planetary circumference, gravity constants, and the color of the field and sky into the equation. This episode is based on the short story " Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson, first appearing in the August 1999 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and, for this reading, taken from The Hard SF Renaissance, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer (Orb: Tom Doherty Associates; NY. 2002.pp.117-124). Kim Stanley Robinson is well known for his images and stories of Mars and Mankind's long remaking of the planet into a more earth-like habitat. His Mars trilogy - Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1994), and Blue Mars (1996) is considered one of the masterworks of that decade. His titles can be found in most public libraries, on Amamzon.com, BN.com, and Powell's.com. Spring Training, Opening Day, batting averages, and playing outfield take on new meanings when yo... https://jeffbullard.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-19T17_15_59-08_00 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-02-19T17_15_59-08_00 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:15:59 +0000 2013-12-09 2013-12-09 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-02-19T17_15_59-08_00 jeff spoken,word,jeffs,science-fiction,speculative-fiction 2228 true https://jeffbullard.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-04T20_57_16-08_00 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-02-04T20_57_16-08_00 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:57:16 +0000 2013-12-09 2013-12-09 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-02-04T20_57_16-08_00 jeff speculative-fiction,science-fiction,spoken,word 1275 true Episode 3 is adapted from two short stories by Spider Robinson - The Guy With the Eyes and The Centipede's Dilemma - and are found in the anthology The Callahan Chronicals (Tom Doherty Associates, 1997). Episode 3 is adapted from two short stories by Spider Robinson - The Guy With the Eyes and The Ce... https://jeffbullard.podomatic.com/entry/2012-01-29T18_10_27-08_00 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-01-29T18_10_27-08_00 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:10:27 +0000 2013-12-07 2013-12-07 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-01-29T18_10_27-08_00 jeff speculative-fiction,science-fiction,spoken,word,jeffs,podcast 1202 false A reading of Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" copyright 1955 by Royal Publications, Inc. and found (for this reading) in The Other Side of the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke, copyright 1958 by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. A reading of Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" copyright 1955 by Royal Publications, Inc. and found (... https://jeffbullard.podomatic.com/entry/2012-01-21T20_31_34-08_00 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-01-21T20_31_34-08_00 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:31:34 +0000 2013-12-07 2013-12-07 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jeffbullard/episodes/2012-01-21T20_31_34-08_00 jeff audio,speculative,stories,macintyre,faversham,puns,time 2993 false Gather round the blistering bandwidth, dear listeners, for tales of adventure, love, courage and cowardice; local and galactic, recent and far-off. Every paragraph promises to give you pause and purpose, every story sure to inspire and satisfy. Get comfortable, tune in, and open your mind... Gather round the blistering bandwidth, dear listeners, for tales of adventure, love, courage and ...