W100M – 74 – Silence of the Lambs — 73 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Christiana and Mike continue their discussion with the next two movies from the AFI Top 100 Films List
73 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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Escape Pod 299 – Plus or Minus
By James Patrick Kelly
Read by: Christiana Ellis
Originally appearing in Asimov’s
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Nominated for the Hugo Award for Novelette, 2011
Rated appropriate for older teens and up for sexual situations and violence.
Plus Or Minus
By James Patrick Kelly
Everything changed once Beep found out that Mariska’s mother was the famous Natalya Volochkova. Mariska’s life aboard the Shining Legend went immediately from bad to awful. Even before he singled her out, she had decided that there was no way she’d be spending the rest of her teen years crewing on an asteroid bucket. Once Beep started persecuting her, she began counting down the remaining days of the run as if she were a prisoner. She tried explaining that she had no use for Natalya Volochkova, who had never been much of a mother to her, but Beep wouldn’t hear it. He didn’t care that Mariska had only signed on to the Shining Legend to get back at her mother for ruining her life.
Somehow that hadn’t worked out quite the way she had planned.
For example, there was crud duty. With a twisting push Mariska sailed into the command module, caught herself on a handrail, and launched toward the starboard wall. The racks of instrument screens chirped and beeped and buzzed; command was one of the loudest mods on the ship. She stuck her landing in front of navigation rack and her slippers caught on the deck burrs, anchoring her in the ship’s .0006 gravity. Sure enough, she could see new smears of mold growing from the crack where the nav screen fit into the wall. This was Beep’s fault, although he would never admit it. He kept the humidity jacked up in Command, said that dry air gave him nosebleeds. Richard FiveFord claimed they came from all the drugs Beep sniffed but Mariska didn’t want to believe that. Also Beep liked to sip his coffee from a cup instead sucking it out of a bag, even though he slopped all the time. Fungi loved the sugary spatters. She sniffed one particularly vile looking smear of mold. It smelled faintly like the worms she used to grow back home on the Moon. She wiped her nose with the sleeve of her jersey and reached to the holster on her belt for her sponge. As she scrubbed, the bitter vinegar tang of disinfectant gel filled the mod. Not for the first time, she told herself that this job stunk.
She felt the tingle of Richard FiveFord offering a mindfeed and opened her head. =What?=
His feed made a pleasant fizz behind her eyes, distracting her. =You done any time soon?= Distraction was Richard’s specialty
=No.=
=Didit is making a dream for us.=
W100M – 76 – Forrest Gump – 75 – In the Heat of the Night
Christiana and Mike discuss the next two movies on the AFI’s Top 100 Movies with…
76 – Forrest Gump
Talking About Stuff #158
Christiana reviews inFamous 2 for the PS3,
and then Mike talks about his recent trip to Barcelona and Venice, including discussion of the under-construction La Familia cathedral.
W100M – 78 – Modern Times — 77 – All the President’s Men
Christiana and Mike discuss the next two movies on the AFI’s Top 100 Movies with…
78 – Modern Times
W100M – 80-The Apartment — 79-The Wild Bunch
Christiana and Mike discuss the next two movies on the AFI’s Top 100 Movies with…
Number 80: The Apartment
Number 79: The Wild Bunch
Survivor Redemption Island Finale!
Christiana and Mike discuss the finale and live reunion show for Survivor Redemption Island!
Survivor Redemption Island Ep13
Christiana and Mike discuss the penultimate episode of Survivor Redemption Island.
W100M – 82: Sunrise – 81: Spartacus
Christiana and Mike discuss the next two movies on the AFI’s Top 100 Movies with…
Number 82: Sunrise
Number 81: Spartacus
Survivor Redemption Island Ep12
Christiana and Mike discuss episode 12, the ante-penultimate episode of Survivor Redemption Island!
