I am the King Under the Mountain and...
I didn't like this story very much. I originally listened to it on Lightspeed but gave it a start of a relisten, and I'm still not impressed. I honestly couldn't finish it today, because I just remember not liking it before and 10 minutes in, felt like I was wasting my time because it wasn't improving with age. Which is why I don't have more insightful commentary as to
why I didn't like it, and posting this early, I feel like I should have more substantive criticism.
That said, Tina Connolly's reading seems excellent as always.
Wish I could post first on one of those stories I loved and everyone else hated.
I'm honestly not a fan of Podcastle (or Pseudopod or Escape Pod) running reprints that already saw an audio release. For major award nominees I don't mind, because it can be fun to see another take on the narration, but in general I wish more stories could get an audio treatment, rather than multiple attempts for authors who are aware of all the podcasts out there.
I think "A Memory of Wind" is an exception, because:
a) Tor.com is a bit obscure, although I had actually heard that one there, and
b) the original tor.com podcast was corrupt when I last tried to download it to get a friend to listen, and the last 10 minutes were chopped off, so it was nice to get another full version that works.
Neither of those were the case here, the Lightspeed one is pretty popular and it works, so I feel a bit bored with this as my new Podcastle for the week. I don't like to see all these repeats of already podcasted stories, but it does allow me more time to catch up on Beneath Ceaseless Skies, so I can perpetuate the cycle of being an over-exposed podcast addict.