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Title: More George Hrab!
Post by: stePH on November 17, 2008, 12:12:01 AM
I just listened to "Connecting Door" today; a couple of months ago I listened to "Civilized Monsters" and "That Old Black Magic".  I searched out and downloaded all three stories after Geo mentioned on an old podcast (i'm working through his backlog) that he'd read for PP.

Seriously, he's the most kick-ass reader I've ever heard; I would probably subscribe to Pseudopod if he read more often.

For that matter, it would rule to have him read for EP or PC once in a while.
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: MacArthurBug on November 24, 2008, 02:44:18 PM
I'll second that.
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: Raving_Lunatic on December 02, 2008, 07:03:56 PM
I'm surprised you aren't already subscribed to Pseudopod.
But I agree, Hrab is good.
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: stePH on December 05, 2008, 06:07:46 AM
I'm surprised you aren't already subscribed to Pseudopod.

I just did ... the three stories read by Geo are not at all what I expected from a podcast advertising "disturbing" stories.  I quite liked them, and since I sometimes get similar fare on Variant Frequencies, I figured I might as well just dive in.
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: DKT on December 05, 2008, 04:34:20 PM
I'm surprised you aren't already subscribed to Pseudopod.

Nobody's perfect  ;)

I'm surprised you aren't already subscribed to Pseudopod.

I just did ... the three stories read by Geo are not at all what I expected from a podcast advertising "disturbing" stories.  I quite liked them, and since I sometimes get similar fare on Variant Frequencies, I figured I might as well just dive in.

One thing I love about PP is that there's a lot of variety for it being a horror podcast.  If you want fun, I highly recommend you check out Episode 6 -- "What Dead People Are Supposed to Do." Weird, quirky fun. 
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: Alasdair5000 on December 05, 2008, 11:23:55 PM
I'm surprised you aren't already subscribed to Pseudopod.

Nobody's perfect  ;)

I'm surprised you aren't already subscribed to Pseudopod.

I just did ... the three stories read by Geo are not at all what I expected from a podcast advertising "disturbing" stories.  I quite liked them, and since I sometimes get similar fare on Variant Frequencies, I figured I might as well just dive in.

One thing I love about PP is that there's a lot of variety for it being a horror podcast.  If you want fun, I highly recommend you check out Episode 6 -- "What Dead People Are Supposed to Do." Weird, quirky fun. 

Seconded.  That one makes me giggle every time and the delivery on one word in particular is priceless:)
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: DKT on December 06, 2008, 05:04:48 AM
Which word?
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: Alasdair5000 on December 06, 2008, 10:38:37 AM
'...SKYDIVING!'
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: stePH on December 12, 2008, 05:09:33 AM
Currently working my way through from the beginning and am in the middle of #3 "Little Boy Leg Bone".  Impressions so far: Excellent premiere with Sigler's "Bag Man"; wasn't impressed with the flash piece "Waiting Up for Father" ...

... but the second flash piece, "Your Shoes", hit a nerve.  It took my occasional musings/fantasies about "what if I woke up and found I'd become a woman" and turned them on their head in a nasty way.  Of course, in my flights of fancy my body had simply become female, rather than my having body-switched with an actual person, but still ... the story's been sticking in my mind ever since listening to it last night at bedtime.  I wonder how it might have been different had the protagonist's wife not been a rape victim ... but then, the story would not have been the one that I got and that has been haunting me all day.  This is the kind of "disturbing" that I was led to expect from the 'cast's early press.
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: MacArthurBug on December 13, 2008, 12:13:43 AM
I personally AM over at PP also- but more George Hrab is always a good thing.
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: stePH on December 13, 2008, 02:54:52 AM
I personally AM over at PP also- but more George Hrab is always a good thing.

"AM" ?  ???
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: MacArthurBug on December 13, 2008, 02:22:31 PM
sorry, heavy shift finger and a talent for mangling the English language.

I meant that- I had already discovered the wonders of the horror podcast. Although, now that I think on it, I'm a little jealous that you've got so many stories ahead of you while I spent last week in a state of anticipation.

Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: stePH on December 13, 2008, 04:51:25 PM
sorry, heavy shift finger and a talent for mangling the English language.

I meant that- I had already discovered the wonders of the horror podcast. Although, now that I think on it, I'm a little jealous that you've got so many stories ahead of you while I spent last week in a state of anticipation.



Oh.  I thought "AM" was an abbreviation or something, like "Ante-Moderate" or sumsuch.
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: stePH on December 14, 2008, 12:59:57 AM
Moving along ...

#3 "Little Boy Leg Bone" -- eh.  Not bad, but not great either.

#4 "Returning my Sister's Face" -- loved it.  But as I said in another thread, I'm predisposed to like fantasy stories set in feudal Japan. 

#5 "Sacred Skin" -- nicely creepy.

#6 "What Dead people are Supposed to Do" ... bit of a letdown; I should have remembered that DKT said "fun", because this story struck me as too comedic to be in a horror podcast.

I'm still waiting for another one to disturb me like "Your Shoes" did.

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Oh, and the flash "Devote Your Life to Beauty" didn't work for me at all.  I just didn't get it.  And #2 "Good Advice" was a decent bit of psycho-horror.
Title: Re: More George Hrab!
Post by: Zathras on December 14, 2008, 02:33:20 PM
I'll be catching up on the PP and EP that I missed early next year.  A little birdie told me that Zanta is sending us some Poddiscs.