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Title: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: eytanz on December 31, 2010, 08:54:00 AM
EP273: Death’s End to Middleton (http://escapepod.org/2010/12/30/ep273-deaths-end-to-middleton/)

By Natania Barron (http://nataniabarron.com/)
Read by Jason Adams (http://www.indiesquidkid.com/)

First appeared in Crossed Genres Magazine (http://crossedgenres.com/)
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Dust rose at the horizon in tongues of earth and wind, dancing before the sinking sun. Bits of mica flashed now and again; almost like fairy dust, thought Nathaniel, more than a little delirious in his saddle by now. It had been far too hot for a breakneck race such as this.

But there were slobbering, chittering creatures swarming Middleton behind him, slavering over the horses and terrorizing the families that made up his close-knit community. Their only hope was in him. Sutherland Ranch couldn’t be far. Old Man Sutherland would know what to do.

Time was wasting. His horse, Mixup, needed water, and Nathaniel needed rest. His tongue felt cold, his lips cracked and bleeding; he’d gone so far past dizzy that he’d come to expect the world to shift a bit by now.

But, no. Maybe not that much.


Rated PG For monsters and old west excitement. Yee Haw.

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Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Scattercat on December 31, 2010, 06:04:17 PM
Well, it was a cute little romp, but it was basically "Giant Spider Invasion" without Mike and the 'bots providing entertaining commentary.  I'm not necessarily opposed to fluffy fun for fun's sake.  I just generally prefer a bit more thematic meat in stories. 

I feel like I never connected with this story for a couple of reasons.  First, the main character is desperately passive.  I think he shoots his gun once, maybe twice, and never to much great effect, and the climax is resolved because "by a miracle" the tram cart "landed just right" and no one got hurt despite the odds strongly suggesting that they would.  Second, the heroic sisters are too many to keep track of in such a short story, and their characterizations are one-note at best.  (There's the cranky one, the friendly one, and a handful of vague nonentities.)  This is simply, I think, an artifact of the length.  There are ten to fifteen characters in this story, at least eight of whom have significant roles, and not even a literary genius could fit more than a skeletal character outline for each of them into a short story.

The monsters were just monsters without much purpose or thematic heft, and not even any chilling implications to speak of.  They arrived from an unknown place for unknown reasons and proceeded to wreak generic mayhem until vaguely differentiated heroes kill them without excessive difficulty.  There was a moment of "Oh, how beautiful" with the queen, but without any sort of thematic underpinning, it just kind of falls flat.  It felt like we were aiming for that bit in "Alien" where the android babbles about how perfect the monster is, but that movie's horror comes not from the bizarre and incomprehensible beast, but from the revelation that the crew was purposely sacrificed to retrieve the creature, and thus that speech is both eerie and significant.  The heroes are likewise without much structure; they kill monsters because they were trained to do so from birth, and there's no real examination of the role of women in early American society or the significance of their prowess in traditionally masculine roles.  Likewise, they flash a whole bunch of technology that seems to just be imported directly from the Batcave, yet society doesn't seem to be impacted at all by their advanced weaponry and personal flying machines. 

I know it's just a popcorn story.  It's probably a flaw of mine that I can't turn off my brain and just enjoy silly adventures without taking them apart and looking for the underlying mechanisms.  I need to have something I can grasp on, either a really good bit of characterization, a thematically interesting threat, or an intriguing examination of something in the setting.  This story wasn't interested in that, really, because it was about Kick-Ass Grrlz Blowing Up Spider Aliens.  I'm sure that the author was quite happy with this story and that it did what it was intended to do; it's just not for me, apparently. 
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Talia on January 01, 2011, 01:14:09 PM
Well, I though t this was a fun little tale. Not deep, but a lively little action story with an upbeat twist at the end. Satisfying for me. I'm not sure I care enough about the alien-killing ladies to want to read, say, a whole book about them, but the short story format works perfectly.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: KenK on January 02, 2011, 08:30:16 PM
As a fan of Westerns from the pre-PC days of yore it kind of reminded me of the "damn redskins" theme that a lot of them had. Or Mexicans. Or bandits, renegade ex-confederates, time traveling Nazis or whatever. The plucky survivors kill off the savage hordes bent on over running them.   ::)

I agree with talia that the characters weren't developed enough and really couldn't be because of the short story format involved here. It was hard to follow the sisters and it was hard to figure out the MC's passivity as well, unless that's because he went catatonic from the trauma of his initial attack. All in all it was a noble but seriously flawed effort and so I'd recommend for the author to try again because she clearly has a passion and a talent for the steam-punk space-western genre.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: jenfullmoon on January 03, 2011, 09:49:04 PM
I was interested in the sisters, but the ending is just awkward and frustrating.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: iamafish on January 04, 2011, 12:11:06 AM
this one didn't really click with me. Pretty predictable and boring. Too many clichés and not enough substance
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Unblinking on January 04, 2011, 05:20:05 PM
This one was pretty fun, but not particularly engrossing, mostly for the reasons scattercat already noted, the passive main character and hordes of mostly undifferentiated monster hunters.

Through my own fault I got myself a bit turned around in the last scene--I thought the woman who woke him up was the schoolteacher he'd seen had already been transformed in a previous scene, which had me flashing on alternate scenarios:
1.  The condition is reversable, somehow
2.  Or he'd been converted to one of them, and with the change comes drastic changes in perception such that you see the other monsters as the people they used to be (and perhaps see ordinary people as monsters).  This seemed really cool until I realized that it was entirely a figment of my imagination.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: KenK on January 04, 2011, 10:34:12 PM
Like unblinking noted it's easy to get confused or details wrong if the story doesn't draw you in.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Devoted135 on January 06, 2011, 03:33:20 AM
just popped in to wonder why iTunes doesn't seem to have this one yet? I checked the itunes store when it didn't automatically download and it isn't there  :-\
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Scattercat on January 06, 2011, 03:38:17 AM
just popped in to wonder why iTunes doesn't seem to have this one yet? I checked the itunes store when it didn't automatically download and it isn't there  :-\

I listened to it in iTunes, so I suspect this may be more of a local problem, or at least a problem involving a mixup between your iTunes and the site...
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Devoted135 on January 06, 2011, 04:14:55 AM
just popped in to wonder why iTunes doesn't seem to have this one yet? I checked the itunes store when it didn't automatically download and it isn't there  :-\

I listened to it in iTunes, so I suspect this may be more of a local problem, or at least a problem involving a mixup between your iTunes and the site...

hm, all my other podcasts (including podcastle) have updated correctly, so I would guess it's not a general communication problem. however, my technical abilities are fairly limited so really I have no idea. thanks for the input though, I appreciate it! :)
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Gamercow on January 07, 2011, 04:19:11 PM
I thought this one was okay.  When I heard the names of the daughters, I said "oh for pete's sake, not more Austen tie in bullcrap."  But it was only names, and not direct character pulls.  The middle was the most solid bit for me, the beginning was muddled and the ending seemed to go haywire.  I think I was okay until the MC was bonked on the head by the tram car.  The destruction of the queen whatsit was disappointing at best, and then ending fell flat for me. 
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: eytanz on January 08, 2011, 08:30:27 PM
I agree with most of the posters above - this is not bad, but it lacks substance.

Part of the problem is that we seem to have gotten only part of the story. On her blog, the author describes the story as being "about seven gunslinging gals (the Sutherland sisters) with preternatural abilities to destroy paranormal creatures in 1880s Arizona". That certainly doesn't seem to me to be what the story is about. For one, there are really only two sisters that make any difference. Second, if the sisters have any preternatural abilities they aren't mentioned. The viewpoint character doesn't really know enough about the sisters - he's attracted to one, scared by another, and mostly hoping they'll save his town and his father.

The other description of the story by the author, later in the same paragraph, is "a story with lots of explosions that didn’t end up with everyone dying", which I think is a far more accurate description.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Dem on January 09, 2011, 02:29:17 PM
Or he'd been converted to one of them, and with the change comes drastic changes in perception such that you see the other monsters as the people they used to be (and perhaps see ordinary people as monsters).  This seemed really cool until I realized that it was entirely a figment of my imagination.
That's what I thought/hoped too. As it stood, the story seemed a little under cooked and maybe tried to do too much in the space. There was the alien invasion, the rootin' tootin' seven brides (without the bothers), the teenage MC with hormonal stirrings, some potentially gritty steampunk imagery, and for me - worryingly - a lingering flavour of Yule Brynner in that robot western of yester-century. I was fondly pre-disposed and so vaguely annoyed at not being delivered a piece in accordance with my expectations. Bit unfair of me, really  :-[
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: kibitzer on January 10, 2011, 01:35:08 AM
Enjoyable. However a lot of it struck me a just plain silly. I know it's just a story, but: (a) if these sisters are so all-out steampunk clever, how come the kid's never heard of them before? (b) the barn containing a full complement of steampunk paraphernalia was way too convenient. Tanks? Aircraft? "Thousands" of guns and parts? Nope. (c) Seven sisters, ranging from 13 to however old Elizabeth was? Plus at least two (dead) sons? Daddy wasn't just a drunkard, he was a randy old bugger.

Still -- enjoyable.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Unblinking on January 10, 2011, 02:40:20 PM
(a) if these sisters are so all-out steampunk clever, how come the kid's never heard of them before?

I assumed it was because they were the mop-up crew.  They only show up when a town is already gone.  They provide a valuable service by containing the contagion, and profit by looting the remains afterward, but everyone local who might have appreciated it is already dead. 
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: kibitzer on January 11, 2011, 01:50:52 AM
(a) if these sisters are so all-out steampunk clever, how come the kid's never heard of them before?

I assumed it was because they were the mop-up crew.  They only show up when a town is already gone.  They provide a valuable service by containing the contagion, and profit by looting the remains afterward, but everyone local who might have appreciated it is already dead. 

True, but the kid had heard of their ranch, their daddy and their brothers. And he knew to go there for help. Sounds like the place has a rep and it seems implausible folks wouldn't know why.

But really, I'm nitpicking. It's a story, not Gospel. ;-)
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Unblinking on January 11, 2011, 04:12:33 PM
True, but the kid had heard of their ranch, their daddy and their brothers. And he knew to go there for help. Sounds like the place has a rep and it seems implausible folks wouldn't know why.

But really, I'm nitpicking. It's a story, not Gospel. ;-)

Hm, I guess I hadn't remembered him going to them for help.  I thought they found him as he was fleeing.  *shrug*  I'm not always great at remembering details, so I probably missed that.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Wilson Fowlie on January 11, 2011, 07:58:39 PM
But really, I'm nitpicking. It's a story, not Gospel. ;-)

???
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Scattercat on January 11, 2011, 10:47:42 PM
But really, I'm nitpicking. It's a story, not Gospel. ;-)

???

You don't remember reading "The Parable of Doctor Mekanik's Dirigible" in the Book of Doctorow?  Jesus totally kicked butt in that story.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: kibitzer on January 12, 2011, 01:49:35 AM
But really, I'm nitpicking. It's a story, not Gospel. ;-)

???

Y'know, as in "the Gospel truth?" Probably should have said, "it's a story, not a real event."
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: kibitzer on January 12, 2011, 01:55:53 AM
You don't remember reading "The Parable of Doctor Mekanik's Dirigible" in the Book of Doctorow?  Jesus totally kicked butt in that story.

There ya go -- Steampunk from other times and places.

(http://www.omega7red.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Steampunk-Jesus.jpg)
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: KenK on January 12, 2011, 02:08:26 AM
Bottom line: Too much focus on the steampunkery; not enough on the human aspect of things. A little more on the xenobiology would be a nice touch too.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Unblinking on January 12, 2011, 03:29:01 PM
But really, I'm nitpicking. It's a story, not Gospel. ;-)

???

Y'know, as in "the Gospel truth?" Probably should have said, "it's a story, not a real event."

I had originally been going to say something like "Isn't a Gospel just a specific kind of story?" but thought it might ruffle religious feathers.  With the entrance of Steampunk Jesus, though, I think I was worrying too much.  :P
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Devoted135 on January 12, 2011, 04:11:38 PM
I enjoyed this story for the "fun" western-style romp that I took it to be. *note to self: learn to recognize steampunk, stat!*

However, I was very confused by the last sentence or two. What was the significance of the handkerchief and why did its presence mean that hope had wings? The only plausible explanation I can think of is that Nathaniel thinks Cassandra left it for him, but I'm not sure there is actually anything in the story to support that?  ???
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: eytanz on January 12, 2011, 04:39:15 PM
I enjoyed this story for the "fun" western-style romp that I took it to be. *note to self: learn to recognize steampunk, stat!*

However, I was very confused by the last sentence or two. What was the significance of the handkerchief and why did its presence mean that hope had wings? The only plausible explanation I can think of is that Nathaniel thinks Cassandra left it for him, but I'm not sure there is actually anything in the story to support that?  ???

There was a reference to it being Cassandra's handkerchief earlier in the story (I think she wiped away his sweat with it when he showed up or something like that).
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Devoted135 on January 12, 2011, 04:49:23 PM
There was a reference to it being Cassandra's handkerchief earlier in the story (I think she wiped away his sweat with it when he showed up or something like that).


Ahh, okay that makes more sense since I had totally forgotten that detail. Thanks! :)
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: ajames on January 13, 2011, 12:59:24 AM
If I've told the townspeople once, I've told them a thousand times -- DO NOT make jewelry out of space alien eggs, no matter how pretty they are.  If you do, you'll not only hurt yourself, but you'll end up eating your kids and spouse to boot!  But do they ever listen?  Nooooo!  Every time its the same, with those tentacles coming out of poor Mrs. so-and-so's chest, and some poor kid finally running away to find those orphaned sisters, who with their long skirts, tanks, and dirigibles just put all sorts of ideas into an innocent young boy's mind.  Now how is he supposed to settle down to a respectable job in the city without running after those women to join them in their never-ending quest to kick alien butt? <end rant>

I'm kind of surprised by all the negativity on the boards - I had a lot of fun listening to this one.  A little light, yes, but nothing wrong with that.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: blueeyeddevil on January 13, 2011, 12:43:35 PM
I listened to this story right when it first dropped, and I've had difficulty getting a toehold on it, in terms of commentary.

It's a fun and light story, yes. Gruesome and titalating: check. Campy and worthy of a joint moist-dream from Joss Whedon and Neil Gaiman (a teenaged seven-girl steampunk alien-hunting team?): oh yes indeedy.

(I've also been trying come up with an amusing play on 'Men in Black' but 'Chicks in Chaps' just sounds like a particularly sweaty Google search[I just tested that theory and came up with a rodeo-based breast cancer awareness group. I am both humbled and pleased.])


I've finally put my finger on it.
      What this story lacks is Lore. The protagonist knows where to go when this sort of trouble strikes, which means that people at large know that this sort of thing happens. As such, I think there was an opportunity lost to add little details that would be present in a world where people are aware, at least obliquely, of the being Something Else out there.  I think this would fill out where the story otherwise lacked substance.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Void Munashii on January 13, 2011, 03:55:40 PM
  For some reason iTunes did not catch this when it first dropped, and I only realized it when I saw the topic on the forums. It's weird because that hasn't even happened before.

  I liked this story, about five minutes into it I found myself thinking "Wow, this would probably make a great anime". Is it flawed? Sure, but it's also awesome, and picking it apart would, to me at least, be akin to picking apart the story in "The Expendables". Why ruin something awesome by nitpicking?

  Note: I am not attacking people for looking at the story critically, just saying that, to me, it's just not that kind of story.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: kibitzer on January 14, 2011, 01:58:20 AM
Is it flawed? Sure, but it's also awesome, and picking it apart would, to me at least, be akin to picking apart the story in "The Expendables".

Hoo, boy. Interesting parallel. It is story and the way it's done that carries off the illusion of reality, or perhaps the suspension of disbelief. For mine, "The Expendables" was utter tripe because the story was so very poor; the action simply couldn't carry the weight of leaden dialogue and poor plotting. Contrast that with, say, "Die Hard". DH is also highly improbable but the story is good enough to make you forget that.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: FireTurtle on January 15, 2011, 11:44:06 PM
Fun. My prejudice for loving it when girls kick ass instead of run away screaming overrode some of the less good aspects outlined by everyone above. I find fun adventure less cringe-worthy as whole than pieces that are trying to be serious. Well, yeah, I had a few questions like why the big skittery things, if they need people for food, keep landing so far from big cities. Things like that. It was fluff, but good fluff.  :)
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Unblinking on January 17, 2011, 03:18:47 PM
My prejudice for loving it when girls kick ass instead of run away screaming overrode some of the less good aspects outlined by everyone above.

Yay for girls who kick ass instead of running away screaming.  That reminds me of a scene in season 1 of True Blood.  Sookie (the main protagonist) is being pursued by someone who is trying to kill her.  She grabs the shotgun and tries to shoot him, but realizes he's already unloaded the shells.  Instead of just panicking (like most female characters would do) she has the presence of mind to swing the empty shotgun like a baseball bat and clock him one to the head.  I cheered.

(Okay, digression is over)
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: CryptoMe on January 19, 2011, 05:44:43 AM
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. This was kind of the same for me.
  1) Lots of Jane Austen-type women kicking butt.
  2) Fun, but don't really want any more of it after you're done.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: washer on January 19, 2011, 05:22:41 PM
My girlfriend insists we watch Jane Austen movie marathons whenever she's in a funk, and we'd just gotten done watching the BBC Sense and Sensibility when I listened to this.  I got a good chuckle from the characters' names and the location, but I was glad there weren't more overt nods.

I think the commentary on here is both right and wrong.  It was a good, quick story with an abundance of explosions, perhaps at the expense of plot/exposition and fully realized characters.  However, I think the criticisms characterizing the story as not very moving or serious are inherently wrong.  This story by its tone and pacing makes it clear from the get-go that this is a rollicking adventure, not a piercing look into the human condition.  Also, to anyone who used the word "little" in their descriptions: c'mon, that's just mean.  It drips with condescension, and makes it very clear that you consider the author's efforts beneath you.  If you look at Guernico and say it's "a nice little mural" you'd be wrong and get roundly rebuked.  But even if it's just your kid scribbling on the wall, don't call it a "little" anything; it's big to them.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: eytanz on January 19, 2011, 06:36:44 PM
However, I think the criticisms characterizing the story as not very moving or serious are inherently wrong.  This story by its tone and pacing makes it clear from the get-go that this is a rollicking adventure, not a piercing look into the human condition.

So, because that story wasn't meant to be very serious, it's "inherently wrong" to say that it is not serious? Or just because the story wasn't trying to move people they souldn't say they weren't moved?

It seems to me that you're insisting that people only comment on the aspects of the story that you found important in it. That's only a small step removed from telling people that they can only express opinions that match yours.

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Also, to anyone who used the word "little" in their descriptions: c'mon, that's just mean.  It drips with condescension, and makes it very clear that you consider the author's efforts beneath you.  If you look at Guernico and say it's "a nice little mural" you'd be wrong and get roundly rebuked.  But even if it's just your kid scribbling on the wall, don't call it a "little" anything; it's big to them.

You seem to be reading a particular tone into the use of the word "little", which I don't think is meant by most of the people using it here. When I say something is a "charming little story" (which I didn't say about this one), I mean it in the same way I would say that I spent my holiday in a "charming little cottage". I don't use "little" to mean "insignificant", I mean "modest and unassuming".

Also, authors aren't children and I don't feel anyone here should treat them as such. Everyone here is supposed to be polite and respectful - indeed, it's my job to ensure that that is the case - but part of being respectful towards the authors means that we don't handle them with kid gloves.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Scattercat on January 19, 2011, 07:27:54 PM
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It was a good, quick story
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Also, to anyone who used the word "little" in their descriptions: c'mon, that's just mean.

So by calling it "quick," you meant to imply that it was rushed, hasty, and not well-thought-out?

Two can play the "reinterpret the words" game, my friend.  ;-)

This story is "little" because, as you said, it is not attempting to address deeper issues or explore important questions, but simply to blow up monsters.  It is, as eytanz more accurately summed up, little in the sense of modest and unassuming.  If you take offense at me calling it a "cute little romp," then frankly you could find fault with anything I said.  (Why not ding me for comparing it to "Giant Spider Invasion"? Which actually was a terrible movie that I think this story is much better than, but the monster-spiders-from-meteorites motif was strongly reminiscent of the film.)
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: washer on January 20, 2011, 03:42:11 PM
Alright, you guys got me.  I still maintain that I don't like the connotations of the word "little" when used as a descriptor of someone's work, but that might just be me.  As far as the wording "inherently wrong," yeah, too strong.  My bad - I established too firm a line in the sand.  People are allowed to take away from the story whatever they do, and I won't stand there with my arms crossed double-checking.  So um, I oppose "little," but I'm not asking the masses to take my banner up any longer.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Max e^{i pi} on January 24, 2011, 08:04:10 PM
I know I'm late with this one, backlog and all...
I just want to say that the story was a fun monster-killing romp, but the reading left a little to be desired. My brain kept segfaulting when Jason had to reread a word. I admire the man for doing it all in one take, but a little cleanup in post would have gone a long way.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: Listener on January 26, 2011, 04:33:35 PM
the reading left a little to be desired. My brain kept segfaulting when Jason had to reread a word. I admire the man for doing it all in one take, but a little cleanup in post would have gone a long way.

Agreed. This one seemed to have more audio hiccups in it than the usual EA 'cast, which was distracting. And because I was listening while I was working, the hiccups were the only thing that I really remember.

It may be because I have difficulty following stories when I listen at work, but this story didn't really stick with me. They were fighting aliens using steampunk? This dude is looking for someone to save his town? I don't know. To be fair, I'll probably read this one in Soundproof when it comes out in a week or so, see if I still feel the same, but right now, it didn't capture me. Which is weird, because I do enjoy steampunk.
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: niallmor on February 03, 2011, 11:48:49 PM
Am I the only person who loved this story? Its air of comic book unreality was precisely what I loved about it--a cross between "Wild, Wild West" and Starship Troopers. Cowgirls with big guns and bug-eyed monsters! Yee hah!
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: niallmor on February 04, 2011, 12:01:29 AM
I must be the only person who liked this story, precisely for its air of comic book, pulp fiction unreality. Beautiful cowgirls with great big guns and giant bug-eyed monsters? A cross between "The Wild Wild West" and Starship Troopers? What's not to love?
Title: Re: EP273: Death’s End to Middleton
Post by: LaShawn on March 17, 2011, 03:49:02 PM
Light fluff. Pass the popcorn.

In the meantime, where can i get a hold of that Steampunk Jesus story?