Podcast marathon for stories set in Matthew Wayne Selznick's "Sovereign Era" universe

Posted by Cory Doctorow, July 10, 2008 8:36 AM | permalink

Matt sez, "On Sunday, July 13, 2008, every hour on the hour for eight hours beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern / 7:00 AM Pacific time, 'Brave Men Run' author Matthew Wayne Selznick will be reading a brand new, original short story set in the first year of his 'Sovereign Era' universe. These stories — official Sovereign Era canon — are from some of the most respected authors of podcast fiction, including J.C. Hutchins, Mur Lafferty, Nathan Lowell, Matt Wallace, J.R. Blackwell, P.G. Holyfield, Jared Axelrod. This will be in celebration of the paperback release of Matthew's novel 'Brave Men Run.'" Link (Thanks, Matt!)

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#1 posted by themindfantastic , July 10, 2008 9:10 AM

Cool, I really enjoyed Brave Men Run, now more audio brave men run goodness... yay!

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#2 posted by zoic , July 10, 2008 9:58 AM

Brave Men Run is an awesome book! I had a cool experience listening to it inside my ear muffs while driving a Bobcat clearing up after some forestry work.
I hear MWS's voice and I can smell diesel.

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#3 posted by MaximusNYC , July 10, 2008 10:06 AM

Who? Wha?

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#4 posted by mwsmedia , July 10, 2008 10:45 AM

Most exciting of all, folks, is that this is a live, streaming video experience -- not podcasts, but a live party with me and all who care to attend! Full details are here. See you Sunday!

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#5 posted by Kabur Naj , July 11, 2008 11:52 AM

@#4 (Matt):

It's a great idea, and I wish you lots of success with it (I too was a fan of the Podiobook), but I think it's a mistake not to make recordings available immediately after your streamcasts. I, too, would like to take in your readings, but will unavailable to do so on the 13th---and certainly not throughout the entire day even if I were available (as much as I may be a fan).

Please reconsider your decision to make it a live-only event. (Given who the contributing authors are, I assume that the short story texts are all Creative Commons licensed.)

I for one, would find it easier to sell my friends on the idea of the Sovereign Era if I could start them out with a good short story, rather than a good novel, and having one that you can pop in your mp3 player would accomodate *the* lowest possible amount of entrance effort on the part of prospective fans.

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#6 posted by mwsmedia , July 11, 2008 1:41 PM

Hi Kabur Naj -- it is likely that the stories will be available in some form after the all-day web-a-thon on July 13th. At this time, though, I can't commit to how or when those stories will appear.

Rest assured the tales will be available at some point, in some form, and probably not too long in the future. Believe me, I want to do whatever I can to get the word out and spread awareness of "Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era" and all future works set in the Sovereign Era.

Many thanks,

Matthew Wayne Selznick