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# 195a redo The Sculptor by CrystalWizard & Pluto changes its colors?

Episode 195a is now ready to enjoy! For those of you seeing an earlier episode, programming was screwed up and there was a conflict in copyright (totally my fault! ) so I had to pare the show down a bit. Thanks for being patient! Lets break the mold a bit...well just crack it a bit for today's show. By that I mean I just wanted to keep everything or as much as I could in house. So this week, our lead off story is by Abandoned Towers CrystalWizard and her production of a story she wrote he ...

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Episode 195 is now ready to enjoy! Lets break the mold a bit...well just crack it a bit for today's show. By that I mean I just wanted to keep everything or as much as I could in house. So this week, our lead off story is by Abandoned Towers CrystalWizard and her production of a story she wrote herself called "The Sculptor" which deals with an artist incapable of accepting anything but perfection even from himself. The closing story this week is by my very good friend Shaun A. Saunders ...

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Episode 194 is a bit of the old and a bit of the new and a big dollop of just Odd, I am speaking of our friend Oddcube and this week, oddcube reviews the cult favorite Gamers. But our first is a late 50s story by J. Anthony Ferlane that spins the Martian invasion just a bit oddldy. From the blog NASA is considering a one man VTOL but instead of a jetpack or the complexity of a tilt rotor their present configuration is a unit that takes of much like a helicopter but different. Another ...

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Episode 193 is a bit laid back this week - we start off by getting the energy jacked up a notch with a high energy piece called Flappers & Robots from Tyler Walker. The last piece we played of Walkers's as you remember was Computers. If you liked that musical offering, you will enjoy the latest. Our First story is the Elcano Syndrome by Gustavo Bondoni, a climbing trip to Olympus Mons goes terribly wrong. Then we take a trip over to the Beam Me Up Blog at http://wrfrbeameup.blogspot.c ...

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Episode 192 of Beam Me Up hot, steamy and ready for your enjoyment. Hot and steamy? Well even I can't go that far, but this week is a really fun mix. First, I found a youtube video and the really interesting remix of All Along the Watchtower. This was the music that closed Battlestar Galactica season three. It's the song that had the really strong middle-eastern feel and heavy bass drum back beat. Very mind twisting. Our first story comes from Tim Sayhill as he continues his tongue ...

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Episode 191 is ready for your enjoyment! A dvd and movie review plus a great music cut and Crystal Wizards reads a great story written by Colin Davies. First up is new track from Symphony of Science called "Unbroken Thread". For those of you that have not been treated to Symphony of Science's music, you're in for a treat. Each cut is a compilation of cuts from scientists like Carl Sagan, David Attenborough, Jane Goodall and others set to music. Its a brilliant idea and the results are q ...

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So, this cold snowy afternoon, we will be doing more reading than anything. In episode 190 we start of with a Shaun Saunder's spin of the lottery type of theme in his story "Summer Camp" From the Blog a top 10: ten scientific achievements that we are waiting for, New Horizons sets a speed record and the Russians have plans for Apophis. And for the balance of the hour, CrystalWizard reads A.C. Ellis' "Chanter" which is a tale so very hard to button hole. Elements of fantasy, science ...

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At the risk of sounding boring, Beam Me Up episode 189 is in full review mode this week. But don't panic, it's all good! From the Beam Me Up blog, I review the DVD of the newest film in the Terminator franchise, "Terminator:Salvation". I follow that up with a review of Jack McDevitt's new collection of stories "Cryptic", which I can easily say is a great collection! Nelson from New Farmer Films drops in with a review of Jamers Cameron's much delayed "Avatar" movie. I finish off the ...

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Welcome to Beam Me Up episode 188 for December 19th 2009. I tried to pack as much in as possible with this episode. I open with a track that I like called Sita in Space by Michaelson followed by a quick Bradley Bracket story by Tim Sayell that is always wonderful campy fun. I review Jack Mcdivitt's collection of short stories Cryptic. Fans of BMU will recognize many of the stories from this book as they were read on air. But as the review states...The stories read on BMU were good bu ...

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Beam Me Up 187 turned out to be a Fast program this week. I should have edited out the first part, but it was so funny. I asked my producer Phil for some music, Christmas if possible, preferably of a cosmic theme. Quite straight faced he produces a track called Christmas to the Cosmos and I happy as a clam cue it up. Well you will hear the results but needless to say it was so bad that I was struck numb! Our first story is by CryistalWizard herself with her sad tale "The Sculptor" I ...

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In BMU episode 186, I just wanted to have fun this weekend. I did that by starting with a couple of stories, music, oddcube, poetry and a bit from the blog. First off, The Cromatics beatbox their way though a piece called "the Sun", The first story is Close Encounter from Richard Pitaniello regales us with the most unusual close encounter. David Kopaska-Merkel's dark and ominous poem "Leviathan Rising" evokes some very scary images. Oddcube joins up for a romp aimed directly at the 80s ...

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This week we have a couple of real treats on episode 185 of Beam Me Up. First up is a unique music compilation using quote from leading scientists put together by symphonyofscience.com - The Symphony of Science is a musical project by John Boswell designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form. A pretty damn entertaining form I might add. Roy joins me again to review The End of the Century by Chris Roberson and I go to the blog for my review of the DVD movie - Th ...

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Episode 184 will have to be called the review issue! Oddcube reviews Star Wolf and Roy reviews Ben Bova's Voyages Which is enough entertainment for one issue, but I keep piling in on. Our opening story is a war aftermath war tale from Doug Hilton, called appropriately enough War Story. A father weeps at his son's grave. Lost to him in a war with a ruthless enemy. And the featured story is Matthew Warner's first appearance in Beam Me up with his heart felt quiet tale of a father who w ...

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On a cold & rainy November weekend, isn't it great to know you can kick back in your warmest jammies and enjoy another exciting episode of Beam Me Up! Yes, it's episode 183 and this week, we have the ongoing adventures of Bradley Brackett - episode 2 by Tim Sayell, where our intrepid ranger manages to go from bad to worse as far as luck is concerned and Danny Birt sends us "Murphy the Android and His Laws". Yes, Murphy the android is dead center of of the worst case of bad luck imaginable ...

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November is starting off with a bang if I do say so myself. This week on episode 182 of BMU really does go from the superb to the sublime! Crystal Wizard brings us up to speed as to what is new for November on Abandoned Towers. From the blog, The LHC is down - again- and you won't believe how, a billion ton new-born, Garreth Powell has a great deal for fans, on his collection The Last Reef and other stories, Antipodean sf sends news of their newest issue and more. For this week's stori ...

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I hope you're ready for part five and the conclusion to Colin P. Davies serialized "The Monster On Mandrake Street"! Colin has weaved an exciting fast paced tale set on his Pestworld where our protagonist Parvo has maneuvered himself into the position of Head Pestmeister. However that title comes with a hefty price and the coin is Parvo's own nightmares. I can tell you now that you will not be disappointed by the last installment or CrystalWizard's production. But first we have a tale ...

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Episode 180 of BMU is again a thoroughly terrifying amount of entertainment! First is a great piece of music from John Anealio's site Sci Fi Songs (scifisongs.blogspot.com) called "Beautiful Vampire". Our first story is a mysterious and chilling tale from Sarah Wagner called "Four Hearts" And we close with Colin P. Davies "the Monster on Mandrake Street" - Crystal Wizard reads part four of Colin's story. Colin has revisited his Pestworld universe and his lead character Parvo. Parvo h ...

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It's Beam Me Up episode 179 that 21 episodes to the magic 200! Wooooooooohoooo. Ok now that I have that out of my system... This week it's part 3 of Colin Davies's Monster on Mandrake which if you have been following the serial, know that once again we have rejoined Parvo of Pestworld fame. This time search for a monster while he tries to rid himself of childhoods demons as well. In episode 3, he comes face to face with one of them. Our first story however is a rollicking return to ...

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Here we go, for week two of the Halloween season! Two stories for your listening pleasure this week. First I open with a tune from the Atlanta Rhythm Section titled Alien. This is one that I never though of as outright science fiction, and really is more about feeling like you don't fit in. But think about it, who better to feel like they are left out of everything that our proverbial Alien?! Works for me! lol. Our first story is a piece of flash fiction from David Kopaska-Merkel cal ...

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Are you ready for the start of the silly season on Beam Me Up? Well good, because we have an hour jam paced with good old fashion strangeness. Our first story is by Tim Sayell reading his very funny "A Single Snapped String" Sayell loves to play with words so you will get a good measure with this short tale. We close the hour by revisiting Colin P. Davies' Pestworld with an exclusive five part tale called The Monster on Mandrake Street. Davies takes out all the stops in this new story. ...

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