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An Eligible Boy by Ian McDonald (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine

Fiction, Science Fiction

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2016

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Our seventh podcast for November is “An Eligible Boy” written by Ian McDonald and read by Kate Baker. Originally published in Fast Forward 2, edited by Lou Anders, 2008.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Clark's World Citizens.

0:05.0

I have an important question for you.

0:07.0

How does all the magic happen to bring you a podcast in each and every month?

0:12.0

You. The Clarksville Podcast is listener supported

0:19.1

by awesome people like you. Please go to W.W.

0:23.5

Patreon.com.

0:25.0

board slash Clark's world and narrator Kate Baker.

0:42.0

Greetings Clarks World Citizens.

0:44.0

I hope this podcast finds you well.

0:48.0

Thank you for spending the month of November with us.

0:50.0

We've only got two more stories to share, and then we move on to yet another month filled

0:55.2

with all new content. Except for, I think, a couple of reprints. I'm so funny. Anyway, this is our seventh story for the month of November 2016, issue

1:09.3

122. The piece is titled An Eligible Boy.

1:13.0

It is by Ian McDonald.

1:15.0

Now, Ian McDonald's first story was published in 1982.

1:18.0

In 1989, he won the Locust First Novel Award for his novel,

1:22.0

Desolation Road. He won the Philip K Dick Award in

1:25.6

1992 for his novel King of Morning, Queen of Day. His other books include the novels Out

1:31.6

on Blue Six, Hearts, Hands and Voices, Terminal Cafe,

1:36.8

Sacrifice of Fool's Evolution's Shore, Kirignia, Eres Express, Brazil, the Dervish House, River of Gods, Plains Runner, Be My Enemy,

1:47.7

and the Empress of the Sun.

1:51.4

He won a Hugo Award in 2007 for his novel at The Gin's Wife.

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