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Escape Part. Episode 818. Christmas at the Hilbert Astoria. By Sam Schreiber. Part 1

of 2.

Hello and welcome to Escape Part, your weekly science fiction podcast.

I'm your host this week, Tina Connolly, and I am here to bring you Christmas at the Hilbert Astoria

by Sam Schreiber. This story first appeared in Asimovs. We'll be bringing you the story in two parts,

so check back next week for the second half. Sam Schreiber is a writer living in Brooklyn,

New York with his wife and two cats. He teaches science fiction and fantasy at New York University's

Tenden School of Engineering, and is one of the co-producers of the speculative fiction magazine,

The Collideo Cast. Find more of his work at TheSamSchreiber.com. Your narrator this week is Dave

Robinson. Dave Robinson is an avid literary and vocal alchemist who pursues a wide range of creative

explorations. A brain stormer, relentless optimist, and keeper of the buttery man voice,

Dave's efforts to boost the awesomeness of the world can be found through his work at Wonder

Thing Studios. As many projects include Archivos, a story mapping and presentation tool,

the board game manifest, the Archivos podcast network featuring interviews with veteran authors,

and of course all kinds of story narration including all four Escape Artists podcasts,

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