Escape Pod 988: In the Palace of Science (Part 2 of 2)

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Science Fiction, Drama, Fiction

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🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In the Palace of Science (Part 2 of 2) By Chris Campbell (...Continued from Part 1) B-Side Track Five– The automaton was unfinished, but even in a transitory state, it was a thing of marvel. In form, it was like a man. With two legs meant for bipedal ambulation and two arms with three-fingered hands meant for grasping. Although roughly, from the thickness of its fingers. The design of the machine differed most strikingly from the ideal human in the shape of its head and body, for it had no neck. Rather, a barrel-shaped torso attached directly to a head that was meant to be enclosed within the thick, vaguely egg-shaped glass dome sitting next to the machine. The front piece of the barrel-shaped body was also set aside on a nearby table, exposing its chassis and internal mechanism. Peering inside, it became clear that filling the hole within this hollow man was the singular aim of much of the work I’d been doing for years. “I call him Talos.”

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0:39.3	In the Palace of Science, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Valerie Valdez,
1:14.4	your host for this episode. Our story this week is part two of In the Palace of Science by Chris
1:21.0	Campbell. His story was originally published in Asimov's in May 24. Chris Campbell is a speculative fiction writer whose work has appeared in Asimov's in May 24. Chris Campbell is a speculative fiction writer whose work
1:30.3	has appeared in Asimov's magazine, Faya magazine, and Correo magazine. Chris's contributions
1:36.3	to Afro-Futurist literature have received the generous support of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
1:41.3	He aims to re-contextualize the past to center black people in their own narratives,
1:47.0	news fiction to craft yet unimagined futures. He reads for Apex magazine and is an alumnus of the Viable Paradise in Clarion West Writing Workshops.
1:57.0	Chris is the editor of New Year New You, a speculative fiction anthology of reinvention.
2:02.6	Our narrator, Dominic Rabran, is an award-winning Haitian-American multimedia artist and voice actor, specializing in short fiction.
2:11.6	He's also directing a computer game set during the Haitian Revolution, featuring telepaths.
2:16.6	Discover more at Domravern.com.
2:24.0	Now get ready for sacrifices to be made in the name of science because it's story time.
2:32.7	B-side. Track 5
2:36.0	The automaton was unfinished, but even in a transitory state, it was a thing of marvel.
2:45.0	In form, it was like a man, with two legs meant for bipedal ambulation and two arms with three-fingered hands meant for grasping,
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