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LeVar Burton Reads

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Arts, Performing Arts

4.9 • 17K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

An AI-controlled avatar built to entertain patients in deep space performs innocuous magic tricks for patients... until one day, he adds something new to his act. This story was originally published in AVATARS INC edited by Ann VanderMeer, and collected in THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan. PLUS! With FIYAH Literary Magazine and Tor.com, we announce the winners of the LeVar Burton Reads writing contest! Content advisory: hospice setting, death

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lovar Burton and this is Lovar Burton Reads.
0:10.3	In every episode I handpick a different piece of short fiction and I read it to you.
0:17.1	The only thing these stories have in common is that I love them and I hope you will
0:24.2	too.
0:25.8	First of all, y'all, I am super excited about this.
0:30.9	This is our first new episode of the podcast with our immersive, binaural sound.
0:37.4	Here's what this means.
0:38.8	You're going to experience the story feeling like it's a bit more 3D.
0:44.1	You'll want to listen to headphones in order to get the full experience.
0:48.2	And so you know what to listen for.
0:50.6	My voice, the sound effects and music will move around you like this.
0:56.7	I can be way above you.
0:59.7	I can be behind you.
1:02.6	I could be to the right of you or to the left.
1:07.4	I could be far away or I could be really, really close.
1:16.1	It's really wild, isn't it?
1:18.5	So please let us know what you think once you've listened to the episode.
1:22.5	Leave us a review with your thoughts on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or email me at
1:28.1	lavarburdenreadsatgmail.com.
1:32.8	And I have another very happy announcement to make today.
1:37.1	I want to let you all know about the winners of the Lavar Burton Reads writing contest.
1:44.2	Even with Fire Literary Magazine and Tour.com, I have chosen the winning entries and I could
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