Comments on: PC042: De La Tierra

By: The Fix | From the Podosphere: March 2009

The Fix | From the Podosphere: March 2009 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:21:52 +0000

[...] creatures seem oddly absent in this example. Expertly read by Bill Ruhsam, Emma Bull’s “De La Tierra” concerns a futuristic assassin, carrying out his profession with the aid of biological [...]

By: Jinx

Jinx — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:34:11 +0000

I thought the story was interesting until it became preachy on why Illegal aliens should be allowed into the country. Just because some one is of European decent does not make them Evil, and just because some one is from Latin America does not make them good.

By: Esther

Esther — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:24:52 +0000

Maybe it helps to have read Emma Bull before and to be a fan, but I thought the story was great.

By: George

George — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:20:11 +0000

Spot on! Elves done right!

Great writing and excellent reading.

The world building is exceptionally smooth, I never had to back it up to understand the plot threads. It’s so good when you can get a story in one smooth take.

Podcastle yeah!!!!

By: Kit OConnell

Kit OConnell — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:27:14 +0000

A beautiful story. The vision at the end was moving.

By: Djinn

Djinn — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:26:31 +0000

Very nice, Emma. Very subtle, apparently, although I was never lost when looking for the elves.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:48:04 +0000

I must concur with scatterbrain. Maybe it’s an ADD thing, but I totally zoned out. Sigh.

By: Kazima

Kazima — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:56:12 +0000

Where were the elves in this story? I can understand the dislike towards elves, though personally I often do like them in stories, but then trying to confront ones elf-hate with this story seems like the wrong way to start. The creatures in this story could have just as well have been aliens or gods or a whole new creation in the fantasy realm.

As for the actually story, I felt there was some potential and I was very fascinated by the plot of these “immigrants” who, divided in two, are each in their own way taking over our western culture. I would have like to hear a continuation of this, but the writing style was too poor. Bill Ruhsam is a good narrator, though not the best, but there was still something about the whole composition that made me have to concentrate really hard in order to follow along while just out walking. If I had been driving or making dinner, as I often do while listening to PodCastle, I wouldn’t have been able to follow at all!

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:28:14 +0000

That didn’t grip me at all; I can barely even remember what it was about, in fact I can’t at all, and I had to stop listening halfway through because I feared my frontal lobes were turing to mush. It’s a shame because I was looking forward to a bit of “Elfpunk”.

On the elf theme though, any one who wants a good novel about elves can read “The Wee-Free Men” by Terry Prachett. Set in his Discworld universe, it follows the exploits of a cynical, anti-heroic grandaughter of a witch and a tribe of drunk kobolds battling a traditionally evil and viley grotesque elf queen who tries to invade ther chalk plains. It’s simply a wonderful book and I’d recommend it to anyone serious about their fantasy.

By: The Evil Eyebrow » Podcastle!

The Evil Eyebrow » Podcastle! — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:37:36 +0000

[...] De La Tierra, a story I narrated, by Emma Bull for Podcastle, is up at Podcastle! Go listen. Tell me what you [...]