An Encounter with an Interviewer
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8 minutes, 42 seconds
Unabridged Humor/Literature
1874
Mark Twain deals with the media. Performed by Alex Wilson.
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23 minutes, 11 seconds
Unabridged Mythology/Literature
1913
Here we have Apollo and Daphne and how one of them refuses the other's advances and becomes a laurel tree. Then we have Pyramus and Thisbe, the love story that inspired Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, or at least the bloody parts of it. And finally: Cephalus and Procris and how the wind is slutty and how misunderstanding can inspire uxoricide. Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable 03: Apollo and Daphne, Etc"
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18 minutes, 40 seconds
Unabridged Mythology/Literature
1913
Creation myths! Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable 02: Prometheus and Pandora"
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24 minutes, 44 seconds
Unabridged Mythology/Literature
1913
An introduction to the stories and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, and an overview of the pantheon. Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable 01: Introduction"
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6 minutes, 24 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1895
A short story about a woman believing and hoping (and manipulating) that she may have both her security in marriage and passions outside of it. Read by Alex Wilson.
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Part Three of Three. By Franz Kafka.
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Part Two of Three. By Franz Kafka.
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2 hours, 15 minutes
Unabridged Novella
1915
"One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin." So begins the classic existential tale about the traveling salesman who too late realizes what he's become.
Translation by David Wyllie. Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "Metamorphosis"
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8 minutes, 52 seconds
Unabridged Essay
1786
American essaysist and humorist Benjamin Franklin on the game of chess, and its application to life.
Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "The Morals of Chess"
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13 minutes, 37 seconds
Unabridged NIMH Informational Brochure
1999
Full text (including printable and redistributable brochures) available at the NIMH website.
Continue reading "NIMH: Social Phobia"
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46 minutes, 45 seconds
Unabridged Short SF Story
1999
"Think of the underworld as the back of your closet, behind all those racks of clothes that you don't wear anymore. Things are always getting pushed back there and forgotten about. The underworld is full of things that you've forgotten about."
First published in Event Horizon in 1999. Later reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection and Link's short story collection Stranger Things Happen, a Salon Book of the Year and one of the Village Voice's 25 Favorite Books of 2001.
Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "The Girl Detective"
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48 minutes, 4 seconds
Unabridged SF-related podcast
2006
Telltale founder Alex Wilson, preparing to attend the famous Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop, gives an introduction and "before" picture. Featuring Michael A. Burstein and Jason Erik Lundberg.
Follow along with the adventures in Alex's Clarion Journal. The theme song "Untitled Pretention Pontificated by a Passive Voice" is available separately here. Photo by Jamie Bishop.
Expect the second and final Clarion podcast in the first half of 2007.
Continue reading "Clarion My Wayward Son 1 of 2"
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13 minutes, 19 seconds
Unabridged Short SF Story
2000
When the fuel went, Mara's town turned to windpower. They struggled on as the lights left, as the cities fell fallow, and plastic became a memory. Their only link to the outside world is the Zephyr, and now it too has not shown up. Originally published in Jackhammer. Narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal of the Willamette Radio Workshop.
Continue reading "Waiting for the Zephyr"
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2 minutes, 5 seconds
Unabridged Formal Poetry
1920
The classic war poem written by a British soldier during World War I. Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "Dulce et Decorum Est"
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2 minutes, 22 seconds
Unabridged Speech
1863
"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the propisition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great Civil War..." Given by US President Abraham Lincoln on the battlefield November 19, 1863, after the hard-fought, casualty-ridden, and turning-point Civil War battle near Gettysburg, PA.
This speech is inscribed, along with Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "The Gettysburg Address"
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(6 of 6) Plan Your Career Now. By Tobias S Buckell
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(5 of 6) Taking it Up a Notch. By Tobias S Buckell.
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(4 of 6) Professionalism. By Tobias S Buckell
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(3 of 6) Original Source Creativity. By Tobias S Buckell.
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(2 of 6) Putting in the Time. By Tobias S Buckell.
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1 hour, 17 minutes
Unabridged SF-Related Essays on Writing
2003
Science fiction and fantasy author Tobias S. Buckell talks about a much-ignored period in the working writer's career: after one makes that first major professional story sale, but before he or she has turned that exception into the rule. Buckell discusses "the benefits, the experience, and the dangers of being a Joe Blow Neopro," along with "some strategies to move out of this stage in of our careers."
These six columns originally appeared in Speculations in 2003, when Buckell was still a neopro. His advice is likely worth reading because his first novel, Crystal Rain, comes out this month from Tor Books. Columns included:
- An Introduction
- Putting in the Time
- Original Source Creativity
- Professionalism
- Taking it Up a Notch
- Plan Your Career Now
Continue reading "Getting Past Being Joe Blow Neopro"
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6 minutes, 51 seconds
Unabridged Speech
1775
Patrick Henry's address to the second Virginia Convention in March 23, 1775, where he offered a resolution that put the colony in a state of defense leading up to the American Revolution.
A bestselling Telltale recording (and one of the first), now available free with a Creative Commons License. Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
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6 minutes, 58 seconds
Unabridged Formal Poetry
1816
Two poems by one of the founders of the Romantic Movement.
Coleridge claimed that "Kubla Khan," one of his most famous works, came to him in an opium-inspired dream. Coleridge's symbolic pleasure-dome of Xanadu in this poem is referenced and even built in Orson Well's classic film, Citizen Kane. The full title of the poem is "Kubla Khan Or, a Vision in a Dream. A Fragment."
"The Pains of Sleep" by contrast is a more conversational and emotional piece, dealing with nightmares instead of utopian fantasies, but it is very likely that this poem, too, was inspired by Coleridge's continued opium use.
Though both poems were first published at the same time in 1816, Coleridge wrote "Kubla Khan" a good 6 years before 1803's "The Pains of Sleep," revealing very different mental reactions to his continued drug use. 1816 was also the year when Coleridge finally sought help for his addiction.
Read by Alex Wilson.
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1 hour, 1 minute
Unabridged NIMH Informational Brochure
2003
A detailed booklet describing what you need to know about depression in men: how it looks, how it feels, getting help, and getting better. Read by Alex Wilson.
Full text (including a printable and redistributable brochure) available at the NIMH website.
Have you known a man who is grumpy, irritable, and has no sense of humor? Maybe he drinks too much or abuses drugs. Maybe he physically or verbally abuses his wife and his kids. Maybe he works all the time, or compulsively seeks thrills in high-risk behavior. Or maybe he seems isolated, withdrawn, and no longer interested in the people or activities he used to enjoy.
Perhaps this man is you. If so, it is important to understand that there is a disease of the brain called depression that may be underlying these feelings and behaviors. It's real: scientists have developed sensitive imaging devices that enable us to see it in the brain. And it's treatable: more than 80 percent of those suffering from depression respond to existing treatments, and new ones are continually becoming available and helping more people. Talk to a healthcare provider about how you are feeling, and ask for help.
Or perhaps this man is someone you care about. Try to talk to him, or to someone who has a chance of getting through to him. Help him to understand that depression is a common illness among men and is nothing to be ashamed about. Encourage him to see a doctor and get an evaluation for depression.
For most men with depression, life doesn't have to be so dark and hopeless. Life is hard enough as it is; and treating depression can free up vital resources to cope with life's challenges effectively. When a man is depressed, he's not the only one who suffers. His depression also darkens the lives of his family, his friends, virtually everyone close to him. Getting him into treatment can send ripples of healing and hope into all of those lives.
Depression is a real illness; it is treatable; and men can have it. It takes courage to ask for help, but help can make all the difference.
Continue reading "NIMH: Men and Depression"
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15 minutes, 54 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1914
The adventure and frustration of a first crush.
"Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. The blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that I could not be seen. When she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. I ran to the hall, seized my books and followed her. I kept her brown figure always in my eye and, when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, I quickened my pace and passed her. This happened morning after morning. I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood."
The third coming-of-age story in James Joyce's collection Dubliners, classic tales dealing thematically with miscommunication, isolation, class differences, and emotional paralysis in Joyce's Ireland. Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "Dubliners: Araby"
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15 minutes, 56 seconds
Unabridged NIMH Informational Brochure
2001
A detailed booklet that describes symptoms, causes, and treatments, with information on getting help and coping.
Full text (including a printable and redistributable brochure) available at the NIMH website.
Continue reading "NIMH: Eating Disorders"
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27 minutes, 20 seconds
Unabridged Short SF Story
2001
"Sexy blond aliens invade New York City?" A short story from Link's short story collection Stranger Things Happen, a Salon Book of the Year and one of the Village Voice's 25 Favorite Books of 2001.
Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water"
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1 hour, 15 minutes
Unabridged Interview
2005
Publisher and writer Jason Erik Lundberg of Two Cranes Press talks to multimedia artist Jamie Bishop about the ups and downs of launching a small press startup, collaborating with fantasy artist Janet Chui, publishing science
fiction and fantasy work by Jeff VanderMeer, Nalo Hopkinson, Bruce Boston, Mike Jasper, and others, and releasing a short story collection by Big Fish author Daniel Wallace. Candid, informative listen for anyone interested in starting up her or his own publishing venture.Continue reading "Jason Erik Lundberg (Small Press Startup) Interview"
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4 minutes, 28 seconds
Unabridged Short Story/Prose Poem
1921
Prose-poem? Short story? Riddle? A short narrative as told by a mute narrator, free to download to celebrate Telltale Weekly's first anniversary.
Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "The Dumb Man"
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4 minutes, 27 seconds
Unabridged Reading of a Historical Document
1789 / 1791
The ten original amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America--passed by Congress September 25,1789 and ratified December 15, 1791. This recording may be freely shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license.
Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "The Bill of Rights"
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15 minutes, 4 seconds
Unabridged Formal Poetry
1961
On January 20, 1961, Kennedy called on Americans to be active in their citizenship. This recording is in the public domain.
Continue reading "Inaugural Address 1961"
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2 minutes, 21 seconds
Unabridged Formal Poetry
1798
A poem by one of the founders of the Romantic Movement.
Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "The Dungeon"
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1 minute, 54 seconds
Unabridged Formal Poem
1836
"'No Love,' quoth he, 'but vanity sets love a task like that...'" A famous lyrical poem by James Leigh Hunt.
Read by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "The Glove and the Lions"
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