Comments on: Pseudopod 051: Brothers http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/ The Sound of Horror. Pseudopod is the world's first audio horror magazine. We deliver bone-chilling stories from today's best authors straight to your computer or MP3 player. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:56:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pamela Hayes http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-7059 Pamela Hayes Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:12:27 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-7059 <p>This was more mature writing than is typical for Pseudopod - bravo!</p> This was more mature writing than is typical for Pseudopod - bravo!

]]> By: light weight http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4527 light weight Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:12:53 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4527 <p>I find this story eerily endearing and haunting in a way I'm not used to seeing. The style and interesting way in which this story is revealed is also very refreshing. No Captain exposition to spoon feed us the environment and the back story. Thank you for presenting this and to the author for penning it as well. Brilliant!</p> I find this story eerily endearing and haunting in a way I’m not used to seeing. The style and interesting way in which this story is revealed is also very refreshing. No Captain exposition to spoon feed us the environment and the back story. Thank you for presenting this and to the author for penning it as well. Brilliant!

]]> By: Bright Lies http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4484 Bright Lies Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:31:41 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4484 <p>I didn't know anything of the Golem myth before listening to this story then reading the comments.</p> <p>Nice to hear a far-out story and learn some serious wikipedia history as a result!</p> <p>I never know what to expect from pseudopod except satisfaction...</p> I didn’t know anything of the Golem myth before listening to this story then reading the comments.

Nice to hear a far-out story and learn some serious wikipedia history as a result!

I never know what to expect from pseudopod except satisfaction…

]]> By: Dave (aka Nev the Deranged... or is it the other way around?) http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4395 Dave (aka Nev the Deranged... or is it the other way around?) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:30:54 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4395 <p>Timothy, the "Truth" and "Death" bit is a pretty well recognized part of the original golem mythology. The silent movie that was many people's first introduction to the story used the Star of Astaroth to fulfil the same function, but originally it was as this story describes.</p> <p>And even though I knew how it was going to end halfway through, I still liked it, because it had to end that way to be satisfying. And to me, that says it was well set up.</p> <p>I particularly like the golem's dispassionate logical rationalizations for his actions, coupled with the unexpected but presumably equally genuine display of emotion.</p> <p>For a second, I thought the protagonist was just going to let himself die at the hands of his clay brother, and all my will reached through him to lift his hand to his killer's forehead... and when he did, I could breathe again, even if he could not.</p> Timothy, the “Truth” and “Death” bit is a pretty well recognized part of the original golem mythology. The silent movie that was many people’s first introduction to the story used the Star of Astaroth to fulfil the same function, but originally it was as this story describes.

And even though I knew how it was going to end halfway through, I still liked it, because it had to end that way to be satisfying. And to me, that says it was well set up.

I particularly like the golem’s dispassionate logical rationalizations for his actions, coupled with the unexpected but presumably equally genuine display of emotion.

For a second, I thought the protagonist was just going to let himself die at the hands of his clay brother, and all my will reached through him to lift his hand to his killer’s forehead… and when he did, I could breathe again, even if he could not.

]]> By: Timothy http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4365 Timothy Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:22:22 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4365 <p>"Sigleresque splatterfest"</p> <p>I must remember that phrase... Love the golem, thought the play on words between truth and death was pretty good. I know it's not part of the main story, but I'd love to know a bit more about just how was the golem created? And why is this guy after all these years the last guy with the power to create another? Is it because only he has the knowledge, or bloodline, or something else?</p> <p>But, despite not knowing the details - it still gave me the goosebumps!</p> “Sigleresque splatterfest”

I must remember that phrase… Love the golem, thought the play on words between truth and death was pretty good. I know it’s not part of the main story, but I’d love to know a bit more about just how was the golem created? And why is this guy after all these years the last guy with the power to create another? Is it because only he has the knowledge, or bloodline, or something else?

But, despite not knowing the details - it still gave me the goosebumps!

]]> By: Spork http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4312 Spork Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:29:30 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4312 <p>Excellent pacing, good imagery, believable characters, and a friggin' golem! Perfect ending.</p> <p>THIS is the type of story you need to be running more of.</p> Excellent pacing, good imagery, believable characters, and a friggin’ golem! Perfect ending.

THIS is the type of story you need to be running more of.

]]> By: Captain http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4263 Captain Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:53:11 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4263 <p>Wow, who would have thought a horror story could be so moving. Every well done and in keeping with the myth.</p> <p>I truely enjoyed this and well pass on the link.</p> Wow, who would have thought a horror story could be so moving. Every well done and in keeping with the myth.

I truely enjoyed this and well pass on the link.

]]> By: Dark Seducer http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4241 Dark Seducer Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:34:32 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4241 <p>Great Story! I haven't even stopped listening to it. I've studied the Golem myth . I'm working on a story myself.</p> <p>Very cool! Very Inventive.</p> <p>Thanks for submitting it.</p> Great Story! I haven’t even stopped listening to it. I’ve studied the Golem myth . I’m working on a story myself.

Very cool! Very Inventive.

Thanks for submitting it.

]]> By: Simeon Weinraub http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4238 Simeon Weinraub Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:36:04 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4238 <p>I actually appreciate that the Pseudopod boards haven't been plagued with the same pointless debate about whether or not a story meets some personal construct of a definition of a genre as the Escape Pod boards have been.</p> <p>I think that is because what people think of a scary, just like what people find to be sexy, is entirely based or an individual particular twisted predilections, and somehow we all know that.</p> <p>This was a good story. Was it scary to me? No. Are 98.9% of Pseudopod stories? No. I enjoy a Sigleresque splatterfest as much as the next guy. Explicit details of testicular trauma move me as much as the next guy. But, honestly, I appreciate the diversity we have been getting here. As long as the stories are well written, I am a happy listener.</p> I actually appreciate that the Pseudopod boards haven’t been plagued with the same pointless debate about whether or not a story meets some personal construct of a definition of a genre as the Escape Pod boards have been.

I think that is because what people think of a scary, just like what people find to be sexy, is entirely based or an individual particular twisted predilections, and somehow we all know that.

This was a good story. Was it scary to me? No. Are 98.9% of Pseudopod stories? No. I enjoy a Sigleresque splatterfest as much as the next guy. Explicit details of testicular trauma move me as much as the next guy. But, honestly, I appreciate the diversity we have been getting here. As long as the stories are well written, I am a happy listener.

]]> By: Dom http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4235 Dom Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:28:06 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4235 <p>I can't help but think to myself: "That's all?" Anyway, I thought it was an okay story. Worth listening to, but I'm still waiting for more of those awesome, gory tales that are elsewhere on the pseudopod archive. Thanks for the story, you guys.</p> I can’t help but think to myself: “That’s all?” Anyway, I thought it was an okay story. Worth listening to, but I’m still waiting for more of those awesome, gory tales that are elsewhere on the pseudopod archive. Thanks for the story, you guys.

]]> By: Simeon Weinraub http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4198 Simeon Weinraub Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:06:00 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/08/17/pseudopod-051-brothers/#comment-4198 <p>It's like if Isaac Bashevis Singer has written Sophie's Choice.</p> It’s like if Isaac Bashevis Singer has written Sophie’s Choice.

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