Comments on: Pseudopod 063: The Western Front http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/ 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. Sat, 10 May 2008 02:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Taylor http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-12661 Mike Taylor Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:28:27 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-12661 <p>Story was good, but the reading was superb - chilling and great audio quality.</p> Story was good, but the reading was superb - chilling and great audio quality.

]]> By: phignewton http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9920 phignewton Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:24:36 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9920 <p>ummm.. didnt stephen King write a series involving a 'rose' that must be protected to sustain the universe? or did he get it from elsewhere? a good story, though...</p> ummm.. didnt stephen King write a series involving a ‘rose’ that must be protected to sustain the universe? or did he get it from elsewhere? a good story, though…

]]> By: Bryan Alexander http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9653 Bryan Alexander Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:04:35 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9653 <p>Excellent story. It starts off with a group of WWI western front tropes, then veers off into... surrealism, or magic realism. Reminds me of David Jones' <em>In Parenthesis</em> (1937).</p> Excellent story. It starts off with a group of WWI western front tropes, then veers off into… surrealism, or magic realism. Reminds me of David Jones’ In Parenthesis (1937).

]]> By: Spork http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9500 Spork Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:43:55 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9500 <p>This was pretty good.</p> This was pretty good.

]]> By: John http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9222 John Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:53:19 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9222 <p>Best story of the year, without question. Absolutely superb and, if there's any justice, this deserves nomination for Bram Stoker award, and other Best of....awards. I'll be saying so in my podcast review, too, in December. www.thefix-online.com</p> Best story of the year, without question. Absolutely superb and, if there’s any justice, this deserves nomination for Bram Stoker award, and other Best of….awards. I’ll be saying so in my podcast review, too, in December. http://www.thefix-online.com

]]> By: Don http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9211 Don Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:30:05 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9211 <p>This was a brilliant story. Well read by Paul Jenkins and well introduced (and extroduced, if that is a word) by Patrick Samphire. It was a fitting Remembrance Day / Veterans Day story. Each Veterans Day we read "In Flanders Field" and off that the story the poem was more poignant.</p> <p>http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm</p> <ul> <li>Don</li> </ul> This was a brilliant story. Well read by Paul Jenkins and well introduced (and extroduced, if that is a word) by Patrick Samphire. It was a fitting Remembrance Day / Veterans Day story. Each Veterans Day we read “In Flanders Field” and off that the story the poem was more poignant.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm

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]]> By: J http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9096 J Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:40:07 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-9096 <p>[spoilers]</p> <p>that's assuming you take national loyalty to be more important than sunlight.</p> [spoilers]

that’s assuming you take national loyalty to be more important than sunlight.

]]> By: Stephen http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-8771 Stephen Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:33:49 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-8771 <p>(SPOILERS) I think the surprise caught me as off guard as it did the main character. I really expected something like vampirism as the big reveal, and the fact that it wasn't sinister at all added to the horror added to the horror.</p> <p>One thing that strikes me later is that you could cast the story in a different light if you thought of the rose as a catalyst to treason- almost like Helen of Troy in its way.</p> (SPOILERS) I think the surprise caught me as off guard as it did the main character. I really expected something like vampirism as the big reveal, and the fact that it wasn’t sinister at all added to the horror added to the horror.

One thing that strikes me later is that you could cast the story in a different light if you thought of the rose as a catalyst to treason- almost like Helen of Troy in its way.

]]> By: al http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-8718 al Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:16:44 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/11/09/pseudopod-063-the-western-front/#comment-8718 <p>Fabulous story. Captures the horror of war and yet reveals the human spirit's ability to find hope even in the darkest of places. Wonderful reading as well.</p> Fabulous story. Captures the horror of war and yet reveals the human spirit’s ability to find hope even in the darkest of places. Wonderful reading as well.

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