Category: The Fun They Had

Stars End S5E13

In which we talk about “Cal” and “The Fun They Had” with special guest Rachel from the Menuscript Podcast.

“The Podcasts They Had”

“Cal” has been called “the last great Asimov short story” and it looks like it’s his very last robot story. Cal is a robot who learns how to write fiction and develops into an odd sort of Asimov avatar throughout the story.

“The Fun They Had,” is one of the Great and Glorious Az’s most reprinted works featuring a student thinking back to how great school must have been back in the long, long ago of the 20th century.

We’re joined by special guest Rachel Schwartzbard who has just started her own podcast, the Menuscript, which is excellent. She’ll talk about it in this episode. You don’t want to miss that; afterward, you’ll want to check out her podcast!

The stories and Rachel’s podcast can be found right here.

Let’s GO!

Image Credits:

  • Featured Image: The Featured Image was “Designed by Freepik” at <www.freepik.com>.

Next Time on Stars End

I like to try things I haven’t done before and, on Thursday I decided to make a serious attempt at learning some video editing skills. It’s still a work in progress because, as one of my professors in graduate school once said, “Everything takes longer than it does.” 9999 more videos and I’ll be an expert.

Meanwhile, Season 5, Episode 13 will be out tomorrow. In the meantime please enjoy this preview.

Once you do, you’ll want to follow these links!

Image Credits:

  • Featured Image: From “The Fun They Had” in Tomorrow’s TV, from the Raintree Reading Series 2, 1982 Fair Use