EscapePod #123 - Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane
“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
– Niels Bohr
I just finished listening to a back issue of EscapePod titled Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane.
The story is based on Bohr’s escape from German-occupied Denmark and at first appears that it is going to be some kind of alternate history story and not science fiction, especially since there were no robots or rocket ships. As a sci-fi coming-of-age story combining metaphysics and physics it was an enjoyable listen.
EscapePod is a sci-fi podcast that usually has some good stories and this was no exception. Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane was written by Jonathon Sullivan and in this podcast it is read by Stephen Eley.
Yeah, EscapePod is pretty cool. Helen introduced me to that site this year and I’ve listened to a fair amount of the stories since then. My favorite has to be “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt. It ended up winning a Hugo award this year for best short story. :-)
Comment by Pat — April 16, 2008 @ 10:06 am