{"id":1835,"date":"2016-07-09T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2016-07-08T00:41:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T12:41:21","slug":"episode-seventy-seven-this-island-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2016\/07\/episode-seventy-seven-this-island-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Seventy Seven &#8211; This Island Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8626\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1835-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=1835-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/77%20-%20This%20Island%20Universe.jpg\" alt=\"Big Red Couch - Episode Seventy Seven - This Island Universe\" width=\"614\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trading ships running up and down a river whose shores touch different realities.<\/p>\n<p>Building out from a the centre of a pocket universe, to uncover it&#8217;s boundaries and it&#8217;s secrets.<\/p>\n<p>An artificial archipelago populated by the &#8220;insanely&#8221; wealthy, who suddenly have face an\u00a0apocalypse and each other&#8217;s&#8230; \u00a0 \u00a0..eccentricities.<\/p>\n<p>Between the towering rows of crops and the treads of the machines that tend them, humanity ekes out an existence.<\/p>\n<p>A slip of the tongue. \u00a0A case of mistaken identity. \u00a0Or the symptoms a partially erased alternative timeline?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Taz and Burning for their ideas from from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feartheboot.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=27&amp;t=19333&amp;start=285\">Fear the Boot Forum\u00a0thread<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.nz\/search?q=london+river++buses&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch\">London River Buses<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom_withdrawal_from_the_European_Union\">Brexit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.nz\/maps\/place\/Dubai+Creek+-+Dubai+-+United+Arab+Emirates\/@25.2374438,55.3112701,13z\/\">Dubai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Novels &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Riverworld\">River World series<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer\">Philip Jos\u00e9 Farmer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macau\">Macau<\/a>\u00a0( ~ T. Jones &#8211; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangdong\">Canton<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hong_Kong\">Hong Kong<\/a> might make more sense in this analogy.)<\/p>\n<p>Poetry &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.cs.dal.ca\/~johnston\/poetry\/pitmonster.html\">&#8216;pity this busy monster, manunkind&#8217;<\/a> by \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._E._Cummings\">e e cummings<\/a>\u00a0 ( ~ T. Jones &#8211; Poetry? \u00a0Really now?)<\/p>\n<p>Short Story &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Big_Front_Yard\">The Big Front Yard<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clifford_D._Simak\">Clifford D. Simak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RPG &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torg\">TORG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Novels &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_Trade\">The Family Trade<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Stross\">Charles Stross<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Film &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1375666\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Inception (2010)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Film &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120382\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">The Truman Show (1998)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcast &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feartheboot.com\/ftb\/\">Fear The Boot<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsunamicon.org\/\">TsunamiCon<\/a> &#8211; October 7th, 8th, and 9th in Wichita, Kansas<\/p>\n<p>Short Story &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Tunnel_under_the_World\">The Tunnel under the World<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederik_Pohl\">Frederik Pohl<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billy_Connolly\">Billy Connolly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh_Castle\">Edinburgh Castle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Film &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067756\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Silent Running (1972)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video Game &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myst\">Myst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Book &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Little_Prince\">The Little Prince<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry\">Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RPG &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lamemage.com\/microscope\/\">Microscope<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Film &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070948\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Zardoz (1974)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_World_(archipelago)\">The World Islands<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson,_New_Zealand#The_Time_Gun\">Nelson&#8217;s Time Gun! <\/a>\u00a0Further\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Time_guns\">Time guns!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RPG &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fringeworthy\">Fringeworthy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Book &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Borrowers\">The Borrowers<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Norton_(author)\">Mary Norton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RPG &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mechanoid_Invasion\">The Mechanoid Invasion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Novel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dinosaur-Beach-Keith-Laumer-ebook\/dp\/B01BU1IX8S\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1465516594&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=dinosaur+beach\">Dinosaur Beach<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keith_Laumer\">Keith Laumer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comic &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Time_Breakers\">Time Breakers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8628\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1835-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=1835-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-77-ThisIslandUniverse.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS &nbsp; Trading ships running up and down a river whose shores touch different realities. 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