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I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers (2013)

117 points by rbanffy 4mo ago

rekabis 4mo ago
This was a nice one-shot. Concise, clear, and not cluttered. It should also be posted to Reddit’s HFY subreddit.
- pfdietz 4mo ago
  I can't connect to that now, but that's the title of a copyrighted Lawrence Watt-Evans story, one that won a Hugo award.
  - fsckboy 4mo ago
    it is Lawrence Watt-Evans, he has a page there https://escapepod.org/people/lawrence-watt-evans/ https://escapepod.org/people/lawrence-watt-evans/
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cianmm 4mo ago
What a lovely surprise to see EscapePod. One of the early early podcasts. If you search through their backlog along with the backlog of their sister podcasts, you’ll find some narrations from a much younger, less tired, me. I miss that age of podcasting. I’m glad EscapePod is still going.
- imglorp 4mo ago
  Still going strong. They're up to 1051. I donate recurring because good, open, content should be supported.
theamk 4mo ago
hug of death. Archive: https://archive.is/jaw2F https://archive.is/jaw2F
glaucon 4mo ago
It may be getting too much traffic, it's coming back with a database error for me at least. Here's the archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20260701213459/https://escapepod.org/2013/09/14/ep413-why-i-left-harrys-all-night-hamburgers/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260701213459/https://escapepod... .
beastcoast 4mo ago
Great short story. The premise reminds me of Simpsons treehouse of horror episode “Time and Punishment” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_V
- rbanffy 4mo ago
  It's one of my favorites. It took me some time to find it after reading it in a pulp magazine a long time ago.
firesteelrain 4mo ago
I loved this story and writing.
gwern 4mo ago
If you can't be awed by science and nature, you can't be awed by magic or alien worlds either... Reminds me of some of Eliezer Yudkowsky's essays like https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/x4dG4GhpZH2hgz59x/joy-in-the-merely-real https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/x4dG4GhpZH2hgz59x/joy-in-the...
pentagrama 4mo ago
Wow, this podcast has been bringing science fiction stories to listeners since 2005. [1] [1] https://escapepod.org/2005/05/12/ep001-imperial-by-jonathon-sullivan/ https://escapepod.org/2005/05/12/ep001-imperial-by-jonathon-...
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pseudohadamard 4mo ago
> Because my folks lived in a little house just around the corner from Harry’s, Was life going swell and everything was just peachy except, of course, for the undeniable fact that every single morning your mother would make you a big ol' bowl of sauerkraut for breakfast? (Now try re-reading it without it coming across as a Weird Al voiceover).

117 points by rbanffy 4mo ago

rekabis 4mo ago

This was a nice one-shot. Concise, clear, and not cluttered. It should also be posted to Reddit’s HFY subreddit.

pfdietz 4mo ago
I can't connect to that now, but that's the title of a copyrighted Lawrence Watt-Evans story, one that won a Hugo award.
- fsckboy 4mo ago
  it is Lawrence Watt-Evans, he has a page there https://escapepod.org/people/lawrence-watt-evans/ https://escapepod.org/people/lawrence-watt-evans/
- deleted 4mo ago
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cianmm 4mo ago

What a lovely surprise to see EscapePod. One of the early early podcasts. If you search through their backlog along with the backlog of their sister podcasts, you’ll find some narrations from a much younger, less tired, me. I miss that age of podcasting. I’m glad EscapePod is still going.

imglorp 4mo ago
Still going strong. They're up to 1051. I donate recurring because good, open, content should be supported.

theamk 4mo ago

hug of death. Archive: https://archive.is/jaw2F https://archive.is/jaw2F

glaucon 4mo ago

It may be getting too much traffic, it's coming back with a database error for me at least. Here's the archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20260701213459/https://escapepod.org/2013/09/14/ep413-why-i-left-harrys-all-night-hamburgers/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260701213459/https://escapepod... .

beastcoast 4mo ago

Great short story. The premise reminds me of Simpsons treehouse of horror episode “Time and Punishment” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_V

rbanffy 4mo ago
It's one of my favorites. It took me some time to find it after reading it in a pulp magazine a long time ago.

firesteelrain 4mo ago

I loved this story and writing.

gwern 4mo ago

If you can't be awed by science and nature, you can't be awed by magic or alien worlds either... Reminds me of some of Eliezer Yudkowsky's essays like https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/x4dG4GhpZH2hgz59x/joy-in-the-merely-real https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/x4dG4GhpZH2hgz59x/joy-in-the...

pentagrama 4mo ago

Wow, this podcast has been bringing science fiction stories to listeners since 2005. [1] [1] https://escapepod.org/2005/05/12/ep001-imperial-by-jonathon-sullivan/ https://escapepod.org/2005/05/12/ep001-imperial-by-jonathon-...

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pseudohadamard 4mo ago

> Because my folks lived in a little house just around the corner from Harry’s, Was life going swell and everything was just peachy except, of course, for the undeniable fact that every single morning your mother would make you a big ol' bowl of sauerkraut for breakfast? (Now try re-reading it without it coming across as a Weird Al voiceover).