I have listened to this countless times in the many years since I found it. Dawson Nichols is such a phenomenal voice actor that I didn’t realize it was all voiced by one person the first time I listened and sometime I forget again. The audio production draws me in every time. The weaving of story elements and set-up for later plots is masterful and engaging. I love this story.

The concept sucked me in immediately, starting with near future tech, which progressively spiraled into more complex, abstract, and mind bending concepts. Possibly the most impressive feat of this story is how it makes complex subjects like computation, AI ethics, and definitions of consciousness easily accessible to the listener - it’s a fantastic philosophical primer for today’s world of connectivity and AI, all while being compelling and easy to listen to. It’s hard to believe this was produced 20 years ago by just one guy.

I am so impressed by the quality of this show!! The story, the acting, the sound scape, the editing. All of it top notch. I can’t believe one guy did all the voices. I’ve heard too many audio drama podcasts where you can tell the actors are recording on their own and not actually talking to another human, then it gets edited together. Sounds totally unrealistic and I never buy it. With this show, even though it’s only the one guy playing all the roles, I still get the feeling actual conversations are happening. Totally pulls me in. Bravo!!

Really enjoyed listening to this - the story and characters are very compelling and like all great sci-fi, there are many thought-provoking moments that relate back to RL (real life). Highly recommend!

Very impressed with the overall quality of this podcast!

I’ve been looking for new shows (I entirely thought this was a new show until I read the reviews of others) like this since listening to Wolf 359. It’s well produced, has a well acted script and story I can understand with a land I can see. And although I am only on the fourth episode I am thoroughly enjoying this. If the author or the companies that support these kind of creators still read these reviews; we need more sci fi, well produced shoes like this. Well done!

Definitely a classic sci fi audio drama!! Decades since it’s release and it still holds up

If you like The Matrix, Ready Player One, Neuromancer, or Snowcrash, you will LOVE this podcast. Probably one of my favs of all time now. Crazy that its 21 years old?!

I’m neither an author, podcaster, voice actor, nor sound designer, but every once I stumble upon a story I find so enjoyable that I wish I had the talent to pen (keyboard) something as well written (and, yes, every other aspect of this is great). Were there thumbs instead of stars, I would give this Homer Simpson’s highest rating: Eleven Thumbs Up.

This is a very well produced piece of work. Dawson Nichols is a tremendous and creative talent. I was surprised to learn that it was created over 20yrs ago which made the story even more impressive. It’s ahead of its time while simultaneously grappling with moral, philosophical, metaphysical dilemmas as old as civilization…. Science vs religion…capitalism vs socialism…freedom vs subjugation…sacrifice vs opportunism…the consequences/pitfalls of technology(just because we can doesn’t mean we should)…the value and essence of life. It’s a shame I stumbled upon this great podcast. It really should be readily accessible. Well worth a listen.