A Third Wave Home Companion

To rev folks up prior to the August 25th release of the paperback edition of Mur Lafferty’s novel “Playing for Keeps,” she’s got a special podcast running, “Stories of the Third Wave.” Each episode carries the conceit that you’re listening to a radio program or podcast from Seventh City, the setting of the novel, where super-heroes are a common, everyday element of society.

I was very pleased to be invited to create one of these little pieces of audio, and I knew immediately the radio program / podcast I wanted to pay tribute to: Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” specifically “The News from Lake Wobegon” segment. I love these vignettes of a slightly repressed, slightly isolated little town “out there on the edge of the prairie,” and I think Keillor’s abilities as a storyteller are sublime. If you’ve never heard it, check your public radio listings, or subscribe to the podcast edition.

First, though, fly over to the “Playing for Keeps” website and listen to “The News from Bewilder Pond.” Comment on the episode if you liked it. Consider subscribing to get the rest of the Stories of the Third Wave podcasts — they’re a fun introduction to this particular author’s take on the super-hero genre, and written and performed by an all-star line-up of podcasting talent. If I do say so myself, of course.

Lastly, I urge you to purchase “Playing For Keeps” from Amazon.com on August 25th, 2008, when Mur Lafferty makes her very own rush on the Amazon bestseller charts. If you enjoyed “Brave Men Run,” I guarantee you will love this book.

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To rev folks up prior to the August 25th release of the paperback edition of Mur Lafferty's novel "Playing for Keeps," she's got a special podcast running, "Stories of the Third Wave." Each episode carries the conceit that you're listening to a radio program or podcast from Seventh City, the setting of the novel, where super-heroes are a common, everyday element of society.I was very pleased to be invited to create one of these little pieces of audio, and I knew immediately the radio program / podcast I wanted to pay tribute to: Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion," specifically "The News from Lake Wobegon" segment. I love these vignettes of a slightly repressed, slightly isolated little town "out there on the edge of the prairie," and I think Keillor's abilities as a storyteller are sublime. If you've never heard it, check your public radio listings, or subscribe to the podcast edition.First, though, fly over to the "Playing for Keeps" website and listen to "The News from Bewilder Pond." Comment on the episode if you liked it. Consider subscribing to get the rest of the Stories of the Third Wave podcasts -- they're a fun introduction to this particular author's take on the super-hero genre, and written and performed by an all-star line-up of podcasting talent. If I do say so myself, of course.Lastly, I urge you to purchase "Playing For Keeps" from Amazon.com on August 25th, 2008, when Mur Lafferty makes her very own rush on the Amazon bestseller charts. If you enjoyed "Brave Men Run," I guarantee you will love this book.