The Spinning Master
39 episodes
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Creator: Eleanor Flegg
Science fiction Audio Book
Synopsis:
The Spinning Master is an adventure story about a woman who travels to another world to find her missing brother. Written like literature, researched like history, and steeped in Irish mythology, this is sci-fi without spaceships; fantasy without magic; and a love story that transcends species and gender. Expect aliens, autism, and video games.
The Spinning Master is set in Ireland, in a dystopian and not-too-distant future. Ronan Lawless has vanished leaving his sister, Liath, deep in debt. When video-game magnate Ethan Blake offers her a job, along with a biometrically embedded AI, she senses he has an ulterior motive. Meanwhile, Ronan is held hostage in Ildathach, the otherworld of Irish folklore, by an alien species known as the Sí. When he is kidnapped by Faelán, a Sí from another tribe, he learns the truth of his predicament. But Faelán has an agenda of his own and Ronan discovers what it means to be loved by one of the Sí.
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Genres: Science fiction
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Episodes:
The Spinning Master: Chapter 38, Belonging
Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:01:00 GMT
Home again.
(the final episode - there will be a sequel!)
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 37, The Hare
Sat, 12 Sep 2020 20:31:50 GMT
On the gallivant with marauding Si. The scenic route. A cattle raid.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 36, Thieves' gold
Sun, 06 Sep 2020 23:01:07 GMT
A family council. The alien thing outweighs the gender thing. Plunder.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 35, Outlaws
Fri, 04 Sep 2020 14:09:55 GMT
A journey on horseback. A shipwreck. The written poem is not always the true one. Brandy
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 34, A plague of green and living things
Sun, 30 Aug 2020 23:01:50 GMT
Fugitives, foraging, and firelight. An informed decision.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 33, Isola
Thu, 27 Aug 2020 23:01:11 GMT
A fair fight.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 32, The Tower
Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:01:49 GMT
A morning visit, breakfast, and an escape. Proper kissing.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 31: Crabapple
Sun, 16 Aug 2020 23:01:14 GMT
The backup drive to a broken world. A temper tantrum, night terrors, and the perils of overindulgence in Marmite. Biddy Keevan again.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 30. The Morning's Young Yet
Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:01:07 GMT
A night time escapade that ends more happily than it began. Mutton pie. Liath prepares for a journey.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 29. Mountain View Road
Sun, 09 Aug 2020 23:01:39 GMT
The six pack under the stairs. Mr Lawless rises to the occasion. A video game.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 28. The Cosplay Convention
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:01:27 GMT
The hazards of selfie culture, the demarcation of tentacle porn, and what happens when creatures from another world arrive at a Cosplay convention.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 27. Level Up
Sun, 02 Aug 2020 23:01:38 GMT
A Rare Moment of Beauty. Ethan Blake flickers his forked tongue. The Glyph takes sides.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 26. The Gatekeeper
Thu, 30 Jul 2020 23:01:48 GMT
The theory that Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge is a gateway between the worlds is borne out to be correct.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 25. A Life-threatening Condition
Sun, 26 Jul 2020 23:01:31 GMT
Mixed motives. The fickleness of humankind. A confession and a pursuit.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 24. Low Tide
Fri, 24 Jul 2020 16:18:20 GMT
Up shit creek without a paddle. Escape.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 23. A Diplomat
Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:25:06 GMT
A fishing expedition and a conundrum. Seals, seabirds, swimming, and the efficacy of alien fangs.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 22. Faelan
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:26:28 GMT
A journey by boat. An island. A reflection on the nature of captivity and the passage of time.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 21. The Hunt
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:52:18 GMT
The children of the Sí, the pursuit of quarry, and a social quandary. Hoby takes control.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 20. A Gold Ring
Thu, 09 Jul 2020 23:01:28 GMT
The contrariness of ponies, the illusion of magic, and the deceptiveness of the passage of time. A stranger at the banquet.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 19. Ildathach
Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:28:35 GMT
Ronan at last!
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 18. Design Bitch
Thu, 02 Jul 2020 23:01:22 GMT
An interior design scheme for Cahirmoyle. A television programme. A breakthrough.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 17. Eggs
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 01:33:35 GMT
A flaw in the prototype. A megalomaniac narcissist. A straight answer. And eggs (you don't know what you've got til it's gone).
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 16. Thomas
Thu, 25 Jun 2020 23:01:16 GMT
A nocturnal visitor, a holographic visitor, a moral quandary, and a lockdown.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 15. Protection
Sun, 21 Jun 2020 23:01:31 GMT
The solace of a nice hot bath, the protective power of rosebud wallpaper, and the unspeakable deviousness of Ethan Blake. Victorian Gothic redux.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 14. Cockroaches
Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:13:14 GMT
The decorative strangeness of the house at Cahirmoyle, the integrity of cockroaches, and the power of dancing. Something nasty in the corridor.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 13. Milk
Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:37:53 GMT
Arriving at Cahirmoyle in rag order, Liath encounters a mysterious building, an inscrutable caretaker, and something that smells suspiciously like … milk
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 12. Connectivity
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:16:30 GMT
Liath drives across the poisoned midlands to Ethan Blake's ancestral home. Death is everywhere she looks. The Glyph is a mixed blessing, sensitive to folklore and subject to glitches.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 11. Level of Access
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:42:08 GMT
After a truly spectacular bout of procrastination, the true nature of Ethan Blake's gift is revealed. Meet the Glyph.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 10. A Housemaid
Fri, 05 Jun 2020 11:57:29 GMT
A domestic interlude (continued). Photograph albums, family history, and the fathomless machinations of Ethan Blake. The transcendental properties of Lego and the auspicious arrangement of Star Wars figurines.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 9. Tallaght
Sun, 31 May 2020 23:01:46 GMT
A domestic interlude. Introducing the parents Lawless, the regenerative qualities of lawnmowers, and the fundamental goodness of the suburban housing estate
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 8. A Family Mortgage
Thu, 28 May 2020 23:01:43 GMT
The iniquities of Ronan's financial arrangements revealed. Liath's finances are precarious beyond belief and she's lying about it like a trooper. With gingernuts, hot water bottles, and a comforting friend.
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The Spinning Master: Chapter 7. The Zone
Sun, 24 May 2020 23:01:02 GMT
On a mission to find out more about Ethan Blake's mysterious and disquieting gift, Liath goes in search of someone who knows how emerging technology works in a post-privacy world.
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The Spinning Master : Chapter 6. The Wonderful Wall of Weeds
Thu, 21 May 2020 23:50:04 GMT
Liath's design for the Soul Trader HQ unfolds amid increasing evidence that Ronan has vamoosed with all assets. Fame. Popcorn. A Rare Moment of Beauty.
The Spinning Master
Read by Eleanor Flegg
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The Spinning Master : Chapter 5. Soul Trader
Mon, 18 May 2020 00:01:27 GMT
A reflection on the possible futures of cigarette factories, Soul Trader's Ethical Vision, the rigours of fashion modelling, and the importance of looking the part.
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The Spinning Master : Chapter 4. A Prototype
Fri, 15 May 2020 11:21:10 GMT
Liath opens a gift from Ethan Blake, allegedly a prototype to help them keep in touch. Mystified by the contents, she sets off in search of technical assistance.
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The Spinning Master : Chapter 3. Rainfall
Sun, 10 May 2020 23:01:10 GMT
Ethan Blake asks Liath to design the interior for his family home in County Limerick. She has misgivings. He seems to have an ulterior motive. Liath reflects on the environmental crisis precipitated by the cloud-seeding compound, Rainfall®
The Spinning Master
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The Spinning Master : Chapter 2. The Hardship
Thu, 07 May 2020 23:01:47 GMT
Two years later. By night, Liath looks over the broken city . She receives an unexpected visit from the video game magnate Ethan Blake who comes with an interesting proposal.
The Spinning Master
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The Spinning Master : Chapter 1. The Moon Colony
Sun, 03 May 2020 23:01:07 GMT
A colony of moon-dwellers succumbs to a fatal virus. In Dublin, Liath Lawless reports her brother missing.
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The Spinning Master - Coming Soon!
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:49:16 GMT
Coming soon. Eleanor Flegg's episodic audio adventure, The Spinning Master is sci-fi without spaceships; fantasy without magic; and a love story that transcends species and gender. Expect aliens, autism, and video games.
Look out for the first chapter on May 4th.
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