From Maureen O’Brien of the Maria Lectrix podcast/blog comes…
“Northwest Smith is one of the great adventurers of Science Fiction, one of that group of cool, gray-eyed men who roam the spaceways and provide much of the inspiration for the legends that are a part of the folklore of space. Here is Northwest Smith, in a rare moment of peace…”
Song In A Minor Key
By C.L. Moore; Read by Maureen O’Brien
1 |MP3| – Approx. 7 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Maria Lectrix
Podcast: July 26, 2009
The last of the Northwest Smith stories, and probably the shortest. First published in the February 1940 issue of the mimeographed fanzine Scienti-Snaps. Later reprinted in Fantastic Universe, January 1957.
[Thanks Maureen!]
Posted by Jesse Willis
I had this crazy notion that I wanted to name my son (if I had one) Northwest, because I likes this character so much. Fortunately, we had two daughters instead.
Cool! That’s such a cool name for a kid, almost worth using a centrifuge. Mind you, Podkayne would make a damn fine girl’s name.