Comments on: Mind Webs: 49 hours Worth of Speculative Fiction Radio

By: zoot Mutant

zoot Mutant — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:35:19 +0000

The link above called “summary of plotlines here” points to and old webpage. The new webpage is located at http://www.otrplotspot.com/mindWebs.html

By: Randy Cottingham

Randy Cottingham — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:03:59 +0000

Mr. Hanson,

Many thanks to you and your staff for producing the refreshingly unique and entertaining MINDWEBS! Please add me to the list of folks who would gladly pay for episodes created from the original reels/cassettes/and cds.

By: davboz

davboz — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:27:20 +0000

I, Also! Me, Too! Thank you so much. I’ve been checking the archives every few months for more Mindwebs to appear and they finally have. However this was accomplished, my gratitude to all concerned!!!

By: ideonexus

ideonexus — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:15:12 +0000

Awesome! Awesome!!! AWESOME!!! Thank You!!! Everyone click on the above link and download 0.9 Gigs of MINDWEBS!!! YAY!!! Thank you!!!

By: Maxwell

Maxwell — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:06:53 +0000

Mindweb : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Here is the website fromArchive.org which has 900 mb of Mind Webs.
It is:

http://www.archive.org/details/Mindweb_53

Just make sure you select the right link, to not select the verb .mp3 zip file cause its only 6 megs. The .other normal file type that is not verb says 900 mb! I am a totally blind person using a speech program and it was difficult to figure out what was up till I used trial and error! NOw I have a bunch of reading to do!! Peace out!

By: Franco G

Franco G — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:30:33 +0000

Please find a way to get this out. People need to hear this. It has not aged. It is timeless. Experimental and at times moving.

Anyone can read into a microphone but mindwebs is unique.

We will NOT see its like again.

By: Seth G.

Seth G. — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:21:14 +0000

Need a fourth vote? Even for seasoned OTR fans Mindwebs offers an absolutely unique listening experience. Great readings of some of the best speculative fiction with a kind of jazzy beatnik soundtrack. Yes, I’ll pay, give me back Mindwebs!

By: James P

James P — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:11:30 +0000

I third the post to Mr Hanson. Mindwebs is a jewel and we will not see its like again. Please find a way to allow people to enjoy it again.
I would pay a lot of money to get to listen to those shows again. So many hours of entertainment.

By: ideonexus

ideonexus — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:35:11 +0000

I agree with the previous post. I would gleefully pay for a box set of CDs or the ability to purchase MP3 versions of this wonderful program. Thank you for such a wonderful creation!

By: Elias Perry

Elias Perry — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:21:43 +0000

Mr. Hanson -
First, I’d like to thank you for your wonderful program. Like Dave and Seth above, when I was a kid, I would listen to Old Time Radio Night and then stay up for Mindwebs. Mindwebs was my introduction to Science and Speculative Fiction, and has had a profound effect on my tastes in literature. (And, arguably, my personality; if you are what you read.) If it is at all possible to aquire all or most of the episodes, I would gladly pay for them, or trade you my most treasured possesions and first born. Please feel free to contact me at elyndonperry@gmail.com. Thank you.

By: Michael Hanson

Michael Hanson — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:45:40 +0000

I have info re the originalreels/cassettes/and cds.
Really. And thanks for your interest and comments.
Many magnificent technicians deserve appreciation as you may very well realize. Couldn’t have been done w/o them. Thanks also to my public radio mentors, friends, acquaintices and administrators who helped make MINDWEBS possible.

–Best Regards, Michael

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:54:05 +0000

I remember listening to WPR at 11:30 pm on Sunday nights in the nineties and listening to this program as well. It was awesome, and I am fortunate to have 146 shows stored on my computer, but I know there were many more, and I would really like to hear the rest.

As with some of the other posters on this site, I too, can not understand the copywrite situation either. I can not understand how anyone is being hurt or damaged by allowing people to listen to stories that were recorded and written decades ago. In each show, they credit the name of the story and the author, and when and where it was published, which I think is fair enough. And some of the stories that are told are rare and hard to find anyways, that I don’t think anyone would have chanced over them without the help of this program.

Sadly, it seems only copywrite holders and big businesses get their interests served in today’s world since they have all the money to begin with for lobbying such ridiculous terms. Seriously, why protect works (up to what is it now, 100 years or more?) for so long? 25 years should be the limit. If we make it longer, our children (wait, scratch that… our GRAND-children) will never get an opportunity to find these pieces of work, because they will be so long forgotten that someone will probably just delete these works permanently without ever realizing how good they were. A true loss in deed.

The removal of the archive.org copies of these works is just another fine example of over zealous copywrite holders who hurt their position more than strength their profits. Say no to copywrite extensions! Say yes to copywrite reform!

Seriously, you can’t buy this stuff anywhere… if you could, then maybe I’d understand the copywrite argument, but simply denying people the satisfaction, wisdom, and awe of these stories seems utterly pointless to me.

By: gaffo

gaffo — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:44:30 +0000

I saw that rant of his a couple of years ago – and it was back dated a couple from that time (so aka 2003 or so). He was being an arse because his lame story about a race/cold war (I forget the name of the stoty – not very good) was posted on the net and the websties webhost had commented upon it and the show Mindwebs.

Anyway – ya Priest remains an asshole (I read his bullshit rant at that site too – years ago) – but I don’t think he had anything to do with the show going away. He had 4 years to move on it!!

no, this was by another – one that just recently stumbled upon the show 6 months ago and got his panties in a bunch over it.

I don’t think it was an author (they are bigger than that(excluding the nobody petty shit Chris Priest) I think it was a suit, maybe from one of the original publishing houses of the short stories.

If Archive.org had any balls they’d post who and why.

but they dont……..so…………….?

By: David

David — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:51:14 +0000

From a discusion I saw elsewhere it would apear it was Christopher Priest who had the show removed, as he became instantly retroactively but hurt that someone used a story he never would have given permission for more then 20 years ago .

I hate that guy and have no intention of EVER reading ANYTHING he has written .