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This week on Beam Me Up episode 286 I start playing This must be the Place by new author Elliot Bangs.  In part one of this masterful tale we are introduced to  Lauren Wells and the main character Andria who through a year develop a something akin to a relationship but so strange that even Andria has to question he sanity.  Part one sets the stage this week.

But first a story from Cory Doctorow called Authorised Domain which Cory takes us into the near future where the digital certificate is not something to fool with!

Between stories I take a look at some of the reviews and articles from the past couple of weeks.

NASA would like to have a “Tractor Beam”. The problem is that no one has of yet ever built a tractor beam or even agreed on what constitutes a tractor beam,

Issue 161 of the Australian Flash SF online magazine Antipodean is now ready for downloading.

Photographer Peter Chang used an array of Canon 5D Mark IIs and motion control sliders to capture both indoors and outdoors time-lapse scenes in 3D, and it contains stunning visuals!

In an effort to eradicate mosquito borne illnesses researchers report initial success from the first test release into the wild of mutant  mosquitoes.  Their job….to pass on a lethal gene to their offspring that kills them before reaching maturity.

Facebook plans to build three giant server halls covering an area the size of 11 football fields 60 miles south of the Arctic circle in Sweden.

But first I review the bluray disk version of the movie Paul!

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Episode 255 of Beam Me Up for April second 2011, one hour goes by blistering fast this week.  I open this week with another piece from Star Trek Girl’s Meekakitty called Navi’s Song (Hey Listen) which is easy enough to listen to but if you are a gamer, you will find wildly funny!

Articles from the blog (wrfrbeameup.blogspot.com) this week:  Leonard Nemoy turns 80 and I have some interesting facts about our favorite Vulcan.  Also a first this week!  Pictures from Messenger of Mercury.  Plus Chandra discovers a black hole massive beyond belief!  Oh and I didn’t get a chance to talk about it, but there is an interesting video on FTL that you will want to trundle over and take a look at.

Stories this week…First:  From Boing Boing / Craphound’s Cory Doctorow an absolutely stunning short story that extrapolates the psychology of advertising.  Next is a fine Libravox recording of C. H. Thames’ Prison of a Billion Years, which tell the tale of a most unusual prison break from a most unusual prison!

It goes by fast, but jam packed with, dare I say, great entertainment!  Put on your tinfoil beanies, its time for Beam Me Up!