Sunday, December 21, 2025

Rish Performs "The Cat That Went To Uranus" on Cast of Wonders

So, another of my readings is available for you to listen to.  This one is "The Cat That Went To Uranus," by Dan Peacock.  Yeah, the story with THAT word in it.  It's over at the Cast of Wonders podcast now.


Two astronauts, on their way to investigate what might be an alien spacecraft near the planet Uranus, discover there's a third passenger on their ship . . . a black cat called Scoopy.

In editing my reading, I questioned the voice I assigned the main character (if it's set today, no way would a NASA mission have a commander with an English accent), but the story's author is OBVIOUSLY not American, by the words, spelling, and phraseology he uses, and things sounded more natural with that accent*, so that's the choice I made.

I did two other voices for the other human characters, as well as meowing for the cat, and my own made-up language for the remaining character.  Feel free to check it out HERE.



*Can you imagine if the American actors in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING had retained their filthy Yank accents while delivering that odd pseudo-medieval dialogue?

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