Travis interviews audio drama creator Chris Magilton about Among the Stars and Bones, a science fiction story following a team of xenoarchaelogists as they examine the ruins of an alien civilization. They talk about the difference between audiobooks and audio dramas, the role of artificial intelligence in real and imagined societies, and the challenges that come with producing a complex work of audio fiction.
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About Chris Magilton
As well as being the writer/creator of Among the Stars and Bones, Chris can be heard as Hector in Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services, as Lt Col. Hayden in Copperheart and has roles in the yet to be released Camarilla and Act Natural.
A glutton for punishment, he will also be producing and performing in the upcoming The 59 Bodies of Saki Laroth.
Among the Stars and Bones
Among the Stars and Bones is the story of a team of xenoarchaeologists investigating ruins on distant worlds left behind by an alien species dubbed The Proximans. Each episode, five key members of the team report back on their findings and developments around the site. They work for The Eudoxus Initiative, a joint corporate, military, academic and government initiative that combines the finest minds available with the resources to study the aliens, but also with a mind to exploiting the remains of their technology for humanity’s (read: shareholders’) benefit.
In the first season the team find themselves on Tefen, a toxic planet with secrets below its surface. There they discover an ancient terraforming device, a colony city over two miles deep in the ground, and hundreds of dead Proximans. Unless the team can solve the mystery of how and why the city became a tomb, they too may end up numbered among the dead.
A RadioPublic embed for the Among the Stars and Bones trailer.
Transcript:
We will begin posting full episode transcripts as soon as we can afford it.
