How did you find Scott Sigler's work?

I happened upon podcast for Nocturnal by chance. I had no idea what I was getting into. I subscribed back in Jan, but didn't begin listening to it on my zune until March 24th. I listened during work to 17 episodes in 2 days. (Pissed of quite a few coworkers in the process) Now I know what an addict must feel like! I find myself fiending for my next fix! Nice to know that good, quality sh!t is still available. Was a Stephen King fan for years, but he's been bumped. I'll be starting either the Rookie, Earthcore or Ancestor this week, so that I can keep the pangs of withdrawl away while I wait until next weeks Nocturnal episode! I may od on this sh!t! Awesome story and unparalleled characters (Pookie? Mr. Biz-nass? pure genius!) combined with a sense of humor.. what more can you ask for?

Can't wait until April 1, but not sure what I'll do on 4/2, after I finish INFECTED! Just missed the deadline for the OJ boat, but better late than never!  

 

KAUAIJUNKIE

found

rivarij99's picture

searched for a good book on podiobooks and found ancestor and earthcore its been downloading goodness ever since. u gotta admit, the Sig puts out the best and is quite possibly the greatest and most most talented author/narrator going.ΔΔΔ

 

 


Family...

...introduced me to Earthcore. My friends and family told me FDO sense of humor was on par with mine. I was hooked half way through Ancestor. Magnus P. is my favorite NPC now. Sarah P. is the sexiest fictional women up to date and Passe(ms) was one hell of a good dog. I have know country dogs who that devoted to there pack/family.

The Irishman from Ohio


I fell under the sway of the FDO the old-fashioned way;

One day the second week of April I was bored at weekday work (just like right now!) and was looking at Amazon. They had a blurb that said "Check here for a list of Suspense" or some such. There were two books recommended: one, the cover of which had a disturbing photo of an eye with a triangular iris, from an author I had never heard of. Forgot what the other was.

I bought that book (at the special price of fifteen dollars!), and when it showed up, finished it in only four days.

Then my life as I knew it ended.

I visited the websites mentioned on the blurb. I discovered Scott's site, and decided to download some episodes. I was already addicted to podcasts, listening to mostly stuff about Disney World and Las Vegas, and stuff from Fox News and CNN.

I started about three weeks ago downloading Scott's stuff. I have been walking around since then half-dead from lack of sleep from staying up listening to and downloading anything Sigler. I ripped through Ancestor, Earthcore, The Rookie, Bloodcast, and am caught up on Nocturnal (will KILL something if I don't get episode 29 SOON) and the podcast of Infected.

Okay back to work now. Thanks for ruining my life Sigler!

EJKorvette

From there to here

From here to there

Funny things

Are everywhere!

            -- Theodor K. Geisl (1904 - 1991) 


Been a while

JP's picture
Wow, it's been so long, but I think I heard a plug for Sig's work on C.C. Chapman's music podcast Accident Hash." It was quite a while ago!

"Everything takes longer than it does." --Me


Tech Nation

ehud42's picture

I found out about Scott, when he had an interview on Tech nation with Dr. Moira Gunn (sp?).  I liked the idea and downloaded all of Earthcore and Ancestor and finished listening to them in less than 5 days. 

 

I still remember walking back to mya apartment late one night and hearing something behind me and it making me jump.  I had been listening to Ancestor.  When Scott described them as haveing the hide of a Holstien cow, that took no imagination for me because I grew up on a dairy farm.  So it only took a little sound behind me to scare me pretty bad.  

 

Good job FDO.  

 


My Husband

Shadygirl's picture
My husband hooked me. I could not borrow his ipod when he was traveling, so I finally had to go out and buy myself one so I could get a regular fix. Now we both suffer the shakes together while waiting for the next episode.

careful of harmonic shakes

treed's picture

Yes

Shadygirl's picture

They can can't they. I guess Sig better get us our fix soon or there is no telling what might happen. We do live near a bridge.

 

A cowgirl is a woman with guts and a horse. 


itunes

Loser_Love's picture
i found it on itunes and it was my FIRST PODCAST! and now im hooked. who knew that being bored on a saterday and deciding to browse itunes was a good idea...

Sirius

I found Scott while listening to Sirius. They were playing earthcore and I was hooked. I downloaded the podcast immediately and through Scott found J.C., P.G. Holyfield, Phil Rossi and many others. I have been with him for every podcast from earthcore onward. Thanks evil overlord. stormwalker

I found

Pjotr NL's picture

Infected on my doormat on april 1st.  

[1st Dutch junkie] All that matters is getting my fix.


Seriously!?

JP's picture
That's pretty cool! Do you know who left it for you?

- Prospice tibi--ut Gallia, to quoque in tres partes dividaris.


After a search for free audiobooks

Around x-mas time, I did a search for free audiobooks and found podiobooks and librivox.  Since than, I've been adding podcasts like crazy.  Hard to keep up with only dial-up though.

It all started with my Zen...

Tdublyu's picture

For Christmas 2006 I recieved a 30 GB Creative Zen Vision:M multimedia player (iPods are cool but I like to organize my music my own way and don't care to mess with all the DRM BS).  Well my lil' bro had an iPod and listened to a few podcasts, so I sought out to find some programming that would interest me.  I have a long commute and audio programs are perfect for that.  Well at first I just started listening to Cinemaslave (being a big movie fan) where I heard about Podcast Pickle.  When I visited "the pickle" JC Hutchins' 7th Son Descent was #1, well I got into that after the first episode.  Then as I went through it I started hearing the Sigler promos, sounded cool but I didn't bother checking it out at first.  Then as Sig and the Hutch started doing cross-podcast games to promote each other I decided I had to check him out.  Well I went ahead and started with Earthcore, and listened to Ancestor, Infected, and started listening to The Rookie when it was about 3/4 done.  By the time I got to the last episode of the Rookie it was all posted already.  Man I nearly overdosed on the Sig-crack!..and was loving all the steady stream of gore and intrigue....then Nocturnal started and for the first time I learned what being a Junkie is all about....the waiting for my episodes was new too me, and it has been hard, but it has been worth it. 


I was checking out the World

I was checking out the World War Z web site and saw a ad for Infected then i found the podcast for it and now im hooked.


I found it goes good with chicken

wallerdad's picture

But it can be a little dry and fruity 

  • These gathering hosts of loyal junkies, under the command of the great SCOTT

it's also good

Pjotr NL's picture

with a steak and fries 

[1st Dutch junkie] All that matters is getting my fix.


Because of BJs Warehouse

JoziGrrl's picture

MidApril, I was running in BJs to pick up diapers and I paused @ the book table and saw INFECTED. I only had enough cash for the diapers so I accosted a worker for his permenant marker and wrote INFECTED//SCOTT SIGLER on the box. 

A couple days later I sent my hub to buy the book and there were NO copies left!!! Crushed, I did a web search, came across his site and fell into line w/the worshipping masses.

**I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.**
 
-- Douglas Adams


Infected, diapers. infected, diapers

treed's picture

-tough choice, but you made the right one, especially since it brought you into the flock.
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/


well, hub was surprised

JoziGrrl's picture

He couldn't believe I didn't come out w/the book and make excuses about the diapers.Innocent

 

I am truly LOVING Scott, I've downloaded The Rookie to his iPod so he'll be hooked but good.  Too bad the baby is too little to understand (yet). 

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.
 
-- Douglas Adams


Ewwwww!

BukaHobbit's picture
As long as it's not infected diapers. Triable would hurt their delicate little tushies.

It was that Bastard...

BukaHobbit's picture
tsolo888 who got me hooked. Remind me to kick him in the groin later

Podcast pickle, 7th Sun was

NightHawK's picture
Podcast pickle, 7th Sun was 1st but Nocturnal seemed to appeal to me more (and it did).

2005 I Searched internet for FREE audio books....

ogreoregon's picture
I used to listen to Live 365 internet broadcasting, there were lots of sites with old radio horror and scifi, but after moving to Oregon in 2005 I found several places and sites with original content for sci fi and Horror ,thru those I found  Brave Men Run and Earthcore, and then I really became hooked on all the stuff Scott does.  I am amazed how audio book podcasts have grown since 2005.  I cannot keep up with all the stuff I want to hear....but Sigler's stuff is always my first choice.

Charles Dickens led me here

Dan652's picture

After getting my fist iPod in late 2006, one of the first things I did was go to iTunes and purchase the Tale of Two Cites by Charles Dickens ($30). It took a few weeks for me to finish that tale but when I was finished I thought there had to be a less expensive way to do this, so I went on an internet search. One of my search terms was Charles Dickens and Audio books which led me to a review of Scott’s work in which Scott’s serialized podcasts were compared to the serialized print distribution Charles’s Dickens used to initially reach his audience.

So, I guess I found Scott by searching for Charles Dickens audio books – Really, that is how it happened!


PUN

w_nightshade's picture
The Dickens, you say!  [I think, therefore I'm right. -Hugo Rune]

I been with Scott ever since

GaryZero's picture

I been with Scott ever since the first episode of Earthcore, I think I heard about him on another podcast maybe Slice of Scifi not really sure because I listen to way too many Podcasts. But Scott had me with his very first. One day maybe I'll meet him in person.

GaryZero

It's better to burn out, than to fade away. -Kurgan


Seesmic

lundberry's picture
My Buddy Nic told me that I sounded like Scott when I was doing an imitation of my dumb sister one day.

Early in earthcore

Been so long now, don't remember for sure. Pretty sure it was listening to Adam Curry back when podcasting first started out. Wow 3 years sure flys by...

 

Keep up the great work Scott, you get better with every book. I thought The Rookie would be my favorite, but Nocturnal's really close to passing it.


I found Sigler through JC Hutchins' podcast, 7th Son

ThatGirlQue's picture

 I was listening to the podcast 7th Son Book One  late summer last year -when I heard the promo for Sigler.

I was hooked after one episode. 

 

 

"Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work." Stephen King


From the USA Today

arimus25's picture
There was some article on the USA Today, like 3 years ago maybe? Anyways, they had an article in it and I think it mentioned Adam Curry and some other podcasts like CC Chapman. On CC's site, he had a list of other podcasts on the right hand side and Earthcore was on there. I started to listen to it and was hooked. When I started to listen, it was episode 6 or seven. It was so long ago I forget!

DJ AJ's podcast page had a

archetekt's picture

DJ AJ's podcast page had a link to Earthcore's podcast page. It

was episode 10 and I downloaded all them and discovered

Earthcrack. but they've all been right on time. Amazing how

Sigler does that. 

 

 

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Yeah, i started about seven episodes into Earthcrack

thegreenman's picture

I heard about The Siglerisimo from either The DragonPage or maybe Escape Pod?

 

 

Cardinal to Pope Siglericus l

"The second sound was a scream"

 


Again

MitchB1990's picture
I wa spretty much just browsing the internet and found a story called Earthcore.

Y@y 4 M0mm!e$

Insignificant Blood Splatter's picture

I've never actually liked listening to books. But my mom does and she came across Scott's free podcasts and listened to them while she walked the dog. While I don't really believe she is a junkie she did say I should try listening to them cause I'd like them. I brushed her off but was slightly intrigued and just had to listen to one. Haven't stopped listening since. Though I haven't made it very far. Still catching up on Nocturnal (almost there!), and haven't listened to the others. But I've put a bunch on my iPod so...

"Urban legends go well with parmesan and horror. In fact their name is conveniently one and the same: Stevie."


Scott was a guest at Dragon*Con in 2006

I met Scott at Dragon*Con 2006, Evo Terra told me that we had to have him on Skepticality, since Scott tries to make all of his horror 'real'. And he touts himself as a Skeptical author, and doesn't use woo-woo to make his stuff scary. Since then, I have not only enjoyed his books, I helped with the Science advising on Infection... Infested, or whatever they made him change the name to! :)

I found his work ...

BarbaraJ's picture
I found his work to be moist and tasty although Purists tend to be a bit salty at first.  I say skip them and go straight for Marie's children.  They have an interesting undercurrent of lemon and sage.
Tastes Like Chicken

i first found sigler (DAMN HIM) through escapod.org

treed's picture

-as an author AND a narrator. started listening to ancestor first then earthcore and the rest in order (subscribed to the rookie before i finished earthcore). been a damned dirty junkie since the middle of the rookie (although i was listening to older stuff first, that was about the time i subscribed)
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/


Ancestor PDF

BarbaraJ's picture
Everyone in the podcasting world was pimping the free PDF of Ancestor.  I figured 20,000 podcasters couldn't be wrong.  I was Sigler's junkie bitch within pages.
I've spent my hard earned coin on Sigler's creative product and will for years to come.  Tasty crack dontchaknow.
Tastes Like Chicken

Back during Earthcore

Mycroft's picture
I started downloading only a few episode sinto Earthcore (or Earthgore as my wife refers to it). I saved up the episodes as I do now until I had the whole book, then an OD attempt as I listened to it. I think Michael and Evo pushed me over that way. On a clear disk, you can seek forever.

My wife is to blame

HwayHzrd's picture

Way back when Earthcore came out (I thinks Scott had two episodes in the can at the time and had unleashed them).

Things have never been the same since!! 


Skepticality

w_nightshade's picture
I had subscribed to the Skepticality podcast a few months ago, and was working through back episodes when i heard an interview with Sigler about the Ancestor release and free PDF stunt. I was intrigued, and started listening to Earthcore. My life is now, of course, no longer my own. [I think, therefore I'm right. -Hugo Rune]

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