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Pale Blue Dots by Adam Marek

A high-spec virtual assistant explains its advantages to a new subscriber, demonstrating its power. Read by Teresa Gallagher.

Written by Adam Marek and specially-commissioned for Radio 4.

Adrienne, a high-spec virtual assistant, explains its advantages to a new subscriber, and demonstrates its considerable power.

Adam Marek is the award-winning writer of two short story collections - Instruction Manual For Swallowing and The Stone Thrower. A specially-commissioned story, The Bullet Racers, featured on Radio 4 as part of the series Short Rides In Fast Machines. Another, Companions, appeared as part of Short Works in 2016. He was shortlisted for the inaugural Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award and his story The 40-Litre Monkey was included in The Penguin Book Of The British Short Story in 2015.

Writer: Adam Marek
Reader: Teresa Gallagher
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.

14 minutes

Last on

Tue 11 Oct 2022 03:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Broadcasts

  • Fri 14 Dec 2018 15:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 16 Dec 2018 00:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 10 Oct 2022 10:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 10 Oct 2022 15:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 11 Oct 2022 03:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra