Craig's birthday party brings joy to some, heartache to others.

John, Andrew and Jennifer meet for an informal brain storming session in Andrew's room.

The crew who will determine the future of Ida meet for the first time.

What some people have said about Ida:

Kent:

I’ve read this entire novel and have began now to listen to the audio version. Tim has put the last two years of his life getting this story to the point where he is now. I’m happy to see that he’s not allowed his passion to lighten the storyline here and I’d be very happy to read/purchase an entire saga of Ida.

The premise of this story is pretty aggressive and it’s taken a major bit of imagination on the author’s part in order to bring this theory and characters to life. Wrought with parts of distress, passion and mutiny I recommend this story to anybody with the time to invest in it.
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Dodge R:

Hey Tim!

I just wanted to say that I’ve been subscribed to your podio book since probably the first week, but I haven’t actually listened to it yet.

Well, until yesterday when I had to overhaul the house. I turned the volume on the speakers all the way up and with a broom in hand began attacking the dirt. Now I’ve read most of the story, but I think listening to it was the first time I actually “got� the story.

Not only was it totally enthralling (I didn’t get much cleaning done), but it made me laugh, feel ill-at-ease, sorry for poor Andrew, more sympathetic towards Craig, and so on and so on. A real kicker of a story.

My family, by the way, agrees. We spent most of yesterday sipping on various beverages, listening to the story of ida blaring from my laptops speakers.

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Cheryl:

I love listening to this scifi drama, I am also getting to enjoy your “accent�. Your ideas about putting normal human feelings and behaviors in an abnormal environment makes a good story.

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Will:

I wasn’t so sure for the first few episodes, the story is a bit of a slow burner, but after that…let me just say it’s well worth the wait. Tim Callahan has a really great storytelling style. Yes, there are a few clichés but they are well told. He manages to sound gentle and caring as he tells us about human details. This means that when the action starts we really care about the characters. And yes Mr Callahan I do like your action scenes - Episode 15 had me holding my breath till I went blue.

Looking forward to more from this author/podcaster in the future.
Thanks for a good story.

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Jarrod Lewis

I have listened to this story from the beginning and all I can say is “WHERE IS THE NEXT CHAPTER� I’m completely enthralled. Tim has put so much thought into each of the main characters that I feel like I literally know them.

Meldrak:

Hey everyone.
This is a great story that takes a few episodes to get the feel for and to develop the basis but then it takes off and leaves you wanting for the next episode.
It is a sci-fi story that examines a problem that the human race could face. This is reminiscent of the old school Science Fiction like The Andromeda Strain, or the newer movie Gattaca. Tim takes a very human problem and the emotional responses that come along with that problem and puts it in a very non human setting.
The narration has come a long way and I have been pleased with the way the story is laid out. My only real problem is waiting for the next episode.
Tech note, the dates on podiobooks.com when chapters are released are wrong, maybe that can be fixed.
Great job Tim. Keep up the hard work.
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That's just a few, to view them all go to:

http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/ida/

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