IEC Season 1 Review

By Ron Jacobs

Well Let me start off by saying that the Imonoran Empire Cast is my inspiration to do all of the things that I am currently doing. All of my writing and projects are still going because of this podcast. Now I'm not saying it is the best podcast, but it is still there after an entire year. There was some rough times, like the bout of writer's block that he dealt with during August and a few later months.

The IEC got off to a great start with the hard hitting short story of SAPAWs. This story is one of my favorites is a great way to start things off. After that we got some original work that had never been seen before (or has been seen again) Boot and College.

These stories are nice and give you a feeling of what life might actually be like in the Imonoran Empire. Especially College which shows the Imonoran Empire's College set up. It makes the Empire seem a little bit closer to home. After said homely stories we get the a view of how his Imperial Majesty celebrates Christmas.

The Imperial Christmas Story (of which we don't have an official name for yet) is quite a fairy tale that has no real point to it. It is not seen as something special by RB himself. It is an OK story for those who want ot see more of the Empire and How the Emperor has Christmas. Then we get a piece of the distant future. Later is a much different story.

Later is a story that is easily viewable as out of place until you start to here the some familiar names. Later is particularly odd for the small fact that it is five hundred years into the future of anything we have yet heard or read. This story happens in an era of Imperial History known as the Great Dispersion or Dispersion Era. It is a very interesting story and a very interesting look at the future of the Empire.

After that we jump into Lost Falchion (Click Here to see our review on Lost Falchion).

After this we have a story called Imperial Historical Data Archive (or IHDA, and you can find an interview about this Here). This story has not finished yet, but RB says he is working on the end.

We end the the first season with another major hard hitting short story: Saving Worlds. Saving Worlds is a nice story that gives us some good black ops views even if its point on the time line is unknown. It is great to see a different story. RB's friend is a good reader and I enjoyed her reading.

Now we have an entire years worth of Imonoran Empire Cast. It is great to go back and listen to the a lot of the stuff and get things out of it you had missed. The Imonoran Empire Cast is continuing on into the second season with RB's debut novel of Forced War. There are also going to be other short stories appearing in the feed so make sure you listen for those as well. RB has a Christmas story planned as well. The first season was good for RB's first time breaking into podcasting and I can't wait to see what RB will do with Season 2.

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