I tried with this one. Really did. I kept an open mind and listened to it until the very end, but it just kept getting sillier and sillier. I did get a good laugh out of the plant that kept eating itself, though. :lol:

Problem is, it's obvious this story wasn't supposed to be funny. (Unlike, say, "Garden of the Moon" with Kim Hunter, which, although suspenseful, was also a bit tongue-in-cheek; a sort of campy dark comedy. I enjoyed that one a great deal.) This "science fiction" tale sounded like it was written by someone who'd never actually read any real science fiction.

If this story had been stripped of its pseudo science fiction trappings and written instead as a sort of psychological fantasy, it might have worked a little better. As it was, the thing was just a mixed-up, dim-witted mess. I thought it was almost as bad as Elspeth Eric's "Mind Over Matthew," At least "...Intrastar" had a shred of a plot, though. A silly plot, but a plot nonetheless.