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Coming up…Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis 03:40Fact: Happy Birthday Dad (Jonathan Segal aged 70) by Ariel Segal 15:00Main Fiction: “Trading Rosemary” (Part 2) by Octavia CadeRosemary wasn’t particularly fond of jam. She disliked the way the pips clung to her teeth like crows on carrion. Octavia Cade is a PhD candidate in science communication at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Cosmos Magazine, and Aurealis, amongst other places. “Trading Rosemary” is her first novella, published earlier this year by Masque Books. She can be found at http://ojcade.com. Narrators: Ruth Stearns Ruth Stearns got her start as a narrator by reading to...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Cover Art by Juan OchoaMain Fiction: “Trading Rosemary” (Part 1) by Octavia CadeAmong those who could accurately judge such things, it was generally acknowledged that Rosemary’s library was the finest of its kind in the entire archipelago.Rosemary was justifiably proud of it. Begun by her great-grandfather, it had passed down through the family, with each generation adding to the collection— at considerable personal expense. She had contributed many exquisite pieces herself, and introduced order and organization into what had been a fine mess. Each coin was now carefully preserved, and suitably labeled according to its age, provenance, and properties. They were boxed in slim rectangular cases with burnished leather covers, and arranged according to catalogue, so that if one particular coin was required it could then be...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fact: Science News by J J Campanella Main Fiction: 2014 Hugo Nominee – “The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere” by John ChuNarrated by the author The water that falls on you from nowhere when you lie is perfectly ordinary, but perfectly pure. True fact. I tested it myself when the water started falling a few weeks ago. Everyone on Earth did. Everyone with any sense of lab safety anyway. Never assume any liquid is just water. When you say “I always document my experiments as I go along,” enough water falls to test, but not so much that you have to mop up the lab. Which lie doesn’t matter. The liquid tests as distilled water every time. John Chu designs microprocessors by day. He writes fiction, narrates forpodcasts, and translates fiction from Chinese into English by night....Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up… Main fiction: “The Sky that Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black” by Jay LakeI believe that all things eventually come to rest. Even light, though that’s not what they tell you in school. How do scientists know? A billion billion years from now, even General Relativity might have been demoted to a mere Captain. Photons will sit around in little clusters of massless charge, bumping against one another like boats in the harbor at Kowloon.The universe will be blue then, everything from one cosmic event horizon to the other the color of a summer sky.This is what I tell myself as I paint the tiny shards spread before me. Huang’s men bring them to me to work with. We are creating value, that gangster and me. I make him even more immensely wealthy. Every morning that I wake up still alive is his gratuity to me in return.It is a fair...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up… Main Fiction: “The Firewall and the Door” by Sean McMullen​Entanglement technology had brought the final frontier as close as the living room. All we had to do was get an uncrewed probe out to whatever was to be explored, and the entangled telepresence established in its computers would provide practically instant communication. Everything was easy. Too easy. People took the wonders for granted until something went spectacularly wrong.Sean sold his first stories in the late 1980s and has become one of Australia’s top Science Fiction and Fantasy authors. In the late 90s he established himself in the American market, and his work has been translated into Polish, French, Japanese and other languages.The settings for Sean’s work range from the Roman Empire, through Medieval Europe, to cities of the distant future. His work is a mixture of romance, invention and adventure, while populated...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Cover Art by Jim BurnsFact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis 02:10Introduction: “Dead Man’s Hand” anthology, edited by John Joseph Adams 20:00Main Fiction: “The Old Slow Man and His Gold Gun From Space” by Ben H. WintersWhether Caleb and Crane came out to California separate and partnered up later on—or whether they knew each other from some eastern clime and made their way westward as a pair—well, who the devil can tell and what the devil does it matter? Suffice it to say that whether they came to their claim as partners or came to it alone, Crane and Caleb...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming UpMain Fiction: Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson The woman thrashed and spasmed in the hospital bed. Her dark hair was matted to herhead with sweat, and her uncontrolled motions seemed almost epileptic. Her eyes,however, did not have the wildness of the insane—instead they were focused.Determined. She was not mad; she just couldn’t control her muscles. She kept waving herhands in front of her with awkward movements, movements that seemed strangelyfamiliar to Jason.And she did it all in silence, never uttering a word.Jason switched off the holovid, then leaned back in his chair. He had watched the vida dozen times, but it still confused him. However, he couldn’t do anything until he arrivedat Evensong. Until then, he would simply have to bide his time. Fact: Science News by Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Main Fiction: “The Philip Sydney Game” by Alan DeNiroThis narration of “The Philip Sydney Game” was created by and appears courtesy of Audible. The complete Audible audiobook of “Tyrannia and Other Renditions” – in which this narration first appeared – may be downloaded from www.audible.com/StarShipSofa. Several years ago, I started writing a story about a man who was flying into Minneapolis-St. Paul and saw a car crash from above. The plane was about a thousand feet up and was descending when he saw the crash. It was late at night, a red-eye flight, so he could only see the headlights and tail-lights, and the faintest silhouettes of the cars. One car began to swerve and careened into the opposite lane, grazing the driver’s side of an oncoming car, which halted. The car that caused the accident stalled...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Main Fiction: “Ray of Light” by Brad Torgersen​My crew boss Jake was waiting for me at the sealock door. I’d been eight hours outside, checking for microfractures in the metal hull. Tedious work, that. I’d turned my helmet communicator off so as not to be distracted. The look on Jake’s face spooked me.​“What’s happened?” I asked him, seawater dripping from the hair of my beard.​”Jenna,” was all I got in reply. Which was enough. Brad R. Torgersen is a healthcare computer geek by day, a United States Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer on the weekend, and a speculative fiction writer by night. Award-winning and award-nominated, he is a regular in the pages of Analog magazine, and has published numerous pieces of short fiction in other venues such as Mike Resnick’s Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis 02:30Main fiction: “Bugs” by Ron Collins 15:30Dr. Caulder kept talking, but John could scarcely follow along. The government needed authorization. Would he sign a waiver? Of course, Jesus Christ, of course. His hospital gown disappeared. A nurse sprayed his chest with shaving creme. Carol’s beautiful face filled his view, tears streaming down lined cheeks. She said something long and drawn out, but all John heard was “I love you.” Then he was gone. Preparations continued as they rolled. IV bottles hung from steel rods. An elevator door closed. A needle pricked his arm.Bugs, he thought. They’re going to use the bugs.Then he was asleep.Ron Collins’s work has appeared in Asimov’s, Analog, Nature, and several other magazines and...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up… Main Fiction: “Number 73 Glad Avenue” by Suzanne J. Willis 02:00“What time does the clock have, Charlie?”Mary looked left, dark, bobbed hair brushing her shoulders. She heard him mutter then carefully shut the doors, locking the timepieces away, before walking around to face her, his little tin feet clicking softly against the wooden floor. “12 May 1923. Six pm.”Suzanne J. Willis is a graduate of Clarion South 2009. Her work has appeared in Luna Station Quarterly, Schlock Magazine, AntipodeanSF, Goldfish Grimm’s Spicy Fiction Sushi, and anthologies by Fablecroft Publishing, Kayelle Press and the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. She works full-time and writes in the spaces around it, inspired by fairytales, ghost stories and all things strange. Suzanne lives in Melbourne, Australia, and can be found online at...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Far Fetched Fables is now LIVE!Subscribe: http://farfetchedfables.com/feediTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/far-fetched-fables/id861359355Fact: Science News by J J CampanellaMain Fiction: “The Biggest” by James Patrick Kelly 33:30 “The Genesee Street fire,” said Big. “There were eighteen people trapped on the fifth floor.” “And you rescued...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming Up:“In the Age of Iron and Ashes” by Aliette de Bodard. They ran the girl down, in the grey light of dawn: a ring of copper-mailed horsemen, racing after her until her exhaustion finally felled her.Yudhyana sat on his horse, shivering in the cold morning air, and thought of home—of the narrow, spice-filled streets of Rasamuri, and of his daughters shrieking with delight as he raced them in the courtyard. Anything to prevent him from focusing on what was happening. Aliette de Bodard lives and works in Paris, where she has a day job as a System Engineer. In her spare time, she writes speculative fiction: her Aztec noir trilogy Obsidian and Blood is published by Angry Robot, and her short stories have appeared in markets such as Clarkesworld Magazine, Asimov’s and the Year’s Best Science Fiction. She has won a Nebula, a Locus and a British Science Fiction Association Award. Her latest release is the Vietnamese space opera On a Red Station, Drifting....Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

StarShipSofa is proud to present all four nominees in the “Best Short Fiction” category of the British Science Fiction Association! You can vote for the BSFA awards here by Monday, April 14. Main Fiction 3: “Selkie Stories are for Losers” by Sofia Samatar 02:00I hate selkie stories. They’re always about how you went up to the attic to look for a book, and you found a disgusting old coat and brought it downstairs between finger and thumb and said “What’s this?”, and you never saw your mom again. Sofia is the author of the novel A Stranger in Olondria (Small Beer Press, April 2013). She edits nonfiction and poetry for Interfictions: A...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

StarShipSofa is proud to present all four nominees in the “Best Short Fiction” category of the British Science Fiction Association! You can vote for the BSFA awards here by Monday, April 14.Part 2 coming next week! SeaDriftSoapsMain Fiction 1: “Saga’s Children” by E.J. Swift 2:30You will have heard of our mother, the astronaut Saga Wärmedal. She is famous, and she is infamous. Her face, instantly recognizable, appears against lists of extraordinary feats, firsts and lasts and onlys. There are the pronounced cheekbones, the long jaw, that pale hair cropped close to the head. In formal portraits she looks enigmatic, but in images caught unaware – perhaps at...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Mothering Sunday Special! (March 30 in the UK): Two stories of maternal angst.Main Fiction 1: “Pause Time” by Mary Soon Lee 03:40Twenty minutes into the transatlantic flight, Connor started wailing. Pauline cradled him in her arms. Then she rocked him, she offered him her breast, she sang to him; Connor continued to cry.The man sitting on her right gave her a thin smile. “Did you forget the baby’s pauser code?”“No,” Pauline mumbled, wishing she could sink through the floor into the cargo hold. “I’ve never used the pauser.” In 1992 Mary started writing and submitting short stories, mainly in the science fiction and fantasy genres. She has had over seventy stories published, including appearances in The Year’s Best SF #4 and #5, edited by David Hartwell; her story “Cause and Consequence” (Interzone #136, October 1998) won first place in...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Spacetime Special!Short Fiction: “Karina Who Kissed Spacetime” by Indrapramit Das 01:53I always remember snow speckling the orange cone of streetlight that held my first kiss. It wasn’t snowing that night. This was before time fractured, left me slipping through its cracks like a bead of water. Perhaps it had been snowing in some other timeline during that first kiss. But not that one. It had barely been a first kiss, even. But it had been cold — cold enough to turn gutter water to slippery glass by our feet. Indrapramit Das is a writer and artist from Kolkata, India. His fiction has appeared publications including Clarkesworld, Asimov’s and Apex Magazine, as well as anthologies such as The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, Year’s Best SF 18, Aliens: Recent Encounters and Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis 03:00Introduction to “The End is Nigh” – Vol. 1 of “The Apocalypse Triptych” Edited by John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey 16:20Main Fiction: “The Balm and the Wound” by Robin Wasserman 22:00Robin Wasserman is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Waking Dark, The Book of Blood and Shadow, the Cold Awakening Trilogy, Hacking Harvard, and the Seven Deadly Sins series, which was adapted into a popular television miniseries. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in several anthologies as well as The...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Cover Art: Aeon LuxFact: Synthetic Voices by Jimmy Rodgers 06:00Main Fiction: “Pupa” by David D. Levine 20:00She had already molted seven times and knew this feeling well, but this next molt would be her last as a juvenile. After this molt, she would pupate for three months, her ugly juvenile body replaced by a gleaming adults’. She was thrilled. She was terrified. David D. Levine is the author of over fifty published science fiction and fantasy stories. His work has appeared in magazines including Asimov’s, Analog, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Realms of Fantasy and has won or been nominated for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and Campbell....Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fact Article: Science News by J J Campanella 01:40Pick the name for the new fantasy podcast from StarShipSofa and the District of Wonders Network: http://poll.fm/4nusdMain Fiction: “The Schrödinger War” by D. Thomas Minton 37:00You’d think after seven tries, I could get the living part right, or at least be a pro at dying, but both are still messy and painful. At least dying doesn’t scare me anymore. D. Thomas Minton recently traded a tropical Pacific Island for the Pacific Northwest of the continental USA, and now lives a short walk from vineyards and an alpaca farm. Because of the miracle—or is it the curse—of modern technology, he still moonlights as a tropical marine biologist. At any given time, he can be found working in his garden with his wife and daughter…and too many...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Main Fiction: “This Villain You Must Create” by Carlie St. George 06:00Granite killed Mr. Malevolence on a Tuesday. In his defense, Mr. Malevolence had been trying to destroy the entire world at the time. Carlie is a writer, a pop culture geek, a math class survivor, and a silly hat enthusiast. She’s a 2012 graduate of Clarion West Writer’s Workshop.She also writes rather lengthy film critiques on My Geek Blasphemy, each dosed with a healthy pinch of snark and (hopefully) a dash of awesome. Narrator: Adam PrachtAdam is assistant editor of StarShipSofa, usually throwing it all together just in time. He works full time as public relations coordinator for McPherson College in Kansas. He also writes short genre fiction, does the odd narration (in all senses of the word odd) and was a finalist in the Stuff You Should Know podcast horror fiction contest.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fiction 1: “Overtaken” by Karl Bunker 04:15“I found you.”The ship that said this had a mass of a few grams. It was composed of a central nodule less than a centimeter across, surrounded by kilometers-wide web constructed of sparsely distributed mononuclear wires.In the past, Karl Bunker has been a software developer, jeweler, musical instrument maker, sculptor, mechanical technician, and a few other even-less-interesting things. He lives in a suburb of Boston, Mass., with his wife, a dog, two cats, three chickens and sundry fish.Fiction 2: “This Quiet Dust” by Karl Bunker 28:00If it had been human, if it had had a voice, perhaps it would have cried out. With shock, amazement, and with some fear, it might have made a sound, trembled...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fiction: “The Spinach Can’s Son” by Robert T. Jeschonek“I am the can of spinach in a sailor man’s hand. He squeezes, expecting me to burst open and launch a blob of green power into his gaping maw. “But I do not burst. He gets no mouthful of spinach, no surge of energy pumping up his arms to three times their size. That’s not how it works on this side of the tracks, my friend. “You’re not in the funny pages anymore.”Robert Jeschonek is an award-winning writer whose fiction, comics, essays, and podcasts have been published around the world. He won the grand prize in Pocket Books’ nationwide Strange New Worlds contest and was nominated for the British Fantasy Award. His young adult slipstream novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, won the Forward National Literature Award and was named one of Booklist’s Top Ten First Novels for Youth. His...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis 02:10“Descartes’ Stepchildren” by Robert Scherrer 16:20Robert Scherrer is Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University. His research area is cosmology, encompassing work on dark energy, dark matter, big bang nucleosynthesis, and the large-scale structure of the universe. He is also the author of a quantum mechanics textbook and has published several popular science articles and science fiction short stories.THE SOFANAUTS IS PROUD TO PRESENT A LECTURE FROM HARRY TURTLEDOVEA big thank you to McPherson College for allowing The Sofanauts to play this...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Short Fiction 1: “Effect and Cause” by Ken Liu 01:15Interview: Dr. Linda Spilker – Cassini Project Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 09:20Ken’s fiction has appeared in F&SF, Asimov’s, Analog, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, and Clarkesworld, among other places. He has won a Nebula, two Hugos, a World Fantasy Award, and a Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Award, and been nominated for the Sturgeon and the Locus Awards. He lives near Boston with his family.Ken’s debut novel, The Chrysanthemum and the Dandelion, the first in a fantasy series, will be published by Simon & Schuster’s new genre fiction imprint in 2015, along with a collection of short stories.Main Fiction: “The Infill Trait” by Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fact: Science News by Jim Campanella 01:57Sofanauts has Landed! 30:00“Flash Bang Remember” by Caroline M. Yoachim & Tina Connolly 39:00Caroline is a photographer and writer currently living in Seattle, Washington. She has published about two dozen fantasy and science fiction short stories, in markets that include Asimov’s,Lightspeed Magazine, Interzone, and Daily Science Fiction. In 2011 she was nominated for a Nebula Award for the novelette “Stone Wall Truth.”Tina is a writer in Portland, Oregon, which is a splendidly green and drizzly city. She was born in St Louis and has lived in Northern California, but mostly where she grew up is the lovely college town of Lawrence, Kansas. She has a husband, Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Each year I like to start with a Meta show… here is our 2014. Happy New Year everyone.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fact: Film Talk by Dennis M. Lane 06:30“Something Real” by Rick Wilber 14:30Fact: Movie Soundtracks by David Raiklen 01:19:20Interview: Ben Chaney 01:33:00Rick is a journalism professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He is also a writer who has published two novels, several short-story collections, a memoir, and several college textbooks on writing and editing for some of the world’s largest publishers.He also published some fifty poems in various magazines and reviews in the United States, Scotland and Ireland, and has published more than fifty short stories in magazines and anthologies ranging from Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine and...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up… People with wings!Short Fiction: “On Moonlit Wings” by Anaea Lay 04:00Anaea Lay lives in Madison, Wisconsin where she sells Real Estate under a different name, writes, cooks, plays board games, spoils her cat, runs the Strange Horizons podcast, and plots to take over the world. Her work has appeared in places such as Lightspeed, Nightmare, Apex and Daily Science Fiction. You can find her online at anaealay.comInterview: David Bradshaw 12:00Main Fiction: “Joining the High Flyers” by Ian...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Cove Art by SparthTwo tales of interstellar etiquette.Short Fiction: “Earth for Dummies” by Lettie Prell 03:00Lettie Prell is the author of the novel, Dragon Ring (Flying Pen Press). Her work has also appeared in “Apex,” “Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine,” “Aiofie’s Kiss” and “Paranormal Underground.”Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis. 13:00Main Fiction: “The Radioactive Etiquette Book” by Marissa Lingen 29:30Marissa Lingen is a freelance writer who lives in Minnesota with two large men and one small dog.Narrators: Josh Roseman and Ibba...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Main Fiction: Glister by Dominic GreenFact: Science News by J J Campanella 53:30Promo: Dr Amy H. Sturgis – “The Gothic Tradition” at Mythgard Institute plus YouTube trailerDominic Green was born in Birmingham, though happily the trauma has erased this from memory, leaving only dim, fleeting flashbacks of shambling, half-human harridans looming over his crib crooningHis parents then moved to one of Britain’s only nice places, the town of Bakewell. Bakewell is only nice because the government makse it so (i.e., prevents people from building parts of Sheffield and Manchester all over it). It is also a Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fact: Synthetic Voices by Jimmy RogersInterview: Wayne Simmons 29:00Novel talked about on interview: Plastic JesusSalt Publishing Main Fiction: “Claim Blame” by Alan Dean FosterBorn in New York City in 1946, Foster was raised in Los Angeles. After receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema from UCLA (1968, l969) he spent two years as a copywriter for a small Studio City, Calif. advertising and public relations firm.His...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Two stories based on “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.”Fact:Main Fiction 1: “Greener” by Josh Roseman 03:10Josh Roseman (not the trombonist; the other one) lives in Georgia (the state, not the country). His writing has appeared in Asimov’s, Escape Pod, and the Crossed Genres anthology Fat Girl in a Strange Land. His fiction has been reprinted by the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and StarShipSofa, and his voice has been heard on two Escape Artists and all four District of Wonders podcasts. He is a 2013 graduate of the Taos Toolbox writing workshop. When not writing, he mostly complains about the fact that he’s not writing. Visit him online at roseplusman.com, or follow him on Twitter @listener42.Fact: Film Talk by Dennis M Lane 50:00Main Fiction 2: “Always Greener” by Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Cover Art by Nicolas Bouvier 02:25Sparth (nicolas bouvier) has been an active artistic director and concept designer in the gaming industry since 1996. Born in France, he now lives in Seattle, Washington, working for Microsoft.Having had the privilege of travelling extensively at an early age to such places as far afield as the USA, Singapore, China, France and Europe, he was influenced greatly by the various cultures, and he enjoyed observing people and making notes of all these tiny details of life that he was witnessing. The varied influences are largely responsible for his multiple creative passions, which range from space, to buildings, to robotics and beyond.Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis 04:40Sofanauts Preview 19:00Main Fiction: “The New Guys Always Work Overtime” by Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming UpStarShipSofa Halloween Special! Two stories set on Oct. 31…Fact: Cheapskates by Adam Pracht 08:00Main Fiction 1: “The Visited” by Anaea LayAnaea Lay lives in Madison, Wisconsin where she sells Real Estate under a different name, writes, cooks, plays board games, spoils her cat, runs the Strange Horizons podcast, and plots to take over the world. Her work has appeared in places such as Lightspeed, Nightmare, Apex and Daily Science Fiction. You can find her online at anaealay.comFact: Science News by J J Campanella 38:30Main Fiction 2: “Aquarians on the White House Lawn” by Dennis M. Lane 59:00Dennis M. Lane is a South Africa based writer who has seen his work gaining more of...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming UpFact: Poetry Planet Rhysling Showcase Pt 2 by Diane Serverson 01:30Main Fiction: “Today’s Friends” by David J. Schwartz 20:00David J. Schwartz carries Minnesota with him in a small camel-colored attaché with a combination lock; it can only be opened by taking the number of hairs on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s head, dividing it by the secret formula on the Kensington Runestone, and adding the ghostly cry of a loon (usually a negative number). If found, please return to the nearest person wearing flannel.Because his luggage is full of lakes, he keeps his stories in his head. Sometimes they make it onto paper. They have appeared in numerous publications, including the anthologies Fantasy: Best of the Year 2007, Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming UpFact: Synthetic Voices by Jimmy Rogers 01:30Main Fiction: “Possible Monsters” by Will McIntosh 16:00Fact: Poetry Planet by Diane Severson 01:06:00 Narrator: Mike BorisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming UpHelp Nebula Award winning author Eugie Foster meet her cancer billsInterview: Stanley SchmidtFact: : Science Fiction Movie Soundtracks by David Raiklen 11:00Main Fiction: Puss in DC by Pamela Sargent 26:40Narrator: Nicholas CammGeorge Zebrowski’ work.Black Pockets and Swift ThoughtsPlus, very short stories in Nature, and here are links to those:Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Cover Art by David DemaretFact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H Sturgis 02:40Main Fiction: “Cassandra” by C.J. Cherryh 17:501979 Hugo Award Winner for Best Short StoryInterview: John Joseph Adams HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! & Other Improbable Kickstarters 43:00Narrator: Nicola Seaton-Clark Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Robots, Doom, and Nick Camm!Fact: Science News by J J Campanella 02:30Short Fiction: “iRobot” by Guy Haley 23:40Main Fiction: “Automatic Diamante” by Philip Suggars 44:40Fact: Fiction Crawler 14 by Matthew Sanborn Smith 35:00 Narrator: Nick CammPromo: ArtisticWhispers and Gail Carriger ready to introduce the world to Crudrat 01:14:30Links to Fiction Crawler No 14:A to Z Theory by Toh EnJoeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up…Fact: Synthetic Voices by Jimmy Rogers 01:50Main Fiction: “And Then Some” by Matthew Hughes 17:00Lightspeed MagazineNarrator: Barry J. NorthernSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Coming up…Fact: Science News by J J Campanella 01:40Introduction to Main Fiction: Adam Pracht 29:302012 BSFA Winner and Sidewise Award Finalist!Main Fiction: “Adrift on the Sea of Rains” Part 1 by Ian Sales 38:00Fact: ScFi Soundtrack by David Raiklen 01:26:00Narrator: Logan WatermanSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Coming up…Promo: Sherlock Science Ratiocination Amy H Sturgis 01:40Main Fiction: “Mars Opposition” by David Brin 05:15Give-away: PLAGUE ZONENarrator: Dave Robison“Have a look at the amazing video preview-trailer for David Brin’s new novel: Existence, with incredible art by Patrick Farley! See: http://www.tinyurl.com/exist-trailerSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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