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01:32:09

StarShipSofa No 360 Peter Watts

StarShipSofa ·

2014/10/28

Support the Kickstarter campaign for SofaCon 2015! Music: The Wreck of the Cassie Dee by David Bradshaw Science News by J J Campanella Main Fiction: “Bulk Food” by Peter Watts and Laurie Channer Peter Watts is a (former) scientist, author, and convicted felon who spent the first two decades of his adult life as a marine biologist. After fleeing academia for science fiction he became known for the habit of appending extensive technical bibliographies onto his novels; this both confers a veneer of

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00:39:51

StarShipSofa No 359 Dennis M. Lane

StarShipSofa ·

2014/10/22

Coming up… SofaCON 2 Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis Main fiction: “A Long ‘Til Spring” by Dennis M. Lane (Narrated by the author) It had been a long day of walking through the auburn jungle for Billy Bob and the other young ‘uns. Dennis M. Lane is a South Africa based writer who has seen his work gaining more of an audience over 2013. His 2012 collection of stories and poems garnered two Rhysling nominations and a Dwarf Stars nomination. He had a short story published in

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01:17:01

StarShipSofa No 357 Ralph Roberts

StarShipSofa ·

2014/10/08

Coming Up… Interview: Rajan Khanna talking about Falling Sky 01:00 Main Fiction: “Ghost in the Machine” by Ralph Roberts Marcus Teague sat hunched over in the cramped confines of the 16 GB USB thumb drive. The muscles of his mighty arms rippled as he cleaned his wizard’s sword, running the polishing spell up and down the blade with precision. Ralph Roberts is a decorated Vietnam Veteran and worked with NASA during the Apollo moon program. He built his first personal computer in 1976 and has been

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01:08:15

StarShipSofa No 356 Eric Brown

StarShipSofa ·

2014/10/01

Coming Up Interview: Eric Brown Main Fiction: Frozen Woman by Eric Brown Narrated by Leonie Bisset Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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01:07:49

StarShipSofa No 355 Octavia Cade

StarShipSofa ·

2014/09/24

Coming up… Fact: Maven by Katherine Inskip Main Fiction: “The Mistress of Fishes” by Octavia Cade 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 and narrated here on StarShipSofa. She can be found at http://ojcade.com. “The dead man’s flat was sparsely

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01:36:42

StarShipSofa No 354 James Morrow

StarShipSofa ·

2014/09/17

Coming Up Interview: James Morrow Main Fiction: Iron Shroud by James Morrow “Jonathan Hobbwright cannot discourse upon the formic thoughts that flicker through the minds of ants, and he is similarly ignorant concerning the psyches of locusts, toads, moles, apes, and bishops, but he can tell you what it’s like to be in hell. The abyss has become his fixed abode. Perdition is now his permanent address. Although Jonathan’s eyes deliver only muddy and monochromatic images, his ears have acquired an

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00:35:34

StarShipSofa No 353 Kathryn Cramer

StarShipSofa ·

2014/09/10

Coming up… Two shorts about love and loss by Kathryn Cramer Short fiction 1: “Disextinction, Inc.” by Kathryn Cramer 01:00 “For his biology project, Jason decided to resurrect the passenger pigeon.” Kathryn Cramer lives in Westport, NY. She is an editor of the Hieroglyph project, inspired by Neal Stephenson and sponsored by the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University. Her story, “Am I Free to Go?” was published by Tor.com in December 2012. She is a writer, critic, and

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01:02:23

StarShipSofa No 352 Jeffrey Ford

StarShipSofa ·

2014/09/03

Coming up… Cover Art: Stephan Martiniere Main Fiction: “The Prelate’s Commission” by Jeffrey Ford 03:30 “The new fresco that graced the inner dome of the Cathedral of St. Elovisus was a masterpiece of perspective and illusion—the fall of the rebel angels into hell. They hurtled downward through an aquamarine sky swirled with pale pink clouds, their feathers disintegrating in the descent, their features growing ever more monstrous. Some, just ejected from paradise, appeared small and vastly distant,

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01:09:02

StarShipSofa No 351 Lisa Tuttle

StarShipSofa ·

2014/08/28

Coming up… Fact: Science News by J J Campanella 01:20 Main Fiction: “The Dream Detective” by Lisa Tuttle 33:00 Lisa Tuttle is an American-born science fiction, fantasy, and horror author. She has published more than a dozen novels, seven short story collections, and several non-fiction titles. She has also edited several anthologies and reviewed books for various publications. She has been living in the United Kingdom since 1981. Tuttle won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1974, the

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00:48:46

StarShipSofa No 350 Greg Kurzawa

StarShipSofa ·

2014/08/20

Coming up… Main Fiction: “Predvestniki” by Greg Kurzawa 03:20 Greg Kurzawa studied theology at a small university in Big Sandy, Texas before entering a career in Information Technology. He has lived in Texas, Colorado, and North Carolina, but currently resides in Omaha, Nebraska. His work can be found in Clarkesworld, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Interzone, and Gray’s Sporting Journal. Narrator: Nick Camm Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy

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02:18:42

StarShipSofa No 349 Alex Jablokov

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2014/08/13

Coming up… Cover Art by Yohann Schepacz Yohann Schepacz is a french concept artist in such sectors as video games, film, and traditional print media. A consummate consumer of the unknown and unknowable, his detailed paintings leave the viewer with a longing for the worlds that exist just, tantalizingly, beyond the confines of the screen. You can view more of his work at yohannschepacz dot tumblr dot com, or email him at oxan studio at gmail dot com to request a commission. Fact: Looking Back At

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01:09:54

StarShipSofa No 348 Samuel Peralta and Veronica Belmont

StarShipSofa ·

2014/08/05

Coming up… Two selections from “HELP ME FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! And Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects” edited by John Joseph Adams Main Fiction 1: “Liberty: Seeking Support for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for a Non-Human Being” by Samuel Peralta Acknowledgement I would like to acknowledge the law firm of Campbell Gatewood Adams for providing the use of a Weyman magnetic resonance facility to record, and a PeerSource account to upload, this message. Project Goals We are trying to fund an

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00:15:51

We’ve lost a Sofanaut – RIP Larry Santoro

StarShipSofa ·

2014/07/26

I’ve woke up this morning and my world has just fell away. My friend Lawrence Santoro has died. I thought of Larry as my brother. I will miss him so very very much. Tycelia my thoughts and prayers surround you and give you comfort at this time. Will miss you Larry – your friend Tony Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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00:48:04

StarShipSofa No 347 Tony Ballantyne

StarShipSofa ·

2014/07/23

Coming up… Main Fiction: “The Region of Jennifer” by Tony Ballantyne The region of Jennifer extended to about thirty kilometres. Out there, amongst thedecaying factory belt, daffodils pushed their heads through the tired earth of the canal banks. The Steam Barons may have lost their power, but the world still bore their scars. Even so, Jennifer was at work to make things beautiful. Tony Ballantyne is the author of Dream London, the Penrose series and the Recursion series. He has also written

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01:16:21

StarShipSofa No 346 Suzanne Palmer and Rachel Swirsky

StarShipSofa ·

2014/07/16

Coming up… Fact: Fiction Crawler No 15 by Matthew Sanborn Smith 01:35 Short Fiction: 2014 Hugo Nominee – “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love,” by Rachel Swirsky 10:20 If you were a dinosaur, my love, then you would be a T-Rex. You’d be a small one, only five feet, ten inches, the same height as human-you. You’d be fragile-boned and you’d walk with as delicate and polite a gait as you could manage on massive talons. Your eyes would gaze gently from beneath your bony brow-ridge. This narration

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02:04:08

StarShipSofa No 345 Octavia Cade (Part 2)

StarShipSofa ·

2014/07/09

Coming up… Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis 03:40 Fact: Happy Birthday Dad (Jonathan Segal aged 70) by Ariel Segal 15:00 Main Fiction: “Trading Rosemary” (Part 2) by Octavia Cade Rosemary 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,

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StarShipSofa No 344 Octavia Cade (Part 1)

StarShipSofa ·

2014/07/02

Coming up… Cover Art by Juan Ochoa Main Fiction: “Trading Rosemary” (Part 1) by Octavia Cade Among 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

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01:06:33

StarShipSofa No 343 John Chu

StarShipSofa ·

2014/06/25

Coming up… Fact: Science News by J J Campanella Main Fiction: 2014 Hugo Nominee – “The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere” by John Chu Narrated 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

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00:36:50

StarShipSofa No 342 Jay Lake

StarShipSofa ·

2014/06/18

Coming up… Main fiction: “The Sky that Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black” by Jay Lake I 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

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01:24:53

StarShipSofa No 341 Sean McMullen

StarShipSofa ·

2014/06/11

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

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