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Lancer Kind, science fiction author
In the time it takes to receive a Starbucks coffee, SciFi author Lancer Kind covers what's happning in popular science fiction film, tv, and books.
Richard’s website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Definition: Story structure—How do the elements that make up a story, hold together.
Richards website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com
Richards website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com
Richards website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: Don Bluth “Just say Yes!” https://donbluth.fandom.com/wiki/Just_Say_Yes!
Richards website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: Don Bluth “Just say Yes!” https://donbluth.fandom.com/wiki/Just_Say_Yes!
Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire’s collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]
Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire’s collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]
Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire’s collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]
Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct a cappella songs: https://www.thechromatics.com https://www.astrocappella.com Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard […]
Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]
Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]
Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]
Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]
Peeling Time is linked here for your enjoyment: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/565c3d39e4b027c789ba5b70/t/64a569d7fe8a2b041897dabf/1688562136794/Peeling+Time+%28Deluxe+Edition%29+-+Tlotlo+Tsamaase.pdf Tlotlo tells mare about Peeling Time on this Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3S5bBPsMBN/ Womb City is from Kensington and is available for purchase here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781645661016/womb-city/ See more of authors published by Kensington here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Relavant Social Connections: @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
Peeling Time is linked here for your enjoyment: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/565c3d39e4b027c789ba5b70/t/64a569d7fe8a2b041897dabf/1688562136794/Peeling+Time+%28Deluxe+Edition%29+-+Tlotlo+Tsamaase.pdf Tlotlo tells mare about Peeling Time on this Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3S5bBPsMBN/ Womb City is from Kensington and is available for purchase here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781645661016/womb-city/ See more of authors published by Kensington here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Relavant Social Connections: @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
Peeling Time is linked here for your enjoyment: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/565c3d39e4b027c789ba5b70/t/64a569d7fe8a2b041897dabf/1688562136794/Peeling+Time+%28Deluxe+Edition%29+-+Tlotlo+Tsamaase.pdf Tlotlo tells mare about Peeling Time on this Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3S5bBPsMBN/ Womb City is from Kensington and is available for purchase here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781645661016/womb-city/ See more of authors published by Kensington here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Relavant Social Connections: @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
Peeling Time is linked here for your enjoyment: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/565c3d39e4b027c789ba5b70/t/64a569d7fe8a2b041897dabf/1688562136794/Peeling+Time+%28Deluxe+Edition%29+-+Tlotlo+Tsamaase.pdf Tlotlo tells mare about Peeling Time on this Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3S5bBPsMBN/
Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition) is a short story written by Tlotlo Tsamaase. Womb City: https://www.erewhonbooks.com/our-books/womb-city-tlotlo-tsamaase
Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3 Mentioned in this podcast: Inspector Rebus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Rebus Willa Cather […]
tags: science fiction, literary science fiction, literature, literary, babylon5, strazinsky, gatsby, fitzgerald, london Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available […]
Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3 Mentioned in this podcast: Backlisted podcast brings to […]
Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3
Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3 If you enjoyed this episode about pulp fiction, […]
Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3 If you enjoyed this episode about pulp fiction, […]
Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3 If you enjoyed this episode about pulp fiction, […]
Richards website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: Robert Sheckley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheckley
Richards website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: William Shatner’s flight on Blue Origin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWHA_j-0_sI&t=128s https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/william-shatner-space-boldly-go-excerpt-1235395113 https://www.businessinsider.com/william-shatner-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-spaceflight-funeral-2022-10 William Shatner’s CD: https://www.amazon.com/Bill-William-Shatner/dp/B09DGHBKFB
Richards website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Just Say Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnxBuO6l_s Rowan Atkinson Schoolmaster sketch, The Secret Policeman’s Ball: Rowan Atkinson – The School Master
Richards website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Just Say Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnxBuO6l_s Rowan Atkinson Schoolmaster sketch, The Secret Policeman’s Ball: Rowan Atkinson – The School Master In this episode: In New Rock, Role, Daxx, Qrysta, and Grell are characters in a role-playing game (RPG) who win the Grand Championship. After winning, Daxx wakes up as his avatar in […]
Richards website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Just Say Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnxBuO6l_s Rowan Atkinson Schoolmaster sketch, The Secret Policeman’s Ball: Rowan Atkinson – The School Master
Richards website: www.richardsparks.com. Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Just Say Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnxBuO6l_s Rowan Atkinson Schoolmaster sketch, The Secret Policeman’s Ball: Rowan Atkinson – The School Master
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s website: https://odekpeki.com He is on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/penprince.bsky.social and Twitter (note there is an underbar): @Penprince_ Caezik Books is the publisher in North America: https://x.com/CaezikBooks
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s website: https://odekpeki.com He is on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/penprince.bsky.social and Twitter (note there is an underbar): @Penprince_ Caezik Books is the publisher in North America: https://x.com/CaezikBooks
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s website: https://odekpeki.com He is on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/penprince.bsky.social and Twitter (note there is an underbar): @Penprince_ Caezik Books is the publisher in North America: https://x.com/CaezikBooks
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s website: https://odekpeki.com He is on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/penprince.bsky.social and Twitter (note there is an underbar): @Penprince_
Latino 30 under 30 award: https://www.latino30under30.com Mentioned in this episode: Morris’s website and his Makers Space work: http://morrisvanegas.com/spaces/index.html video about SpaceX’s IVA spacesuit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dRYGLOY2gDY Article about SpaceX’s IVA spacesuit: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/spacex-dragon-launch-and-entry-suits A statuette of the SpaceX IVA: https://shop.spacex.com/products/spacex-iva-suit-figure-pre-sale
Latino 30 under 30 award: https://www.latino30under30.com video about SpaceX’s IVA spacesuit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dRYGLOY2gDY Article about SpaceX’s IVA spacesuit: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/spacex-dragon-launch-and-entry-suits In general, this is the history of spacesuits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_suit Get a SpaceX onesie for your baby: https://shop.spacex.com/collections/kids-outerwear A statuette of the SpaceX IVA: https://shop.spacex.com/products/spacex-iva-suit-figure-pre-sale
Latino 30 under 30 award: https://www.latino30under30.com video about SpaceX’s IVA spacesuit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dRYGLOY2gDY Article about SpaceX’s IVA spacesuit: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/spacex-dragon-launch-and-entry-suits In general, this is the history of spacesuits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_suit Get a SpaceX onesie for your baby: https://shop.spacex.com/collections/kids-outerwear A statuette of the SpaceX IVA: https://shop.spacex.com/products/spacex-iva-suit-figure-pre-sale
Latino 30 under 30 award: https://www.latino30under30.com video about SpaceX’s IVA spacesuit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dRYGLOY2gDY Article about SpaceX’s IVA spacesuit: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/spacex-dragon-launch-and-entry-suits In general, this is the history of spacesuits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_suit Get a SpaceX onesie for your baby: https://shop.spacex.com/collections/kids-outerwear A statuette of the SpaceX IVA: https://shop.spacex.com/products/spacex-iva-suit-figure-pre-sale
video about SpaceX’s IVA spacesuit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dRYGLOY2gDY Article about SpaceX’s IVA spacesuit: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/spacex-dragon-launch-and-entry-suits In general, this is the history of spacesuits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_suit Get a SpaceX onesie for your baby: https://shop.spacex.com/collections/kids-outerwear A statuette of the SpaceX IVA: https://shop.spacex.com/products/spacex-iva-suit-figure-pre-sale
Harry’s books through Penguin Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/31599/harry-turtledove/ Harry on Twitter: @HNTurtledove https://x.com/HNTurtledove Behind the Pen video interview with Harry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyhC-oaGqGU
Harry’s books through Penguin Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/31599/harry-turtledove/ Harry on Twitter: @HNTurtledove https://x.com/HNTurtledove Behind the Pen video interview with Harry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyhC-oaGqGU
Harry’s books through Penguin Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/31599/harry-turtledove/ Harry on Twitter: @HNTurtledove https://x.com/HNTurtledove Behind the Pen video interview with Harry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyhC-oaGqGU
Harry’s books through Penguin Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/31599/harry-turtledove/ Harry on Twitter: @HNTurtledove https://x.com/HNTurtledove Behind the Pen video interview with Harry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyhC-oaGqGU
Harry’s books through Penguin Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/31599/harry-turtledove/ Harry on Twitter: @HNTurtledove https://x.com/HNTurtledove Behind the Pen video interview with Harry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyhC-oaGqGU
A very nice book trailer about The Kuiper Belt Job: https://youtu.be/Y6VFJFZySWo About David D Levine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_D._Levine Twitter: @daviddlevine David D Levine and his writing in the Wild Cards series: https://www.wildcardsworld.com/wc-author/david-d-levine/
A very nice book trailer about The Kuiper Belt Job: https://youtu.be/Y6VFJFZySWo About David D Levine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_D._Levine Twitter: @daviddlevine David D Levine and his writing in the Wild Cards series: https://www.wildcardsworld.com/wc-author/david-d-levine/
A very nice book trailer about The Kuiper Belt Job: https://youtu.be/Y6VFJFZySWo About David D Levine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_D._Levine Twitter: @daviddlevine David D Levine and his writing in the Wild Cards series: https://www.wildcardsworld.com/wc-author/david-d-levine/
About David D Levine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_D._Levine Twitter: @daviddlevine David D Levine and his writing in the Wild Cards series: https://www.wildcardsworld.com/wc-author/david-d-levine/
Here is Ed’s authorial website and blog: https://edwardmlerner.com Go friend Ed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdwardMLerner/ And Ed’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Edward-M.-Lerner/author/B001IGSZLQ A very lovely video on Science Behind Science Fiction: Edward Lerner Explores the Interplay of Fact and Sci-fi in Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ULiWupKy54
Here is Ed’s authorial website and blog: https://edwardmlerner.com Go friend Ed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdwardMLerner/ And Ed’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Edward-M.-Lerner/author/B001IGSZLQ A very lovely video on Science Behind Science Fiction: Edward Lerner Explores the Interplay of Fact and Sci-fi in Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ULiWupKy54
Here is Ed’s authorial website and blog: https://edwardmlerner.com Go friend Ed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdwardMLerner/ And Ed’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Edward-M.-Lerner/author/B001IGSZLQ A very lovely video on Science Behind Science Fiction: Edward Lerner Explores the Interplay of Fact and Sci-fi in Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ULiWupKy54
Here is Ed’s authorial website and blog: https://edwardmlerner.com Go friend Ed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdwardMLerner/ And Ed’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Edward-M.-Lerner/author/B001IGSZLQ A very lovely video on Science Behind Science Fiction: Edward Lerner Explores the Interplay of Fact and Sci-fi in Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ULiWupKy54
Here is Ed’s authorial website and blog: https://edwardmlerner.com Go friend Ed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdwardMLerner/ And Ed’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Edward-M.-Lerner/author/B001IGSZLQ A very lovely video on Science Behind Science Fiction: Edward Lerner Explores the Interplay of Fact and Sci-fi in Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ULiWupKy54
The major science parts of the plot: 3 Body Problem | Official Trailer | Netflix The book series translated to english: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Boxed-Set-Remembrance/dp/1250254493 Three body problem in physics: Newtons Arm is a short visual explanation of the 3 body problem at work: https://youtu.be/U39RMUzCjiU?si=6xPH8eBwWQBKIylo Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Three-Body Problem Ken Liu translation of The Three Body Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths-Past-ebook/dp/B00IQO403K […]
The major science parts of the plot: 3 Body Problem | Official Trailer | Netflix Three body problem in physics: Newtons Arm is a short visual explanation of the 3 body problem at work: https://youtu.be/U39RMUzCjiU?si=6xPH8eBwWQBKIylo Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Three-Body Problem Ken Liu translation of The Three Body Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths-Past-ebook/dp/B00IQO403K More about Ken Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu Other media […]
The major science parts of the plot: 3 Body Problem | Official Trailer | Netflix Three body problem in physics: Newtons Arm is a short visual explanation of the 3 body problem at work: https://youtu.be/U39RMUzCjiU?si=6xPH8eBwWQBKIylo Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Three-Body Problem Ken Liu translation of The Three Body Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths-Past-ebook/dp/B00IQO403K More about Ken Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu Other media […]
The major science parts of the plot: 3 Body Problem | Official Trailer | Netflix Three body problem in physics: Newtons Arm is a short visual explanation of the 3 body problem at work: https://youtu.be/U39RMUzCjiU?si=6xPH8eBwWQBKIylo Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Three-Body Problem Ken Liu translation of The Three Body Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths-Past-ebook/dp/B00IQO403K More about Ken Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu Other media […]
The major science parts of the plot: 3 Body Problem | Official Trailer | Netflix Three body problem in physics: Newtons Arm is a short visual explanation of the 3 body problem at work: https://youtu.be/U39RMUzCjiU?si=6xPH8eBwWQBKIylo Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Three-Body Problem Ken Liu translation of The Three Body Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths-Past-ebook/dp/B00IQO403K More about Ken Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu Other media […]
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Folks can read chapter 1 of CASCADE FAILURE for free on the Tor/Forge Blog at: https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/12/13/excerpt-reveal-cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas/ Here is a quick-links page for preorders at the publisher’s website: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas/ The publisher is Tor books: https://us.macmillan.com/torpublishinggroup/
Folks can read chapter 1 of CASCADE FAILURE for free on the Tor/Forge Blog at: https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/12/13/excerpt-reveal-cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas/ Here is a quick-links page for preorders at the publisher’s website: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas/ The publisher is Tor books: https://us.macmillan.com/torpublishinggroup/
Folks can read chapter 1 of CASCADE FAILURE for free on the Tor/Forge Blog at: https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/12/13/excerpt-reveal-cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas/ Here is a quick-links page for preorders at the publisher’s website: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas/ The publisher is Tor books: https://us.macmillan.com/torpublishinggroup/
Folks can read chapter 1 of CASCADE FAILURE for free on the Tor/Forge Blog at: https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/12/13/excerpt-reveal-cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas/ Here is a quick-links page for preorders at the publisher’s website: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas/
Folks can read chapter 1 of CASCADE FAILURE for free on the Tor/Forge Blog at: https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/12/13/excerpt-reveal-cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas/ Here is a quick-links page for preorders at the publisher’s website: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas/
Game trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoykm2x2WDk Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEAXwxnLHJI Another gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgLBybdDf88 Reddit about ∆V: Rings of Saturn: https://www.reddit.com/r/deltavringsofsaturn/ Game store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846030/V_Rings_of_Saturn/ Mentioned in this episode: Stanisław Lem books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Stanislaw-Lem/author/B000AQ3P7Y Kerbal Space Program: https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com Vernor Vinge’s Zones of Thought series: https://us.macmillan.com/series/zonesofthought
Game trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoykm2x2WDk Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEAXwxnLHJI Another gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgLBybdDf88 Reddit about ∆V: Rings of Saturn: https://www.reddit.com/r/deltavringsofsaturn/ Game store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846030/V_Rings_of_Saturn/ Mentioned in this episode: Stanisław Lem books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Stanislaw-Lem/author/B000AQ3P7Y Kerbal Space Program: https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com Vernor Vinge’s Zones of Thought series: https://us.macmillan.com/series/zonesofthought
Game trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoykm2x2WDk Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEAXwxnLHJI Another gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgLBybdDf88 Reddit about ∆V: Rings of Saturn: https://www.reddit.com/r/deltavringsofsaturn/ Game store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846030/V_Rings_of_Saturn/ Mentioned in this episode: Children of a Dead Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSoVbwyrxDk
Game trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoykm2x2WDk Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEAXwxnLHJI Another gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgLBybdDf88 Reddit about ∆V: Rings of Saturn: https://www.reddit.com/r/deltavringsofsaturn/ Game store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846030/V_Rings_of_Saturn/
Game trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoykm2x2WDk Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEAXwxnLHJI Another gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgLBybdDf88 Reddit about ∆V: Rings of Saturn: https://www.reddit.com/r/deltavringsofsaturn/ Game store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846030/V_Rings_of_Saturn/
The Reinvented Detective presents stories that complicate law and order as well as the concept of criminals, detectives, punishment, and justice for all. It does this by showing how new technologies, the rise of sentient AIs, and changing social attitudes may affect what is not only acceptable, but expected, within both real world and digital […]
The Reinvented Detective presents stories that complicate law and order as well as the concept of criminals, detectives, punishment, and justice for all. It does this by showing how new technologies, the rise of sentient AIs, and changing social attitudes may affect what is not only acceptable, but expected, within both real world and digital […]
The Reinvented Detective presents stories that complicate law and order as well as the concept of criminals, detectives, punishment, and justice for all. It does this by showing how new technologies, the rise of sentient AIs, and changing social attitudes may affect what is not only acceptable, but expected, within both real world and digital […]
Are you interested in police procedurals? How about one set on a different planet? Author @katrchrdsn talks about her novel BLOOD ORBIT in episode 254: https://LancerKind.com/series/scifi-thoughts/?utm_source=twitter Mentioned in this episode Alfred Bester’s THE STARS MY DESTINATION: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination NYT article about Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth’s THE SPACE MERCHANTS: https://archive.nytimes.com/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/chicken-little-cometh/ More about THE SPACE MERCHANTS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants More about KR […]
Are you interested in police procedurals? How about one set on a different planet? Author @katrchrdsn talks about her novel BLOOD ORBIT in episode 254: https://LancerKind.com/series/scifi-thoughts/?utm_source=twitter About the Wah Mee Massacre: On Feb. 19, 1983, 13 people were killed during a robbery at a gambling club in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. News reporter revisits: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/40-years-seattle-wah-mee-massacre/281-9ebbd71a-b7ec-4c83-ae5e-4caef45b7d52#:~:text=Wah%20Mee%20Massacre.-,On%20Feb.,his%20role%20in%20the%20robbery. Kat Richardson’s FaceBook […]
Are you interested in police procedurals? How about one set on a different planet? Author @katrchrdsn talks about her novel BLOOD ORBIT in episode 254: https://LancerKind.com/series/scifi-thoughts/?utm_source=twitter About the Wah Mee Massacre: On Feb. 19, 1983, 13 people were killed during a robbery at a gambling club in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. News reporter revisits: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/40-years-seattle-wah-mee-massacre/281-9ebbd71a-b7ec-4c83-ae5e-4caef45b7d52#:~:text=Wah%20Mee%20Massacre.-,On%20Feb.,his%20role%20in%20the%20robbery. Kat Richardson’s FaceBook […]
Are you interested in police procedurals? How about one set on a different planet? Author @katrchrdsn talks about her novel BLOOD ORBIT in episode 254: https://LancerKind.com/series/scifi-thoughts/?utm_source=twitter About the Wah Mee Massacre: On Feb. 19, 1983, 13 people were killed during a robbery at a gambling club in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. News reporter revisits: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/40-years-seattle-wah-mee-massacre/281-9ebbd71a-b7ec-4c83-ae5e-4caef45b7d52#:~:text=Wah%20Mee%20Massacre.-,On%20Feb.,his%20role%20in%20the%20robbery. Kat Richardson’s FaceBook […]
Are you interested in police procedurals? How about one set on a different planet? Author @katrchrdsn talks about her novel BLOOD ORBIT in episode 254: https://LancerKind.com/series/scifi-thoughts/?utm_source=twitter About the Wah Mee Massacre: On Feb. 19, 1983, 13 people were killed during a robbery at a gambling club in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. News reporter revisits: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/40-years-seattle-wah-mee-massacre/281-9ebbd71a-b7ec-4c83-ae5e-4caef45b7d52#:~:text=Wah%20Mee%20Massacre.-,On%20Feb.,his%20role%20in%20the%20robbery. Kat Richardson’s FaceBook […]
Kat Richardson’s FaceBook is: https://www.facebook.com/Kat.Richardson.Writer/ Check out the lovely noir style website for Blood Orbit: https://www.bloodorbit.com A Buzzy Mag interview of Kat Richardson about Grey Walker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOD4rPDuIV0 Kat’s other website which contains trailers to her Greywalker series: https://www.katrichardson.com/books/greywalker/ About Noir Fiction: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/noir-fiction
Apple TV+ series: https://g.co/kgs/NBcyk5 About the Foundation series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series Isaac Asimov interviewed on David Letterman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIB1b_8hqB0 BBC episode about Isaac Asimov and psychohistory: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000d84g A BBC Radio 4 radio production of Foundation (start with the episode at the bottom of the webpage and work up wards): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefoundationtrilogy Mark’s call to action: Check out this sci-fi game on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/753640/Outer_Wilds/ If you […]
Apple TV+ series: https://g.co/kgs/NBcyk5 About the Foundation series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series Isaac Asimov interviewed on David Letterman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIB1b_8hqB0 BBC episode about Isaac Asimov and psychohistory: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000d84g A BBC Radio 4 radio production of Foundation (start with the episode at the bottom of the webpage and work up wards): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefoundationtrilogy
Apple TV+ series: https://g.co/kgs/NBcyk5 About the Foundation series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series Isaac Asimov interviewed on David Letterman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIB1b_8hqB0 BBC episode about Isaac Asimov and psychohistory: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000d84g A BBC Radio 4 radio production of Foundation (start with the episode at the bottom of the webpage and work up wards): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefoundationtrilogy
Apple TV+ series: https://g.co/kgs/NBcyk5 About the Foundation series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series Isaac Asimov interviewed on David Letterman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIB1b_8hqB0 BBC episode about Isaac Asimov and psychohistory: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000d84g A BBC Radio 4 radio production of Foundation (start with the episode at the bottom of the webpage and work up wards): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefoundationtrilogy
Dr. Jonathan Jiang’s paper Avoiding the “Great Filter”: A Projected Timeframe for Human Expansion Off-World can be read here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.01730.pdf
Dr. Jonathan Jiang’s paper Avoiding the “Great Filter”: A Projected Timeframe for Human Expansion Off-World can be read here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.01730.pdf
Dr. Jonathan Jiang’s paper Avoiding the “Great Filter”: A Projected Timeframe for Human Expansion Off-World can be read here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.01730.pdf
Dr. Jonathan Jiang’s paper Avoiding the “Great Filter”: A Projected Timeframe for Human Expansion Off-World can be read here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.01730.pdf
Dr. Jonathan Jiang’s paper Avoiding the “Great Filter”: A Projected Timeframe for Human Expansion Off-World can be read here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.01730.pdf
If you enjoyed listening to this episode, hear Will talk about his space opera science fiction adventure, BLAZESKY: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazesky-a-space-opera-video-game/ Looking Backward, a novel about the future written in 1880s by Ed Bellamy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward Looking Backward on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Backward-2000-Edward-Bellamy/dp/B0B1C94PQ9/
If you enjoyed listening to this episode, hear Will talk about his space opera science fiction adventure, BLAZESKY: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazesky-a-space-opera-video-game/
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If you enjoyed listening to this episode, hear Will talk about producing his space opera science fiction adventure, BLAZESKY: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazesky-a-space-opera-video-game/
If you enjoyed listening to this episode, hear Will talk about producing his space opera science fiction adventure, BLAZESKY: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazesky-a-space-opera-video-game/
Buy The 9TH COLONY from Colin Curtis's website: http://colincurtis15.com Colin Curtis's very engrossing video trailer for his novel THE 9TH COLONY: https://youtu.be/MUEwE08ZsvQ
Buy The 9TH COLONY from Colin Curtis's website: http://colincurtis15.com
Colin Curtis's very engrossing video trailer for his novel THE 9TH COLONY: https://youtu.be/MUEwE08ZsvQ
Buy The 9TH COLONY from Colin Curtis's website: http://colincurtis15.com
Colin Curtis's very engrossing video trailer for his novel THE 9TH COLONY: https://youtu.be/MUEwE08ZsvQ
Colin Curtis's website: http://colincurtis15.com
Colin Curtis's very engrossing video trailer for his novel THE 9TH COLONY: https://youtu.be/MUEwE08ZsvQ
Colin Curtis's website: http://colincurtis15.com
Colin Curtis's very engrossing video trailer for his novel THE 9TH COLONY: https://youtu.be/MUEwE08ZsvQ
Here is our solar decision table:
AspectResultCommentLong term payoffYes22 years to break even from the initial outlay. See [1] and [2].Short term payoffNo$300 mortgage + 120 (avg) per month, $2000 bonus, $40,000 refund after fed. tax creditImproves property valueYes5% (on avg.) return on property value, protects roofLow maintenance YesExpandableYesImmunity from blackoutsYes**Mostly. If the power is out for weeks, then we'll likely have some partial blackouts at night.Creates value immediately YesCarbon reduction, power backup, Future oriented solutionYesA passing fadNo
[1] $40,000 solar voltaic system cost divided by the remaining electric bill
If I didn't by a PVE system, the average cost would be $300/month. However, with the PVE system, the new average cost is $150/month. So the system is providing a cost avoidance of $150/month.
Which brings the payoff date to 22 years.
[2] In Texas, my house value will be worth more than 5% due to increased desirability, so this means if I sell my house, the extra value meets or
exceeds the PVE system cost. So if I don't stay for 22 years, I'll make back my investment.
About the difference between kilowatts kW and kilowatt hours kWh: https://greenpowerenergy.com/the-kw-and-kwhr-of-your-home-solar-system-explained/
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Sunrun offer:
The below financing total includes 11,000 for replacing the roof because the 16 year old composite shingles were beginning to slip off.
Energy Bill Before Solar Install
Note the red box surrounding the kWh for each month. Better to pay attention to the kWh used rather than the dollars paid due to use using a level billing program, which charges an average cost over a set of the most recent bills.
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Energy Bill After Solar Installation
June ‘22
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Energy Bill After Remodeling, 2023
Half the windows were replaced with high efficiency windows. A radiant barrier was installed in the attics. A new stage 2 AC system was installed. A pool was installed too though, which adds to our more energy usage, but it’s immensely enjoyable.
Other reports from the power utility company.
With a solar power system, this rating was given to me by my electric utility:
This week’s cost of power. It’s May so I’m having a lot of off-grid days.
Here are the number of power interruptions which didn’t happen due to having battery backup:
Tesla App Screenshots
The following are screenshots of a near real time dashboard about solar power generation, power wall storage, and grid usage which is provided by the Tesla Powerwall 2 controller. At this time of day it’s 7PM so the sun is weak.
The following is what the dashboard looks like when a good amount of solar power is being generated. The house is demanding 1.4kWh and the sun is providing 5.5kWhs. So you see the Powerwalls are getting the surplus power routed to them so that when the sun goes down, I’ll still be “off the grid” and using batteries for the early evening and sometimes for the whole night.
Sunrun Reports
If you enjoyed this episode, you'll enjoy the following:
Listen to this series with David Silvan about his various sustainable living projects which also includes PV Solar:
The following were mentioned in the show:
With Unbound Solar you can do various levels of DIY or just be your own general contractor: https://unboundsolar.com
Will Prowse will walk you through his DIY projects in solar: https://www.youtube.com/@WillProwse
Coal and natural gas give way as renewable power generation grows in Texas: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/texas-solar-growth-2023-17769103.php
Solar Power Is Bailing Texas Out This Summer : https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/renewable-energy-texas-grid-heat-wave/
A year after Texas cold spell, study shows renewable energy could help prevent blackouts : https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/02/20/texas-energy-winter-renewable-jacobson-dessler-rogan/
Texas Officials Blame Renewables for Heatwave Blackout Risk. Experts Say That’s Misleading (Remember, Texas officials are largely from the party that doesn't believe in science) : https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15072022/texas-officials-blame-renewables-for-heatwave-blackout-risk-experts-say-thats-misleading/
Support SciFi Thoughts by using the following referral/affiliate links:
Are you interested in Tesla solar panels or solar roof? Use this link: https://ts.la/lance356183
If you're in Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, I'll refer you to All Energy Solar: https://mbsy.co/6qCWqh
If you want to learn about your addresses solar potential, visit Energy Sage: https://solarrewards.energysage.com/l/1LANCEKIND14/
If you enjoyed this episode, you'll enjoy the following:
Listen to this series with David Silvan about his various sustainable living projects which also includes PV Solar:
The following were mentioned in the show:
With Unbound Solar you can do various levels of DIY or just be your own general contractor: https://unboundsolar.com
Will Pouse will walk you through his DIY projects in solar: https://www.youtube.com/@WillProwse
Coal and natural gas give way as renewable power generation grows in Texas: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/texas-solar-growth-2023-17769103.php
Solar Power Is Bailing Texas Out This Summer : https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/renewable-energy-texas-grid-heat-wave/
A year after Texas cold spell, study shows renewable energy could help prevent blackouts : https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/02/20/texas-energy-winter-renewable-jacobson-dessler-rogan/
Texas Officials Blame Renewables for Heatwave Blackout Risk. Experts Say That’s Misleading (Remember, Texas officials are largely from the party that doesn't believe in science) : https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15072022/texas-officials-blame-renewables-for-heatwave-blackout-risk-experts-say-thats-misleading/
Support SciFi Thoughts by using the following referral links:
Are you interested in Tesla solar panels or solar roof? Use this link: https://ts.la/lance356183
If you're in Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, I'll refer you to All Energy Solar: https://mbsy.co/6qCWqh
If you enjoyed this episode, you'll enjoy the following series:
Listen to this series with David Silvan about his various sustainable living projects which also includes PV Solar:
Support SciFi Thoughts by using the following referral links:
Are you interested in Tesla solar panels or solar roof? Use this link: https://ts.la/lance356183
If you're in Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, I'll refer you to All Energy Solar: https://mbsy.co/6qCWqh
If you enjoyed this episode, you'll enjoy the following series:
Listen to this series with David Silvan about his various sustainable living projects which also includes PV Solar:
Video about Dyson Spheres:
Short video delivered with a smart British accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erqXjBFHZE4
Very enjoyable long video from Isaac Author: Megastructures 1.1: Dyson Spheres - YouTubewww.youtube.com › watch
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Mentioned in this episode:
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Mentioned in this episode:
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Podcast cover here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16KsxxGMbV77dZGO0sLezJFXEOp3jTvdI8IJocgS2BCI/edit
Abby’s reading. She gave me permission to rebroadcast and layer in background. https://youtu.be/mv-g2VoFJzg
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Abby's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abbygoldsmith
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Podcast cover here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16KsxxGMbV77dZGO0sLezJFXEOp3jTvdI8IJocgS2BCI/edit
Abby’s reading. She gave me permission to rebroadcast and layer in background. https://youtu.be/mv-g2VoFJzg
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Abby's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abbygoldsmith
Abby's very popular work on WattPad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/AbbyBabble
J. Darris Mitchell's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joedarris/
J. Darris Mitchell’s website: Jdarrismitchell.com
A Spotify link to the INTERSTELLAR SUNRISE audio drama: https://open.spotify.com/show/4HoPBRe9txm65Afo3K8izI
References
Silent Running : https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Running-Bruce-Dern/dp/B00000FZQ8
J. Darris Mitchell's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joedarris/
J. Darris Mitchell’s website: Jdarrismitchell.com
A Spotify link to the INTERSTELLAR SUNRISE audio drama: https://open.spotify.com/show/4HoPBRe9txm65Afo3K8izI
References
Silent Running : https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Running-Bruce-Dern/dp/B00000FZQ8
J. Darris Mitchell's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joedarris/
J. Darris Mitchell’s website: Jdarrismitchell.com
A Spotify link to the INTERSTELLAR SUNRISE audio drama: https://open.spotify.com/show/4HoPBRe9txm65Afo3K8izI
References
Silent Running : https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Running-Bruce-Dern/dp/B00000FZQ8
J. Darris Mitchell's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joedarris/
J. Darris Mitchell’s website: Jdarrismitchell.com
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Silent Running : https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Running-Bruce-Dern/dp/B00000FZQ8
J. Darris Mitchell's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joedarris/
J. Darris Mitchell’s website: Jdarrismitchell.com
References
Silent Running : https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Running-Bruce-Dern/dp/B00000FZQ8
If anyone wants to see how a game is made, Santa Monica Studios made a documentary on making God of War 4, released 3 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra_R-K_IoUc
Spider-Man Miles Morales related gifts and video games on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=spider+man+miles+morales&sprefix=spider+man+miles%2Caps%2C98&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_16
If anyone wants to see how a game is made, Santa Monica Studios made a documentary on making God of War 4, released 3 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra_R-K_IoUc
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Interested in Nanotech and AI?Check out Bit Stormby Lancer & Shelli KindIt's the near future. Nanowear and truly artificially intelligent machines exist. Diff is an AI engineer. He gets into a friendly online debate with a nano-hacker about whether a culture's most important trait is compassion or skill at war. Unknown to Diff, the hacker runs a simulation on Diff's AI machine to prove his point during Diff's Halloween party. Learn if it's compassion or war that succeeds during a futuristic Halloween party that goes sideways in a very physical way. Bit Storm, a novelette by Lancer & Shelli Kind, received Honorable Mention in the Writers Of the Future contest. It's available on Amazon's Kindle.
If anyone wants to see how a game is made, Santa Monica Studios made a documentary on making God of War 4, released 3 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra_R-K_IoUc
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Interested in Nanotech and AI?Check out Bit Stormby Lancer & Shelli KindIt's the near future. Nanowear and truly artificially intelligent machines exist. Diff is an AI engineer. He gets into a friendly online debate with a nano-hacker about whether a culture's most important trait is compassion or skill at war. Unknown to Diff, the hacker runs a simulation on Diff's AI machine to prove his point during Diff's Halloween party. Learn if it's compassion or war that succeeds during a futuristic Halloween party that goes sideways in a very physical way. Bit Storm, a novelette by Lancer & Shelli Kind, received Honorable Mention in the Writers Of the Future contest. It's available on Amazon's Kindle.
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Robbie's Good Reads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22019968.Robbie_Sheerin
You can contact Robbie on LinkedIN: www.linkedin.com/in/robbie-sheerin-b834b5245
Author Robbie Sheerin's website: http://www.RobbieSheerinWriter.com/
Robbie Sheerin's Amazon author's page: https://www.amazon.com/Robbie-Sheerin/e/B09MDV7785
Robbie's Good Reads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22019968.Robbie_Sheerin
You can contact Robbie on LinkedIN: www.linkedin.com/in/robbie-sheerin-b834b5245
Author Robbie Sheerin's website: http://www.RobbieSheerinWriter.com/
Robbie Sheerin's Amazon author's page: https://www.amazon.com/Robbie-Sheerin/e/B09MDV7785
Robbie's Good Reads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22019968.Robbie_Sheerin
You can contact Robbie on LinkedIN: www.linkedin.com/in/robbie-sheerin-b834b5245
Author Robbie Sheerin's website: https://www.talesfromanotherdimension.com
http://www.RobbieSheerinWriter.com/
Robbie Sheerin's Amazon author's page: https://www.amazon.com/Robbie-Sheerin/e/B09MDV7785
Robbie's Good Reads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22019968.Robbie_Sheerin
You can contact Robbie on LinkedIN: www.linkedin.com/in/robbie-sheerin-b834b5245
Mentioned in this episode:
Author Iain Banks's The Wasp Factory: https://www.amazon.com/WASP-FACTORY-NOVEL-Iain-Banks/dp/0684853159
The Peculiarities can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/Peculiarities-David-Liss/dp/1616963581
The first of the Randoms series can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1481417800
David's books can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B001IZVA82
David can be reached on twitter @David_Liss
David's homepage is at: https://davidliss.com
The first of the Randoms series can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1481417800
David's books can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B001IZVA82
David can be reached on twitter @David_Liss
David's homepage is at: https://davidliss.com
The first of the Randoms series can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1481417800
David's books can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B001IZVA82
David can be reached on twitter @David_Liss
David's homepage is at: https://davidliss.com
Background on the Cassini mission: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/
Background on the Perseverance mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held:
- 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems Engineering Group Supervisor
- Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery Manager
- Small Satellite Dynamics Testbed Manager
Other videos about Dr. Mohan:
- NASA's Dr Swati Mohan Shares Her Journey, From Cassini & Saturn To Perseverance & Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEdXdmi_AUw
- Dr Swati Mohan and her team speak with the president of the United States: https://youtu.be/T7BjKK2Apu0
- Dr Swati Mohan on Kelly Clarkson show: https://youtu.be/BaJ_AxJ_vZQ
- Dr Swati Mohan’s story: https://youtu.be/po8ll3Nxctc
Background on the Cassini mission: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/
Background on the Perseverance mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held:
- 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems Engineering Group Supervisor
- Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery Manager
- Small Satellite Dynamics Testbed Manager
Other videos about Dr. Mohan:
- NASA's Dr Swati Mohan Shares Her Journey, From Cassini & Saturn To Perseverance & Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEdXdmi_AUw
- Dr Swati Mohan and her team speak with the president of the United States: https://youtu.be/T7BjKK2Apu0
- Dr Swati Mohan on Kelly Clarkson show: https://youtu.be/BaJ_AxJ_vZQ
- Dr Swati Mohan’s story: https://youtu.be/po8ll3Nxctc
Background on the Cassini mission: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/
Background on the Perseverance mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held:
- 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems Engineering Group Supervisor
- Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery Manager
- Small Satellite Dynamics Testbed Manager
Other videos about Dr. Mohan:
- NASA's Dr Swati Mohan Shares Her Journey, From Cassini & Saturn To Perseverance & Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEdXdmi_AUw
- Dr Swati Mohan and her team speak with the president of the United States: https://youtu.be/T7BjKK2Apu0
- Dr Swati Mohan on Kelly Clarkson show: https://youtu.be/BaJ_AxJ_vZQ
- Dr Swati Mohan’s story: https://youtu.be/po8ll3Nxctc
Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held:
- 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems Engineering Group Supervisor
- Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery Manager
- Small Satellite Dynamics Testbed Manager
This got cut during editing, but we had a conversation about Java and the Mars rover. But it turns out that Java wasn't used directly on the 2004 Spirit Rover. Java was used to embed into a webpage an app to create a virtual experience for lay-people to run missions for a virtual Spirit and be presented with the real visual data from the actual Spirit rover: https://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/16/space.mars.java.reut/index.html
Other videos about Dr. Mohan:
- NASA's Dr Swati Mohan Shares Her Journey, From Cassini & Saturn To Perseverance & Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEdXdmi_AUw
- Dr Swati Mohan and her team speak with the president of the United States: https://youtu.be/T7BjKK2Apu0
- Dr Swati Mohan on Kelly Clarkson show: https://youtu.be/BaJ_AxJ_vZQ
- Dr Swati Mohan’s story: https://youtu.be/po8ll3Nxctc
Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held:
- 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems Engineering Group Supervisor
- Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery Manager
- Small Satellite Dynamics Testbed Manager
Other videos about Dr. Mohan:
- NASA's Dr Swati Mohan Shares Her Journey, From Cassini & Saturn To Perseverance & Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEdXdmi_AUw
- Dr Swati Mohan and her team speak with the president of the United States: https://youtu.be/T7BjKK2Apu0
- Dr Swati Mohan on Kelly Clarkson show: https://youtu.be/BaJ_AxJ_vZQ
- Dr Swati Mohan’s story: https://youtu.be/po8ll3Nxctc
You can purchase a copy of Rockets & Robots here: https://www.amazon.com/Rockets-Robots-This-World-Adventures/dp/B0B5PSRQS9
Are you looking for more youth appropriate science fiction? Word Balloon Books caters to this audience. Follow them at the below locations to get updates about fiction that's written for young developing minds:
- Facebook https://m.facebook.com/101929985822210/
- Instagram @word_balloon_books
- Twitter @wordballoonbook
Word Balloon Books has another anthology out:
More about the guests in this series: There are many more authors in the Rockets and Robots anthology. The below are the guests who helped make this show for SciFi Thoughts.
Bruce Markuson:
Bruce's Amazon author page.
Bruce on LinkedIN.
Anne E Johnson:
https://annejohnson.com
Twitter: @anneejohnson
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-e-johnson-80662226/
Katherine Hanifen:
Katherine's homepage: https://kayhanifenauthor.wordpress.com/
https://www.instagram.com/katharinehanifen/
https://www.facebook.com/katharine.hanifen
Eric James Stone
http://EricJamesStone.com
You can purchase a copy of Rockets & Robots here: https://www.amazon.com/Rockets-Robots-This-World-Adventures/dp/B0B5PSRQS9
Are you looking for more youth appropriate science fiction? Word Balloon Books caters to this audience. Follow them at the below locations to get updates about fiction that's written for young developing minds:
- Facebook https://m.facebook.com/101929985822210/
- Instagram @word_balloon_books
- Twitter @wordballoonbook
Word Balloon Books has another anthology out:
You can purchase a copy of Rockets & Robots here: https://www.amazon.com/Rockets-Robots-This-World-Adventures/dp/B0B5PSRQS9
Are you looking for more youth appropriate science fiction? Word Balloon Books caters to this audience. Follow them at the below locations to get updates about fiction that's written for young developing minds:
- Facebook https://m.facebook.com/101929985822210/
- Instagram @word_balloon_books
- Twitter @wordballoonbook
Word Balloon Books has another anthology out:
Marshall is a host on Worldbuilding for Masochists. Go here to listen: https://worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com
Press kit about Marshall: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EPK-MRM-1.pdf
Marshall's homepage: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/
Come hang out with Lancer and Marshall in Austin Texas at ArmadilloCon: https://armadillocon.org
Go meet Marshall in person at these events and tell him you heard him on SciFi Thoughts: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/appearances/
Marshall is a host on Worldbuilding for Masochists. Go here to listen: https://worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com
Press kit about Marshall: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EPK-MRM-1.pdf
Marshall's homepage: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/
Come hang out with Lancer and Marshall in Austin Texas at ArmadilloCon: https://armadillocon.org
Go meet Marshall in person at these events and tell him you heard him on SciFi Thoughts: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/appearances/
Marshall is a host on Worldbuilding for Masochists. Go here to listen: https://worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com
Press kit about Marshall: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EPK-MRM-1.pdf
Marshall's homepage: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/
Come hang out with Lancer and Marshall in Austin Texas at ArmadilloCon: https://armadillocon.org
Go meet Marshall in person at these events and tell him you heard him on SciFi Thoughts: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/appearances/
Marshall is a host on Worldbuilding for Masochists. Go here to listen: https://worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com
Press kit about Marshall: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EPK-MRM-1.pdf
Marshall's homepage: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/
Come hang out in Austin Texas at ArmadilloCon: https://armadillocon.org
Go meet Marshall in person at these events and tell him you heard him on SciFi Thoughts: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/appearances/
Angela's home page: http://angelaslatter.com
Videos with Angela Slatter:
On Long Form vs. Short Form: Author Angela Slatter in conversation with Lisa L. Hannett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx69XdxevlM
On the Collaborative Process: Author Angela Slatter in conversation with Lisa L. Hannett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy-t7WkKIAg
Fantastic Fiction at KGB with Rebecca Roanhorse & Angela Slatter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmtTpmcNQs
Lovecraft eZine Podcast: The Lovecraft eZine panel interviews Angela Slatter and Richard Luong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwz59jhTiRs
Corpselight by Angela Slatter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA9PtOkzK5o
Mentions in this episode:
Clarion South writers workshop: https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11549841
Clarion writers workshop: http://clarion.ucsd.edu
Find more great content in the SciFi Thoughts show archive here.
Angela's home page: http://angelaslatter.com
Videos with Angela Slatter:
On Long Form vs. Short Form: Author Angela Slatter in conversation with Lisa L. Hannett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx69XdxevlM
On the Collaborative Process: Author Angela Slatter in conversation with Lisa L. Hannett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy-t7WkKIAg
Fantastic Fiction at KGB with Rebecca Roanhorse & Angela Slatter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmtTpmcNQs
Lovecraft eZine Podcast: The Lovecraft eZine panel interviews Angela Slatter and Richard Luong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwz59jhTiRs
Corpselight by Angela Slatter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA9PtOkzK5o
Mentions in this episode:
Joan D. Vinge's Eyes of Amber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_of_Amber
Find more great content in the SciFi Thoughts show archive here.
Adam Roberts's books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
The novel The This, available in book form and audio: https://www.amazon.com/This-Adam-Roberts/dp/147323090X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+this+adam+roberts&qid=1654956397&s=books&sprefix=the+this%2Cstripbooks%2C94&sr=1-1
Adam can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
I personally recommend Adam's TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry
Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/
Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/
Adam Roberts's books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
The novel The This, available in book form and audio: https://www.amazon.com/This-Adam-Roberts/dp/147323090X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+this+adam+roberts&qid=1654956397&s=books&sprefix=the+this%2Cstripbooks%2C94&sr=1-1
Adam can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
I personally recommend Adam's TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry
Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/
Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/
Adam Roberts's books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
The novel Purgatory Mount: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CSL2GGC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Adam can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
I personally recommend Adam's TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry
Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/
Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/
Adam Roberts's books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
The novel Purgatory Mount: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CSL2GGC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
He can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
I personally recommend Adam's TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry
Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/
Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/
Adam Roberts's books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
The This novel: https://www.amazon.com/Audible-The-This/dp/B09KHLLG4S/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+this+adam+roberts&qid=1653100593&sprefix=the+this+ad%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1
Thing and Sick is a portion from his novel, THE THING ITSELD: https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Itself-Adam-Roberts/dp/0575127732
He can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
I personally recommend Adam's TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry
Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/
Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/
Adam Roberts's books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
He can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
I personally recommend Adam's TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry
Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/
Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/
Thing and Sick is a portion from his novel, THE THING ITSELD: https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Itself-Adam-Roberts/dp/0575127732
Mentioned in this episode:
Adam Roberts edited Classic Science Fiction Stories: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/classic-science-fiction-stories.htm
Listeners of this episode may be interested in the following SciFi Thoughts episodes:
004 SciFi Genesis https://lancerkind.com/podcast/004-scifi-genisis/
005 Science Fiction becomes a Word https://lancerkind.com/podcast/005-science-fiction-becomes-a-word/
006 The Eras of Science Fiction https://lancerkind.com/podcast/006-the-eras-of-science-fiction/
Adam Roberts's books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
He can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
I personally recommend Adam's TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry
Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/
Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/
Thing and Sick is a portion from his novel, THE THING ITSELD: https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Itself-Adam-Roberts/dp/0575127732
Mentioned in this episode:
JRR Tolkien officially sanctioned lectures are found here: https://tolkienlecture.org
Adam Roberts announcement of his official lecture in Middle Earth News: http://middleearthnews.com/2014/04/12/adam-roberts-to-give-pembroke-tolkien-lecture/
Adam Roberts talks about Tolkien and Women: https://tolkienlecture.org/2014/05/14/adam-roberts-lecture-podcast-now-available/
More about the JRR Tolkien lecture series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_J.R.R._Tolkien_Lecture_on_Fantasy_Literature
Here’s how how discovering moon debris made a software engineer famous. Curious? Go to https://lancerkind.com/podcast/177-how-discovering-moon-debris-made-a-software-engineer-famous/ for more info.
Adam Roberts's books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
He can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
I highly recommend Adam's TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry
Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/
Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/
Thing and Sick is a portion from his novel, THE THING ITSELD: https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Itself-Adam-Roberts/dp/0575127732
Glossary:
Vikram is the name of the lunar lander.
Chandarayaan2 is the name of the mission.
Chandra - is Hindi for moon
Yaan - Hindi for vehicle
ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation is India's space agency.
Contact Shan via Twitter: @Ramanean Here is a link: https://twitter.com/Ramanean
This is Shan's homepage: https://www.ramanean.com
About the moon's south pole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_south_pole
Glossary:
Vikram is the name of the lunar lander.
Chandarayaan2 is the name of the mission.
ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation is India's space agency.
Contact Shan via Twitter: @Ramanean Here is a link: https://twitter.com/Ramanean
This is Shan's homepage: https://www.ramanean.com
About the moon's south pole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_south_pole
Glossary:
Vikram is the name of the lunar lander.
Chandarayaan2 is the name of the mission.
ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation is India's space agency.
Here is a video of the Chandrayaan 2 mission during the landing of its Vikram lander. I've set the time stamp to a few minutes before the landing problem occured (21km above the moon's surface): https://youtu.be/lqQe7WsFVQg?t=2084
Here is a video of the Lunik 2 mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8e9ZRWPTE
Here is a video about the Chandarayaan 3 mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbG_0GDvOFU
Another video about the Chandarayaan3 mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0dqYRxSNyo
Contact Shan via Twitter: @Ramanean Here is a link: https://twitter.com/Ramanean
This is Shan's homepage:
New York Times article: NASA Finds India’s Vikram Moon Lander Crash Site, With Amateur’s Help: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/science/india-moon-mission-vikram-lander-found.html
New York Times article: A Billion Pixels and the Search for India’s Crashed Moon Lander: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/science/india-moon-mission-vikram-found.html?smid=spacecal
About the moon's south pole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_south_pole
Glossary:
Vikram is the name of the lunar lander. Chandarayaan 2 is the name of the mission. Chandara means lunar. Yaan means vehicle. ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation is India's space agency.
Here is a video of the Chandrayaan 2 mission during the landing of its Vikram lander. I've set the time stamp to a few minutes before the landing problem occured (21km above the moon's surface): https://youtu.be/lqQe7WsFVQg?t=2084 Here is a video of the Lunik 2 mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8e9ZRWPTE Here is a video about the Chandarayaan 3 mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbG_0GDvOFU Another video about the Chandarayaan 3 mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0dqYRxSNyo
Contact Shan via Twitter: @Ramanean Here is a link: https://twitter.com/Ramanean This is Shan's homepage: https://www.ramanean.com
New York Times article: NASA Finds India’s Vikram Moon Lander Crash Site, With Amateur’s Help: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/science/india-moon-mission-vikram-lander-found.html New York Times article: A Billion Pixels and the Search for India’s Crashed Moon Lander: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/science/india-moon-mission-vikram-found.html?smid=spacecal
About the moon's south pole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_south_pole
Glossary:
Vikram is the name of the lunar lander.
Chandarayaan2 is the name of the mission.
ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation is India's space agency.
Here is a video of the Chandrayaan 2 mission during the landing of its Vikram lander. I've set the time stamp to a few minutes before the landing problem occured (21km above the moon's surface): https://youtu.be/lqQe7WsFVQg?t=2084
Contact Shan via Twitter: @Ramanean Here is a link: https://twitter.com/Ramanean
This is Shan's homepage:
New York Times article: NASA Finds India’s Vikram Moon Lander Crash Site, With Amateur’s Help: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/science/india-moon-mission-vikram-lander-found.html
New York Times article: A Billion Pixels and the Search for India’s Crashed Moon Lander: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/science/india-moon-mission-vikram-found.html?smid=spacecal
David Harris Ebenbach is a U.S. writer of fiction and poetry, a teacher, and an editor. He is the author of nine books, and he is the recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, the Juniper Prize and the Patricia Bibby Award. Ebenbach's first science fiction novel, How to Mars, was published in 2021
David's homepage: https://www.davidebenbach.com
Buy How to Mars direct from Tachyon Press: https://tachyonpublications.com/product/how-to-mars/
David's video about How To Mars: https://youtu.be/SVO-8Pkvz7E
David has also published the following:
Between Camelots. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8229-4268-9. (short stories)
Into the Wilderness. Washington Writers' Publishing House. 2012. ISBN 9780931846656. (short stories)
The Guy We Didn't Invite to the Orgy and other stories. University of Massachusetts Press. 2017. ISBN 978-1-62534-261-4. (short stories)
Miss Portland. Orison Books. 2017. ISBN 978-0-9964397-1-8 (novel)
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David Ebenbach is a U.S. writer of fiction and poetry, a teacher, and an editor. He is the author of nine books, and he is the recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, the Juniper Prize and the Patricia Bibby Award. Ebenbach's first science fiction novel, How to Mars, was published in 2021
David's homepage: https://www.davidebenbach.com
Buy How to Mars direct from Tachyon Press: https://tachyonpublications.com/product/how-to-mars/
David's video about How To Mars: https://youtu.be/SVO-8Pkvz7E
David has also published the following:
Between Camelots. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8229-4268-9. (short stories)
Into the Wilderness. Washington Writers' Publishing House. 2012. ISBN 9780931846656. (short stories)
The Guy We Didn't Invite to the Orgy and other stories. University of Massachusetts Press. 2017. ISBN 978-1-62534-261-4. (short stories)
Miss Portland. Orison Books. 2017. ISBN 978-0-9964397-1-8 (novel)
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SFX Ambiance: Electrical Hum by trullilulli
David Ebenbach is a U.S. writer of fiction and poetry, a teacher, and an editor. He is the author of nine books, and he is the recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, the Juniper Prize and the Patricia Bibby Award. Ebenbach's first science fiction novel, How to Mars, was published in 2021
David's homepage: https://www.davidebenbach.com
Buy How to Mars direct from Tachyon Press: https://tachyonpublications.com/product/how-to-mars/
David's video about How To Mars: https://youtu.be/SVO-8Pkvz7E
If you're curious about the real life Mars One project to send people on a one way journey to Mars, you can find it here: https://www.mars-one.com
David has also published the following:
Between Camelots. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8229-4268-9. (short stories)
Into the Wilderness. Washington Writers' Publishing House. 2012. ISBN 9780931846656. (short stories)
The Guy We Didn't Invite to the Orgy and other stories. University of Massachusetts Press. 2017. ISBN 978-1-62534-261-4. (short stories)
Miss Portland. Orison Books. 2017. ISBN 978-0-9964397-1-8 (novel)
Thanks to the following contributors from FreeSound.org:
Rocket shoot 001.wav by Cydon
David Ebenbach is a U.S. writer of fiction and poetry, a teacher, and an editor. He is the author of nine books, and he is the recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, the Juniper Prize and the Patricia Bibby Award. Ebenbach's first science fiction novel, How to Mars, was published in 2021
David's homepage: https://www.davidebenbach.com
Buy How to Mars direct from Tachyon Press: https://tachyonpublications.com/product/how-to-mars/
David's video about How To Mars: https://youtu.be/SVO-8Pkvz7E
David has also published the following:
Between Camelots. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8229-4268-9. (short stories)
Into the Wilderness. Washington Writers' Publishing House. 2012. ISBN 9780931846656. (short stories)
The Guy We Didn't Invite to the Orgy and other stories. University of Massachusetts Press. 2017. ISBN 978-1-62534-261-4. (short stories)
Miss Portland. Orison Books. 2017. ISBN 978-0-9964397-1-8 (novel)
Thanks to the following contributors from FreeSound.org:
Rocket shoot 001.wav by Cydon
Purchase The Alien Stars: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-alien-stars-tim-pratt/1138650676?ean=9780857669285
Tim Pratt's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timpratt
Tim Pratt's The Axiom novel series: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EHA/the-axiom
Tim Pratt's blog: http://www.timpratt.org
This episode contains contributions by the following FreeSound.org Users
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Tim Pratt in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pratt
Tim and I mention attending the Clarion Writers Workshop (you must apply 6-12 months in advance): http://clarion.ucsd.edu
This episode contains contributions by the following FreeSound.org Users
Film Countdown.flac by contributor qubodup.
16mm Film Reel by contributor bone666138
20161105 Veteran's Parade by daveincamas
November 9, 2013 Veteran's Day Parade » 20131109CHSBand.WAV by daveincamas
brassmusic.mp3 by vollkornbrot
Tim Pratt in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pratt
Tim and I mention attending the Clarion Writers Workshop (you must apply 6-12 months in advance): http://clarion.ucsd.edu
This episode contains contributions by the following FreeSound.org Users
Film Countdown.flac by contributor qubodup.
16mm Film Reel by contributor bone666138
20161105 Veteran's Parade by daveincamas
November 9, 2013 Veteran's Day Parade » 20131109CHSBand.WAV by daveincamas
brassmusic.mp3 by vollkornbrot
Get Unity here in Kindle and paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Unity-Elly-Bangs/dp/1616963425/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IKEZCEJFZS8Y&keywords=unity+book+elly+bangs&qid=1640743411&sprefix=unity+book+elly+bangs%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1
Elly Bangs website: http://www.elbangs.com
Elly's new short story that was purchased by LIGHTSPEED Magazine: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/space-pirate-queen-of-the-ten-billion-utopias/
The following sounds were contributed by the following FreeSound.org users:
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Get Unity here in Kindle and paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Unity-Elly-Bangs/dp/1616963425/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IKEZCEJFZS8Y&keywords=unity+book+elly+bangs&qid=1640743411&sprefix=unity+book+elly+bangs%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1
Elly Bangs website: http://www.elbangs.com
Mandalorian's active display studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpUI8uOsKTM
And more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gX4N5rDYeQ
Buy BlazeSky on Steam Games (sometimes for as low as $10) : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/
A review about BlazeSky
More BlazeSky videos
Video game Trailers:
BlazeSky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlazeSkyCom
If you enjoyed this episode, you will surely enjoy the first SciFi Thoughts series about BlazeSky: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazesky-a-space-opera-video-game/
If you are a software developer and want to hear more about the development of BlazeSky, here is a link to the Agile Thoughts series which has additional content that wasn't used on SciFi Thoughts: https://agilenoir.biz/en/agilethoughts/space-opera-blazesky-and-agile-game-development/
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
Buy BlazeSky on Steam Games (sometimes for as low as $10) : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/
A review about BlazeSky
Creating V Profiting
The Creator’s Dilemma: A Constant Pursuit for Less of the Same: https://medium.com/@Brian_G_Peters/the-creators-dilemma-a-constant-pursuit-for-less-of-the-same-bf98f55a037d
Creative ‘unconventionals’: How content entrepreneurs are reshaping the creator economy: https://www.agilitypr.com/pr-news/public-relations/creative-unconventionals-how-content-entrepreneurs-are-reshaping-the-creator-economy/
How to Succeed as a Creator and Entrepreneur: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/301058
How Content Creators Can Turn Their Creativity Into a Career: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/361307
This Successful CEO Proves That Artists Make Better Entrepreneurs: https://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/this-successful-ceo-proves-that-artists-make-better-entrepreneurs.html
SignalFire’s Creator Economy Market Map: https://signalfire.com/blog/creator-economy/
How To Create A Business As A Content Creator: https://blog.hollywoodbranded.com/how-to-market-yourself-as-a-content-creator
Coaching
If you're interested in shaking up how you perceive yourself in order to enable a questioning of your values and goals, Gary John Bishop's Unfu*k Yourself is a nice book series.
Here is an appetizer of Gary John Bishop to help you know what he's about, and you'll get an interdiction to the Art of Charm team which has coaching and seminars that help you get to the next level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVYLs9CoesI
Unfu*k Yourself series: https://www.amazon.com/Yourself-Books-Collection-Bishop-Unfuk/dp/9124120200/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=gary+John+bishop+books&qid=1637507840&sr=8-3
More BlazeSky videos
Video game Trailers:
BlazeSky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlazeSkyCom
If you enjoyed this episode, you will surely enjoy the first SciFi Thoughts series about BlazeSky: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazesky-a-space-opera-video-game/
If you are a software developer and want to hear more about the development of BlazeSky, here is a link to the Agile Thoughts series which has additional content that wasn't used on SciFi Thoughts: https://agilenoir.biz/en/agilethoughts/space-opera-blazesky-and-agile-game-development/
You can buy BlazeSky on Steam Games (sometimes for as low as $10) : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/
A review about BlazeSky
Video game Trailers:
BlazeSky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlazeSkyCom
If you enjoyed this episode, you will surely enjoy the first SciFi Thoughts series about BlazeSky: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazesky-a-space-opera-video-game/
If you are a software developer and want to hear more about the development of BlazeSky, here is a link to the Agile Thoughts series which has additional content that wasn't used on SciFi Thoughts: https://agilenoir.biz/en/agilethoughts/space-opera-blazesky-and-agile-game-development/
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
You can buy BlazeSky on Steam Games (sometimes for as low as $10) : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/
A review about BlazeSky
Video game Trailers:
BlazeSky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlazeSkyCom
If you enjoyed this episode, you will surely enjoy the first SciFi Thoughts series about BlazeSky: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazesky-a-space-opera-video-game/
If you are a software developer and want to hear more about the development of BlazeSky, here is a link to the Agile Thoughts series which has additional content that wasn't used on SciFi Thoughts: https://agilenoir.biz/en/agilethoughts/space-opera-blazesky-and-agile-game-development/
About the Late Adopters curve: https://www.ou.edu/deptcomm/dodjcc/groups/99A2/theories.htm
About Psychohistory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory
Rotten Tomatoes article: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/everything-we-know-about-the-foundation-streaming-series/
Critique of how The Foundation was turned into a screen play: https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-tv-plus-foundation-trailer-wont-stick-to-the-books-and-thats-good/
Rotten Tomatoes article: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/everything-we-know-about-the-foundation-streaming-series/
The Foundation won a Hugo for "Best All Time Series": http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1966-hugo-awards/
The Foundation (the novel): https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293354
The Foundation series on Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/foundation/umc.cmc.5983fipzqbicvrve6jdfep4x3?itscg=MC_20000&itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019859_1-547710607871-c&mttnsubkw=104006946180__BCaSlfl0_&mttnsubplmnt=
First Look, Bonus content from Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/foundation/umc.cmc.5983fipzqbicvrve6jdfep4x3?ign-itscg=MC_20000&ign-itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019859_1-547710607871-c&mttnsubkw=104006946180__BCaSlfl0_&mttnsubplmnt=
The Foundation trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4QYV5GTz7c
This series started with episode 158.
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
The Foundation won a Hugo for "Best All Time Series": http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1966-hugo-awards/
The Foundation (the novel): https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293354
The Foundation series on Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/foundation/umc.cmc.5983fipzqbicvrve6jdfep4x3?itscg=MC_20000&itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019859_1-547710607871-c&mttnsubkw=104006946180__BCaSlfl0_&mttnsubplmnt=
First Look, Bonus content from Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/foundation/umc.cmc.5983fipzqbicvrve6jdfep4x3?ign-itscg=MC_20000&ign-itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019859_1-547710607871-c&mttnsubkw=104006946180__BCaSlfl0_&mttnsubplmnt=
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
Here is a visual representation of the Kardashev scale and the amount of energy for each step:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale#/media/File:Consommations_énergétiques_des_trois_types_de_l'échelle_de_Kardashev.svg]
Why is there a scale?
It's hard to have an intelligent conversation about something if you don't have a way to think critically about it. Classification schemes is one way of creating a frame of critical thinking. You have to create criteria for the different levels.
How did we get the Kardashev scale?
Russian astrophysicist, Nikolai Kardashev, created the scale in a paper he published in 1964 called, “Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations”. The scale measures a civilization's level of technological advancement based on the amount of energy it is able to use.
What is the scale?
Type 1 through 3. Frequently referred to as K1 through K3.
A Type I civilization, also called a planetary civilization, has the capability to use all of the energy of its planet. A technological achievement that a K1 society would likely have is weather control.
An example of this in movies would be any science fiction movie that shows Earth United by one government, or close cooperation, such as the movie Interstellar and 2010 Space Odyssey.
References:
the movie Interstellar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(film)
Stanley Kubrick Space Odyssey:
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2001 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/
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2010 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086837/
A type II civilization,
also called a stellar civilization, can use and control energy at the scale of its planetary system. Technological achievements that K2 civilizations would likely have is the ability to terraform and build megastructures. An example of a near type 2 is the TV series The Expanse. Most space operas fall into this category such as any Star Trek. I wanted to place Star Wars here to but since Sith lords frequently entertain ruling the galaxy, they must be nearing K3 contrary to Star Trek, where the galaxy is still a vast place that takes lifetimes to span even with warp drive. Another delightful noir/cyberpunk book series is the Takeshi Kovacs novels by Richard K Morgan. The first of which, Altered Carbon, was made into a Netflix movie.
References:
The Expanse: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/
Star Trek serieses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek
Richard K Morgan's Takeshi Kovacks book series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Kovacs
A type III civilization,
also called a galactic civilization, can control energy at the scale of its entire host galaxy.
Movies like this do casually travel the wide reaches of the galaxy and the galaxy is as well known as any of us today see the Earth as well known and prospected by various nation states. The most famous example of this in movies would be, as I've already said, is Star Wars. More choices are Jupiter Ascending, as well as Valarian and the City of a Thousand Planets. In literature we have books like Vernor Vinges Zones of Thought, and Asimov’s The Foundation. The Vinge book showcases civilizations up and down the kardashev model and so I highly recommend that to those who have a love for alien civ
Christopher Brown's homepage: https://christopherbrown.com/about/
Christopher Brown's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Brown/e/B01MAUNZD0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627752495&sr=8-1
Christopher on Twitter: @NB_Chris
Christopher Brown's homepage: https://christopherbrown.com/about/
Christopher Brown's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Brown/e/B01MAUNZD0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627752495&sr=8-1
Christopher on Twitter: @NB_Chris
Christopher Brown's homepage: https://christopherbrown.com/about/
Christopher Brown's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Brown/e/B01MAUNZD0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627752495&sr=8-1
Christopher on Twitter: @NB_Chris
Christopher Brown's homepage: https://christopherbrown.com/about/
Christopher Brown's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Brown/e/B01MAUNZD0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627752495&sr=8-1
Christopher on Twitter: @NB_Chris
Christopher Brown's homepage: https://christopherbrown.com/about/
Christopher Brown's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Brown/e/B01MAUNZD0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627752495&sr=8-1
Christopher on Twitter: @NB_Chris
About The Girl with All the Gifts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_with_All_the_Gifts_(film)
By The Girl with All the Fights here: https://www.amazon.com/Girl-All-Gifts-M-Carey/dp/0316278157
Links to M.R. Carey:
The book of Kohli: https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/contributor/m-r-carey-2/
M.R. Carey's author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/M.-R.-Carey/e/B00NGCIG46/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
You can contact MR Carey via Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelcarey191
The following people on FreeSound.org contributed sound clips to this episode: guamorims, gurek,
"Toaster Pop, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org
"Frying09.wav" by iainmccurdy.
"Ambiance_Campfire_Loop_Stereo.wav" by Nox_Sound
"BODY FALL - V HVY - DIRT" by leonelmail
About The Girl with All the Gifts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_with_All_the_Gifts_(film)
By The Girl with All the Fights here: https://www.amazon.com/Girl-All-Gifts-M-Carey/dp/0316278157
Links to M.R. Carey:
You can contact MR Carey via Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelcarey191
What's a body swap thriller? See this article about the 20 best body swap films and you'll get the idea: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/10/the-20-best-body-swap-films-ranked
About The Girl with All the Gifts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_with_All_the_Gifts_(film)
By The Girl with All the Fights here: https://www.amazon.com/Girl-All-Gifts-M-Carey/dp/0316278157
Links to M.R. Carey:
You can contact MR Carey via Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelcarey191
What's a body swap thriller? See this article about the 20 best body swap films and you'll get the idea: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/10/the-20-best-body-swap-films-ranked
Watch how the greenery grows across The Book of Koli via Google Lens: https://fb.watch/v/8-McT2mIP/
Links to M.R. Carey:
https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/contributor/m-r-carey-2/ https://www.amazon.com/M.-R.-Carey/e/B00NGCIG46/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
You can contact M.R. Carey via Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelcarey191
You can contact MR Carrey via Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelcarey191
FREE for Kindle Unlimited is Bill Preston's first book of the Old Man Series: https://www.amazon.com/Helping-Them-Take-Down-Clockworks-ebook/dp/B008BC4EME/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=old+man+william+preston&qid=1626623750&sr=8-2
Contact Bill Preston via Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmpreston
Bill (William) Preston's author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y
Jay O'Connell essay on: Doc Savage Lives Again in William Preston’s Old Man Cycle
You may be interested in these other SciFi Thoughts episodes about Doc Savage, pulp super hero : https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/tony-jones-discusses-doc-savages-formula-dr-who-and-audio-dramas/
The following users have contributed sound bites via FreeSound.org: footsteps wood floor by ralph.whitehead
FREE for Kindle Unlimited is Bill Preston's first book of the Old Man Series: https://www.amazon.com/Helping-Them-Take-Down-Clockworks-ebook/dp/B008BC4EME/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=old+man+william+preston&qid=1626623750&sr=8-2
Contact Bill Preston via Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmpreston
Bill (William) Preston's author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y
Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken: https://poets.org/poem/road-not-taken
The following users have contributed sound bites via FreeSound.org: footsteps wood floor by ralph.whitehead
Contact Bill Preston via Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmpreston
Bill (William) Preston's author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y
Contact Bill Preston via Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmpreston
Bill (William) Preston's author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y
First off, if today's date is around May there is a Tiki market place in North Hollywood at Kahuna Tiki Tu: http://www.kahunatiki.com
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Tiki Al's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tikialz59/
Tiki Al's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/al.zequeira
From Al:
These are the Akira shirts I did 30 years ago, before starting to work for streamline pictures. I guess they liked my artwork and decided to hire me:
AKIRA 90's Vintage T-shirt Tetsuo Kaneda size L black single stitch made in USA | eBayebay.com
First off, if it's around May there is a market place in North Hollywood at Kahuna Tiki Tu: http://www.kahunatiki.com
http://www.kahunatiki.com/?fbclid=IwAR1cXcHUCC-jvP6Jbf8eNyiSR4yJxTLvBDcrdUzoHfWcJ0pNyh9ZUKK-Q7k
An instructional video from Tiki Al on using Tiki Spears: https://m.facebook.com/groups/282420449138382/permalink/773696823344073/?sfnsn=mo
Tiki Don's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/282420449138382/permalink/773696823344073/
From Al:
These are the Akira shirts I did 30 years ago, before starting to work for streamline pictures. I guess they liked my artwork and decided to hire me:
AKIRA 90's Vintage T-shirt Tetsuo Kaneda size L black single stitch made in USA | eBayebay.com
First off, if it's around May there is a market place in North Hollywood at Kahuna Tiki Tu: http://www.kahunatiki.com
http://www.kahunatiki.com/?fbclid=IwAR1cXcHUCC-jvP6Jbf8eNyiSR4yJxTLvBDcrdUzoHfWcJ0pNyh9ZUKK-Q7k
From Al:
These are the Akira shirts I did 30 years ago, before starting to work for streamline pictures. I guess they liked my artwork and decided to hire me:
AKIRA 90's Vintage T-shirt Tetsuo Kaneda size L black single stitch made in USA | eBayebay.com
Attributions:
The steel drums were free but copyrighted : Copyright © 2011 Varazuvi™ www.varazuvi.com
Love Cyberpunk? Read Honolulu Hottie by Lancer Kind
A surfer, a beautiful activist, and corporate sponsored ecoterrorism. Enjoy this Hawaiian cyberpunk novelette.
Nafi is a retired pro surfer who works security at a pineapple plant. He falls for a girl who uses him to break security so she can investigate a conspiracy to destroy Hawaii’s pineapple crop. Unfortunately she gets caught, Nafi gets in trouble, and the epidemiologist who is behind the pineapple virus is out to kill them.
Honolulu Hottie is a cyberpunk, action-adventure novelette set in post global-warming Hawaii. Click the book cover above to buy on Amazon.
First off, if it's around May there is a market place in North Hollywood at Kahuna Tiki Tu: http://www.kahunatiki.com
http://www.kahunatiki.com/?fbclid=IwAR1cXcHUCC-jvP6Jbf8eNyiSR4yJxTLvBDcrdUzoHfWcJ0pNyh9ZUKK-Q7k
From Al:
These are the Akira shirts I did 30 years ago, before starting to work for streamline pictures. I guess they liked my artwork and decided to hire me:
AKIRA 90's Vintage T-shirt Tetsuo Kaneda size L black single stitch made in USA | eBayebay.com
Love Cyberpunk? Read Honolulu Hottie by Lancer Kind
A surfer, a beautiful activist, and corporate sponsored ecoterrorism. Enjoy this Hawaiian cyberpunk novelette.
Nafi is a retired pro surfer who works security at a pineapple plant. He falls for a girl who uses him to break security so she can investigate a conspiracy to destroy Hawaii’s pineapple crop. Unfortunately she gets caught, Nafi gets in trouble, and the epidemiologist who is behind the pineapple virus is out to kill them.
Honolulu Hottie is a cyberpunk, action-adventure novelette set in post global-warming Hawaii. Click the book cover above to buy on Amazon.
First off, if it's around May there is a market place in North Hollywood at Kahuna Tiki Tu: http://www.kahunatiki.com
http://www.kahunatiki.com/?fbclid=IwAR1cXcHUCC-jvP6Jbf8eNyiSR4yJxTLvBDcrdUzoHfWcJ0pNyh9ZUKK-Q7k
From Al:
These are the Akira shirts I did 30 years ago, before starting to work for streamline pictures. I guess they liked my artwork and decided to hire me:
AKIRA 90's Vintage T-shirt Tetsuo Kaneda size L black single stitch made in USA | eBayebay.com
Attributions:
The steel drums used in the podcast are from : Copyright © 2011 Varazuvi™ www.varazuvi.com
Love Cyberpunk? Read Honolulu Hottie by Lancer Kind
A surfer, a beautiful activist, and corporate sponsored ecoterrorism. Enjoy this Hawaiian cyberpunk novelette.
Nafi is a retired pro surfer who works security at a pineapple plant. He falls for a girl who uses him to break security so she can investigate a conspiracy to destroy Hawaii’s pineapple crop. Unfortunately she gets caught, Nafi gets in trouble, and the epidemiologist who is behind the pineapple virus is out to kill them.
Honolulu Hottie is a cyberpunk, action-adventure novelette set in post global-warming Hawaii. Click the book cover above to buy on Amazon.
First off, if it's around May (specifically May 2nd in 2021) there is a tiki market place in North Hollywood at Kahuna Tiki Tu: http://www.kahunatiki.com and there you'll find details.
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
Find more great content in the SciFi Thoughts show archive here.
This episode is part of an ongoing series that started on episode 133. Here is the show archive: https://LancerKind.com/series/scifi-thoughts/
Here is the show's RSS Feed: View feed or you can subscribe via webpage.
A Statistical Estimation of the Occurrence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Milky Way Galaxy, by Xiang Cai, Jonathan H. Jiang, Kristen A. Fahy, Yuk L. Yung : https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.07902
Author Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep is an excellent SciFi book to pair with the above paper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor_Vinge
Background:
Learn about the formation of stars and the main sequence of stars: https://byjus.com/physics/life-cycle-of-stars/
Star types: https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/the-types-of-stars/
How Galaxies are formed: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11534
What is Ambiogenesis: https://www.britannica.com/science/abiogenesis
Enrico Fermi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi
The Drake equation was discussed in SciFi Thoughts episode 098, during the topic of BLAZESKY, a space opera game: https://lancerkind.com/podcast/098-blazesky-role-plays-why-no-aliens/
Interested in how the measurement unit parsec was decide? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec#Parsecs_and_kiloparsecs
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
This episode is part of an ongoing series that started on episode 133. Here is the show archive: https://LancerKind.com/series/scifi-thoughts/
Here is the show's RSS Feed: View feed https://lancerkind.com/feed/podcast
A Statistical Estimation of the Occurrence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Milky Way Galaxy, by Xiang Cai, Jonathan H. Jiang, Kristen A. Fahy, Yuk L. Yung : https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.07902
The Doomsday Clock: https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/
Background:
Learn about the formation of stars and the main sequence of stars: https://byjus.com/physics/life-cycle-of-stars/
Star types: https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/the-types-of-stars/
How Galaxies are formed: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11534
What is Ambiogenesis: https://www.britannica.com/science/abiogenesis
Enrico Fermi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi
The Drake equation was discussed in SciFi Thoughts episode 098, during the topic of BLAZESKY, a space opera game: https://lancerkind.com/podcast/098-blazesky-role-plays-why-no-aliens/
Interested in how the measurement unit parsec was decide? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec#Parsecs_and_kiloparsecs
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
This episode is part of an ongoing series that started on episode 133. Here is the show archive: https://LancerKind.com/series/scifi-thoughts/
Here is the show's RSS Feed: View feed
A Statistical Estimation of the Occurrence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Milky Way Galaxy, by Xiang Cai, Jonathan H. Jiang, Kristen A. Fahy, Yuk L. Yung : https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.07902
Learn about the formation of stars and the main sequence of stars: https://byjus.com/physics/life-cycle-of-stars/
Star types: https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/the-types-of-stars/
Discussed in this episode:
Robin Hanson's Great Filter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter#The_Great_Filter
How Galaxies are formed: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11534
What is Ambiogenesis: https://www.britannica.com/science/abiogenesis
Enrico Fermi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi
In SciFi Thoughts episode 098 we talk about space opera game BLAZESKY and the Drake equation: https://lancerkind.com/podcast/098-blazesky-role-plays-why-no-aliens/
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
A Statistical Estimation of the Occurrence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Milky Way Galaxy, by Xiang Cai, Jonathan H. Jiang, Kristen A. Fahy, Yuk L. Yung : https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.07902
Learn about the formation of stars and the main sequence of stars: https://byjus.com/physics/life-cycle-of-stars/
Star types: https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/the-types-of-stars/
How Galaxies are formed: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11534
What is abiogenesis: https://www.britannica.com/science/abiogenesis
Enrico Fermi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi
In SciFi Thoughts episode 098 we talk about space opera game BLAZESKY and the Drake equation: https://lancerkind.com/podcast/098-blazesky-role-plays-why-no-aliens/
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
Enrico Fermi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi
A Statistical Estimation of the Occurrence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Milky Way Galaxy, by Xiang Cai, Jonathan H. Jiang, Kristen A. Fahy, Yuk L. Yung : https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.07902
In SciFi Thoughts episode 098 we talk about space opera game BLAZESKY and the Drake equation: https://lancerkind.com/podcast/098-blazesky-role-plays-why-no-aliens/
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
Tom's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Doyle/e/B00A77W3KQ?ref=dbs_m_mng_rwt_byln
Tom Doyle's Border Crosser novel: http://tomdoyleauthor.com/border-crosser/
Tom offers links to free text and audio of his short fiction, including Small Small Press Award winner “The Wizard of Macatawa”: http://tomdoyleauthor.com
Tom's books on Ring of Fire Press, a good source for alternate ebook formats: https://ringoffirepress.com/authors/doyle-tom/
Tom's work on Graphic Audio: https://www.graphicaudio.net/our-productions/authors/s-z/tom-doyle.html
Mentions:
Tom has published an award winning short story called Thieves of the Fallen World in an anthology called Tales from the Magicians Skill #4:
Find more great content in the SciFi Thoughts show archive here.
Tom Doyle's Border Crosser novel: http://tomdoyleauthor.com/border-crosser/
Tom offers links to free text and audio of his short fiction, including Small Small Press Award winner “The Wizard of Macatawa”: http://tomdoyleauthor.com
Mentions:
Author Jacqueline Carey: http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/all-books/
The following users have contributed sound bites via FreeSound.org: snore from passAirmangrace, kiss from trijohnstone,
Tom Doyle's Border Crosser novel: http://tomdoyleauthor.com/border-crosser/
Tom offers links to free text and audio of his short fiction, including Small Small Press Award winner “The Wizard of Macatawa”: http://tomdoyleauthor.com
Mentions:
Author Jacqueline Carey: http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/all-books/
Tom Doyle's Border Crosser novel: http://tomdoyleauthor.com/border-crosser/
Tom offers links to free text and audio of his short fiction, including Small Small Press Award winner “The Wizard of Macatawa”: http://tomdoyleauthor.com
Mentions:
About the Clarion Writers Workshop: http://clarion.ucsd.edu/#apply
More about Tim Powers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Powers
Tom Doyle's Border Crosser novel: http://tomdoyleauthor.com/border-crosser/
Tom offers links to free text and audio of his short fiction, including Small Small Press Award winner “The Wizard of Macatawa”: http://tomdoyleauthor.com
Mentions:
About the Clarion Writers Workshop: http://clarion.ucsd.edu/#apply
More about Tim Powers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Powers
Bud Sparhawk's author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bud-Sparhawk/e/B00BH17R3O
Bud Sparhawk's blog: https://www.budsparhawk.com
Bud Sparhawk on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Sparhawk
Bud Sparhawk video interview Fast Forward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcgFWq3Szx4
Bud Sparhawk video interview with Buzzy Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN43VdjJelg
A Bud Sparhawk and Paul Levinson reading at AmazingCon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prN06V22rs4
Mentioned in this episode:
Walter Hunt: http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hunt_walter_h
Tuckerization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckerization
William Tucker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Tucker
Bud Sparhawk's blog: https://www.budsparhawk.com
Bud Sparhawk video interview Fast Forward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcgFWq3Szx4
Bud Sparhawk video interview with Buzzy Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN43VdjJelg
A Bud Sparhawk and Paul Levinson reading at AmazingCon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prN06V22rs4
Mentioned in this episode:
Here is a list of science fiction conventions: https://fancons.com/events/schedule.php?type=scifi&year=2021
Bud Sparhawk's blog: https://www.budsparhawk.com
Bud Sparhawk video interview Fast Forward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcgFWq3Szx4
Bud Sparhawk video interview with Buzzy Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN43VdjJelg
A Bud Sparhawk and Paul Levinson reading at AmazingCon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prN06V22rs4
Mentioned in this episode:
SIGMA is the group of science fiction authors that meet with government agencies: http://www.sigmaforum.org
Bud Sparhawk's blog: https://www.budsparhawk.com
Bud Sparhawk video interview Fast Forward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcgFWq3Szx4
Bud Sparhawk video interview with Buzzy Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN43VdjJelg
A Bud Sparhawk and Paul Levinson reading at AmazingCon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prN06V22rs4
Get a copy of RZ Held's novellas: https://rhiannonheld.com
You can find an another interview series with RZ Held at: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/rhiannon-held-and-rz-held-author/
The Dungeon Scrawlers channel is here: https://www.twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
Dungeon Scrawlers homepage is here: https://dungeonscrawlers.com
Get a copy of RZ Held's novellas: https://rhiannonheld.com
You can find an another interview series of episodes with RZ Held at: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/rhiannon-held-and-rz-held-author/
Find more great content in the SciFi Thoughts show archive here.
Get a copy of RZ Held's novellas: https://rhiannonheld.com
You can find an another interview series of episodes with RZ Held at: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/rhiannon-held-and-rz-held-author/
Get a copy of RZ Held's novellas: https://rhiannonheld.com
You can find an another interview series of episodes with RZ Held at: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/rhiannon-held-and-rz-held-author/
Get a copy of RZ Held's novelellas: https://rhiannonheld.com
Other space opera authors mentioned in this episode:
Jessie Mihalik: https://www.jessiemihalik.com
Cozy SciFi from Becky Chambers: https://www.otherscribbles.com/about
Tim's Human Legion: https://humanlegion.com
Tim's author page: https://timctaylor.wordpress.com
Tim's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Tim-C-Taylor/e/B004QBGOZO
Definition of Military SF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_science_fiction
Definition of Space Opera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_opera
Tim's Human Legion: https://humanlegion.com
Tim's author page: https://timctaylor.wordpress.com
Tim's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Tim-C-Taylor/e/B004QBGOZO
Definition of Military SF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_science_fiction
Definition of Space Opera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_opera
Tim's Human Legion: https://humanlegion.com
Tim's author page: https://timctaylor.wordpress.com
Tim's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Tim-C-Taylor/e/B004QBGOZO
Definition of Military SF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_science_fiction
Definition of Space Opera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_opera
Tim's Human Legion: https://humanlegion.com
Tim's author page: https://timctaylor.wordpress.com
Definition of Military SF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_science_fiction
Definition of Space Opera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_opera
You can find Valence here: https://hughouse.productions/valence/listen-to-valence/
Here is a video trailer for Valence: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/valence-podcast-season-1#/
Hug House productions: https://hughouse.productions/about-us/
15 Great Science Fiction Podcasts by Wil Williams: https://discoverpods.com/sci-fi-podcasts-science-fiction/
Wil William's review site: https://wilwilliams.reviews
Hug House productions: https://hughouse.productions/about-us/ You can find Valence here: https://hughouse.productions/valence/listen-to-valence/ 15 Great Science Fiction Podcasts by Wil Williams: https://discoverpods.com/sci-fi-podcasts-science-fiction/ Wil William's review site: https://wilwilliams.reviews
5 Great Science Fiction Podcasts by Wil Williams: https://discoverpods.com/sci-fi-podcasts-science-fiction/
Wil William's review site: https://wilwilliams.reviews
Hug House productions: https://hughouse.productions/about-us/
You can find Valence here: https://hughouse.productions/valence/listen-to-valence/
An article on science fiction and radio drama: https://www.otrcat.com/science-fiction-in-radio
Science Fiction has a rich history of radio shows starting in the 1930s. At those times it was Buck Rodgers, Flash Gordon, and War of the Worlds. In the 1940's radio was the worlds leading popular entertainment. But in the 1950s, the popularity of TV in the USA had pretty much wiped out the radio play industry. In other countries such as the UK and New Zealand, radio dramas had continued at some level of popularity, bringing to us well loved shows such as The Hitchhikers Guide.
The form of drama delivered in an audio form took a giant surge in the 2000s with the introduction of the iPod and podcast as a delivery mechanism. Podcasts can also be in audio/video form as well, though most people mean the audio format when they say podcast.
In this show we'll be talking about audio dramas and will use the words podcast and audio drama interchangeably.
Recordings of OTR (old-time radio) survive today in the audio archives of collectors, libraries and museums, as well as several online sites such as Internet Archive.
Video Documentary, The Thrill is Gone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odDhKEOxB84
Charles Bukowski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski
Will's online bachelor pad of debauchery is http://thrillville.net
Will's YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/user/MrThrillville
The Gouls Go West album which contains the Will the Thrill soundtrack: https://www.amazon.com/Ghouls-Go-West-Moon-Rays/dp/B0001VS86G
The Moon Rays music for Thrillville: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdcMZi4W8WQ
Check out these Fez's https://fez-o-rama.com/collections
Will's Amazon author page https://www.amazon.com/Will-Viharo/e/B004QWCU4W%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
The Vic Valentine: Space Cadet book is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Vic-Valentine-Space-Will-Viharo/dp/0578458950
The Space Needler's
Will's online bachelor pad of debauchery is http://thrillville.net
The Space Needler's Intergalactic Bar Guide https://www.amazon.com/Space-Needlers-Intergalactic-Bar-Guide/dp/151213127X
It Came from Hangar 18 https://www.amazon.com/Came-Hangar-18-Scott-Fulks/dp/1469913852
The Moon Rays album Thrillville: https://www.last.fm/music/The+Moon-Rays
The Moon Rays homepage: https://www.facebook.com/The-Moonrays-176332757409/
Will's YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/user/MrThrillville
Will's Amazon author page https://www.amazon.com/Will-Viharo/e/B004QWCU4W%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Attributions:
This podcast contains sound effects from FreeSound.org and specifically used samples available via the Creative Commons license from the following members:
- Toilet Flushing, lorenzgillner.
Will's online bachelor pad of debauchery is http://thrillville.net
The Space Needler's Intergalactic Bar Guide https://www.amazon.com/Space-Needlers-Intergalactic-Bar-Guide/dp/151213127X
It Came from Hangar 18 https://www.amazon.com/Came-Hangar-18-Scott-Fulks/dp/1469913852
The Moon Rays album Thrillville: https://www.last.fm/music/The+Moon-Rays
The Moon Rays homepage: https://www.facebook.com/The-Moonrays-176332757409/
Will's YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/user/MrThrillville
Will's Amazon author page https://www.amazon.com/Will-Viharo/e/B004QWCU4W%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Will's online bachelor pad of debauchery is http://thrillville.net
The Moon Rays album Thrillville: https://www.last.fm/music/The+Moon-Rays
The Moon Rays homepage: https://www.facebook.com/The-Moonrays-176332757409/
Will's YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/user/MrThrillville
Will's Amazon author page https://www.amazon.com/Will-Viharo/e/B004QWCU4W%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Poobah of Pulp--a holder of many different offices: detective, science fiction,
Ambassador of Mood -- consistent pulp mood through different genres. An author of mood rather than genre.
Video Documentary, The Thrill is Gone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odDhKEOxB84
Charles Bukowski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski
Will's online bachelor pad of debauchery is http://thrillville.net
Will's YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/user/MrThrillville
The Moon Rays music for Thrillville: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdcMZi4W8WQ
Check out these Fez's https://fez-o-rama.com/collections
Will's Amazon author page https://www.amazon.com/Will-Viharo/e/B004QWCU4W%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Poobah of Pulp--a holder of many different offices: detective, science fiction,
Ambassador of Mood -- consistent pulp mood through different genres. An author of mood rather than genre.
If you're in the Seattle area you'll be interested in the following that offer classes and services about edible landscaping:
Cloud Mountain: https://www.cloudmountainfarmcenter.org/nursery/sustainable-edible-landscape/
Raintree Nursery: https://raintreenursery.com
Sustainable Living: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_living
Seattle Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA) and their nationwide EV charging network map: https://www.seattleeva.org/wp/electric-car-charging-networks-maps/
Shop via http://Smile.Amazon.com and Amazon will donate a half of a percent to SEVA.
Sustainable living describes a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use of the Earth's natural resources, and one's personal resources. It is often called as "earth harmony living" or "net zero living". Its practitioners often attempt to reduce their ecological footprint (including their carbon footprint) by altering their methods of transportation, energy consumption, and/or diet.
Subscribe and be a patron to Tim's fiction at: https://curiousfictions.com/authors/184
Tim McDaniel's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Tim-McDaniel/e/B0155VBAF2%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Tim frequently publishes in the top three science fiction magazines in the USA: https://www.everywritersresource.com/top-10-science-fiction-magazines/
Subscribe and be a patron to Tim's fiction at: https://curiousfictions.com/authors/184
Tim McDaniel's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Tim-McDaniel/e/B0155VBAF2%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Tim frequently publishes in the top three science fiction magazines in the USA: https://www.everywritersresource.com/top-10-science-fiction-magazines/
Subscribe to Tim's fiction at: https://curiousfictions.com/authors/184
Tim frequently publishes in the top three science fiction magazines in the USA: https://www.everywritersresource.com/top-10-science-fiction-magazines/
Go here to wishlist or purchase BlazeSky on Steam Games : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/ Gameplay Cinematics:
Opening Cinematic: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsnEpirn3_M
Trailer #2: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DcZr2smzjsU
Will Iverson introduces BlazeSky: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQqRXwiRYQ
Double Robot: https://doublerobot.com
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
Go here to wishlist or purchase BlazeSky on Steam Games : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/
Gameplay Cinematics:
Opening Cinematic: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsnEpirn3_M
Trailer #2: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DcZr2smzjsU
Will Iverson introduces BlazeSky: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQqRXwiRYQ
Double Robot: https://doublerobot.com
Mentions
Frank Drake is one of the pioneers of the modern field of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence with Giuseppe Cocconi, Philip Morrison, Iosif Shklovsky, and Carl Sagan. Drake co-designed the Pioneer plaque with Carl Sagan in 1972, the first physical message sent into space.
Drake Equation Calculator: https://www.spacecentre.nz/resources/tools/drake-equation-calculator.html
How often are stars born in our galaxy: http://www.ism.ucalgary.ca/Star_Formation/How_Often.html
Interested in reading a space opera?
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by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
Go here to wishlist or purchase BlazeSky on Steam Games : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/
Gameplay Cinematics:
Opening Cinematic: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsnEpirn3_M
Trailer #2: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DcZr2smzjsU
Will Iverson introduces BlazeSky: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQqRXwiRYQ
Other References:
Double Robot: https://doublerobot.com
Utopian fiction from 1888, Looking Backwards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward
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by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
- Click here to watch a video trailer on MEMORY'S VICTIMS.
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A STIR OF ECHOES, writing by Richard Matheson, starring Kevin Bacon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164181/
Anne Rice's FB post about Richard Matheson: https://www.facebook.com/annericefanpage/posts/rip-richard-matheson-this-great-author-had-a-profound-influence-on-me-more-profo/10151750430450452/
LA Times article about Matheson: https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-author-richard-matheson-has-died-20130624-story.html
Articles about the book I AM LEGEND:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(novel)
A movie clip from Vincent Price and Matheson's movie, The Last Man on Earth: https://youtu.be/FG9phILLiQ0
An HD Trailer for Omega man (1971), starring Charlton Heston and Rosalind Cash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkU18MrBzU
John Ajvide Lindqvist talks about Let the Right One In: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmY9hMymqkM
Articles about the book I AM LEGEND:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(novel)
A movie clip from Vincent Price and Matheson's movie, The Last Man on Earth: https://youtu.be/FG9phILLiQ0
An HD Trailer for Omega man (1971), starring Charlton Heston and Rosalind Cash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkU18MrBzU
John Ajvide Lindqvist talks about Let the Right One In: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmY9hMymqkM
Definition of Novum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novum
Articles about the book I AM LEGEND:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(novel)
I AM LEGEND, Will Smith movie:
plot description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(film)
mainstream ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7LsxKkh0zg
alternate ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJBf94enIaU
article about alternate ending: https://screenrant.com/i-am-legend-movie-alternate-ending-changes-explained/
Prequel/sequel talk: https://screenrant.com/i-am-legend-2-movie-sequel-updates-release/
A movie clip from Vincent Price and Matheson's movie The Last Man on Earth: https://youtu.be/FG9phILLiQ0
Definition of Novum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novum
Articles about I AM LEGEND the book:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(novel)
I AM LEGEND, Will Smith movie:
plot description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(film)
mainstream ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7LsxKkh0zg
alternate ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJBf94enIaU
article about alternate ending: https://screenrant.com/i-am-legend-movie-alternate-ending-changes-explained/
Prequel/sequel talk: https://screenrant.com/i-am-legend-2-movie-sequel-updates-release/
How do you solve a murdur in the city of the dead.
Here is Parvus Press's website: https://parvuspress.com
NECROPOLIS PD enter this world in necropolis pd by Nathan Sumsion https://parvuspress.com/npd/
Jacob Green is the only living person trapped in a city where everyone is already dead; a city concealed from the modern world, made up of forgotten buildings, pathways, and spaces. In a world that has long moved beyond the needs of the living, every day is a struggle for survival.
But when an unusual string of crimes hits the city, Jacob becomes a prime suspect. To clear his name, he’ll have to team up with the Necropolis PD and solve the mystery. Someone, or some thing is killing the dead.
And if he can’t figure out who’s responsible, he’ll be the next victim.
This dark, richly imagined novel is Neverwhere-meets-Dresden Files with a pinch of Grim Fandango thrown in for good measure.
Peridot Shift Trilogy begins with FLOTSAM by R J Theodore: https://parvuspress.com/flotsam/
Captain Talis just wants to keep her airship crew from starving, and maybe scrape up enough cash for some badly needed repairs. When an anonymous client offers a small fortune to root through a pile of atmospheric wreckage, it seems like an easy payday. The job yields an ancient ring, a forbidden secret, and a host of deadly enemies.
Now on the run from cultists with powerful allies, Talis needs to unload the ring as quickly as possible. Her desperate search for a buyer and the fallout from her discovery leads to a planetary battle between a secret society, alien forces, and even the gods themselves.
Talis and her crew have just one desperate chance to make things right before their potential big score destroys them all.
Here is Parvus Press on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParvusPress
Here is Parvus Press's website: https://parvuspress.com
Here is IF THIS GOES ON: https://parvuspress.com/itgo/
IF THIS GOES ON, edited by Kat Rambo http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/and cover art by Bernard Lee http://www.bernardleeart.com, contains stories from the following authors:
1 Green Glass: A Love Story by E. Lily Yu
2 Twelve Histories Scrawled in the Sky by Aimee Ogden
3 Dead Wings by Rachel Chimits *
4 Welcome to Gray by Cyd Athens
5The Stranded Time Traveler Embraces the Inevitable by Scott Edelman
6Good Pupils by Jack Lothian *
7All the Good Dogs Have Been Eaten by Gregory Jeffers
8The Sinking Tide by Conor Powers-Smith
9Mustard Seeds and the Elephant’s Foot by Priya Sridhar
0Mr. Percy’s Shortcut by Andy Duncan
11A Gardener’s Guide to the Apocalypse by Lynette Mejia *
12But for Grace by Hal Y. Zhang
13Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than The Last; The
Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness by Nick Mamatas *
14The Last Adventure of Jack Laff: The Dayveil Gambit by Steven Barnes
15Three Data Units by Kitty-Lydia Dye
16One Shot by Tiffany E. Wilson
17King Harvest (Will Surely Come) by Nisi Shawl
18Counting the Days by Kathy Schilbach
19Making Happy by Zandra Renwick
20The Machine by Chris Kluwe *
21That Our Flag Was Still There by Sarah Pinsker
22The Editor’s Eyes by Calie Voorhis
23Free WiFi by Marie Vibbert
24Discobolos by James Wood
25Fine by Jamie Lackey
26Bulletproof Tattoos by Paul Crenshaw
27Call and Answer by Langley Hyde
28A Pocketful of Dolphins by Judy Helfrich
29Tasting Bleach and Decay in the City of Dust by Beth Dawkins
30The Choices You Make by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
NECROPOLIS PD enter this world in necropolis pd by Nathan Sumsion https://parvuspress.com/npd/
Jacob Green is the only living person trapped in a city where everyone is already dead; a city concealed from the modern world, made up of forgotten buildings, pathways, and spaces. In a world that has long moved beyond the needs of the living, every day is a struggle for survival.
But when an unusual string of crimes hits the city, Jacob becomes a prime suspect. To clear his name, he’ll have to team up with the Necropolis PD and solve the mystery. Someone, or some thing is killing the dead.
And if he can’t figure out who’s responsible, he’ll be the next victim.
This dark, richly imagined novel is Neverwhere-meets-Dresden Files with a pinch of Grim Fandango thrown in for good measure.
The Peridot Shift Trilogy begins with FLOTSAM by R J Theodore: https://parvuspress.com/flotsam/
Captain Talis just wants to keep her airship crew from starving, and maybe scrape up enough cash for some badly needed repairs. When an anonymous client offers a small fortune to root through a pile of atmospheric wreckage, it seems like an easy payday. The job yields an ancient ring, a forbidden secret, and a host of deadly enemies.
Now on the run from cultists with powerful allies, Talis needs to unload the ring as quickly as possible. Her desperate search for a buyer and the fallout from her discovery leads to a planetary battle between a secret society, alien forces, and even the gods themselves.
Talis and her crew have just one desperate chance to make things right before their potential big score destroys them all.
Here is Parvu
Here is Parvus Press's website: https://parvuspress.com
Here is Parvus Press on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParvusPress
Here is Parvus Press's website: https://parvuspress.com
Here is Parvus Press on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParvusPress
Memory’s Victim by Lancer Kind: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CD47UNQ?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00CD47UNQ&linkCode=xm2
Battle Star Galactica: https://www.syfy.com/battlestargalactica
Star Trek Discovery: https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-discovery/
Star Trek Picard: https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-picard/
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
Author Dan Simmons https://www.dansimmons.com/books/new_books.htm
Author NK Jemisin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._K._Jemisin
Madeline Miller http://madelinemiller.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_Miller
Gregory Maguire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Maguire
Jasper Fforde http://www.jasperfforde.com/index2.html
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
Interested in reading a space opera?
Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS
by Lancer Kind
Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.
Ed's website: https://www.edwardgauthier.com
DIRECTOR GUY is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Director-Guy-Edward-Gay-Gauthier/dp/1732082405/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=edward+gauthier&qid=1585107658&sr=8-1
Odyssey Writers Workshop: https://odysseyworkshop.org
Ken Ran’s THE TEN PERCENT SOLUTION.
Ed's website: https://www.edwardgauthier.com
DIRECTOR GUY is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Director-Guy-Edward-Gay-Gauthier/dp/1732082405/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=edward+gauthier&qid=1585107658&sr=8-1
Ian Thomas Malone is published in the following academic work about Star Trek Voyager https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/exploring-star-trek-voyager/
Ian's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Ian-Thomas-Malone/e/B00N0Z89L4 Ian's transgender manifesto: https://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Manifesto-Ian-Thomas-Malone/dp/0692954023/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ian+thomas+malone&qid=1582471626&sr=8-1 Ian's Rotten Tomatoes movie reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/ian-thomas-malone/movies
Ian Thomas Malone is published in the following academic work about Star Trek Discovery: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/exploring-star-trek-voyager/
Ian's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Ian-Thomas-Malone/e/B00N0Z89L4 Ian's transgender manifesto: https://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Manifesto-Ian-Thomas-Malone/dp/0692954023/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ian+thomas+malone&qid=1582471626&sr=8-1 Ian's Rotten Tomatoes movie reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/ian-thomas-malone/movies
episodic: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/episodic
serialized: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_serial_drama_television_series
ensemble story telling: https://timstout.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/what-is-an-ensemble-cast/
Ian Thomas Malone is published in the following academic work about Star Trek Discovery https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/exploring-star-trek-voyager/
Ian's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Ian-Thomas-Malone/e/B00N0Z89L4 Ian's transgender manifesto: https://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Manifesto-Ian-Thomas-Malone/dp/0692954023/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ian+thomas+malone&qid=1582471626&sr=8-1
Ian's Rotten Tomatoes movie reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/ian-thomas-malone/movies
Fire Festival: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyre_Festival
Ian Thomas Malone is published in the following academic work about Star Trek Discovery: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/exploring-star-trek-voyager/
Ian's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Ian-Thomas-Malone/e/B00N0Z89L4
Ian's Rotten Tomatoes movie reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/ian-thomas-malone/movies
About Yevgeny Zamyatin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Zamyatin
Ian Thomas Malone is published in the following academic work about Star Trek Discovery: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/exploring-star-trek-voyager/
Ian's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Ian-Thomas-Malone/e/B00N0Z89L4
Ian's Rotten Tomatoes movie reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/ian-thomas-malone/movies
Roy's website: http://royhuff.net
Think Smart not Hard: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1547206985/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Roy's Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Roy-Huff/e/B00BCX199A/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_
Jim the Rookie Morris: https://www.speakers.com/Speaker/Jim-The-Rookie-Morris-speaker-biography
Roy's website: http://royhuff.net
Think Smart not Hard: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1547206985/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Roy's Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Roy-Huff/e/B00BCX199A/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_
Jim the Rookie Morris: https://www.speakers.com/Speaker/Jim-The-Rookie-Morris-speaker-biography
Roy's website: http://royhuff.net
Everville box set: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013HWFNYU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Think Smart not Hard: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1547206985/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Roy's Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Roy-Huff/e/B00BCX199A/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_
Valance audio drama can be found here: https://hughouse.productions/2019/05/10/the-audio-drama/
Roy's website: http://royhuff.net
Roy's Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Roy-Huff/e/B00BCX199A/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_
Roy's books:
- Everville box set: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013HWFNYU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
- Think Smart not Hard: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1547206985/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
The referred to John Locke book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11786904-how-i-sold-1-million-ebooks-in-5-months
Roy's website: http://royhuff.net
Everville box set: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013HWFNYU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Think Smart not Hard: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1547206985/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Roy's Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Roy-Huff/e/B00BCX199A/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_
Roy's website: http://royhuff.net
Everyville box set: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013HWFNYU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Think Smart not Hard: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1547206985/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Roy's Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Roy-Huff/e/B00BCX199A/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_
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071 The Architect who writes Literary SciFi, Chip Houser
You can tweet Chip at @chazzlepants.
New Myths: https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/past-issues/2019/issue-48
Odyssey Workshop: https://odysseyworkshop.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(novel)
Chip is published in: 101Fiction, 50 Word Stories, and The Drabble, the Arcanist.
He also helps edit a charity anthology with the Weird Dream Society to benefit RAICES.
Chip has a story at the Arcanist with lots of tiny, bleak moments. He's also helping edit a charity anthology with the Weird Dream Society to benefit RAICES. The tweeting has begun @Weirdreamsoc1.
Chip shares the following with his readers and fans:
With work being out of control for the last year or so, I’ve focused on writing very short, very dark stories, (50-100 words) which I’ve had good luck placing in various venues: 101Fiction, 50 Word Stories, and The Drabble. I also have one forthcoming on November 12 from the Arcanist. Lots of tiny, bleak moments. I’m also helping edit a charity anthology with the Weird Dream Society to benefit RAICES that will be out next May with reprints by a host of great authors, including some Odfellows (graduates of the Odyssey Writers Workshop)! The tweeting has begun from @Weirdreamsoc1.
I’m @chazzlepants.
Other topics mentioned in this episode:
- New Myths
- Odyssey Workshop
- I am Legend (novel)
Find Chip's other episodes here.
The show archive is here.
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069 Fiction that Hugo Award winner Will McIntosh is cooking up in his Writer's Room
This interview first appeared in writing on LancerKind.com: https://lancerkind.com/interview-with-my-pal-william-mcintosh-hugo-and-nebula-award-nominee/
Will McIntosh's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Will-McIntosh/e/B004NX6FHC/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
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068 Hugo Award winning author Will McIntosh talks about Tough Revisions Will McIntosh's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Will-McIntosh/e/B004NX6FHC/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
Seattle Writer's Cramp https://seattlewriterscramp.wordpress.com
The Bookworm in China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bookworm_(bookstore)
My character piece about Will's Hugo nomination: https://lancerkind.com/interview-with-my-pal-william-mcintosh-hugo-and-nebula-award-nominee/
Will won Best Short Story for Bridesicle. His award was presented to him at AussieCon4 in Melbourne Australia by Cory Doctorow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeZwx0HSrZw
Escape pod's reading of Bridesicle is here: http://escapepod.org/2010/07/01/ep247-bridesicle/
Feminist Science Fiction did an article about Bridesicle: https://eng91feministsciencefictions.science.blog/2018/10/22/no-woman-born-and-bridesicle/
Love Minus 80, a spinoff book based on Bridscile has been published. Here is a book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRzEB5d1xhc&feature=player_embedded
You can read Will's story, Bridesicle, here: https://scificats.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/bridesicle.pdf
Here is Will's story Bridesicle: https://scificats.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/bridesicle.pdf
This interview first appeared in writing on LancerKind.com: https://lancerkind.com/interview-with-my-pal-william-mcintosh-hugo-and-nebula-award-nominee/
A wikipedia entry about Will: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_McIntosh
A video of Will accepting his award at AussieCon10, presented by Cory Doctorow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeZwx0HSrZw
McIntosh's short story "Soft Apocalypse" was shortlisted for both the British Science Fiction Award and the British Fantasy Award. His story "Bridesicle" won both the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story[3] and the 2010 Asimov's Reader Poll, along with being a finalist for that year's Nebula Award. [4]
Hugo award history: thehugoawards.org
This ward is given Best science fiction or fantasy works of previous year.
It was first given out at the 11th World Science Fiction conventions in 1953. The nominees and winners are selected by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention (also known as World Con). The Hugo award is named after Hugo Gernsback, founder of Amazing Stories magazine.
The Nebula Awards:
Is given to the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States during the previous year. The first Nebulas were given in 1966. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
So the major differences between the awards is that the Hugo awards are by voted by anyone who attends or supports a World Con and the Nebula Award is awarded by a professional association of science fiction and fantasy writers.
This episode is special. SciFi Thoughts has been going strong now for over a year. Yet before there was a SciFi Thoughts, I'd record an interview and keep it in case I become part of a broadcast vehicle like SciFi Thoughts. So this is one of those, which I hope will be better with age, like a good red wine.
It was April 25th in 2010. I was living in China, Will McIntosh was in Georgia, in the US. Will and I were classmates at Clarion writers' workshop and because of that I saw him announce to the email list that he was nominated for a Hugo. So I schedule an international call with him and recorded our conversation with which became the blog article in 2010; the link is in the show notes. I kept the recording because who knew, maybe someday I'd start a podcast and get to share our chat with the rest of the world. So here it is. A conversation between two friends, one of who was nominated for an award. At the time of the interview, he didn't know he would win the award and so you can imagine his state of mind: excited, yet he really wasn't sure he should take the long international flight from one side of the Earth to the other. This is the first episode from that interview.
Here is Will's story Bridesicle: https://scificats.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/bridesicle.pdf
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065 Dark Mirror and Greek Tragedy Tropes with Maggie MacAlpine Maggie's email list: http://eepurl.com/dnzuV1
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064 Opining about Babylon 5 and The Expanse
Maggie's email list: http://eepurl.com/dnzuV1
Get Orphan Black here: https://www.serialbox.com/serials/orphan-black?season=1
Other articles: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/13/18662588/orphan-black-tatiana-maslanyserial-box-publishing-book-audiobook-summer-2019
BBC series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do_BCA-vR9E
BBC series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCMLQW-YaAc
Plot summary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234222/plotsummary
Madeline Ashby - writer (Madulin) https://madelineashby.com
Starring Tatiana Maslany ( Tah-tee-AHNA Mas-aLAH-ney )
Clip in email. Use information from here to frame the clip if necessary: https://orphanblack.fandom.com/wiki/Cosima_Niehaus
Get Orphan Black here: https://www.serialbox.com/serials/orphan-black?season=1
Other articles: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/13/18662588/orphan-black-tatiana-maslanyserial-box-publishing-book-audiobook-summer-2019
BBC series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do_BCA-vR9E
BBC series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCMLQW-YaAc
Plot summary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234222/plotsummary
Madeline Ashby - a writer for the audio series: https://madelineashby.com
Starring Tatiana Maslany ( Tah-tee-AHNA Mas-aLAH-ney )
This is the third and final episode in a series that started with episode 58. You can find this episode and others in the archive by typing into your web search, and i quote, Lancer SciFi Thoughts archive. And there is a link in the show notes. Or following this link: https://LancerKind.com/series/scifi-thoughts/?utm_source=show_notes
Bob's Kindle novella "Feolito's Gift": https://www.amazon.com/Feolitos-Gift-Bob-Sojka-ebook/dp/B008WP5CQ2
Bob's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Bob-Sojka/e/B00950US6W?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1568553547&sr=8-3
Bob's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-sojka-author-editor-consultant-33931639/
Bob's story on New Myths: https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/fiction/between-the-zeroes-and-the-ones
Bob Sojka is a retired award winning agriculture and environmental scientist. He is the writer of stories about the human spirit and human cultures in unusual and even fantastic circumstances. His published work has been variously described as science fiction, fantasy, and magic realism, with a tendency to cross boundaries, blend cultures, and mix themes, time periods and settings.
Bob's story on New Myths: https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/fiction/between-the-zeroes-and-the-ones
Bob Sojka is a retired award winning agriculture and environmental scientist. He is the writer of stories about the human spirit and human cultures in unusual and even fantastic circumstances. His published work has been variously described as science fiction, fantasy, and magic realism, with a tendency to cross boundaries, blend cultures, and mix themes, time periods and settings.
Bob's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Bob-Sojka/e/B00950US6W?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1568553547&sr=8-3
Bob's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-sojka-author-editor-consultant-33931639/
Frank Munsey is the original founder of a magazine called Argosy. Daniel Bazinga is the editor of this reincarnate of Argosy.
Argosy's website:
https://argosymagazine.co.uk
Argosy Volume 1 Fantastic Frontiers: http://www.lulu.com/shop/daniel-bazinga-and-andrew-j-lucas-and-james-hoffmeister-and-lancer-kind/argosy-volume-1-fantastic-frontiers/paperback/product-21870351.html
Argosy Volume 2 Pulp Modern: http://www.lulu.com/shop/daniel-bazinga-and-kurt-newton-and-curtis-james-mcconnell-and-g-lloyd-helm/argosy-volume-2-pulp-modern/paperback/product-21912088.html
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==>Lancer— Kind 055 Satirical style of Larry Hodges Larry Hodges's website: http://larryhodges.org His book Campaign 2100: Game of Scorpions: https://www.amazon.com/Campaign-2100-Scorpions-Larry-Hodges/dp/0692657487
SciFi Thoughts episodes about Bob Brown's BCubed Press are here: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/bcubed-press-and-bob-brown/
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==>Lancer— Kind 054 What do the Mule, Psychohistory, the Internet waking up, and Kirinyaga have in common Larry Hodges's website: http://larryhodges.org His book Campaign 2100: Game of Scorpions: https://www.amazon.com/Campaign-2100-Scorpions-Larry-Hodges/dp/0692657487
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==>Lancer— Kind 053 SciFi is about the Idea, with author Larry Hodges Larry Hodges's website: http://larryhodges.org
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==>Lancer— Kind 052 AE Canadian Science Fiction Review AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, is back. For six years we curated and published some of the best new Canadian and international science fiction, and turned a critical eye to the genre’s past, present, and future. On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, we return from our unplanned three-year hiatus confident we will do that better than ever before, with five new groundbreaking science fiction short stories.
It’s weird that a science fiction webzine in the country where Neuromancer was conceived and written should be hacked. We found ourselves in the future without even realizing it and discovered we had skimped a bit on the security software. But every great institution must be burned down so it can be built greater anew, even digital ones.
Welcome to AE 2.0. We think you’re gonna like what we have in store.
http:// aescifi.ca
More about AE SciFi: http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ae_the_canadian_science_fiction_review
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==>Lancer— Kind 051 Joel Boyce, AEScifi Feature Writer Joel's Twitter: @JJSBoyce
Joel's website: http://www.jjsboyce.ca
Tell me about the choice to go with Creative Commons. * fact check and do an aside
AE is donor supported.
How did launching your first issue go? What was it like doing this venture? (The best stories are about some stress or passion.)
5 years, abut 2010.
What was the biggest disaster that’s occurred?
website hack, volunteers
What is your proudest moment?
feature writer (what is doing SF all about, underwater cities)
social media:
Many business get value from identifying and being conscious of what Is the single thing that they are best in the world at. What does your publication do better than any other magazine on Earth?
JJ Boyce has some nice essays. See if he'll come back and do a reading:
https://aescifi.ca/arguing-with-heinlein/
Press release from AESciFi
https://aescifi.ca/relaunch-press-release/
Why should a small-town boy writing from the Canadian prairies be the one to kick off one of the defining literary movements of the twentieth century and beyond? Maybe blame it on the short winter days and long, cold, amazingly clear starry nights. Maybe the Aurora Borealis. Or maybe it’s the wide-open spaces that make you feel like the vast rising moon is an attacking alien planet.
Certainly there must be some font of inspiration and wide-eyed wonder, as our per-capita artistic productivity has long been a source of pride and identity. Of course we should have our own science fiction magazine. Who better?
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==>Lancer— Kind 050 Introducing AESciFi Magazine Unique points of AE:
What does AE stand for? Van Voight, golden age author.
read:
Mission statement, perhaps do an aside: https://aescifi.ca/about/
What's one action you'd like the listening audience to do after this? (Book launch, Kickstarter, marketing campaign, subscribe,...)
visit us at AESciFi.ca
story:
https://aescifi.ca/the-alien-below-science-fiction-in-the-ocean-deep/
This episode is the third of a series of four. Visit here for the rest. The final book in Rhiannon Held’s Silver series, Death-Touched, is now available with the rest of the series as an exciting, full-cast audiobook.
If you’re looking for the intersection of archaeology and urban fantasy, her Silver universe short-story collection, Lady-Touched, as a never-before-published novella featuring an archaeologist excavating a werewolf site. No prior knowledge of the series is needed!
Finally, if you’re interested in trying her other urban fantasy novels in stand-alone worlds, they will be on deep discount August 16 to 20, 2019, as part of the SPFBO indie fantasy sale--check out her website for the details closer to the event. Her space opera novellas will likely be published in spring/summer 2020. Watch her website for updates! Rhiannon Held can also be found on Twitter: @rhiannonheld
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==>Lancer— Kind 042 Rhiannon Held, from Archeology to writing Science Fiction
Rhiannon (RZ) Held is at: http://rhiannonheld.com
RZ Held's Red Dreams is in this issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-245/
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041 Rhiannon Held, Urban Fantasy now and next... The Silver series is her urban fantasy. https://books2read.com/silver-rhiannon-held
Rhiannon (RZ) Held is at: http://rhiannonheld.com
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==>Lancer— Kind 049 PK Dick Award reading of 84K by Claire North MCed by William Sadorus (https://www.facebook.com/william.sadorus) and Gordon Van Gelder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Van_Gelder)
PK Dick Award official website: https://www.philipkdickaward.org
Award banquet video: https://youtu.be/cN_bcnNADi0
The Nominees:
episode 44 TIME WAS by Ian McDonald (Tor.com)
episode 45 ALIEN VIRUS LOVE DISASTER: STORIES by Abbey Mei Otis (Small Beer Press)
THEORY OF BASTARDS by Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions)
THE BODY LIBRARY by Jeff Noon (Angry Robot) read by Adam Kakoonis
AMBIGUITY MACHINES AND OTHER STORIES by Vandana Singh (Small Beer Press) read by Brenda Cooper
84K by Claire North (Orbit) read by Vonda Lee
A special citation was awarded to 84K by Claire North (Orbit).
The winner of the 2019 PK Dick award was THEORY OF BASTARDS by Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions).
Dick sold his first story, “Roog”, in 1951 at the age of twenty three. Roog was about “a dog who imagined that the garbagemen who came every Friday morning were stealing valuable food which the family had carefully stored away in a safe metal container”. After that sucess he wrote full-time. Within the next twelve months he published stories in Planet Stories and in If and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction that year. His debut novel was Solar Lottery, published in 1955 as half of an Ace Double #D-103 alongside The Big Jump by Leigh Brackett. The 1950s were a difficult and impoverished time for Dick, who once lamented, "We couldn't even pay the late fees on a library book." He published almost exclusively within the science fiction genre, but yearned for a career in mainstream fiction.
In 1963, Dick won the Hugo Award for The Man in the High Castle and he was hailed as a genius in the science fiction world. The mainstream literary world was unappreciative, and he could publish books only through low-paying science fiction publishers such as Ace. Although he yearned to break into the mainstream market and have his novels come out in hardback, he never made it. Thusly, we get the PK Dick award which each year honors the best new "straight to paperback" novel.
2019 PK Dick judges :
Madilyn Ashbee
Ryan Adaberry
Christopher Brown
Rosemary Edgehill
Marilyn Asherbe
Jason Huff
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048 PK Dick Award reading of AMBIGUITY MACHINES AND OTHER STORIES by Vandana Singh MCed by William Sadorus (https://www.facebook.com/william.sadorus) and Gordon Van Gelder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Van_Gelder)
PK Dick Award official website: https://www.philipkdickaward.org
Award banquet video: https://youtu.be/cN_bcnNADi0
The Nominees:
episode 44 TIME WAS by Ian McDonald (Tor.com)
episode 45 ALIEN VIRUS LOVE DISASTER: STORIES by Abbey Mei Otis (Small Beer Press)
THEORY OF BASTARDS by Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions)
THE BODY LIBRARY by Jeff Noon (Angry Robot) read by Adam Kakoonis
AMBIGUITY MACHINES AND OTHER STORIES by Vandana Singh (Small Beer Press) read by Brenda Cooper
84K by Claire North (Orbit)
A special citation was awarded to 84K by Claire North (Orbit).
The winner of the 2019 PK Dick award was THEORY OF BASTARDS by Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions).
Dick attended Berkeley High School and graduated with Ursula K. Le Guin in 1947. However the two did not know each other. After graduation, he briefly attended the UC Berkeley. Dick did not declare a major and took classes in history, psychology, philosophy, and zoology. Through his studies in philosophy, he believed that existence is based on internal human perception, which does not necessarily correspond to external reality; he described himself as "an acosmic panentheist," believing in the universe only as an extension of God. After reading the works of Plato and pondering the possibilities of metaphysical realms, Dick came to the conclusion that, the world is not entirely real and there is no way to confirm whether it is truly there. This question from his studies persisted as a theme in many of his novels. Dick dropped out due to anxiety problems and perhaps the mandatory ROTC training.
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047 PK Dick Award reading of THE BODY LIBRARY by Jeff Noon MCed by William Sadorus (https://www.facebook.com/william.sadorus) and Gordon Van Gelder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Van_Gelder)
PK Dick Award official website: https://www.philipkdickaward.org
Award banquet video: https://youtu.be/cN_bcnNADi0
The Nominees:
episode 44 TIME WAS by Ian McDonald (Tor.com)
episode 45 ALIEN VIRUS LOVE DISASTER: STORIES by Abbey Mei Otis (Small Beer Press)
THEORY OF BASTARDS by Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions)
THE BODY LIBRARY by Jeff Noon (Angry Robot) read by Adam Kakoonis
AMBIGUITY MACHINES AND OTHER STORIES by Vandana Singh (Small Beer Press) read by Brenda Cooper
84K by Claire North (Orbit)
The winner of the 2019 PK Dick award was THEORY OF BASTARDS by Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions).
Philip Kindred Dick and his twin sister, Jane Charlotte Dick, were born six weeks prematurely in 1928. The death of Dick's twin, six weeks after their birth, profoundly affected Philip's life, leading to the recurrent motif of the "phantom twin" in his books.
When Phillip was 8, his parents divorced and his mother took him to Washington D.C. and raised him on her own. Philip attended John Eaton Elementary School completing the second through fourth grades. His lowest grade was a "C" in Written Composition, although a teacher remarked that he "shows interest and ability in story telling".
At the age of ten, Philip and his mother Dorothy returned to California, and it was around this time that he became interested in science fiction. Dick said that his first science fiction magazine was Stirring Science Stories in 1940.
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046 PK Dick Award reading of THEORY OF BASTARDS by Audrey Schulman MCed by William Sadorus (https://www.facebook.com/william.sadorus) and Gordon Van Gelder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Van_Gelder)
PK Dick Award official website: https://www.philipkdickaward.org
Award Night video: https://youtu.be/cN_bcnNADi0
The Nominees:
episode 44 TIME WAS by Ian McDonald (Tor.com)
episode 45 ALIEN VIRUS LOVE DISASTER: STORIES by Abbey Mei Otis (Small Beer Press)
THEORY OF BASTARDS by Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions)
THE BODY LIBRARY by Jeff Noon (Angry Robot) read by Adam Kakoonis
84K by Claire North (Orbit)
AMBIGUITY MACHINES AND OTHER STORIES by Vandana Singh (Small Beer Press)
Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer known for his work in science fiction. His work explored philosophical, social, and political themes, with stories dominated by monopolistic corporations, alternative universes, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness. His writing also reflected his interest in metaphysics and theology.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dick moved to the San Francisco Bay Area with his family at a young age. He began publishing science fiction stories in 1951, at the age of 22. His stories initially found little commercial success,[2] but his 1962 alternative history novel The Man in the High Castle earned Dick early acclaim, including a Hugo Award for Best Novel.[3]
A variety of popular Hollywood films based on Dick's works have been produced, including Blade Runner (1982), Total Recall (adapted twice: in 1990 and in 2012), Minority Report (2002), A Scanner Darkly (2006), and The Adjustment Bureau (2011). Meanwhile, the novel The Man in the High Castle (1962) was made into a multi-season television series by Amazon, starting in 2015.
In 2005, Time magazine named Ubik (1969) one of the hundred greatest English-language novels published since 1923.[6] In 2007, Dick became the first science fiction writer ever to be included in The Library of America series.[7][8][9][10]
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==>Lancer— Kind 045 PK Dick Award reading of Alien Virus Love Disaster--Stories by Abby Mie Ottis MCed by William Sadorus (https://www.facebook.com/william.sadorus) and Gordon Van Gelder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Van_Gelder)
PK Dick banquet:
PK Dick Award official website: https://www.philipkdickaward.org
Award Night video: https://youtu.be/cN_bcnNADi0
The Nominees:
TIME WAS by Ian McDonald (Tor.com)
THE BODY LIBRARY by Jeff Noon (Angry Robot)
84K by Claire North (Orbit)
ALIEN VIRUS LOVE DISASTER: STORIES by Abbey Mei Otis (Small Beer Press)
THEORY OF BASTARDS by Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions)
AMBIGUITY MACHINES AND OTHER STORIES by Vandana Singh (Small Beer Press)
Norwescon has had the honor of hosting the Philip K. Dick Awards since 1984. The Philip K. Dick Award and Special Citation is presented annually for distinguished science fiction books published for the first time in the United States as a paperback original. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, and the ceremony is sponsored by the Northwest Science Fiction Society and held annually at Norwescon. Special guests attending the ceremony often include the nominated authors and publishers, as well as an administrator of the award. There is no charge to Norwescon members to attend the ceremony. We hope to see you there!
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==>Lancer— Kind 044 PK Dick Award reading of Time Was by Ian McDonald unavailable
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==>Lancer— Kind 040 What Drives Joe Stech of Compelling Science Fiction magazine-1 Compelling Science Fiction is here: http://compellingsciencefiction.com
This series about Compelling Science Fiction Magazine started in episode 38, then episode 39, and concluded in this episode 40. You can find these shows in the SciFi Thoughts archive: https://LancerKind.com/series/scifi-thoughts/
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==>Lancer— Kind 039 Compelling Science Fiction's high-end Brain Trust
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==>Lancer— Kind 038 Compelling Science Fiction Magazine talks about Plausibility Wow, still? no complaints on the lyrics...Guess thats good
Clarksworld's kickstarter for translating a science fiction story written in Chinese: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/clarkesworld/a-hundred-ghosts-parade-tonight-and-other-stories
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==>Lancer— Kind 036 Amateur Detectives and the Faeries Who Love Them Manny Frishberg's website is MannyFrishberg.com. This concludes the series with editor, author Manny Frishberg. If you missed the beginning, the series started at episode 34. Next episode we speak with Joe Stech of Compelling Science Fiction.
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==>Lancer— Kind 035 Space Opera and Wolf Packs, with author editor Manny Frishberg
Wordfire Press https://wordfirepress.com/our-books/ Sky Warrior Books http://www.skywarriorbooks.com
@JulieCFrost. Pack Dynamics https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pack-dynamics-julie-frost/1122625733?ean=9781614753599 https://mannyfrishberg.com
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==>Lancer— Kind 034 Twilight Zone and Short Fiction, with author editor Manny Frishberg
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033 Miss Wisenheimer Audio Drama Idea Radio drama achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development in the 1920s. By the 1940s, it was a leading international popular entertainment. With the advent of television in the 1950s, USA based radio drama lost much of its popularity. In other countries, radio dramas continued being an important part of pop culture. Audio Drama Hub is a good place to connect with if your a creator, actor,... https://www.facebook.com/groups/747178725350066/ Stream classic SciFi radio shows at Spotify: http://www.radiodramarevival.com Since this interview, I've advanced on my experience with radio dramas. You can get a quick appetizer of an IT radio drama on the Agile Thoughts Episode 18 through 22, which if you work in IT, you'll fully appreciate. Links to Agile Thoughts are in the show notes or simply type "podcast Agile Thoughts" in your favorite search engine. If you've dropped into the middle of this series with Tony Jones, go visit the podcast archive and listen to episodes 29 to this episode 33, where we start with using structures in writing, the Doc Savage formula, Micheal Moorcock's one novel in three days, Tony Jon's Dr Who audio drama, and then finishing with the episode you're currently listening to. Join the SciFi Thoughts community by adding your email to our list. Along with other content we've curated for you and mentioned on previous episodes, we will email you a list of hundreds of hours of SciFi radio dramas you can enjoy on your phone, smart tv, or computer. Such as The Hitchhikers Guide, 1984, and HG Wells' War of Worlds. So browse to LancerKind.com/SciFi-Thoughts-members-only. There is a link in the show notes: https://lancerkind.com/scifi-thoughts-members-only/
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032 Dr. Who and Tony Jones Go here to find the Dr. Who volume 2, which contains an audio drama featuring Tony Jones's Tactics of Defeat: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-second-doctor-volume-02-1721 And here: https://www.amazon.com/Companion-Chronicles-Second-Doctor-Who/dp/1787034879/ref=sr_1_fkmr3_1?keywords=THE+SECOND+DOCTOR+VOLUME+02&qid=1552177725&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmr3
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==>Lancer— Kind 031 Michael Moorcock's a book in three days, with author Tony Jones Doc Savage – what can we learn from 181 pulp magazines? https://tonyjoneswriter.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/doc-savage-learn-181-pulp-magazines/
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030 Doc Savage Formula, with author Tony Jones-1 Doc Savage – what can we learn from 181 pulp magazines? https://tonyjoneswriter.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/doc-savage-learn-181-pulp-magazines/
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==>Lancer— Kind 029 Using Structures to help your Writing, with author Tony Jones Tony Jone's : https://tonyjoneswriter.wordpress.com/ Doc Savage – what can we learn from 181 pulp magazines? https://tonyjoneswriter.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/doc-savage-learn-181-pulp-magazines/ Tony Jone's on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-jones-a72534a/#oc-background-section Michael Moorcock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock
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==>Lancer— Kind 027 Grim Oak Press Versus Medical Debt Our Patrick Swenson interviews ran from Episode 22 to 27. You'll find them all in the SciFi Thoughts archive.
About Grim Oak Press
https://grimoakpress.com <- Welcome to Grim Oak Press, a new publishing press with a big dream
In 2011, author and webmaster Shawn Speakman was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and did not have health insurance due to a pre-existing condition. To combat his fast-accruing medical debt, SF&F writers donated short stories that became the bestselling anthology Unfettered. It paid off more than $200,000 in medical bills.
Unfettered launched Grim Oak Press, a brand new SF&F publishing press with the big dream of helping others. It has grown ever since. After five years, Grim Oak Press spawned the non-profit Grim Oak Shield, both businesses working hand-in-hand to defeat medical debt for authors and artists in need. Such notable authors as Terry Brooks, Naomi Novik, Jacqueline Carey, Stephen R. Donaldson, Raymond E. Feist, and Janny Wurts support that mission and in 2018 Grim Oak Press will publish beautiful, limited editions of their books.
Each project we take on has its own life and style. We try to match the best artists in SF&F with the story to make a perfect match. We work directly with the authors and artists, giving them a creative freedom to re-envision their worlds like never before. New wrap around cover art, new interiors, and full color foldouts make these books extremely unique.
We also use the best materials around. Each book is printed on extremely high quality paper, cloth bound and leather wrapped, making them feel just as good in your hands as they look on your shelves. Details in the design and layout, sewn in ribbons, cover stamps, and many other fine touches are how we separate ourselves from other small publishing presses.
It is a magical time for those who love SF&F. Thank you to all who purchase books from Grim Oak Press. We will continue producing them as long as you enjoy placing them on your shelves.
- Your Grim Oak Team
Shawn Speakman & Jeff Lawson
About Unfettered 3
Authors in Unfettered 3:
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Katherine Arden
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Callie Bates
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Terry Brooks
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Delilah S. Dawson
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Jason Denzel
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David Anthony Durham
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Lev Grossman
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John Gwynne
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Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
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Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
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Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb)
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Mark Lawrence
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Todd Lockwood
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Seanan McGuire
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Naomi Novik
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Cat Rambo
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Robert V.S. Redick
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Ken Scholes
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Scott Sigler
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Anna Smith Spark
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Shawn Speakman
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Anna Stephens
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Patrick Swenson
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Ramon Terrell
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Marc Turner
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Carrie Vaughn
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Tad Williams
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Deborah A. Wolf
Unfettered III is sure to astound with the magic bound within its pages. All the while raising money for a charitable cause.
About Grim Oak Shield
https://grimoakshield.org <- the organization
OUR MISSION
To eliminate author and artist medical debt. To give them financial peace of mind during their hardest of times. That is our purpose for being here. Grim Oak Shield is networking, experience, and passion — all to help those in need.
OUR REASON
When authors came to writer Shawn Speakman's aid with Unfettered, he knew one day pay he would pay it forward. Grim Oak Shield is the non-profit vehicle to make that happen and start giv
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==>Lancer— Kind 026 Fusing Music and Fantasy with Patrick Swenson There is no description here. Let lance know if you miss it.
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==>Lancer— Kind 025 Fairwood Press http://m.fairwoodpress.com/index.html
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==>Lancer— Kind 026 SciFi Kids react to Season 2 Star Trek Discovery NYC ComicCon trailer Check out SciFi Thoughts episode 7 for the reaction to last year’s Discovery trailer: https://LancerKind.com/series/SciFi-Thoughts Here is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6eoD9rQHL4 Discovery is the first Star Trek series to air since the Enterprise series and is set a decode before the events of the original Star Trek series. In fact, Christopher Pike is captain of the Discovery during this season. In this series, first officer Michael Burnham is the main character. She is a human who was raised by Vulcans and is the first black leading Star Trek character. Like the original Star Trek TV series from 1966, the makeup of the crew reflects the progressive values of the time. Where the original series showed women working along side men as equals, along with a black woman who was an officer on the bridge, Discovery showcases today's Millennial values with openly geeky girls and men in gay relationships. Also the reoccurring appearances of the character Philippa Georgiou, sometimes a federation captain and sometimes an empress, along with the name dropping of a Chinese starship here and there continues to showcase the rise of Asia in the new global world order, much as having Chekov and Sulu on the bridge in the original series. Let's introduce the SciFi Kids then play the trailer. Discovery is available via streaming from CBS via its All Access service. https://www.cbs.com/all-access/live-tv/ References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek:_Discovery_characters#Philippa_Georgiou
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==>Lancer— Kind 024 Rainforest Writers Village http://rainforestwriters.com/index.html
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==>Lancer— Kind 023 Music Man Swenson Carrie Vaughn has a signed limited edition novella set in the world of her bestselling Kitty Norville series.
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Patricks website: http://patrickswenson.net Fairwood Press: http://www.fairwoodpress.com/index.html Mentions: Dean Wesley Smith https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/about-the-author/ Figment Magazine http://www.philsp.com/homeville/sfi/b38.htm#A613
Kate Baker: https://twitter.com/Kate_Baker?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Clarkesworld Podcast: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/podcasting/ Clarkesworld Podcast archive: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/category/podcast/
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==>Lancer— Kind 020 Clarkesworld Podcast
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Clarkesworld Podcast: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/podcasting/ Clarkesworld Podcast archive: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/category/podcast/
Secret Life of Bots, by Suzanne Palmer. 2018 Hugo award for best novelette, 2018 finalist for Theodore A. Sturgeon Memorial Award, 2018 finalist for WFSA Small Press Award. There is audio and text to the story at the end of this link: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/palmer_09_17/
Suzanne's website is: http://zanzjan.net
The 2019 World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) is in Ireland. The WorldCon website will give you the up to date information on locations and upcoming locations: http://www.worldcon.org
How to vote for a Hugo If you read something and want to nominate it for a Hugo Award, you must get a membership to the upcoming World Con. You can do this by: Visit the WorldCon website to get the upcoming location www.worldcon.org The upcoming convention will be given a nickname (Dublin2019 for example). Visit the specific website for the upcoming location (for example, this year it's in Dublin https://dublin2019.com/memberships/)
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Search the specific Con's site for the word Membership (this should be easy to do)
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Buy either a supporting membership (meaning you can vote for the Hugo but you're not planning on being on location at the convention, or you buy o full membership and join the fun on location.
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The convention will communicate with your on when they'll send you a ballot.
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When you get the ballot, VOTE. Get a copy of Clarkesworld: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com
Get a copy in the hands of youth, namely, 12, 13, 14, 15 year olds. http://clarkesworldmagazine.com If you want to join their Destiny clan:
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==>Lancer— Kind 017 The Worst Thing that's ever Happened to Neil Clarke
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com Clarkesworld Magazine is available online and in bookstores. Here is their homepage: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com
Neil Clarke, one of the founders of Clarkesworld, tells us how it all got started.
Clarkesworld
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==>Lancer--- Kind 015 Progessive SciFi and how to get kicked out of a Democratic Caucus
Alternative Truthes Alternative Children Stories Alternative Amendments
The China Syndrome is a 1979 American disaster thriller film about a television reporter and her cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant. The China Syndrome premiered at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or while Lemmon received the Best Actor prize. The film was released theatrically on March 16, 1979, twelve days before the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.
The Day After is a television film that first aired on November 20, 1983, on the ABC television network which clearly showed how now matter how you prepared, the chance of surviving a nuclear war is quite unlikely.
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==>Lancer--- Kind 014 Alternative Theologies with Bob Brown
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Alternative Theologies, Parables for the Modern World is available at B Cubed books. The anthology contains works of fiction from: Larry Hodges, Philip Brian Hall, Joyce Frohn (Frrawn), Mike Resnick, David Brin, JW Cook, Rebecca MacFarland Kyle, P James Norris, Jim Wright, Christopher Nadeau (nih-dough), Melvin Charles, Anton Cancre (Canker), Liam Hogan, Deborah Godfrey, Sara Codair (Cuh-dare), Louise Milton, Colin Patrick Ennen, MJ Holt, Adam-Troy Castro, Charles Walbridge, Paula Hammond, Kara Race-Moore, Megan Bee, Joanna Michal (Mee-How) Hoyt, Gwyndyn T. Alexander, Jill Zeller, C. A. Chesse (Chess), Lillian Csernica (Sir-nick-ah), David Gerrold, E.E. King and edited by Irene Radford and Bob Brown
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==>Lancer--- Kind 013 A New genre TRUMP PUNK is Born!
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==>Lancer--- Kind 012 From D&D on an Aircraft Carrier to Published Author, with Bob Brown
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==>Lancer--- Kind 011 Science fiction as a forbidden genre, with Bob Brown
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==>Lancer--- Kind 010 Bob Brown, politics and scifi, and the incident of the asterisks
B Cubed Press has put out Alternative Theologies, book 3 in the Alternative Series. http://www.bcubedpress.com/available_now/
Next episode we'll reveal another layer of writer, editor, publisher Bob Brown. More about the 2015 Hugo awards in Spokane:
On this site they didn't use asterisks on the site but simply said 'No Award.' http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2015-hugo-awards/ https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/4/12/1376743/-Freeping-the-Hugo-Awards
As a note, B Cubed has put out Alternative Theologies, book 3 in the Alternative Series. Perhaps go over the entire book list.
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Next episode we'll hear from Bob about the Spokane Con incident and how it's possible to lose a delegate position at a party convention.
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==>Lancer--- Kind From Facebook to Anthology in Ninety Days with Bob Brown No lyrics posted. Do you miss them? Tweet LancerKind and tell him so.
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==>Lancer--- Kind 007 Star Trek Discovery Season 2 Trailer Reaction Last year I and my kids really enjoyed Discovery. It was every Sunday night the kids would remind me to play the stream as soon as it was available. Many a late night to bedtime had happened because of it. https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-discovery/video/C27A0B2A-7159-3C7A-3EAB-B8A6D4FCB578/star-trek-discovery-season-two-premiere-first-look-trailer/?ftag=AAM-00-10afd3a
Oddly enough there is a generation gap to those willing to pay for CBS-Access. People born before Y2K seem to be very reluctant. For me it's a no brainer. I really hate commercials. I was the first person I know to pick up a Tivo and I haven't looked back since then. Once you stop watching commercials you lose the tolerance to commercial breaks in your show.
Don't hold out and get on CBS All-Access. With commercials for $5.99. Commercial free for $9.99.
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==>Lancer--- Kind 006 The Eras of Science Fiction (Set the stage by: Recap the idea of sf sing a 500 year tradition along with science fiction words used in ancient Hindu texts called the Vedas...)
If you’ll indulge me, I’m going to borrow the idea of eras from science. These eras are independent of genre as genres are closely tied to the human condition at the time rather than the technology to produce story. I expect that the eras will continue to change faster as we speed toward the Singularity. I offer free a poster of how the seminal work of a new scifi-genre maps into an era.
Eras
Period BCE - 1450 ACE
Description
Ancient
BCE-1450 ACE
Ancient Civilization Sci-Fi & 1ACE - 1500 Monastic bible industrialization
Printing
1450s-1890
The Awakening of Printing- books for those who can afford them. Major cities have a press.
Pulps
1890s to the ultra modern 1930s
Everyman sci-fi with evocative covers and gizmos.
Golden Age
1930s - to the limitless 1960s
Thrilling adventures with good characters to go with gizmos. Typewriters are the price of a carriage.
New Wave
1960s to the “congratulations we can get along enough to not nuke each other” 2000s
Autre writing style, complicated gray area topics. Word processors are the cost of a car.
Digital
2000 to the, well, pretty OK present. I mean, things are looking up with electric self driving cars and we’ve finally got space rockets landing fins down.
Websites, ebooks, smart phones, and LeanPub. Anyone can afford a computer and anyone can publish.
Next episode we’ll start a series on author Interviews at Norwescon 2018. Featuring Editor and owner, Bob Brown of B Cubed Press; author, publisher, editor, and teacher Patrick Swenson; author Manny Frishberg; and author RZ Held.
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References:
https://www.biblica.com/resources/bible-faqs/how-was-the-bible-distributed-before-the-printing-press-was-invented-in-1455/ https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/trends-reading-and-publishing/publishing-timeline https://ourworldindata.org/books https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/guest-column-collecting-early-typewriters-of-the-late-1800s/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/05/pulps-big-moment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Anne_de_Roumier-Robert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Science_Fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Science_Fiction https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/medieval-europe/a/medieval-manuscripts https://www
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==>Lancer--- Kind 005 Science Fiction becomes a word Although science fiction existed in the 1500s, we don't get the word "science fiction" until the 1900s, when critic, publisher, and writer Hugo Gernsback came up that compound word along with several other alternatives, most of which didn't stick. The early 1900s was an era of standardization as critics like Hugo used their critical voices to influence the market to be critical what was science fiction and what was not, as well as complaining about the quality of the science in science fiction. For example, Hugo refused to publish any science fiction that featured people walking or floating in the vacuum of space without a space suit.
Printing continuous to improve in efficiency. The 1920s and 1930’s comes the era of pulp fiction, pulp meaning that now very low cost paper which could be used for printing and binding books. The era of the Golden Age of Science fiction rides upon the waves of cheap printing. This period starts in the 1930s to the 1950s. At this point everyone knows what science fiction is and most men have read some and we get several more sub-genres genres such as alien invasion, first contact, military SF, and space opera. With the launch of Sputnik, science and space travel became real and for a number of reasons and we enter a new phase, The New Wave. Check out ScifFi Thoughts episode 2 where we discuss New Wave and Cyberpunk. In summary, for New Wave writers, word craft, and near future gritty politics become popular.
Now we could continue discussing more science fiction sub-genres but I think you get the idea. It started with Utopia, and then space travel and horror. Then the 1900s with the advent of pulp printing, books are cheaper and the population of readers is large. So there is a jump in the number of writers and so of course there is a jump in the types of story telling. Did you know is that there are ancient texts describing flying metal ships and robots from ancient civilizations in BCE? While some of these works read like science fiction, they are vast outliers in time perhaps due to the lack of industrialized printing and so few things survived the ravages of times.
There could have been thousands of works lost as it appears that wishful thinking on how human existence would be more comfortable if the right tool existed or if society was better designed, is basic piece of being human. But for now, evidence is clear that when we talk of the science fiction genre, we are dealing with at least a five hundred year literary tradition.
Next episode I'll introduce a timeline for science fiction genres Although science fiction existed in the 1500s, we don't get the word "science fiction" until the 1900s, when critic, publisher, and writer Hugo Gernsback came up that compound word along with several other alternatives, most of which didn't stick. The early 1900s was an era of standardization as critics like Hugo used their critical voices to influence the market to be critical what was science fiction and what was not, as well as complaining about the quality of the science in science fiction. For example, Hugo refused to publish any science fiction that featured people walking or floating in the vacuum of space without a space suit.
Printing continuous to improve in efficiency. The 1920s and 1930’s comes the era of pulp fiction, pulp meaning that now very low cost paper which could be used for printing and binding books. The era of the Golden Age of Science fiction rides upon the waves of cheap printing. This period starts in the 1930s to the 1950s. At this point everyone knows what science fiction is and most men have read some and we get sever
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004 SciFi Genesis
Perhaps you're new to SciFi or perhaps you've been reading SciFi for a few decades. Have you wondered when science fiction came about? For example: Did you know that this story telling genre about the future is quite old?
Take a moment and form a guess in your mind. How old do YOU think science fiction is? You have that number in your mind? Let me give you some clues: it was before there were airplanes, gas burning cars, or even steel railroads. Have you adjusted that number? Did you know that the science fiction genre is 500 years old? That the first science fiction book came off a printing press in the 1500s?
It turns out, the idea of writing a fictional tail using science and speculation of technology, governments, and society is rather old. Having a market of readers as well as having the technology to create books at volume happened in the mid 1400s. In that century, Europe only produced about a few thousand thousand books. It was during the 1500s that our first science fiction book comes on to the scene and by then Europe’s printing capacities reached one or two hundred of million books. There were books with fanciful narratives before the 1500s but these would classified as fantasy as they were filled with magic, myth, and miracles.
Are you familiar with the word utopia? Did you know it's an ancient subgenera of science fiction? Utopian stories are designed to give us a glimpse of how society could be near perfect if it made different decisions or had better technology. In the 1500's Sir Thomas Moore wrote the first science fiction story called Utopia.
So the first work of science fiction was in response to unhappiness of England's King Henry the 8th who wanted to decide what religion everyone followed.
Utopian stories continued being the hot thing for the next two hundred years. It was hard to get published in those days as presses were far and few between. In 1765 we get our first space travel story from a French woman named Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert.
Fifty years later we get horror SF with Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Europe book production breaks a billion books. In the 1800s, more new ideas are added to science fiction with Steampunk, time travel, alternate history, and alien invasion from Jules Verne, HG Wells, and a host of others.
Next episode, we’ll talk about when the words "science fiction" become a label for this type of story.
It's the early 1800s and before Rudolf Diesel and Henry Ford. Electricity is still a lab experiment. But it doesn't matter. We don't need any of what those guys were selling. The true motors of Innovation are started with firing up a boiler, copper or brass tubing, and driving pistons of power.
Your clockwork butler is powered with a small coal boiler. Your self driving carriage is steam powered. You need to leave London and go visit the colonies? The first class traveler travels on airship powered with steam generators and handled with pneumatic control systems.
Steampunk-- It's a big and visual movement at the conventions: ladies in corsets trimmed with copper tubing, men in shin high-boots and victorian jackets but a steam powered blunderbuss at his side. Steampunk is about fashion, high adventure, and genteel conduct. (Tone change) It probably shouldn't contain the term punk. Unlike it's cousin, Cyberpunk, steampunk isn't focused on high-tech lowlifes but instead the characters are well educated and savvy inventors, scientist, and explorers who employ thoughtful problem solving skills using steam craft tools. (Harpsichord) This is due to it's Victorian ladies and gentleman styling and stories about expanding the frontiers through the unknown. Jules Verne was a early forerunner, a steampunk author before there was steampunk with his (sub ping) "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" published in 1872. During this period of time, Jules was simply doing what any contemporary science fiction author would do, take the technology of his time and apply it to solving the engineering problems that got in the way of touring the seas of Earth in a submersible ship.
Unlike Jules, contemporary authors make effort to use pneumatic call tubes instead of intercoms and frequently create alternate histories with Victorian period characters sporting bitching steam driven gear platted in copper or brass and Victorian gentle-persons faced with high adventure. Other than Jules Vern, seminal work was published in 1958 by Mervyn Peak called Titus Alone.
The most famous steampunk work that broke outside the scifi genre readership would be Wild Wild West (cue electric cowboy). A tv series that ran from 1965 to 1969 and again, a 1999 movie
starring Will Smith and Kevin Kline, who are American West secret agents set in the victorian era, outfitted with a number of clockwork gizmos and battling steam driven monstrosities. Not into movies or books? How about playing a handsome hero in BioShock Infinity, featuring airship technology, floating cities, and skyhook battles. To this date, it's been the rare movie like Wild Wild West or League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that has gone beyond the orbit of their genre. I have yet to discover a Steampunk book that has hit the New York Times best seller list. Only Jules Vern is widely read outside of science fiction reading circles. Despite this, the fan base is well organized in creative vintage clothing with pseudo-boilers and other Victorian era high tech. And who could blame them? (cue) Imagine reading or interacting in a world where a gent is wearing a velour long coat with brass buttons, a heroine in a corset with a blunderbuss in her lap, having a clandestine meeting with a balding scientist. All three hunkered over a table to study an analogue computer of cogs while a Swiss precision automotive tray sidles up to their table with their drinks. Who wouldn't want to dip into this world of romance, adventure, and technology?
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It was the 1960s. Young science fiction readers and writers were tired of the usual space travel and adventure tales. They yearned to read something that used what was happening around them which was too edgy for the earlier fiction which tended to be cleaned up for young adult readers. The fiction of the New Wave incorporated and even focused on the gritty parts of humanity that most people never saw or only read about in the scandal sheets--drugs, crime, casual sex, corporate malfescience, dishonest governments. If it was bad and dirty, it'd show up in one of these science fiction novels. Many of them incorporated the promises of new computer technologies and how they would be used to improve the human condition, make it faster, smarter, more acute. Then how these cybernetic tools would be used for abuse and for retaliation to abuse. These high tech low lines, these punks were put into enough stories that a new genre emerged, called cyberpunk. These stories more frequently took place on Earth and within our existing cities, painting a gritty future of angry down-and-outers trying to get by in a world that was moving so fast that many were left behind. Where earlier science fiction--golden age--science fiction was about story telling in a clear and simple language, cyberpunk was about style in the word play, much more metaphor and advanced writing styles. Where Golden Age science fiction was easy for 12, 13, and 14 year olds to get into, Cyberpunk was written in more advanced styles: multiple points of views, knowledges of politics, an understand of economy. Cyberpunk is science fiction for the political savvy reader who wanted to see something more complicated than adventure stories that ended with happy days.
Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rucker, Philip K. Dick, Roger Zelazny, J.G. Ballard, Philip Jose Farmer, and Harlan Ellison were the early successful writers in this new wave group. It was later in the 1980's when William Gibson’s debut novel Neuromancer put cyberpunk on the map permanently. Neuromancer was a breakout success, meaning it was widely read by people who didn't normally pickup a science fiction book. It was a New York times best seller, and won the triple crown of science fiction awards: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the P.K. Dick Award. Later, in 1992 Neal Stephenson published his novel Snow Crash, another breakout best seller, which further cemented cyberpunk as a big deal.
Hollywood is about 15 years later to the scene. Phillip K Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" was released in 1982 as "Blade Runner" is a popular early cyberpunk film. Recent films from the last two years are "Blade Runner 2049", "Ghost in the Shell," and the series "Altered Carbon."
Where does the Cyberpunk genre go from here? As a written genre, it is an outdated genre as the cyber in cyber punk is less cutting edge than say biopunk. The millennial fan bas has largely moved on to the more outlandish Steampunk. And how can you blame them? Instead of the noir cool and tough in leather why not step out of the dark alley and into the sun in this Jules Verne period of chaps and ladies decked out in brass, corsets, and steam technology.
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