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Send us a textHolly and Marty speak with Chris Beckett about his Dark Eden trilogy, comprised of Dark Eden – which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2012, and was followed by Mother of Eden in 2015 and Daughter of Eden in 2016. Dark Eden has been described as “a superior piece of the theologically nuanced science fiction”, and is also a story about the development of human culture, religion and civilization.  It stands out for its unique setting on a dark planet whose ecology is powered by geothermal forces rather than by a sun, and where a pair of marooned humans have given rise to a growing family of refugees who scrabble for survival in a dark forest filled with bioluminescent plants and animals.  It's a book you'll never forget, and its characters will stay with you all your life.  We also spend some time talking about his more recent book 'America City', a book written in 2017 about an unhinged American president who decides to invade Canada - disturbingly prophetic of recent events threatening the Canadian sovereignty. Email: thescienceinthefiction@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/743522660965257/

Dr Rachel Knightley speaks to her Great British Horror 5 co-contributor, award-winning author of ovels, short stories and articles (“Usually strange ones”) Aliya Whiteley. is the author of seven books of speculative fiction, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlisted Skyward Inn and The Loosening Skin, and also The Beauty, which was shortlisted for both a Shirley Jackson award and the Otherwise Award. A tenth anniversary edition of The Beauty was published in 2024. She has written over one hundred published short stories that have appeared in magazines such as F&SF, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, The Dark, McSweeney's Internet Tendency and The Guardian, as well as in anthologies such as Unsung Stories' 2084 and Lonely Planet's Better than Fiction. Her non-fiction includes The Secret Life of Fungi, a look at how fungi are a permanent presence in her life. She also writes a regular non-fiction column on sci fi and fantasy matters for Interzone magazine. For a writing workout based on Aliya's interview with Rachel, scroll down or visit WritersGym.com to download every Writing Workout in the series.   Find out more about Aliya at https://aliyawhiteley.uk/about/   Join our mailing list at drrachelknightley.substack.com or get in touch at thewritersgym@rachelknightley.com     Writing Workout based on Aliya's interview   Warm-up: The Enormous Importance of Weird   Write down a list of your five weirdest interests or experiences.   Pick the one you're least likely to write about.   Write about it for five minutes. Just for you.   Exercise 1: Fiction, Memoir and Truth   “I'm not an expert on fungi at all, but I wanted to write something about my fascination with them. and I tried, I did like a huge amount of research and was trying to put across things in a very dry academic kind of way… so instead I wrote this very short, personal book about how I just found fun everywhere throughout my life.”   Think about an experience doing something you love. Describe the sensations in your body, physical and emotional. Show us what you feel and discover. Write another version, in third person. Change the character's gender, or location, or even their activity. Keep the emotional truth but change the literal truth.     Exercise 2: Remembering to Play     “I'm a big believer in all sorts of exercises and routines that you put around writing, it's a bit like scaffolding. It kind of takes the pressure off what it is you're trying to build. Something like working on 381, where every section of that book is 381 words long. That moves a lot of pressure of what's happening in the novel because you've applied sort of weird constraints to it.”   “Or exercises like, okay, so I have to put these five particular objects that I've just made up on the spot. They have to appear in this next short story somewhere. And then the narrative or the characters or all the other things that you would choose to worry about aren't there any longer because you're thinking about these five objects.”     Cool-down: Voices on the Bus   Choose one of Aliya's favourites:   “All the voices that are in your head and you're all on the bus together. And the writer self is the one driving the bus. One of your passengers is shouting, but passengers are allowed to shout every now and again on my buses. That's okay. It doesn't mean catastrophe ahead. t's a whole range of emotions and thoughts and processes and some, there are the ones that, you know, they're trying to warn you all the time, but you know, they're not driving the bus.” Aliya Whiteley   Who are the passengers on your bus?   What is each of them interested in?   Who's really enthusiastic?   Who panics easily?   What does each one love?   What does each one want?

Dr Laura Jean McKay is the first New Zealand-based author to win one of the world's top science fiction prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, for her novel The Animals in That Country.

In a special series direct from the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival Laura Jean McKay chats with Irma about the experience of touring her books to the UK, why she threw up in a caravan sink after finishing her novel, how the publishing landscape for short fiction has changed over the last two decades, a disastrous book event that ended up in an Oscar-winning performance, writing about big political themes, the surreal experience of recording her audiobook during the pandemic, why winning prizes can be a lonely experience, the overwhelming and unexpected support of the sci-fi community, how to develop writing muscles, the worst writing advice she received from a very famous author, why a serious illness altered the development of her novel, and the practical methods that she used to climb out of an intense period of writer's block.About Laura Jean MackayLaura Jean McKay is the author of The Animals in That Country - winner of the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award, The Victorian Prize for Literature, the ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year and co-winner of the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2021. Laura is also the author of Holiday in Cambodia and was Adjunct Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University. Her latest collection is Gunflower, shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Award and named one of The Guardian's best books of 2023.

Author and poet* Dr Laura Jean McKay joins Liz and Ben for two of Terry Pratchett's short stories about intelligent animals: “Hollywood Chickens” (1990) and “From the Horse's Mouth” (1972). In 1973 Hollywood, a truck full of chickens overturned on a busy highway, depositing a population of chickens on the verge. A decade and a half later, scientists try to piece together the story of how they developed and evolved in pursuit of a very specific goal... In the town of Blackbury, rag and bone man Ron is amazed to discover that his carthorse, Johnno, can talk. Will their relationship be forever changed by the adventure they share together? These stories don't share too much in common beyond being about animals, but they are a nice sample of Pratchett's writing from two interesting points in his career: towards the end of his early phase of children's stories for newspapers, not long after his first novel was published; and at the height of his early fame - the year, in fact, that he published five novels. You can find “Hollywood Chickens” most readily in A Blink of the Screen, and “From the Horse's Mouth” in A Stroke of the Pen. Do you have a favourite Pratchett short story? What do you think of the way he writes animals? Should we have inserted an ad for Maggi noodles into this episode? What are your best horse pun names, and how would you get to the other side? We'd love to hear from you whether you're a horse, chicken, human or have mutant powers: join the conversation for this episode via email, or by using the hashtag #Pratchat81 on social media. Dr Laura Jean McKay (she/her) is an author, poet* and an Adjunct Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University. Her novel The Animals in That Country - “like Thelma and Louise with a woman and a dingo” - has won multiple awards, including the Arthur C Clarke Award. Her latest book is the short fiction collection Gunflower, published in 2023. You can find Laura as @laurajeanmckay on Twitter and Instagram, and find out more about her books on her website, laurajeanmckay.com.au. * Even if she doesn't know it. You'll find full notes and errata for this episode on our website, and you can hopefully still get tickets for Guards! Guards! at the Roleystone Theatre in Perth, which opens on 22 November 2024. Next episode we're back on track to crack the Clacks in the most recent Discworld board game: Clacks! If you have questions about this game recreating the race between Moist and the Grand Trunk company, get them in to us ASAP by tagging us or using the hashtag #Pratchat82 on social media, or emailing us at chat@pratchatpodcast.com.

On this week's episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by literary sensation and incomparable storyteller, Margaret Atwood. Margaret is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays, including the award-winning, The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments, Cat's Eye, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and more. Margaret has won the Booker Prize, the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In this conversation, we discuss Margaret's glorious and hilarious short story collection, Old Babes in the Wood, a deep look into family, marriage, loss and aging, and what it means to spend a life with those you love.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we discuss the life and work of the multifaceted writer Rachel Pollack. She was the author of 41 books, including two award-winning novels, Unquenchable Fire, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and Godmother Night, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Her comics work includes Doom Patrol, The New Gods, Tomahawk, The [...]

In this episode, we discuss the life and work of the multifaceted writer Rachel Pollack. She was the author of 41 books, including two award-winning novels, Unquenchable Fire, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and Godmother Night, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Her comics work includes Doom Patrol, The New Gods, Tomahawk, The [...]

The episode is in English – scroll down for the English description. Научното любопитство е движеща сила на човечеството и няма нищо срамно в това да кажете “не знам”. В епизода Любо разговаря с комика Робин Инс за това колко е важно да се интересуваме от случващото се около нас и за ползите на науката. За егото в науката, за аргументирането мнение и за поведението ни в социалните медии. Ще чуете още интересни истории за велики умове, до които Робин се е докоснал, за красотата на науката и всичко това представено по един изключително увлекателен начин в стила на Робин Инс. Слушайте епизода, за да разберете защо е толкова важно да попитате “Защо?” и да не спирате да търсите отговори. In English: Scientific curiosity is the driving force of humanity, and there is nothing shameful in saying "I don't know". In the episode, Lubo talks to comedian Robin Ince about the importance of being interested in what's going on around us and the benefits of science. On ego in science, on arguing our opinions and on our behaviour on social media. You'll hear more interesting stories about great minds Robin has touched, the beauty of science, all presented in a highly engaging Robin Ince style. Listen to the episode to find out why it's so important to ask "Why?" and keep searching for answers. === За госта: Робин Инс е английски комик, актьор и писател, известен с на комедийната научно-популярна серия на BBC “The Infinite Monkey Cage”, която води заедно с физика Брайън Кокс. Носител е на „Златната роза“ и наградата „Артър Кларк“ за комуникация на науката. Автор е на няколко книги, сред които „Аз съм шега и ти също“, „Библиоман“ и „Колко е важно да бъдеш любопитен“, която излиза тази есен. Робин Инс беше един от лекторите на есенния Форум Ratio 2023. Ако искате да чуете още от него, както и още 3 научни теми, свързани с тайните скрити в дълбините на океана, за историята разказана от звездите и за вълната от фалшиви новини в ерата на AI, можете да си вземете виртуален билет за достъп до записите от събитието: ratio.bg/fall/ About the guest Robin Ince is an English comedian, actor and writer, best known for the BBC's popular science comedy series “The Infinite Monkey Cage”, which he co-hosts with physicist Brian Cox. He is a recipient of the Golden Rose and the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Communication of Science. He is the author of several books, including "I'm a Joke and you too," "Bibliomaniac" and "The Importance of Being Curious," which comes out this fall. Допълнителни бележки към епизода: ratio.bg/podcast/480 Ако това, което правим, ви харесва, подкрепете Ratio тук: ratio.bg/support

Laura Jean McKay is a fiction writer, and her latest work is the short story collection Gunflower. Her previous novel, The Animals in That Country, was awarded the international Arthur C. Clarke Award, as well as the Victorian Prize for Literature and the ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year. Laura was awarded the NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours in 2022. You can read the transcript for this interview here.  About The Garret: Writers and the publishing industry Follow The Garret on Instagram, and perhaps follow our host Astrid Edwards there too.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we kick off our new line up of topical episodes with The Handmaid's Tale: Differences from Book to Screen.Margaret Atwood published The Handmaid's Tale in 1985 to immediate critical acclaim. The instant literary classic, which Margaret had initially written in longhand on yellow legal pads, won the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987, among many others over the years. And it's now received the latest honor of being banned in many states!Thirty two years later, Bruce Miller released Season One of The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu, also to immediate critical acclaim. In addition to its 8 Emmy wins for Season One (from 13 nominations), it became the first drama series on a streaming service to win an Emmy for Outstanding Series. It has continued to collect various award nominations over the next four seasons, and a massive fan base.Join us as we discuss some of the most notable creative decisions and changes made by Bruce Miller and his team to adapt Margaret Atwood's literary masterpiece into the ground breaking television show it is. And come back in two weeks for a discussion on her sequel, The Testaments, which we are thrilled to announce is already in the process of being adapted to screen by Bruce Miller. After that we will begin our series of podcast discussions on specific characters and their arcs over the 5 seasons of The Handmaid's Tale to date.

Monts and Nuge dust off their mics, throw on their headphones and return to the podcasting arena. They are back with more news, reviews and good old fashioned nonsense from the underbelly of geekdom News Monts has some news about his top secret video game employment. Nuge reveals his six degrees of seperatation to a certain timelord. The Lone Wolf gamebooks series gets an upgrade. The Nice Bedford Comic Con returns. Week That Was Titans Nimona Wool The Flash Vicious Creatures They Cloned Tyrone Main The lads talk through the shortlist for the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award.

Perry and David discuss the volunteer work they've been doing recently, then go on to talk about their recent reading and watching. Intro (02:13) What we've been doing recently (08:05) Standard Ebooks productions (02:05) Wikipedia editing (05:54) General News (08:45) Australian Book Design Awards (02:25) Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist (01:39) Aurealis Awards 2023 (00:51) Hugo Ballot 2023 still coming (03:45) What we've been reading (43:33) Real Tigers by Mick Herron (11:52) David's Reading (00:45) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (05:29) Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison (05:30) All's Well by Mona Awad (04:23) Death in Brunswick by Boyd Oxlade (06:20) The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (09:05) What we've been watching (12:05) The Batman (2022) (04:41) Drive My Car (2021) (07:16) Windup (00:15) Next episode (01:13) Image generated by Wombo Art.

Perry and David discuss the volunteer work they've been doing recently, then go on to talk about their recent reading and watching. Intro (02:13) What we've been doing recently (08:05) Standard Ebooks productions (02:05) Wikipedia editing (05:54) General News (08:45) Australian Book Design Awards (02:25) Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist (01:39) Aurealis Awards 2023 (00:51) Hugo Ballot 2023 still coming (03:45) What we've been reading (43:33) Real Tigers by Mick Herron (11:52) David's Reading (00:45) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (05:29) Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison (05:30) All's Well by Mona Awad (04:23) Death in Brunswick by Boyd Oxlade (06:20) The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (09:05) What we've been watching (12:05) The Batman (2022) (04:41) Drive My Car (2021) (07:16) Windup (00:15) Next episode (01:13) Click here for more info and indexes. Image generated by Wombo Art.

Juliet E. McKenna is the author of 15 epic fantasy novels set in the world of Einarinn, as well as several novellas and countless short stories ranging from SF to steampunk and alternate history. Her contemporary fantasy Green Man novels, published by indie Wizard's Tower Press, have sold over 28,000 copies since 2018. She has been a judge for the World Fantasy Awards, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the James White Award and the Aeon Award, and has, herself, been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award and the BSFA Award for Best Novel. In 2015 she was awarded the Karl Edward Wagner Award for special achievement by the British Fantasy Society. Her latest book, The Cleaving, is a feminist take on Arthurian legend.We had a really interesting chat with Juliet, hearing how her interest in fantasy fiction grew and what led to her first book being picked up. Plus, we get some great advice for authors on contracts, hear about a bad experience she had with a publisher, and talk about the resurgence of genre fiction in the mainstream.Links:Buy The Cleaving and Juliet's other booksFollow Juliet on TwitterVisit Juliet's websiteOut now - a new video podcast from Page One featuring all the latest writing news - Page One Extra! For all episodes, released every two weeks, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, search for Page One Extra on your favourite podcast app, or follow this link: https://linktr.ee/ukpageonePage One - The Writer's Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramFollow us on Mastodon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS EPISODE: In honor of the brilliant Rachel Pollack who passed away on April 7th, we're rereleasing our episode with her. May you rest in peace and power, Rachel, our eternal High Priestess of Heresy.

 It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Lots of EXTRA news this week. Just didn't have the time to edit multiple versions of the same episode. So enjoy all the extra news!Tune in Wednesdays for the regular show and Saturdays for the re-post of the Friday night LIVE SHOW. Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh content.  MusicNew Music/VideoType O Negative - Love You To Death https://youtu.be/9lqy1iYh25k Live from 2007 Wacken Open Air Festival. The band is set to Re-release Dead Again, their final album, on May 5th in a number of colored vinyls and cassette.Butcher Babies - Beaver Cage https://youtu.be/r2rdf_oKXoA sometimes I worry about the metal community…Kreator V Lamb of God - State of Unrest https://youtu.be/wuW9SRR_UEI SWEETLinkin Park - Lost https://youtu.be/7NK_JOkuSVY sounds exactly like you think it should knowing that it comes from the Meteora sessions.Static X - Terrible Lie https://youtu.be/yZKzqTYBr2Y ANOTHER new album announced. Project Regeneration: Vol 2. Doing a GREAT job of keeping the singer thing a secret there boys.Tours/FestivalsEmperor - first tour of the US in 15 years.Only 5 dates, starting June 23 in Chicago IL through July 1 in Anaheim CA. tickets go on sale Friday Feb 17 10 a.m.https://www.vivapsycho.com/ Reg ‘ol NewsKillswitch Engage - According to Jesse, the new album is almost written and demoed. https://blabbermouth.net/news/killswith-engages-next-album-is-almost-demoed-out-says-jesse-leach Phil Labonte - New regular co-host of Timcast IRLhttps://www.youtube.com/@TimcastIRL SuggestsAvatar Hunter Gathererthe eighth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Avatar, released on 7 August 2020.Gaming/TechFollow-ups/CorrectionsMax Payne 1&2 - Remedy Entertainment gave a brief update. Not much progress sadly, but the vocabulary used shows signs of hope. Not JUST that the game will see the light of day, but also that Remedy sees this as a possibility to resurrect the franchise.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/max-payne-1-2-remake-new-update-ps5-xbox-series-x-s/ Dead Island 2 - the wait is finally over. And now even sooner than before. The game is getting pushed up by a week. Now will release April 21 rather than the 28th. Also certified GOLD due to presales.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dead-island-2-release-date/ Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - The game will be one of the LARGEST Switch games ever. 18.2 gb of space. In modern gaming that isn't much, but for the Switch that is a mountain.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-massive-download-size-nintendo-switch-lite-oled-botw-2/ Halo Infinite - New Twitch drops Feb 24-28 Death Hex coatings.Reg ‘ol NewsGamecube to the Switch - Adding the the list of Gamecube games is always a good thing. Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, as well as Baten Kaitos Origins are now finding their way to the Switch marketplace. The package has been renamed to Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster, set to be released this summer.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-baten-kaitos-remasters-gamecube-gcn/ Suggestsinstantart.ioWith unlimited image generation, over 25 fine-tuned stable diffusion models.Comic Books/BooksFollow-ups/CorrectionsPoison Ivy - The limited series will in fact become an ongoing series. W - G Willow Wilson A - Marcio Takara and Atagun Ilhan. The book will officially start the ongoing extension in June, with issue #13. PLUS the hardcover trade of the first 6 issues will be released May 16. https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dc-poison-ivy-ongoing-series-issue-13-g-willow-wilson/ Reg ‘ol NewsTMNT: Last Ronin 2 - A sequel to the popular The Last Ronin comic has been announced by TMNT co-creator and Last Ronin co-writer Kevin Eastman. Eastman confirmed the news in a recent interview, revealing that a full Part II is on the way. The Last Ronin 2 will arrive after the conclusion of "The Lost Years" spinoff title, and further details will be confirmed later.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-last-ronin-2-announced/ Brave and the Bold - DC Studios is set to release a Batman-centric film titled The Brave and the Bold, while relaunching the legendary comic title with the same name later this year. The new title will feature a rotating array of stories spotlighting various characters and creators within the universe, including a four-part retelling of the first bloody clash between Batman and Joker by the Eisner-winning Tom King and Mitch Gerads. The debut issue of Batman: The Brave and The Bold will be a 64-page issue. The issue will also include fan-favorite artist Dan Mora's writing debut with a new string of Batman Black & White tales featuring a mysterious motorcycle-riding, bat-costumed hero.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/the-brave-and-the-bold-dc-new-details-relaunched-series/ White Knight Generation Joker - The White Knight universe is continuing with a new chapter titled Batman: White Knight Presents: Generation Joker. The new series will reunite Sean Murphy with Katana Collins and Clay McCormack and will feature Mirka Andolfo as the artist. The story will revolve around Jackie and Bryce taking a road trip alongside a hologram of Joker, with the first issue set to release in July. This too will NOT be the end of the White Knight universe.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dc-continues-batman-white-knight-universe-with-generation-joker/ https://youtu.be/J1MtZhc3sv8 Carnage V Miles Morales - Marvel's Summer of Symbiotes continues in May with the Carnage Reins, a seven-part crossover between Carnage and Miles Morales. Carnage follows the sadistic alien symbiote as it looks to grow and evolve by picking up new abilities across the Marvel Universe, while Miles Morales: Spider-Man has the young Miles picking up a mentor in Misty Knight, along with dealing with a new threat. The crossover will build on current plot developments in their individual series, such as Carnage's transformation and how Miles' superhero career is impacting his personal life. Book hits shelves May 3rd.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/carnage-vs-miles-morales-crossover-carnage-reigns-summer-of-symbiotes/#3 SuggestsSnow Crash Snow Crash is a science fiction novel by the American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 1992. nominated for both the British Science Fiction Award in 1993 and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1994Episodic ShowsFollow-ups/CorrectionsThe Nevers - Double follow-up. Tubi is picking up the now canceled HBO Max series, with the previously unaired episodes. Six more episodes for part 2 of the first (and only) season. Feb, 13, 14, 15.https://collider.com/the-nevers-streaming-tubi/ Walking Dead - Rick and Michonne is FINALLY filming! https://twitter.com/WalkingDeadLife/status/1625490465398333446Avenue 5 - Canceled after just 2 seasons. https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/hbo-cancels-avenue-5-hit-comedy-two-seasons/ The Peripheral - Officially confirmed for season 2 on Amazon https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-peripheral-renewed-season-2-future-franchise-amazon-prime-video/ SuggestsHeroes created by Tim Kring that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006, to February 8, 2010.MoviesFollow-ups/CorrectionsChronicles of Riddick: Furya - David Twohy is set to write and direct the fourth installment of the franchise.  https://deadline.com/2023/02/vin-diesel-david-twohy-reunite-riddick-furya-hot-european-film-title-1235256547/ TrailersChildren of the Corn - https://youtu.be/PWCGoGdkM7I Looks at least a bit better than the first one…The Bowl Trailers - https://comicbook.com/movies/news/2023-super-bowl-trailers-commercials-super-bowl-lvii-chiefs-eagles/ Ant-Man - Looks Epic… but the reviews are middlingCreed 3 - Jonathan Majors is really proving to be one of the best actors of a generation.Scream VI - meh…65 - This movie will flopD&D: Honor Among Thieves - This too will underperform.AIR - Michael Jordan biopic… could be good.Fast X - Good Lord this series just won't stop.Guardians 3 - Ok for real… does Rocket die?Transformers - Rise of the Beasts won't be enough to salvage this live action franchise.The Flash - I can see why they are saying this could be the biggest comic book movie ever.Indiana Jones 5 - This too will flop.Reg ‘ol NewsKevin Feige - The man with the plan at Marvel just revealed that Harrison Ford's Thunderbolt Ross will be the President confirming rumors. Spider-Man 4 is currently in production, with Tom Holland returning. Deadpool 3 will, in fact, be rated R. Tries to sell Kamala Khan as the “next Peter Parker.” Buckey Barnes to officially lead the Thunderbolts in the movie.https://cosmicbook.news/spider-man-4-underway-at-marvel-confirms-kevin-feige SuggestsLiar Liar 1997 American comedy film, directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur. It stars Jim Carrey as a lawyer who built his entire career on lying but finds himself cursed to speak only the truth for a single dayRumor MillConfirmations/RefutationsBatman- Bale looks to be the “other” Batman… James Gunn though said that an existing actor will NOT be the new DCU Bats. It will in fact be a new actor.New SourcesPhase 5 - only a few of the projects happening in Phase 5 will feed into the multiverse. Marvels, Agatha, Fantastic 4, Deadpool 3, Quantumania, Loki S2. ~AND~ The 838 Universe is supposed to be factoring into the overall plot heavily. ~AND~ Iron Man 838 variant said to be a minor antagonist against the Avengers.Twisted Metal - Firesprite is said to be the studio developing the next game, to coincide (somehow) with the release of the Peacock series starring Anthony Mackie. One job listing at the company explicitly is looking for a developer with experience in both vehicular combat AND on-foot combat. Metroid - With the Prime Remaster having been announced, the Rumor Mill is a buzz with talk for Metroid 4 being announced at the end of the year. Possibly for a 2025 release. As well as ports (remasters? remakes?) of MP 2 and 3.New RumorsFantastic Four - Mila Kunis rumored for Sue Storm role. Penn Badgley rumored for a secret role.Star Wars - Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to star in Damon Lindelof's movie.Assassin's Creed - Second VR game in the works?Starfield - released date LEAK. June 29 2023 according to GOG Galaxy. Seems odd because that is a thursday.Halo Infinite - SO MANY LEAKS! S3 Infection focused20-28 maps in development (only 3-5 for S3)Forge AIFirefight gamemodeOne new weapon in S3 and new Gear type (previously leaked)Brutes, Elites, and Grunts all spawnable in Forge on the next update. Though not fully fleshed out yet.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.

 It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Lots of EXTRA news this week. Just didn't have the time to edit multiple versions of the same episode. So enjoy all the extra news!Tune in Wednesdays for the regular show and Saturdays for the re-post of the Friday night LIVE SHOW. Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh content.  MusicNew Music/VideoType O Negative - Love You To Death https://youtu.be/9lqy1iYh25k Live from 2007 Wacken Open Air Festival. The band is set to Re-release Dead Again, their final album, on May 5th in a number of colored vinyls and cassette.Butcher Babies - Beaver Cage https://youtu.be/r2rdf_oKXoA sometimes I worry about the metal community…Kreator V Lamb of God - State of Unrest https://youtu.be/wuW9SRR_UEI SWEETLinkin Park - Lost https://youtu.be/7NK_JOkuSVY sounds exactly like you think it should knowing that it comes from the Meteora sessions.Static X - Terrible Lie https://youtu.be/yZKzqTYBr2Y ANOTHER new album announced. Project Regeneration: Vol 2. Doing a GREAT job of keeping the singer thing a secret there boys.Tours/FestivalsEmperor - first tour of the US in 15 years.Only 5 dates, starting June 23 in Chicago IL through July 1 in Anaheim CA. tickets go on sale Friday Feb 17 10 a.m.https://www.vivapsycho.com/ Reg ‘ol NewsKillswitch Engage - According to Jesse, the new album is almost written and demoed. https://blabbermouth.net/news/killswith-engages-next-album-is-almost-demoed-out-says-jesse-leach Phil Labonte - New regular co-host of Timcast IRLhttps://www.youtube.com/@TimcastIRL SuggestsAvatar Hunter Gathererthe eighth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Avatar, released on 7 August 2020.Gaming/TechFollow-ups/CorrectionsMax Payne 1&2 - Remedy Entertainment gave a brief update. Not much progress sadly, but the vocabulary used shows signs of hope. Not JUST that the game will see the light of day, but also that Remedy sees this as a possibility to resurrect the franchise.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/max-payne-1-2-remake-new-update-ps5-xbox-series-x-s/ Dead Island 2 - the wait is finally over. And now even sooner than before. The game is getting pushed up by a week. Now will release April 21 rather than the 28th. Also certified GOLD due to presales.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dead-island-2-release-date/ Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - The game will be one of the LARGEST Switch games ever. 18.2 gb of space. In modern gaming that isn't much, but for the Switch that is a mountain.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-massive-download-size-nintendo-switch-lite-oled-botw-2/ Halo Infinite - New Twitch drops Feb 24-28 Death Hex coatings.Reg ‘ol NewsGamecube to the Switch - Adding the the list of Gamecube games is always a good thing. Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, as well as Baten Kaitos Origins are now finding their way to the Switch marketplace. The package has been renamed to Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster, set to be released this summer.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-baten-kaitos-remasters-gamecube-gcn/ Suggestsinstantart.ioWith unlimited image generation, over 25 fine-tuned stable diffusion models.Comic Books/BooksFollow-ups/CorrectionsPoison Ivy - The limited series will in fact become an ongoing series. W - G Willow Wilson A - Marcio Takara and Atagun Ilhan. The book will officially start the ongoing extension in June, with issue #13. PLUS the hardcover trade of the first 6 issues will be released May 16. https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dc-poison-ivy-ongoing-series-issue-13-g-willow-wilson/ Reg ‘ol NewsTMNT: Last Ronin 2 - A sequel to the popular The Last Ronin comic has been announced by TMNT co-creator and Last Ronin co-writer Kevin Eastman. Eastman confirmed the news in a recent interview, revealing that a full Part II is on the way. The Last Ronin 2 will arrive after the conclusion of "The Lost Years" spinoff title, and further details will be confirmed later.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-last-ronin-2-announced/ Brave and the Bold - DC Studios is set to release a Batman-centric film titled The Brave and the Bold, while relaunching the legendary comic title with the same name later this year. The new title will feature a rotating array of stories spotlighting various characters and creators within the universe, including a four-part retelling of the first bloody clash between Batman and Joker by the Eisner-winning Tom King and Mitch Gerads. The debut issue of Batman: The Brave and The Bold will be a 64-page issue. The issue will also include fan-favorite artist Dan Mora's writing debut with a new string of Batman Black & White tales featuring a mysterious motorcycle-riding, bat-costumed hero.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/the-brave-and-the-bold-dc-new-details-relaunched-series/ White Knight Generation Joker - The White Knight universe is continuing with a new chapter titled Batman: White Knight Presents: Generation Joker. The new series will reunite Sean Murphy with Katana Collins and Clay McCormack and will feature Mirka Andolfo as the artist. The story will revolve around Jackie and Bryce taking a road trip alongside a hologram of Joker, with the first issue set to release in July. This too will NOT be the end of the White Knight universe.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dc-continues-batman-white-knight-universe-with-generation-joker/ https://youtu.be/J1MtZhc3sv8 Carnage V Miles Morales - Marvel's Summer of Symbiotes continues in May with the Carnage Reins, a seven-part crossover between Carnage and Miles Morales. Carnage follows the sadistic alien symbiote as it looks to grow and evolve by picking up new abilities across the Marvel Universe, while Miles Morales: Spider-Man has the young Miles picking up a mentor in Misty Knight, along with dealing with a new threat. The crossover will build on current plot developments in their individual series, such as Carnage's transformation and how Miles' superhero career is impacting his personal life. Book hits shelves May 3rd.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/carnage-vs-miles-morales-crossover-carnage-reigns-summer-of-symbiotes/#3 SuggestsSnow Crash Snow Crash is a science fiction novel by the American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 1992. nominated for both the British Science Fiction Award in 1993 and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1994Episodic ShowsFollow-ups/CorrectionsThe Nevers - Double follow-up. Tubi is picking up the now canceled HBO Max series, with the previously unaired episodes. Six more episodes for part 2 of the first (and only) season. Feb, 13, 14, 15.https://collider.com/the-nevers-streaming-tubi/ Walking Dead - Rick and Michonne is FINALLY filming! https://twitter.com/WalkingDeadLife/status/1625490465398333446Avenue 5 - Canceled after just 2 seasons. https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/hbo-cancels-avenue-5-hit-comedy-two-seasons/ The Peripheral - Officially confirmed for season 2 on Amazon https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-peripheral-renewed-season-2-future-franchise-amazon-prime-video/ SuggestsHeroes created by Tim Kring that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006, to February 8, 2010.MoviesFollow-ups/CorrectionsChronicles of Riddick: Furya - David Twohy is set to write and direct the fourth installment of the franchise.  https://deadline.com/2023/02/vin-diesel-david-twohy-reunite-riddick-furya-hot-european-film-title-1235256547/ TrailersChildren of the Corn - https://youtu.be/PWCGoGdkM7I Looks at least a bit better than the first one…The Bowl Trailers - https://comicbook.com/movies/news/2023-super-bowl-trailers-commercials-super-bowl-lvii-chiefs-eagles/ Ant-Man - Looks Epic… but the reviews are middlingCreed 3 - Jonathan Majors is really proving to be one of the best actors of a generation.Scream VI - meh…65 - This movie will flopD&D: Honor Among Thieves - This too will underperform.AIR - Michael Jordan biopic… could be good.Fast X - Good Lord this series just won't stop.Guardians 3 - Ok for real… does Rocket die?Transformers - Rise of the Beasts won't be enough to salvage this live action franchise.The Flash - I can see why they are saying this could be the biggest comic book movie ever.Indiana Jones 5 - This too will flop.Reg ‘ol NewsKevin Feige - The man with the plan at Marvel just revealed that Harrison Ford's Thunderbolt Ross will be the President confirming rumors. Spider-Man 4 is currently in production, with Tom Holland returning. Deadpool 3 will, in fact, be rated R. Tries to sell Kamala Khan as the “next Peter Parker.” Buckey Barnes to officially lead the Thunderbolts in the movie.https://cosmicbook.news/spider-man-4-underway-at-marvel-confirms-kevin-feige SuggestsLiar Liar 1997 American comedy film, directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur. It stars Jim Carrey as a lawyer who built his entire career on lying but finds himself cursed to speak only the truth for a single dayRumor MillConfirmations/RefutationsBatman- Bale looks to be the “other” Batman… James Gunn though said that an existing actor will NOT be the new DCU Bats. It will in fact be a new actor.New SourcesPhase 5 - only a few of the projects happening in Phase 5 will feed into the multiverse. Marvels, Agatha, Fantastic 4, Deadpool 3, Quantumania, Loki S2. ~AND~ The 838 Universe is supposed to be factoring into the overall plot heavily. ~AND~ Iron Man 838 variant said to be a minor antagonist against the Avengers.Twisted Metal - Firesprite is said to be the studio developing the next game, to coincide (somehow) with the release of the Peacock series starring Anthony Mackie. One job listing at the company explicitly is looking for a developer with experience in both vehicular combat AND on-foot combat. Metroid - With the Prime Remaster having been announced, the Rumor Mill is a buzz with talk for Metroid 4 being announced at the end of the year. Possibly for a 2025 release. As well as ports (remasters? remakes?) of MP 2 and 3.New RumorsFantastic Four - Mila Kunis rumored for Sue Storm role. Penn Badgley rumored for a secret role.Star Wars - Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to star in Damon Lindelof's movie.Assassin's Creed - Second VR game in the works?Starfield - released date LEAK. June 29 2023 according to GOG Galaxy. Seems odd because that is a thursday.Halo Infinite - SO MANY LEAKS! S3 Infection focused20-28 maps in development (only 3-5 for S3)Forge AIFirefight gamemodeOne new weapon in S3 and new Gear type (previously leaked)Brutes, Elites, and Grunts all spawnable in Forge on the next update. Though not fully fleshed out yet.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.

Valerie Valdes's work has been featured in Uncanny Magazine, Time Travel Short Stories and Nightmare Magazine. Her debut novel Chilling Effect was published by Harper Voyager in September 2019 and Orbit UK in February 2020, with starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal. It was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award, and was also named one of Library Journal's best SF/fantasy novels of 2019. The trilogy is now complete with Prime Deceptions and Fault Tolerance. Her next novel, Where Peace Is Lost, is forthcoming in 2023. Valerie is co-editor of Escape Pod, and currently works as a freelance writer and copy editor. She is a graduate of the University of Miami and the Viable Paradise workshop and has taught classes and given lectures for Clarion West and Georgia State University. She has also served as a Municipal Liaison for National Novel Writing Month since 2005. She lives in Georgia with her husband, children and cats. You can find her online at the links below. Website Twitter Instagram

Giller Prize, and Station Eleven, a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. It won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award and was adapted as a limited series for HBO Max. Her new book is Sea of Tranquility.During this podcast, Emily St. John Mandel discusses her approach to writing, her friendship and collaboration with TV showrunner Patrick Somerville on Station 11 (including how they met as young authors years before at a reading of their novels attended by four people), and her personal view on themes she explores in her books like time travel.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Namwali Serpell was born in Lusaka, Zambia, and lives in America. Her debut novel, The Old Drift, won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction, and the Los Angeles Times's Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction; it was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review and one of Time magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of the Year. Her nonfiction book, Stranger Faces, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. Her latest novel, The Furrows: An Elegy, was named by Time Magazine as a 100 Must-Read Books of 2022 and is also a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2022. She is currently a professor of English at Harvard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyberpunk author Pat Cadigan shares her thoughts on the role of science fiction in society, her methods for thinking about the future, and which elements of the cyberpunk genre have become features of our everyday reality. Pat Cadigan was born in Schenectady, NY, and grew up in Fitchburg, MA. Attending the University of Massachusetts on a scholarship, she eventually transferred to the University of Kansas where she received her degree. Since embarking on her career as a fiction writer in 1987, her Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated short stories have appeared in such magazines as Omni, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine as well as numerous anthologies. Her first collection, Patterns, was honoured the Locus Award in 1990, and she won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1992 and 1995 for her novels Synners and Fools. Pat Cadigan moved to the UK in 1996 and now lives in London. Recorded live from the Science Museum, London on 26 October 2022. Find out more: futurespodcast.net Credits Produced by FUTURES Podcast Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason Follow Us Twitter: twitter.com/futurespodcast Facebook: facebook.com/futurespodcast Instagram: instagram.com/futurespodcast

Perry and David discuss some recent awards and general news and then take off in the Hugo Time Machine to visit the year 1969, when Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner won the Best Novel award. Introduction (02:34) General News (08:39) 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin prize (01:13) 2022 Booker Prize winner (01:15) 2022 Shirley Jackson awards (01:10) 2022 Arthur C Clarke Award (00:44) Death of Frank Drake (04:07) Hugo Time Machine 1969 (01:03:04) Short Stories (05:39) The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison (01:37) Other eligible works (03:36) Masks by Damon Knight (01:22) All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven (00:28) Novelettes (08:03) The Sharing of Flesh by Poul Anderson (03:56) Other nominees (01:52) Mother to the World by Richard Wilson (01:12) Other eligible works (01:43) Novellas (06:48) Nightwings by Robert Silverberg (04:03) Other nominees (01:26) Hawk Among the Sparrows by Dean McLaughlin (01:00) Other eligible works (00:44) Novels (39:50) Nova by Samuel R. Delany (04:56) Past Master by R. A. Lafferty (04:16) Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (08:23) The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak (05:15) Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (10:02) Other eligible works (02:21) New Wave beginning to surge (03:26) Other Awards (01:00) Wind-up (01:51) Illustration generated by Stable Diffusion

Perry and David discuss some recent awards and general news and then take off in the Hugo Time Machine to visit the year 1969, when Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner won the Best Novel award. Introduction (02:34) General News (08:39) 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin prize (01:13) 2022 Booker Prize winner (01:15) 2022 Shirley Jackson awards (01:10) 2022 Arthur C Clarke Award (00:44) Death of Frank Drake (04:07) Hugo Time Machine 1969 (01:03:04) Short Stories (05:39) The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison (01:37) Other eligible works (03:36) Masks by Damon Knight (01:22) All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven (00:28) Novelettes (08:03) The Sharing of Flesh by Poul Anderson (03:56) Other nominees (01:52) Mother to the World by Richard Wilson (01:12) Other eligible works (01:43) Novellas (06:48) Nightwings by Robert Silverberg (04:03) Other nominees (01:26) Hawk Among the Sparrows by Dean McLaughlin (01:00) Other eligible works (00:44) Novels (39:50) Nova by Samuel R. Delany (04:56) Past Master by R. A. Lafferty (04:16) Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (08:23) The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak (05:15) Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (10:02) Other eligible works (02:21) New Wave beginning to surge (03:26) Other Awards (01:00) Wind-up (01:51) Click here for more info and indexes. Illustration generated by Stable Diffusion

Namwali Serpell's 2019 novel The Old Drift was hailed by Salman Rushdie as "a dazzling debut." It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction and was named a notable book of the year by the New York Times Book Review. Her time-bending new work, The Furrows, tells the story of one family's struggle with love and loss in the wake of a tragic accident. The novel is dedicated to Serpell's late sister, Chisha, who died from a drug overdose when Serpell was just 18.

On this special LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Boris Dralyuk and Medaya Ocher are joined by Namwali Serpell, to speak about her new novel, The Furrows. One of the most daring and protean literary voices working today, Serpell is a Zambian-born novelist and essayist, and a professor of English at Harvard University. Her debut novel, The Old Drift, a genre-bending saga tracing the legacies of three families, appeared in 2019 and won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction, and the Los Angeles Times's Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Her equally unclassifiable — a compliment, that — work of nonfiction, Stranger Faces, appeared the following year, as part of Transit Books' series of Undelivered Lectures, and was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Serpell is also the recipient of a 2020 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing, and a 2011 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. Like The Old Drift, The Furrows defies narrative conventions and readerly expectations, but it does so with a narrower aim in view, homing in on the after-affects — which are, truth be told, manifold — of a particular, though uncertain, trauma, an event that fractures the protagonist's life and sense of self at the age of 12. Blamed for the death of her younger brother, Cassandra is haunted by the presence of his absence — or is it simply his presence? — for the rest of her days. What Serpell's novel tells us is what Cassandra promises to tell us: not what happened, but how it felt. Also, Kathern Scanlan, author of Kick the Latch returns to recommend Charles Reznikoff's Testimony: The United States 1885-1915: Recitative.

On this special LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Boris Dralyuk and Medaya Ocher are joined by Namwali Serpell, to speak about her new novel, The Furrows. One of the most daring and protean literary voices working today, Serpell is a Zambian-born novelist and essayist, and a professor of English at Harvard University. Her debut novel, The Old Drift, a genre-bending saga tracing the legacies of three families, appeared in 2019 and won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction, and the Los Angeles Times's Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Her equally unclassifiable — a compliment, that — work of nonfiction, Stranger Faces, appeared the following year, as part of Transit Books' series of Undelivered Lectures, and was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Serpell is also the recipient of a 2020 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing, and a 2011 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. Like The Old Drift, The Furrows defies narrative conventions and readerly expectations, but it does so with a narrower aim in view, homing in on the after-affects — which are, truth be told, manifold — of a particular, though uncertain, trauma, an event that fractures the protagonist's life and sense of self at the age of 12. Blamed for the death of her younger brother, Cassandra is haunted by the presence of his absence — or is it simply his presence? — for the rest of her days. What Serpell's novel tells us is what Cassandra promises to tell us: not what happened, but how it felt. Also, Kathern Scanlan, author of Kick the Latch returns to recommend Charles Reznikoff's Testimony: The United States 1885-1915: Recitative.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Namwali Serpell, author of The Furrows. Namwali Serpell was born in Lusaka, Zambia, and lives in New York. She received a 2020 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing, and a 2011 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. Her debut novel, The Old Drift, won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction, and the Los Angeles Times‘s Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction; it was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review and one of Time magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of the Year. Her nonfiction book, Stranger Faces, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. She is currently a professor of English at Harvard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian is a multi-award winning fantasy and science fiction author. He is known best for his series Shadows of the Apt and for his novel Children of Time. Children of Time was awarded the 30th Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2016. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube. We discuss: 00:00 Preview! 00:55 Welcome 02:15 Adrian's Intro - "I write books about giant spiders from outer space" 03:45 What's Real? - "I'm very much on the science end" - "We weren't a religious household" - US/UK religiosity - "A fascination with the natural world" - Dabbling w/#spirituality "It's amazing how many people have been King Arthur" - "I believed in every damn thing... desperate to find the 'other'" - "The people who want to believe don't examine it" - "Still... looking for that strange but within a scientific boundary" - #aliens - #evolution - "I am pretty much entirely naturalistic" - #briancox - #homeopathy & "special cases" - #scientificmethod - Tech & magic. Apt & Inapt - #telepathy , #psychics, #ghosts "people are out there trying to fake it is... tangential evidence that it is not real" - "I'm not saying 'this cannot be' but I am saying 'show it to me'" - "There is no supernatural" - Do extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence? - #cryptids - "I don't want to be fooled by some... snake-oil salesman" - "There's a weird sort of science cosplay going on" - Folklore, fiction, speculation, narrative "this is a long way from saying 'this is the case' 29:15 What Matters? - "Try to do no harm & don't be a dick" - The Golden Rule & improvements - Autism, pronouns... considering others - Freedom & constraints on freedom - "Being considerate & egalitarian... if you have the luck & the resources to be able to" - "I get my morality from other people" - "I could so easily have fallen in with a very different group of people" - Divine command theory, relativism, nihilism, egoism - "Science can be mis-used... race theory for example" - "Religion defaults to a faith-based argument that effectively is not an argument" - "I accept the theory of relativity but I don't understand it" - Studying animal behaviour: Skinnerian behaviourism: "Animals... can't really feel pain" - Animal intelligence. Spiders dreaming - Phil of mind: #Illusionism, eliminativism, #panpsychism - Origins of sentience "those are the things that make life do what it does" ...and much more. Full show notes at Sentientism.info. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at Sentientism.info. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall via this simple form. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is here on FaceBook. Come join us there! Thanks Graham.

What happens when you have to build not just one world, but a whole passel of them? In this episode, guest Valerie Valdes joins us to talk about how an author can craft compelling adventures in spaaaaaaaaaaace. The vastness and potential diversity of space makes for an appealing sandbox for writers to play in. In a genre that often depends on the element of handwavium to make its interplanetary travel, interstellar stations, and laser swords possible, how can you still build cultures and societies that feel lived-in? Do you want to lean into the idea of single-biome "trope planets" or challenge it? How internally consistent do you need to be in order to keep a reader's suspension of disbelief intact? Transcript for Episode 82 (Our scribal team can always use assistance! If you'd like to join, email us at worldbuildcast at gmail dot com) Our Guest: Valerie Valdes's work has been featured in Uncanny Magazine, Time Travel Short Stories and Nightmare Magazine. Her debut novel Chilling Effect was published by Harper Voyager in September 2019 and Orbit UK in February 2020, with starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal. It was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award, and was also named one of Library Journal's best SF/fantasy novels of 2019. The sequel, Prime Deceptions, was published in September 2020, and the third book in the trilogy, Fault Tolerance, is forthcoming in August 2022. Valerie is co-editor of Escape Pod, and currently works as a freelance writer and copy editor. She is a graduate of the University of Miami and the Viable Paradise workshop and has taught classes and given lectures for Clarion West and Georgia State University. She has also served as a Municipal Liaison for National Novel Writing Month since 2005. She lives in Georgia with her husband, children and cats.

Giller Prize, and Station Eleven, a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. It won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award and was adapted as a limited series for HBO Max. Her new book is Sea of Tranquility.During this podcast, Emily St. John Mandel discusses her approach to writing, her friendship and collaboration with TV showrunner Patrick Somerville on Station 11 (including how they met as young authors years before at a reading of their novels attended by four people), and her personal view on themes she explores in her books like time travel. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Chronscast we're joined by award-winning SF author Tade Thompson to talk about WATCHMEN, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's comic-book masterpiece that skewers the superhero genre using its own architecture. Tade is the author of numerous novels, including the critically acclaimed sci-fi novel Rosewater, the first in his award winning WORMWOOD TRILOGY, Making Wolf, and most recently Far From the Heaven, and the Molly Southbourne series. He has won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Nommo Award, the Kitschies Golden Tentacle award, and the Julia Verlange award, and been shortlisted for the Hugo Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and the Shirley Jackson Prize.We talk about how WATCHMEN reflects contemporary 1980s existential anxieties around the Cold War nuclear annihilation, and how it skewers the absurd braggadocio of the superhero genre. We dig down into the weeds of the book, picking apart the characters, their differing pathologies, and whether salvation lies in a masked figure. We ask how the genre can innovate from here, and why WATCHMEN endures. We also touch on the free spiritedness of Manga, writing fractured timelines as seen in Rosewater, and how the creation of narratives builds a psychological bridge between art and clinical practice.The Judge gives us the second part of her talk on defamation, reminding us the usually the only winners of such altercations are the lawyers - so watch out! Elsewhere we hear Starship, Christine Wheelwright's excellent winning entry to the April 75-word writing challenge, and Superman has an axe to grind with Pine Marten Man... or is he just jealous?Further ReadingYou Better Watch Yourself Superfolk The Kryptonite Kid Quack This Way Where Are You Now, Batman? Join SFF Chronicles for freeJoin us next time when we'll be joined by Ed Wilson, literary agent and director of the Johnson & Alcock literary agency. Ed will walk with us through the labyrinth that is Mark Danielewski's mad millennial monster story House Of Leaves.Index[00:00:00] Tade Thompson Interview Part 1 [1:04:03] Voicemail 1 [1:05:10] The Judge's Corner [1:18:03] Voicemail 2 [1:19:00] Writing Challenge Winner [1:21:02] Voicemail 3 [1:22:00] Tade Thompson Interview Part 2

Our guest today is Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the greatest living science fiction writers and one of the few people to have developed a credible solution to the climate crisis. In this interview, he discusses with Scott Snibbe about transcendental experiences, Buddhism in his life and fiction, the outdoors as meditation, and the potentials for space exploration; but the main focus of this episode is the pressing issue of climate change. How can we survive the climate crisis, and what can every one of us do to help?This episode is the fruit of a collaboration between Science & Wisdom LIVE and A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment. A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment draws on modern science and psychology to bring the ancient inner science of Buddhist meditation to twenty-first century people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. Find out more: www.skepticspath.org ______ “Daily life can be devotional, if you treat the world as sacred”“We're on the brink of starting a massive extinction event”“Humanity is an expression of Earth's biosphere”“You should know your carbon burn the same way you know your weight on a scale”“Spend more time outdoors than you usually do. It's great for you, and it's fun!” ______Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer. He is the author of more than 20 books, including the international bestselling Mars trilogy: Red Mars,Green Mars, Blue Mars, and more recently Red Moon, New York 2140, and 2312, which was a New York Times bestseller nominated for all seven of the major science fiction awards—a first for any book. 2008 he was named a “Hero of the Environment” by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, the Clarion Writers' Workshop, and UC San Diego's Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination. Stanley Robinson has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. In 2016 he was given the Heinlein Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction, and asteroid 72432 was named “Kimrobinson.” In 2017 he was given the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society.Find out more: https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/______ Science & Wisdom LIVE is a project of Jamyang London Buddhist Centre. Our events and podcasts explore the middle ground between science and contemplative wisdom, focusing on themes such as the ethics of artificial intelligence, gender equality, climate change, and the benefits of mindfulness and meditation for mental health. Find out more: www.sciwizlive.com

Adrian Czajkowski (spelled as Adrian Tchaikovsky in his books) is a British fantasy and science fiction author. He is best known for his series Shadows of the Apt, and for his novel Children of Time. Tchaikovsky's novel Children of Time won the 30th Arthur C. Clarke Award on 24 August 2016 at a ceremony in London and was described by author James Lovegrove as "superior stuff, tackling big themes – gods, messiahs, artificial intelligence, alienness – with brio". Thanks so much for listening everyone, I had a lot of fun with this book and of course, making this review.  Don't hesitate to shoot us an email with suggestions, critiques, or questions. Cheers.    Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/bookreviewskill?fan_landing=true Contact - book.reviews.kill@gmail.com Purchase Children of Time - https://www.amazon.com/Children-Time-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/0316452505

Margaret Atwood is a Canadian novelist, essayist, poet, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. She has written plenty of books, many of them prize-winners. For example, she's won "two Booker Prizes (latest in 2019, co-winner, for The Testaments), the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Governor General's Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards." Several of her works, including The Handmaid's Tale, have been adapted for the screen, big and small.   I think of her as a bird. In fact that's how I introduce her - as a cross between an osprey and a magpie. She's partial to phoenixes. We talk about her book Negotiating with the Dead (recently reissued as On Writers and Writing), and about the many reasons why writers write; about writer grants and Shakespeare; appealing to audiences; and geese, totalitarianism and not telling writers what to do; about Dante and bringing stories back from the past; about illuminating the darkness; spiders and witches, compromise, and interviewers hounding authors for interviews. Plus a fair amount more.

(Interview starts at 12:00!) Ohhh yes, folks... this one is the Big Mac: Best-selling and critically-acclaimed sci-fi and fantasy author Arian Tchaikovsky is in fact here on the BizzleCast! An amazing way to launch the podcast side of our 2022 here at BizzleCast 2.0 (more on that later), I was and remain so honored to be able to talk with Adrian for so long and in such depth. Did I mention long? Well, Adrian stayed on for over two hours (!) to talk about not only his own works but a bunch of shared nerdy interests including Dune, Warhammer, D&D and more. This one had to be a miniseries, and while I'll be releasing the full 2+ hour podcast as a single file as well, for the official Part 1 of my discussion with Adrian, we are jumping right into his own leap into science fiction for the first time after many years as a fantasy writer. That first book was, of course, CHILDREN OF TIME which catapulted him into new strata of fame, recognition, and exposure. So, for this Part 1 we are going to start in the period of 2015-16 leading up to the release of CHILDREN and some of the great works he's done since, as well as an extended talk about the weird, wild world of user reviews when it comes to writers, and in truly Bizzle fashion somehow getting some of my own film theory in (1/3 2/3 Split anyone??) as a comparison of where popular art is in 2022 globally. I hope you enjoy this one at least 12% as much as I was thrilled to do it, because that's already a huge amount of fun, insight, and humor from Adrian himself. Thank you Adrian, thank you BizzleCast listeners old and new, and let's have a great 2022 after this very auspicious beginning to it. MORE FROM ADRIAN: -Twitter: @aptshadow -Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Tchaikovsky -A complete guide to Adrian Tchaikovsky's books in order: https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/science-fiction-and-fantasy/adrian-tchaikovsky-books-in-order -Arthur C. Clarke Award for “Children of Time”: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/24/arthur-c-clarke-award-goes-to-adrian-tchaikovskys-novel-children-of-time -REVIEW: “Elder Race” (10/10): https://thequilltolive.com/2021/12/13/elder-race-a-forceful-diode/ -The NY Times: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2021: “Elder Race”: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/books/review/best-science-fiction-fantasy-2021.html -REVIEW: “Guns Of The Dawn” (5/5): https://elitistbookreviews.com/2015/06/05/guns-of-the-dawn/ and http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/guns-of-the-dawn/ -Also WashPo: “Highly recommended: ‘Guns of the Dawn,' by Adrian Tchaikovsky: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/12/29/highly-recommended-guns-of-the-dawn-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/ -Adrian now writing for WARHAMMER 40K!!!! https://www.trackofwords.com/2021/12/20/author-interview-adrian-tchaikovsky-talks-day-of-ascension/ -Warhammer Community: “A Genestealer Cult Invading a Forge World? Sounds Like the Perfect Plot for a Legendary Sci-fi Writer”: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/24/arthur-c-clarke-award-goes-to-adrian-tchaikovskys-novel-children-of-time More from The Bizzle: Podcast: www.bizzlecast.com Twitter: @swlorecast Facebook: facebook.com/CassiniCTI Twitch: twitch.tv/thejbizzle7 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED by The BizzleCast (Jesse F. Brenner) (C) (2022)

On this episode of X-Ray Vision, Jason Concepcion brushes up on his post-apocalyptic Shakespeare! First in Previously On (2:02), Jason and Rosie Knight discuss recent news of the Image Comics Union and The Raid reboot at Netflix. Then in the Airlock (12:05) they dive deep (deeeep) into Book of Boba Fett chapter 3. In the Hive Mind (42:23) Jason & Haitch from Dune Pod return to the show for a spoiler free conversation about HBOMax's Station Eleven, post-apocalyptic media, and finding hope in stories and art. In Nerd Out (1:19:52) a listener pitches us on Superman & Lois on The CW. And in the Endgame (1:23:57), Jason and Rosie pick an apocalypse in which to while away their days (ideally not the one we're currently living in). Tune in every Friday and don't forget to Hulk Smash the Follow button! Nerd Out Submission Instructions! Send a short pitch and 2-3 minute voice memo recording to xray@crooked.com that answers the following questions: 1) How did you get into/discover your ‘Nerd Out?' (2) Why should we get into it too? (3) What's coming soon in this world that we can look forward to or where can we find it? Follow Jason: twitter.com/netw3rk Follow Crooked: twitter.com/crookedmedia PLUGS: Dune Pod's Twitter & Apple Podcasts Check out our Dune episode with the fellas from Dune Pod! Rosie's IG The Listener's Guide for all things X-Ray Vision! Station Eleven - The basis for the TV series of the same name; written by Emily St. John Mandel and nominated for the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, winning the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Toronto Book Award. Available wherever books are sold. The Road - A 2006 novel by acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy (who is most likely the favorite of that one artsy yet rugged friend – the one who likes “real” camping) set in a wasteland of cannibalism and decay and following the harrowing survival attempts of a father and son. Available wherever books are sold.  Star Wars Holiday Special - Adored and abhorred; lampooned & loved. From 1978, set between the events of A New Hope, out in ‘77, & Empire (1980), and chronicles attempts by Han Solo and Chewbacca to get to Kashyyyk in time for ‘Life Day.' It also introduced the character of Boba Fett, which is partially why we love it. Unavailable to stream officially, but versions are online. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and award winning author Jeff Noon for a chat about theater, the Manchester punk and rave scene, surrealism and genre-bending, psychedelics and drugs, cyberpunk, The Nyquist Mysteries series and much more. About the Author: Jeff Noon is the award winning author of The Nyquist Mysteries series, including A Man of Shadows, The Body Library, Creeping Jenny and Within Without, the Vurt series and more. He was trained in the visual arts, and was musically active on the punk scene before starting to write plays for the theatre. His first novel, Vurt, was published in 1993 and went on to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He has written many books since then, each one exploring the ever-changing borderzone between genre fiction and the avant-garde. Find Jeff on Twitter, Amazon and Audible, as well as his personal website. Find Us Online: FanFiAddict Blog Discord Twitter Instagram Music: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod. You can also email us directly at sffaddictspod@gmail.com with queries, comments or whatever comes to mind. Also, please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Front Row announces this year's winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction and Samira Ahmed interviews the winner. They are joined by Clarke Award judge Stewart Hotston to discuss the problem of diversity in the science fiction genre. K-pop group BTS opened the UN general debate last week with a speech and performance, which was streamed live by over a million people around the world. What's the impact of a the biggest band in the world taking this political stage, and what does it say about the music industry? Wim Delvoye's 2008 artwork, Tim, is an an all-over body tattoo inked on the torso of former Zurich tattoo parlour owner Tim Steiner. The skin of his back, with the tattoo will which join the collection of a German art lover after Steiner's death. This inspired Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania's new film. The Man Who Sold His Skin tells the story of Sam, a Syrian man who agrees to have his back tattooed by one of the world's most illustrious contemporary artists so he can to travel to Europe and reconnect with his past love, Abeer. Leila Latif joins Samira to review the film. Main image: BTS at BBC R1. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Harry Parker

Travis Interviews author Claire North about Notes from the Burning Age, a standalone climate thriller from Orbit Books. From one of the most imaginative writers of her generation comes an extraordinary vision of the future, which puts dystopian fiction in a new light. Claire and Travis discuss using your phone for self-defense, writing nonlinear emotional character arcs, and how we can each live a little more sustainably in our daily lives. Meet Our Sponsors: Shadowed Stars by Steven Koutz - Epic science fiction story for mature readers. Thoughts from a Page - Author interviews with creators across a variety of genres. Want your message featured on the podcast? Find out more here. About Claire North: Claire North is a pseudonym for the author Catherine Webb. Her first book under the Claire North name was the word-of-mouth bestseller The First Fifteen lives of Harry August, which is currently being adapted as movie by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners and will be directed by ‘Maze Runner' director Wes Ball. North has since published several critically acclaimed novels and won the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Award, and has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, the Locus Award and the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award. Her novels have sold over 750,000 copies in the English language and have been sold in translation in over 20 territories. Find Claire North on Twitter or at her website, clairenorth.com. Find Us Online: Blog Discord Twitter Instagram Support Us: Become a Patron Buy Us a Coffee Music: Intro: "The Legend of Iya" courtesy of https://philter.no Outro: "A Quest Unfolds" courtesy of https://philter.no Shadowed Stars Ad Background: "Cinematic Orchestral Action Trailer" by GregorQuendel This episode of The Fantasy Inn podcast was recorded in the unceded territory of the S'atsoyaha (Yuchi) and ᏣᎳᎫᏪᏘᏱ Tsalaguwetiyi (Eastern Cherokee Band) peoples. Some of the links included in these show notes are affiliate links and support the podcast at no additional cost to you. If it's an option for you, we encourage you to support your local bookstores! The blog post accompanying this episode can be found at https://thefantasyinn.com, along with fantasy book reviews, author interviews, and more fantasy content.

Perry and David nominate their best reads in the year so far and then go on to discuss their recent reading, ranging from children's books to a strange novel by a Japanese author Locus Awards (03:25) Arthur C. Clarke Award (01:37) Other Awards (01:03) David's top 5 books of the year so far (02:51) Clarissa Harlowe by Samuel Richardson (00:56) The Women in Black by Madeleine St John (00:10) The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (00:13) Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (00:08) Lavengro / Romany Rye by George Borrow (00:25) Perry's top 5 books of the year so far (04:11) Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin (01:24) Dune by Frank Herbert (00:54) The Yield by Tara Jane Winch (00:11) First Love by Ivan Turgenev (00:51) The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (00:17) Emails and Tweets of Comment (01:57) Why You Should Read Children's Books by Katherine Rundell (04:32) The Scarecrow and His Servant by Philip Pullman (06:08) The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (07:15) Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell (07:08) The Labyrinth by Amanda Lowrey (06:26) Lavengro, Romany Rye by George Borrow (06:08) Interlibrary Loan by Gene Wolfe (05:46) Windup (01:11) Illustration: rooftops of Paris.

We've got answers, but if you're looking for questions… Well, you're going to have to ask Deep Thought. We take a trip through life, the universe and everything as we celebrate The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Which is the definitive version of Douglas Adams' masterpiece? The radio series hit airwaves in 1978, the first novel followed in 1979, there's a much-loved 1980s TV series and oft-maligned 2005 movie, with videogames, comics and stageplays appearing along the way. Saturated with Adams unique voice, the story is infinitely quotable and hugely influential. Join us as we spend an evening celebrating its humour, sci-fi credentials and memorable characters. We take our trip to the planet Magrathea in the company of writer, editor, book reviewer and Doctor Who superfan Rhian Drinkwater, who'll be a familiar name to followers of SFX magazine and the Arthur C Clarke Award. Shhh… Don't tell anyone but we've seen A Quiet Place Part II. Is it worth shouting about? We've also caught Loki on Disney+ and post-apocalyptic fairytale Sweet Tooth and new episodes of Lucifer on Netflix. As usual, we take a wry look at the latest sci-fi announcements too. Jupiter's Legacy has been cancelled, Sandman casting has ruffled fan feathers, and Hugh Jackman dazzles in the trailer for high-concept film Reminiscence. There's all this, plus Pushing Daisies, Marvel movie news, a bleeped-out bad word, and a proposed Disneyland trip, in Robby The Robot's Waiting, the podcast that's mostly harmless. #VoteRobby Please vote for us in the Listeners' Choice Award, supported by BBC Sounds! Head to https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote and type Robby The Robot's Waiting in the search box, enter your details and hit Submit. Thank you! Episode highlights: 00:00:38 – What we're watching: Loki, Sweet Tooth, A Quiet Place II, Lucifer 00:27:32 – Meet guest Rhian Drinkwater (plus: Star Wars and Marvel rewatch, Black Water Sister by Zen Cho, Inside Number 9) 00:33:06 – The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, in all its glorious forms. 01:04:57 – News: Jupiter's Legacy, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Kraven The Hunter, JJ Abrams, Sandman, Reminiscence Bipedal ape descendants: Tanavi Patel: entertainment reporter for SFX magazine and Digital Spy, panel moderator for MCM, FanExpo and more. https://twitter.com/tanavip Dave Bradley: writer, gamer, book reviewer and a former editor of SFX. https://twitter.com/BoxDaveB Richard Edwards: film and TV journalist and another former editor of SFX. https://twitter.com/RichDEdwards SPECIAL GUEST! Rhian Drinkwater is a writer, editor, awards judge, Doctor Who expert and regular contributor to SFX magazine. https://twitter.com/rhian82 We have a website now! Please bookmark www.robbyscifi.com immediately.

James Smythe is the winner of the Wales Fiction Book of the Year 2013, and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014. He is the author of, amongst other things, The Machine, The Explorer, No Harm Can Come To A Good Man, and the Australia trilogy, a series for Young Adult readers. More importantly for us at The Constant Reader Podcast, he is also a huge Stephen King fan, and his column in the Guardian detailing his epic journey to re-read and review King's back catalogue was a constant source of debate and interest. You can find more about it here, and you can buy his books here. I really enjoyed talking to James, he's as passionate about King as you could hope for, and his dissection of The Dark Half is very perceptive. As a writer himself, James has an interesting take on what he believes is one of King's most personal novels. This episode was hosted by Richard Sheppard, with research and support from Dr Linda Sheppard, and technical and sound production by "The Mad Professor" Stephen L. Parkes. Please like, subscribe, rate, review and recommend this podcast, and feel free to get in contact with us at theconstantreaderpodcast@gmail.com or find us on instagram at /the_constant_reader_podcast/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconstantreaderpodcast/message

Jeff VanderMeer's NYT-bestselling Southern Reach trilogy has been translated into over 35 languages. The first novel, Annihilation, won the Nebula Award and Shirley Jackson Award, and was made into a movie by Paramount in 2018. Recent works include Dead Astronauts, Borne (a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award), The Strange Bird. These novels, set in the Borne universe, are being developed for TV by AMC and continue to explore themes related to the environment, animals, and our future. His latest book, Hummingbird Salamander, is out this week and already getting rave reviews.We had great fund talking with Jeff and learning about how he crafts his unique stories. We talked about how his work defies categorisation, why he likes to experiment with his writing and what themes are important to him in his writing. We also get his thoughts on the adaptation of Annihilation into a movie, and find out about how his unique writing process helps him get into the heads of his characters.Links:Buy Hummingbird Salamander and Jeff's other booksVisit Jeff's websiteFollow Jeff on TwitterWatch our video panel Page One Sessions as we discuss writing with great authors: https://youtu.be/gmE6iCDYn-sThe Page One Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on Twitter: @write_gearFollow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WriteGearUK/Follow us on Instagram: write_gear_uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Chris Beckett is one of the UK’s leading science fiction writers.  His novel Dark Eden won the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award for the best UK published science fiction novel of the year in 2012 and his latest novel Two Tribes was published to considerable critical acclaim in 2020.  In this podcast we have an interview with Chris and extracts from his novels.  Listeners are advised that there is some explicit language in this podcast.Thank you to Chris Beckett for taking the time to record this interview with us.  The excerpts you heard were from the following novelsThe presenter of this podcast is Tiffany ClareThe interviewer is Chris GregorySound design and production were also by Chris Gregory America City (published in 2017) The reader was Marie-Claire Wood Beneath the World, A Sea (published in 2019) – excerpts were read by Harri Rees Jones Tomorrow (due to be published in July 2021) – excerpts were read by Charlie Richards and Tiffany ClareYou also heard excerpts from our audio drama adaptation of Two Tribes with the voices of Verity Blyth, Rosa Samuels, Sadie Pepperrell and Charlie Richards Chris’s novels and short story collections are published in the UK by Corvus Books which is an imprint of Atlantic Books.  We’d like to thank Kate Straker from Corvus / Atlantic for her help in the making of this podcast and for allowing us to use these excerpts.    You can purchase Chris Beckett’s novels via Hive here   https://tinyurl.com/3kk8f6w4And via Amazon here   https://tinyurl.com/4ebs6whjVisit Chris’ website here http://www.chris-beckett.com/You can visit Corvus’ Website here  https://atlantic-books.co.uk/corvus/ Follow Chris on twitter here https://twitter.com/chriszbeckettAnd Corvus here https://twitter.com/CorvusBooksChris’s reading recommendations in the podcast were  Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again by M John Harrisonhttps://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/m-john-harrison/the-sunken-land-begins-to-rise-again/9780575096370/ Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo https://tinyurl.com/yzyhrwhw Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake https://tinyurl.com/b6wjehs Next week on the podcast, in the second part of our short series in which we talk to science fiction authors we’ll feature Emily Inkpen.  Listeners may recall Emily’s audio drama The Bomb which we published last summer.  Coming soon we’ll have Emily’s latest drama The Hunt and in the interview Emily talks about the process of writing drama, how The Hunt fits into her wider literary universe and how the process of writing her novel series The Dex Legacy is going.   Follow us on twitter for more details and follow Emily Inkpen on twitter to find out more about her writing. Alternative Stories on twitter https://twitter.com/StoriesAltEmily Inkpen https://twitter.com/emilyinkpen If you are interested in writing audio drama you can join our forthcoming introductory workshop in which we’ll work with extracts from Alt Stories dramas via the link belowhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/148761496641

Emily St John Mandel grew up in Canada and now lives in New York. She has written various prize-winning books including The Singer's Gun that won the 2014 Prix Mystère de la Critique in France and Station Eleven, which one reviewer likened to ‘Cormac McCarthy seesawing with Joan Didion'. It's a story that moves between the night a particular strain of flu starts spreading like wildfire and the future 20 years later following a band of itinerant musicians and Shakespearean actors. It won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award and The Toronto Book Award and is of course even more prescient now than when it came out in 2014. Emily's brilliant new novel, The Glass Hotel, is as The Guardian said ‘a portrait of everyday obliviousness … a tale of Ponzi schemes, not pestilence'. The thing about this novel and all of Emily's books really is that they're not just absorbing stories that are beautifully written – there's also so many big hearty ideas within them, and musings about humanity, about who we are in the dark and about our dreams and the ghosts that haunt us. And all of this makes her books resonate long after you've put them down.

David and Perry discuss the centenary of the coining of the word ‘robot', the winner of the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke Award, and take the Hugo Time Machine whizzing back to the year 1964. R. U. R. by Karel Čapek (03:44) Arthur C. Clarke Award (03:09) The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (02:28) Hugo Time Machine~1964 (01:17:03) Glory Road by Robert Heinlein (02:59) Witch World by Andre Norton (06:35) Dune World by Frank Herbert (11:25) Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (08:09) Way Station by Clifford Simak (12:11) Voting results - Novels 1964 (02:06) Other possible novel nominees for 1964 (01:17) 1964 Short Fiction (00:24) Code Three by Rick Raphael (03:43) Savage Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs (04:40) A Rose for Ecclesiastes by Roger Zelazny (07:49) No Truce With Kings by Poul Anderson (05:26) Voting results - Short Fiction 1964 (01:28) Other possible short fiction nominees 1964 (01:43) Internet Archive, SF Database, etc. (02:29) Other Hugo Awards in 1964 (02:23) Wind-up (01:08) Photo of toy robot by Suzy Hazelwood from Pexels

Sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere, but it didn’t stand in the way of Dune becoming a classic. We fold space and take a trip through Frank Herbert’s epic SF novel in the company of Arthur C Clarke Award director Tom Hunter. And as Denis Villeneuve prepares to follow a trail blazed by David Lynch, is it really as unfilmable as some critics say? Meanwhile, forget Comic-Con: DC hosted its own Fandome and got the world – and your podcast hosts – talking about The Batman, Wonder Woman 1984, Black Adam and The Suicide Squad. We discuss what we saw and what superhero fans should be most excited about. After The Rise Of Skywalker divided the fanbase, is another Star Wars Holiday Special the chosen one that can restore balance to the force? Yes, that’s right, we’re celebrating Life Day with Lego. There’s also Tales of Arcadia: Wizards, Lucifer season five, Iain M Banks’ Culture, Star Trek, Pinocchio, The Boys and our heartfelt tribute to Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, whose death at only 43 was reported while we were preparing this episode. Episode highlights: 00:50 – Commemorating Chadwick Boseman 5.39 – What we’ve been enjoying! Tales of Arcadia: Wizards, Lucifer season five, Project Power, Lovecraft Country 15:05 – The hot news and trailers from DC Fandome 27:12 – Discover the Arthur C Clarke Award and its significance for SF literature 33:21 – He who controls the spice controls the universe. In our regular Rewind section, we re-read Dune and discuss the themes and influence of Frank Herbert’s epic SF universe 50:31 – In the news! Another Star Wars Holiday Special? Plus Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, adapting Iain M Banks’ Culture (or not), Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Jensen Ackles in The Boys, and more. Doing the talking: Richard Edwards: film and TV journalist and former editor of SFX magazine Tanavi Patel: entertainment reporter for SFX and Digital Spy, panel moderator for MCM, FanExpo and more Dave Bradley: writer, gamer, book reviewer and another former editor of SFX magazine SPECIAL GUEST! Tom Hunter: director of The Arthur C Clarke Award, the UK’s premier prize for science fiction literature Robby's waiting for you: sign up to our mailing list (coming soon – be among the first to join us) https://tinyurl.com/robbynewsletter

Lauren Beukes is the author of the books Maverick: Extraordinary Women From South Africa's Past (2004), Moxyland (2008), Zoo City(2010), The Shining Girls (2013), Broken Monsters (2014), and Motherland (2019). Her comics include The Wonder Woman, All The Survivors Club, The Pretty Ponies, and The Hidden Kingdom. She has won many awards for her writing including the Mbokodo Awards, the Strand Critics Award, and the Arthur C Clarke Award, the biggest award for science fiction in the world, for Zoo City in 2011. She is the only African to have won it so far. The Cape Town resident spoke to us during the Sharjah International Book Fair in 2018 about the importance of art (prescient in ythe Covid19 world we now live in), the anger that inspired The Shining Girls and the positive effect of the Arthur C Clarke Award on her writing career. We would like to thank Prestige Books for sponsoring this edition of the podcast. Prestige Books is your favourite bookstore for African and other literatures with branches on Mama Ngina Street in the Central Business District and at the Lavington Mall.

Chris talks to fantasy and science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky about his career, dealing with disappointment and success and winning the Arthur C Clarke Award. Children of Ruin, the sequel […]

In this podcast Lauren Beukes talks about crime and horror fiction, South Africa, her Creative Writing MA, and much more. About Lauren Beukes Lauren Beukes is a novelist, TV scriptwriter, documentary maker, comics writer and occasional journalist. Her novels include the Arthur C Clarke Award winning novel Zoo City, Shining Girls, and Broken Monsters. Her next novel, … Continue reading

Jenn and guest Swapna Krishna discuss Star Trek news, adaptations, the Arthur C. Clark Awards, and recent debuts. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Garrison Girl by Rachel Aaron, and Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley. News: MORE PICARD IS HAPPENING! WorldCon update: the programming looks better. Discovery of Witches finally has a US broadcaster and we’re still confused. Geneva Robertson-Dworet is adapting Andy Weir's novel ‘Artemis’. Arthur C Clarke Award winner announced.   Books Discussed An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim (July 10) (tw: sexual assault) Witchmark by CL Polk (June 19) Suicide Club by Rachel Heng (July 10) Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra (January 23)

Main Fiction: "Pop Tarts" by Lauren BeukesOriginally appeared in Laugh it Off.Lauren Beukes is a South African author and scriptwriter. Her books include the black magic noir, Zoo City, which won the Arthur C Clarke Award, The Shining Girls, about a time-travelling serial killer and the survivor who turns the hunt around, which won the University of Johannesburg Prize, and Survivor’s Club, a horror comic with Dale Halvorsen and Ryan Kelly. Her latest book is Slipping: Short Stories, Essays & Other Writing, which includes Pop Tarts and other weirdnesses.Narrated by: Masali Baduza Masali Baduza is an actress based in Cape Town. She studied at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. She has two babies (read: dogs) who make her very happy. Chocolate also makes her very happy. Cheesy pasta too. One day she hopes to run a production company.Special thanks to Jon Keevy of the Alexander Bar Cape Town theatre and the Sound Foundry studio, where this story was professionally recorded.Tony at YouTube See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's show, Brendan and Spindles give some con reports back from Nine Worlds and the Arthur C Clarke Award. We also have reviews of Atomic Blonde, thoughts on this season's Game of Thrones and much more. Tickets are now available for next year's Nine Worlds now: https://nineworlds.co.uk/ As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Take care and be excellent to each other.

On this week's show, Brendan and Spindles give some con reports back from Nine Worlds and the Arthur C Clarke Award. We also have reviews of Atomic Blonde, thoughts on this season's Game of Thrones and much more. Tickets are now available for next year's Nine Worlds now: https://nineworlds.co.uk/ As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Take care and be excellent to each other.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss award news, female authors, and a new Kickstarter, and recommend middle-grade science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Vanguard by Ann Aguirre and Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout.   News: 27 Female Authors Who Rule Science Fiction and Fantasy Right Now via EW Announcing the Winners of the 2016 Shirley Jackson Awards via Tor.com Colson Whitehead wins Arthur C Clarke Award via The Guardian World Fantasy Award nominees announced via Tor.com BACK THIS KICKSTARTER: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction   Books Discussed: Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates by Caroline Carlson Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes Unidentified Suburban Object by Mike Jung The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl

Main Fiction: "The Green" by Lauren Beukes Originally published in Armored, edited by John Joseph Adams. The story will also appear in Lauren's upcoming short fiction and essay collection, Slipping, published in late November. Lauren Beukes is an award-winning, internationally best-selling novelist who also writes comics, screenplays, TV shows and journalism. Her novels, including The Shining Girls, Broken Monsters and Zoo City have been translated into 23 languages and are being developed for film and TV. She’s won the Arthur C Clarke Award, the University of Johannesburg prize, the August Derleth Award for Best Horror, the Strand Critics Choice Award for Best Mystery Novel, the RT Thriller of the Year and the Mbokodo Award. Her work has been praised by Stephen King, George RR Martin, James Ellroy and Gillian Flynn as well as The New York Times, The Guardian and NPR. She’s also written comics, including Survivor’s Club, an original horror series with Dale Halvorsen and Ryan Kelly, the... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The UK's most prestigious Science Fiction literature prize, the Arthur C Clarke award, is 30 this year. In this episode I talk to Award Director Tom Hunter about the history of the award, plans for its future, and the state of contemporary Science Fiction writing. Tom gives us some tips for using social media effectively, and we find out what's most likely to excite a literary agent.

The UK’s most prestigious Science Fiction literature prize, the Arthur C Clarke award, is 30 this year. In this episode I talk to Award Director Tom Hunter about the history of the award, plans for its future, and the state of contemporary Science Fiction writing. Tom gives us some tips for using social media effectively, and we find out what’s most likely to excite a literary agent.

With WorldCon looming in the near future and news of the World Fantasy Awards just around the corner, award-winning writer and critic James Bradley joins Jonathan and Gary in the Waldorf Room to discuss the best in recent science fiction and fantasy. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast! 00:00 Introduction 01:50 On Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Lord of the Rings and consolation in modern fantasy. 16:10 Arthur C Clarke Award winner Chris Beckett's Dark Eden. 18:00 On Paul McAuley, Evening's Empires, and the mission of modern science fiction. 33:00 On the movies Oblivion and Pacific Rim. 36:00 Climate change, recent science fiction and Patrick Flanery's Fallen Land. 43:00 On Margaret Atwood's Maddaddam 53:00 On Graham Joyce's The Year of the Ladybird.

Is science fiction coming to Africa? Or is it already here? Lauren Beukes, South African author and winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction, discovers an SF scene shaped by people's appreciation of both technology and magic.

Welcome to this Arthur C. Clarke Award Special carried out by Cheryl Morgan for StarShipSofa. As part of Cheryl Morgan’s on going series for StarShipSofa called The Observation Deck, Cheryl carried out a number of interviews with guests at the award ceremony. This includes an interview with the eventual winner – China Mieville. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.