Podcast appearances and mentions of Elizabeth Bear

9/8/25: Farmer's Almanac editor Carol Connare on winter weather predictions. Megan Zinn w/ local sci-fi & fantasy author Elizabeth Bear on "The Folded Sky" & "Angel Maker." Holyoke Mayor Josh Garcia: storm damage, opioid settlement funds, & the 9/16 Preliminary. Prof Amilcar Shabazz & Tom Weiner: the threat to Black Studies in US, & Dr. Johnnetta Cole's talk on what to do about it.

9/8/25: Farmer's Almanac editor Carol Connare on winter weather predictions. Megan Zinn w/ local sci-fi & fantasy author Elizabeth Bear on "The Folded Sky" & "Angel Maker." Holyoke Mayor Josh Garcia: storm damage, opioid settlement funds, & the 9/16 Preliminary. Prof Amilcar Shabazz & Tom Weiner: the threat to Black Studies in US, & Dr. Johnnetta Cole's talk on what to do about it.

9/8/25: Farmer's Almanac editor Carol Connare on winter weather predictions. Megan Zinn w/ local sci-fi & fantasy author Elizabeth Bear on "The Folded Sky" & "Angel Maker." Holyoke Mayor Josh Garcia: storm damage, opioid settlement funds, & the 9/16 Preliminary. Prof Amilcar Shabazz & Tom Weiner: the threat to Black Studies in US, & Dr. Johnnetta Cole's talk on what to do about it.

9/8/25: Farmer's Almanac editor Carol Connare on winter weather predictions. Megan Zinn w/ local sci-fi & fantasy author Elizabeth Bear on "The Folded Sky" & "Angel Maker." Holyoke Mayor Josh Garcia: storm damage, opioid settlement funds, & the 9/16 Preliminary. Prof Amilcar Shabazz & Tom Weiner: the threat to Black Studies in US, & Dr. Johnnetta Cole's talk on what to do about it.

On this episode, we welcome Hugo Award winning author, Elizabeth Bear back to the Bridge. We dig into the latest instalment of the White Space novels, Folded Sky. We also get the latest on the long awaited sequel to Karen Memory. It's called Angel Maker and (as of this recording), is currently available for preorder. Check the link below. Any opportunity to chat with Elizabeth is just time well spent, and we know you'll enjoy this one. Check out her website below, lots of cool things are happening there, and we look forward to seeing what's next!Website:https://www.elizabethbear.com/https://books2read.com/b/mvzzjqPre-orderhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221407331-angel-makerhttps://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/angel-maker-karen-memory-3/c1138cc8-ef86-3723-8be3-8038401ebac7.htmlPlease let us know if there is a book that you want us to review on the podcast! You can always reach us on our social media or email us at talesfromthebridgepodcast@gmail.com Elizabeth Bear photo credit: Sharona JacobsLink tree https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebridge

In one way or another, economy touches almost everything in a world. Even without currency or capitalism in the sense that we currently know it, the idea of obligations and repayment exert pressure on society. So how can we make interesting worldbuilding choices when it comes to money, debt, gain, and other aspects of economy? Guest Elizabeth Bear joins us to explore the options! Where does money intersect with other kinds of power and privilege? What's the income equality or inequality like -- what conflict is there between the haves and have-nots? How much opportunity is there for mobility between classes? Even issues as simple as currency are worth interrogation: What is your currency made from? There's a reason many societies have always used copper, silver, and gold -- but others use things like shells or polished stones. Then, of course, there are things like faery markets and the stock market, both of which operate on the trade of abstract nouns. So how can you make these choices for the world you're building in a way that serves the story you're telling? [Transcript for Episode 158] Our Guest: Elizabeth Bear was born on the same day as Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, but in a different year. She is the Hugo, Sturgeon, Locus, and Astounding Award winning author of dozens of novels; over a hundred short stories; and a number of essays, nonfiction, and opinion pieces for markets as diverse as Popular Mechanics and The Washington Post. She lives in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts with her spouse, writer Scott Lynch. 

Dear reader,I've decided to switch this newsletter to being all about Romantasy and change its name to ‘Romanon's Romantasy Ruse-letter'.Happy April Fool's.Also, Happy Easter Monday (a rare lunar-related coincidence). Last weekend the Western Church celebrated the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the greatest fantasy story ever told, so great that it might actually be true fantasy, as Tolkien might have said.FANTASY BOOK NEWS (not April Fool's):More awards news from the last month… First, the SFWA's annual Nebula awards finalist list has been posted. Some really cool stuff in there, including lots of fantasy and awards for game writing.Of the nominations for best novel, here are the fantasies:* The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)* The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang (Tordotcom; Solaris UK) ←looks especially cool* Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi (DAW, Gollancz)* Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)Second, a new set of librarian-run book awards called the ‘Libbys' has debuted, and it has a fantasy category (and a romantasy category, naturally!). Here were the fantasy finalists for this year (links are to ‘libby' pages, because Libbys):Libby Award Finalists for Best Fantasy:A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

No pithy exclamation this week, folks, we're jumping right into the actual episode description: This week, V and Emily are joined by Maggie @bossymarmalade, who was one of the key meta-writers during this unfortunate fandom (and wider writing world) event. "Racefail '09" is the moniker for a lengthy discussion on LiveJournal in 2009 about the role of race in fandom and the SF/F community, from heinous depictions of POC in SF/F titles to the way POC always seem to die first in fan-favorite TV shows to the lack of representation of fans of color at conventions, and more. Maggie very graciously agreed to be on TWIFH as a primary source for what it was like "on the ground" during this touchstone fandom imbroglio, and we are so grateful that she was willing to look back at this turbulent and often painful time with us. Were you a writer or follower of Racefail '09 on LJ? What do you think its legacy is in fandom today?  FanHistory Wiki's Racefail Timeline Avalon's Willow's Racefail Timeline DeepaD's "I Didn't Dream of Dragons" bossymarmalade's "Sees Fire"

Elizabeth Bear is the Hugo, Sturgeon, Locus, and Astounding Award winning author of dozens of novels, over a hundred short stories, and a number of essays and other non-fiction pieces. Her Lotus Kingdoms Trilogy and White Space duology (soon to be trilogy) are available wherever books are sold. Elizabeth Bear came on IZ Pod and talked about writing novels and short stories, ‘noir' and ‘clair', watching STAR TREK, the genius of Agatha Christie, and much, much more. // Support Interzone at Patreon to get issues packed with mind- and genre-bending fiction and non-fiction, and visit IZ Digital, IZ's free online sister zine, for even more amazing stories. // https://interzone.press / https://interzone.digital

Here's the audio from the March 8, 2023 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests Scott Lynch & Elizabeth Bear.​​ We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!​ ​​​ ​   Scott Lynch Scott... Continue Reading →

Scott Lynch was born in St.Paul, Minnesota in 1978. He sold his first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, in 2004. In addition to his writing, he also has a background in game design and firefighting. Scott currently lives in Massachusetts with his wife, award-winning SF/F novelist Elizabeth Bear. He is currently hard at work on the next stories in the world of Locke Lamora.Having been huge fans of Locke Lamora for years, we loved having the opportunity to chat with Scott and to hear about how he got his break into the writing world and how he came up with the idea for Locke and the world of Camorr. We chat about the help and hinderance TTRPG experience can be in creating fictional worlds, talk about his writing inspirations, hear about the mental health struggles he has had for the past decade and why things are now improving, and also get the latest on the next stories in the world of Camorr.Links:Buy Scott's books nowVisit Scott's websiteFollow Scott on TwitterPage 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ukPageOneFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ukPageOneFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ukpageone/Follow us on Mastodon: https://writing.exchange/@PageOnePod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why does the world of young adult fiction seem to have more wizards, werewolves, and vampires in it than astronauts and engineers?And why have the writers of the blockbuster YA books of the last 20 years fixated so consistently on white, straight, cisgender protagonists while always somehow forgetting to portray the true diversity of young people's backgrounds, identities, orientations, and experiences?Well, you could write a whole dissertation about those questions. But instead, my friend and colleague A. R. Capetta and I went out and assembled a counterweight. It's a YA science fiction collection called Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions, and after more than two years of work, it comes out today—October 11, 2022.Tasting Light highlights the plausible futures of science fiction rather than the enticing-but-impossible worlds of fantasy. Don't get me wrong: I love both kinds of stories. But fantasy doesn't need any extra help these days—just turn on your favorite streaming TV network and you'll see show after show featuring dragons, magic, and swordplay. There's some great science fiction out there too (The Expanse, For All Mankind, the never-ending Star Trek universe), but it isn't nearly as pervasive.The two genres do different kinds of work, and I think Hollywood and the mainstream publishing world have been focusing so hard on one that the other has been getting edged out. That's too bad, because to me, fantasy is the literature of escape, longing, and lost worlds, while science fiction is the literature of hope and possibility. And hope is something we need more of these days.As a project, Tasting Light was born at Candlewick Press, a prominent publisher of YA and middle-grade books based here in the Boston area. Candlewick had formed a pair of collaborations with the MIT Press called MITeen Press and MIT Kids Press, and they were looking for someone to put together a YA-oriented science fiction collection under the MITeen Press imprint—a book that would do for the YA market what the MIT Press and MIT Technology Review's Twelve Tomorrows books (one of which I edited in 2018) was doing for mainstream sci-fi. Namely, prove that it's stil possible to create technically realistic “hard” science fiction in the style of Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, or Robert Heinlein from the 1950s and 1960s, but do it in a way that speaks to readers now in the 2020s. (For more on the Twelve Tomorrows vision listen to my 2018 episode Science Fiction That Takes Science Seriously.)At the same time, though, MITeen Press wanted to open up space for stories that reflect a wider range of human experiences and perspectives. So they recruited A. R. and me to edit, and we went out and recruited the smartest, most accomplished, most diverse set of authors we could find to write hard sci-fi stories with heroes who would be recognizable and relatable to young adults today.As you'll hear in today's episode, that includes William Alexander, whose story “On the Tip of My Tongue” follows two young people of unspecified gender as they attempt to tame the loopy orbital mechanics of a space station suspended at the L1 LaGrange point. It includes the Chicago-based thriller and sci-fi writer K. Ancrum, who wrote a lovely story called “Walk 153” about a the complex relationship that develops between a lonely, infirm, elderly woman and the college student who helps her experience the outside world through his GoPro-like body camera. And it includes the prolific Elizabeth Bear, who wrote a story called “Twin Strangers” that tackles the issues of body dysmorphic disorder and anorexia through a story about two teenage boys and their misadventures programming their “dops” or metaverse avatars. There's also a luminous story by A. R. themself called “Extremophiles,” set amidst the ice of distant Europa. And there are five more remarkable stories by Charlotte Nicole Davis, Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson, A.S. King, E.C. Myers, and Junauda Petrus-Nasah, as well as a gorgeous comic / graphic novella by Wendy Xu about a sentient robot and the teen girl who discovers it in the forest.The reviews of Tasting Light have been wondrous and welcome. Kirkus Reviews gives it a rare starred review and says “Capetta and Roush introduce engaging, thoughtful, beautifully written entries about identity and agency, all unfolding within the bounds of real science.” Publishers Weekly calls it “dazzling” and notes that “the creators seamlessly tackle relevant issues such as colonization, misogyny, transphobia, and white entitlement in this eclectic celebration of infinite possibility and the ever-present human spirit.” Buzzfeed says “Each story is unique, brilliant, and brimming with hope.”I hope the three excerpts you'll hear in today's episode will entice you to get a copy of Tasting Light for yourself; it's available at Amazon and everywhere you buy books. Or if you decide to become a new supporter of Soonish on Patreon at the $10-per-episode level or above, between now and December 31, 2022, I'll send you a free signed copy of the book!For more about this episode, including a full transcript, please visit http://www.soonishpodcast.org/soonish-509-tasting-light

The conclusion to our 2022 season previews is finally here with plenty of contenders from last year and a rounding out of western Denver squads on the 2A level! Thank you so much for rocking with our previews that we have grinded out all summer now go earn your stripes in the season! Time Stamps: 0:00-0:26 Intro 0:27-4:48 Alameda Pirates 4:49-11:07 Denver West Cowboys 11:08-15:41 Englewood Pirates 15:42-20:30 Kent Denver Sun Devils 20:31-24:40 Elizabeth Cardinals 24:40-34:45 Bear Creek Bears 34:46-53:00 Dakota Ridge Eagles 53:01-1:04:15 Golden Demons 1:04:16-1:10:52 Wheat Ridge Farmers 1:10:53-1:17:51 Heritage Eagles 1:17:52-1:27:47 Standley Lake Gators 1:27:48-1:42:57 Chatfield Chargers 1:42:58-1:44:39 FOOTBALL SEASON LET'S PLAY ALREADY! https://linktr.ee/PlaymakersCorner Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlaymakerCorner Tik Tok: Playmakers Corner Instagram: https:https://www.instagram.com/playmakerscorner/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlaymakerCorner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUEcv0BIfXT78kNEtk1pbxQ/featured Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/playmakerscorner Website: https://playmakerscorner.com/ Listen to us on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4rkM8hKtf8eqDPy2xqOPqr Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cycle-365/id1484493484?uo=4 Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/the-cycle-365 Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mODg4MWYwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz

Grab dinner with Gwendolyn Clare as we discuss the important lesson COVID taught her about her career, whether her most famous short story reads differently during these pandemic times, the identity of the science fiction writer I was startled to learn had been her high school geometry teacher, what the novels of Elizabeth Bear taught her about writing, the short story concept she decided to instead turn into what became her first published novel, how she gets into the mindset to write in the Young Adult genre, the amazing cleanliness of her first drafts, the pantsing fingerprints she sees on Stephen King, the many iterations recent writers have made to John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?," and much more.

In the final of our book talk minisodes, Jon and Maggie chat about Weird Westerns! Discussing Territory, by Emma Bull, Six Gun Tarot, by R.S Belcher, Karen Memory, by Elizabeth Bear, Silver on the Road, by Laura Anne Gilman, and River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

"A secret police enforcer rebuilds her life after she doesn't mess up the job in a haunted castle." How does NOT messing up the job destroy someone's life? Who is haunting this castle? And whose French fiance is involved in all this? Thankfully we have our guest, author Elizabeth Bear, to help us work through this nonsense! You can follow Elizabeth on Twitter and Instagram @matociquala and on her website elizabethbear.com, where you can sign up for her newsletter and Patreon. Her new book "The Origin of Storms" comes out this summer, so check it out!

Re-Release: Tideline by Elizabeth Bear A machine near the end of its life and a curious boy come together and create a relationship that will honor the past and lead into the future. Tideline is a science fiction, award winning, short story by Elizabeth Bear. In this episode of Leave It To The Prose, Reid … Continue reading Re-Release: Ep010 – Tideline by Elizabeth Bear →

On this episode of TFTB, we review Ancestral Night by acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author Elizabeth Bear.  Ancestral Night is a Space Opera in the new vein that covers psychology,  politics, diversity, artificial intelligence, and still manages to include space pirates. It's quite a ride and we have plenty to talk about. In 'Science-Fiction, Science-Fact' we consider the potential of a Starbucks on the moon and a new barfy way to reach orbit. We also have some trivia and as always, a good time.You can always find more episodes on our website, you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to see what is happening on The Bridge. You can also email us your fan script for The Last Starfighter sequel to  talesfromthebridgepodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @BridgeTalesInstagram: @talesfromthebridgeFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/talesfromthebridge/Website: https://talesfromthebridge.buzzsprout.com/Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/141864356-talesfrom-thebridgeIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17354590/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tales-from-the-bridge-all-things-sci-fi/id1570902818Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3MQuEYGQ3HD2xTewRag8KGEmail: talesfromthebridgepodcast@gmail.com#talesfromthebridge, #sciencefiction, #scifi, #scifipodcast, ancestralnight, #machine, #spaceopera, #rightminding, #synarche, #spacepirate, #ai, #elizabethbear

On this episode of TFTB, we sit down with acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author Elizabeth Bear.  Elizabeth shares her thoughts on world-building and representation in sci-fi. We also look at government as technology and righting your mind. As a bonus, we also hear our favorite definition yet of what constitutes a space opera. It is all listening-time well spent.You can always find more episodes on our website, you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to see what is happening on The Bridge. You can also email us your fan script for The Last Starfighter sequel to  talesfromthebridgepodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @BridgeTalesInstagram: @talesfromthebridgeFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/talesfromthebridge/Website: https://talesfromthebridge.buzzsprout.com/Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/141864356-talesfrom-thebridgeIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17354590/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tales-from-the-bridge-all-things-sci-fi/id1570902818Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3MQuEYGQ3HD2xTewRag8KGEmail: talesfromthebridgepodcast@gmail.com#talesfromthebridge, #sciencefiction, #scifi, #scifipodcast, ancestralnight, #machine, #spaceopera, #rightminding, #synarche, #spacepirate, #ai

While camping on their honeymoon, Luke tells Juliane about his reading experience of Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog […]

Happy Holidays from WTiF! In honor of the SOLSTICE this week, we present an encore of one of our most popular episodes. Enjoy! --- The incredible Science Fiction author PAUL McAULEY joins us to celebrate episode 100! With a preview of the science behind his upcoming novel, WAR OF THE MAPS, Paul asks: What The IF we could save the Earth from the inevitable death of the Sun! It's gonna be a lotta work! First we've gotta MOVE the Earth outward when the Sun expands into a RED GIANT, then we need to HUDDLE UP close (!) when the Sun shrinks into a WHITE DWARF. Yep, Paul treats us to some EPIC ENGINEERING and ultra vivid SOLAR SCIENCE! PAUL McAULEY is the author of more than twenty books, including novels, short story collections and a film monograph. His latest novel is AUSTRAL https://www.amazon.co.uk/Austral-Paul-McAuley/dp/1473217318 And his latest short story is featured in Wade Roush's exciting anthology TWELVE TOMORROWS from MIT Press, which also features new stories from Elizabeth Bear, SL Huang, Clifford V. Johnson, J. M. Ledgard, Liu Cixin, Ken Liu, Paul McAuley, Nnedi Okorafor, Malka Older, Sarah Pinsker, Alastair Reynolds https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/twelve-tomorrows Also in stores now is EINSTEIN'S WAR by our very own Matt Stanley! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608113/einsteins-war-by-matthew-stanley/9781524745417 REVIEW the show: itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1250517051?mt=2&ls=1 SUBSCRIBE for free: https://pod.link/1250517051 BUY, GIFT, READ Matt Stanley's engrossing new book! EINSTEIN'S WAR: How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I. In bookstores now. Thanks & Keep On IFFin'! -- Philip & Matt

Elizabeth Bear interview about her sci-fi novel “The Machine” Check the book out here https://amzn.to/3qGQ2VS Interview Timeline Elizabeth Bear is a prolific sci-fi and fantasy writer. She’s the Astounding Award, a Hugo, and other awards…Read More

This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Hugo, Sturgeon, Locus, and Campbell Award winning author Elizabeth Bear whose latest book, Machine: A White Space Novel will be available on October 20th, 2020 everywhere fine books are sold. About Machine: A White Space Novel: Meet Doctor Jens. She hasn't had a decent cup of coffee in fifteen […] The post Episode 465-With Elizabeth Bear appeared first on The Functional Nerds.

Book Appreciation with Elizabeth Bear The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 45 In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured authors (or your host) will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Elizabeth Bear recommends a favorite queer historical novel: Everfair by Nisi Shawl - Everfair is a alternate steampunk history of colonial Congo, with a lovely wealth of queer characters rooted in the historic understandings of sexuality of the times. A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Elizabeth Bear Online Website: Eliizabeth Bear Blog: Matociquala Twitter: @matociquala

Interview with Elizabeth Bear The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 44 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: Elizabeth's upcoming steampunk novel Stone Mad, an independent sequel to Karen Memory. Set in an alternate late 19th century Pacific Northwest, Karen navigates her way past murderers, corrupt politicians, and arcane conspiracies the help of a steam-powered armored sewing machine, the other denizens of the disreputable Hôtel Mon Cherie, and her girlfriend Priya. How Karen Memory started out as a YA novel and what happened next The importance of voice in how the stories developed The roots of the world in Verne, Wells, and actual history Future stories involving Karen Memory The difference between writing grim versus hopeful worlds, even when bad things happen to your characters The social, historical, and political context of the Pacific Northwest that made it a perfect story setting Basing stories on cultural patterns as opposed to events, and why Elizabeth doesn't write actual historical fiction Elizabeth's early experiences discovering SFF with queer characters and the importance of representation in fiction Books mentionedKaren Memory by Elizabeth Bear Stone Mad by Elizabeth Bear Many other books too numerous to mention A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Elizabeth Bear Online Website: Eliizabeth Bear Blog: Matociquala Twitter: @matociquala

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Is ten minutes enough? Not when you're talking to multiple award-winning, bestselling, and widely loved duo Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch who join Jonathan to discuss reading during The Great and Terrible Pause, the importance of supporting creators who are not assholes, the many adaptations of The Taking of Pelham 123, and more!  Books mentioned include: Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear Machine by Elizabeth Bear Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo The Force by Don Winslow The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by John Godey Agency by William Gibson    

This week on the RTSF podcast, I talk to Elizabeth bear about her amazing book, Tideline.

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Interior Chinatown, Becoming a Man, How to Build a Heart, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Novel Gazing, Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast; Hanover Square Press and The Lost Book of Adana Moreau: A Novel by Michael Zapata; and Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Interior Chinatown: A Novel by Charles Yu Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy, Octavia E. Butler, John Jennings How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage by Laura Huang Confessions of a Dork Lord by Mike Johnston, Marta Altés Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition by P. Carl A Beautiful Crime: A Novel by Christopher Bollen I Am My Brand: How to Build Your Brand Without Apology by Kubi Springer WHAT WE’RE READING: The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly by Billy Connolly MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground: A Memoir by Justus Rosenberg Leave to Remain (American Literature) by Thalia Field and Abigail Lang Blood Countess (A Lady Slayers Novel) by Lana Popović Marriage on Madison Avenue (The Central Park Pact Book 3) by Lauren Layne Hostile Territory by Paul Greci That’s What Friends Do by Cathleen Barnhart Twenty by Debra Landwehr Engle When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha Losing You: A Novel by Nicci French Highfire: A Novel by Eoin Colfer The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler’s Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood by Donna Rifkind Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty by Jeff Madrick The Look-Alike: A Novel by Erica Spindler The Circus: A Novel by Jonas Karlsson Whiteout by Adriana Anders Baudelaire Fractal by Lisa Robertson When You See Me: A Novel by Lisa Gardner The Other People: A Novel by C. J. Tudor The Bard’s Blade (The Sorcerer’s Song) by Brian D. Anderson How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now by Stanislas Dehaene Prosper’s Demon by K. J. Parker Blue Flowers: A Novel by Carola Saavedra Hi Five (An IQ Novel) by Joe Ide Diamond City: A Novel by Francesca Flores The Truants by Kate Weinberg The Man Without Talent by Yoshiharu Tsuge, Ryan Holmberg (translator) Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani The Storm of Life by Amy Rose Capetta Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon Holding Smoke (Judah Cannon) by Steph Post Cartier’s Hope: A Novel by M. J. Rose Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World by Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman The Girl Who Fell Out of the Sky by Victoria Forester Show Them a Good Time by Nicole Flattery Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier, Romy Fursland (translator) Spring Rain: A Graphic Memoir of Love, Madness, and Revolutions by Andy Warner Into the Fire: An Orphan X Novel by Gregg Hurwitz A House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy from Fascism by Caroline Moorehead The Empty Bed: A Novel (The Burial Society Series) by Nina Sadowsky Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son by Richie Jackson Wildfire by Carrie Mac The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History by Lan Yan, Sam Taylor (translator) Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East by Kim Ghattas An Apartment on Uranus: Chronicles of the Crossing (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents) by Paul B. Preciado The Best of Elizabeth Bear by Elizabeth Bear King of the Dogs, Queen of the Cats by James Patrick Kelly

A sentient robot searches for her purpose in a post-war world. This story was originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine in March 2007. It is available in THE BEST OF ELIZABETH BEAR. Content advisory: Brief violence/combat, mentions of death

Get ready for Season 6! Get a peek behind the curtain as LeVar talks about story selection, vocal exercises, and finding characters' voices.    This season will feature stories by NK Jemisin, Elizabeth Bear, Max Gladstone, Ken Liu and many more of your favorite (or soon-to-be favorite!) authors.

This episode features "Perfect Gun" written by Elizabeth Bear. Originally published in Infinity Wars, edited by Jonathan Strahan, and reprinted in the November 2019 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_11_19_reprint Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/clarkesworld

This episode features "Perfect Gun" written by Elizabeth Bear. Originally published in Infinity Wars, edited by Jonathan Strahan, and reprinted in the November 2019 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_11_19_reprint Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/clarkesworld

In this week's episode, I talk to Elizabeth Bear about her amazing book, Tideline. A story about a combat robot that is the last survivor in her platoon following an apocalyptic event.

Welcome back to The Nerd Blitz Book Club! In this 1st episode of a 9 episode series, we crack open a book we have wanted to dive into for a long time, the Sherlock Holmes meets H.P. Lovecraft pastiche short story collection, Shadows Over Baker Street. This week sees us discussing and dissecting the 1st 2 entries in the book, A Study In Emerald & Tiger! Tiger!, by Neil Gaiman & Elizabeth Bear respectively. So find yourself a copy of this book and read along with us, gang, as the game is afoot when a dark cloud settles over the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and things get spooky at 221B. Also, a special thank you goes to @gigiamk30 for making this Book Club series possible.

In this Drabbleclassics episode, author and Drabblefan Weirdo Abbie Hilton breaks down the hit Drabblecast story Boojum, by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette. The ship had no name of her own, so her human crew called her the Lavinia Whateley. As far as anyone could tell, she didn’t mind. At least, her long grasping vanes […] The post Drabbleclassics 31 – Boojum appeared first on The Drabblecast.

The incredible Science Fiction author PAUL McAULEY joins us to celebrate episode 100! With a preview of the science behind his upcoming novel, WAR OF THE MAPS, Paul asks: What The IF we could save the Earth from the inevitable death of the Sun? It's gonna be a lotta work! First we've gotta MOVE the Earth outward when the Sun expands into a RED GIANT, then we need to HUDDLE UP close when the Sun shrinks into a WHITE DWARF. Yep, Paul treats us to some EPIC ENGINEERING and ultra vivid SOLAR SCIENCE. --- PAUL McAULEY'S first novel won the Philip K. Dick Award, and he has gone on to win almost all of the major awards in the field. For many years a research biologist, he now writes full-time. McAuley's novel THE QUIET WAR made several "best of the year" lists, including SF Site's Reader's Choice Top 10 SF and Fantasy Books of 2009. His latest novel is AUSTRAL: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Austral-Paul-McAuley/dp/1473217318 And his latest short story is featured in Wade Roush's exciting anthology TWELVE TOMORROWS from MIT Press, which also features new stories from Elizabeth Bear, SL Huang, Clifford V. Johnson, J. M. Ledgard, Liu Cixin, Ken Liu, Paul McAuley, Nnedi Okorafor, Malka Older, Sarah Pinsker, Alastair Reynolds https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/twelve-tomorrows EINSTEIN'S WAR by our very own MATT STANLEY is also in stores now! The Washington Post says "Stanley is a storyteller par excellence." A starred review recipient from KIRKUS, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, and BOOKLIST. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608113/einsteins-war-by-matthew-stanley/9781524745417 REVIEW the show: itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1250517051?mt=2&ls=1 SUBSCRIBE for free: https://pod.link/1250517051 BUY, GIFT, READ Matt Stanley's engrossing new book! EINSTEIN'S WAR: How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I. In bookstores now. Thanks & Keep On IFFin'! -- Philip & Matt

What makes a character fun to play? We go over all the tricks to make your PCs more interesting, dynamic, and fun. Award winning author Elizabeth Bear and award winning Writer/Producer/Actress Joanna Gaskell join award willing game designer Ross Watson and…just Darryl Mott Jr. to discuss how to create player characters that not only make the game more fun for you, but also for the other players and gamemaster. (Originally released March 21, 2014) Full show notes and current content available on http://gamerstavernshow.com

Was ist Identität, wenn Du Deine Gefühle und Erinnerungen durch Technik steuern kannst? Würdest Du Deine Füße im Weltraum für noch ein paar extra Hände hergeben? Wie gefährlich ist es, Deinen Toaster zu hacken? Ist Superman ein Immigrant? Alles Fragen, die wir heute diskutieren. Jochen und Max stellen gleich zwei neue Bücher vor: Den aktuellen Roman von Elizabeth Bear - das ist der Beginn einer neuen Space Opera-Reihe, “Ancestral Night” und einen Kurzgeschichtenband von Cory Doctorow, “Radicalized”.ShownotesElizabeth Bear - Ancestral NightElizabeth Bear auf TwitterNightflyers auf NetflixThe Matrix - Ignorance is Bliss (Szene auf Youtube)Ursula K. Le GuinMarc Aurel - SelbstbetrachtungenIain M. Banks - SchiffsnamenBoaty McBoatfaceElizabeth is not a real BearCory Doctorow - RadicalizedBoing Boing - A directory of mostly wonderful thingsWie man einen Toaster überlistetDer Kaffeekapsel-StreitDer Streit um Drittanbieter-TinteInterview von John Scalzi mit Cory DoctorowInterview mit Doctorow in der LA TimesSocial Media Shutdown in Sri LankaInternet.org - Die Kritik an Facebooks ProjektWIRED im Jahr 2018: What exactly happened to Internet.org?Cory Doctorow - WalkawayRainer Maria Rilke - Der PantherTesla meldet sichTesla Hacks und Erkenntnisse auf der Cebit 2016Hacking of consumer electronics

Tideline by Elizabeth Bear A machine near the end of its life and a curious boy come together and create a relationship that will honor the past and lead into the future. Tideline is a science fiction, award winning, short story by Elizabeth Bear. In this episode of Leave It To The Prose, Reid and … Continue reading Ep010 – Tideline →

Andy and Dave discuss Simulated Policy Learning (SimPLe), from Google Brain, which attempts to help reinforcement learning methods learn effective policies for complex tasks, such as Atari games (using the Atari Learning Environment, ALE); the method trains a policy in a simulated environment so that it achieves good performance in the original environment. From Google and Princeton University, the TossingBot learns to throw arbitrary objects into bins; research use “residual physics” to provide a baseline knowledge of the world (e.g., ballistics) to further improve tossing accuracies. Researchers at Rutgers demonstrate a probabilistic approach for reasoning the 3D shapes of unknown objects, as a robot manipulates its environment. DeepMind publishes results that use the AI itself to figure out where the AI will fail. And research from Northwestern, University of Chicago, and the Santa Fe Institute examines the dynamics of failure across science, startups, and security efforts. In clickbait-y news, scientists create an AI that can predict when a person will die (when in actual, they used machine learning methods to examine prediction of premature death, and compared with standard epidemiological approaches). Researchers create a memristor-based hybrid analog-digital computing platform to demonstrate deep-Q reinforcement learning. Microsoft demonstrates end-to-end automation of DNA data storage (21 hours to encode the word “hello”). The US Air Force is exploring AI-powered autonomous drones in its Skyborg program. Keen Security Lab of Tencent reports vulnerabilities of Telsa Autopilot, to include inducing the vehicle to switch lanes. A paper in the Springer AI Review Journal provides a survey of ML and DL frameworks and libraries for large-scale data mining. Los Alamos Labs publishes a survey of quantum algorithm implementations. Scott Cunningham publishes Causal Inference. Yaneer Bar-Yam makes a 2003 work, Dynamics of Complex Systems, available. Easley and Kleinberg publish Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World. Andy highlights a sci-fi story from 2008 from Elizabeth Bear, Tideline. Paul Oh pens a fictional story of the Army’s C2 AI program, Project AlphaWare. The National Academies-Royal Society Public Symposium will hold a discussion on 24 May, AI: An International Dialogue. More videos appear from DARPA’s AI Colloquium. A website compiles datasets for machine learning. And Stephen Jordan provides a comprehensive catalog of quantum algorithms.  

Rezensionen zu "Drohnenland" von Tom Hillenbrand, "A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe" von Alex White "Ancestral Night" von Elizabeth Bear und "Alita Battle Angel"

Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2Ta5gle A space salvager and her partner make the discovery of a lifetime that just might change the universe in this wild, big-ideas space opera from multi award-winning author Elizabeth Bear. Haimey Dz thinks she knows what she wants. She thinks she knows who she is. She is wrong. A routine salvage mission uncovers evidence of a terrible crime and relics of a powerful ancient technology, just as Haimey and her small crew run afoul of pirates at the outer limits of the Milky Way and find themselves both on the run, and in possession of ancient, universe-changing technology. When the authorities prove corrupt, it becomes clear that Haimey is the only one who can protect her galaxy-spanning civilisation from its potential power - and from the revolutionaries who want to use it to seed terror and war. But doing so will take her from the event horizon of the super-massive black hole at the galaxy's core to the infinite, empty spaces at its edge. Along the way, she'll have to uncover the secrets of ancient intelligences lost to time as well as her own lost secrets, which she will wish had remained hidden from her forever . . . Energetic and electrifying, Ancestral Night is a dazzling new space opera, sure to delight fans of Alastair Reynolds, Iain M. Banks, and Peter F. Hamilton. Praise for Elizabeth Bear 'Gripping, perfectly balanced, and highly recommended' Kirkus 'Like the best of speculative fiction, Bear has created a fascinating and complete universe that blends high-tech gadgetry with Old World adventure and political collusion' Publishers Weekly (p) Orion Publishing Group 2019

The sun burned through the clouds around noon on the long Cytherean day, and Dharthi happened to be awake and in a position to see it. She was alone in the highlands of Ishtar Terra on a research trip, five sleeps out from Butler base camp, and---despite the nagging desire to keep traveling---had decided to take a rest break for an hour or two. Noon at this latitude was close enough to the one hundredth solar dieiversary of her birth that she'd broken out her little hoard of shelf-stable cake to celebrate. | Copyright 2015 by Elizabeth Bear. Originally published in OLD VENUS, edited by Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin. Reprinted by permission of the author. Narrated by Gabrielle de Cuir.

Elizabeth Bear  and Scott Lynch joined Howard and Dan at GenCon Indy to talk about fantasy food, and how we engage our readers' appetites with our fiction. We talk economics, logistics, sensory engagement, and we goof off quite a bit in the process. We might have been hungry at the time. There is good fun to be had here, and plenty of (pun intended) food for thought. Credits: This episode was mastered by Alex Jackson, and was made possible by the generous support of the GenCon Indy Writer's Symposium, and the Writing Excuses patrons at Patreon.

In Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, a host of award-winning female novelists, academics and actresses come together to celebrate the phenomenon that is Doctor Who, discuss their rather inventive involvement with the show's fandom, and examine why they adore this series so much. All told, this essay collection is designed to inform and delight male and female readers alike, and to examine some of the more extraordinary aspects of being a female Doctor Who enthusiast. Essay topics include Carole Barrowman (Anything Goes) discussing what it was like to grow up with her brother John (including the fact that he's still afraid of shop-window dummies), longtime columnist Jackie Jenkins providing a memoir of her work on "Doctor Who Magazine," novelist Lloyd Rose (Camera Obscura) analyzing the changes in Rose between the ninth and tenth Doctors, and much more. Other contributors to this essay collection include Elizabeth Bear (the Jenny Casey trilogy), Lisa Bowerman (star of the Bernice Summerfield audios), Mary Robinette Kowal (Shades of Milk and Honey), Seanan McGuire (Rosemary and Rue), Jody Lynn Nye (the Mythology series), Kate Orman (Seeing I), Catherynne M. Valente (The Orphan's Tales), and more. Also featured: a comic from Tammy Garrison and Katy Shuttleworth (Torchwood Babiez), plus interviews with India Fisher (Charley in the Doctor Who audios) and Sophie Aldred (Ace on Doctor Who, 1987-1989).

Mary Robinette Kowal and Dave Wolverton again join Dan and Howard, and this time we're talking about holidays in fantasy and science-fiction. This 'cast was recorded at Superstars Writing Seminars, and  Moses Siregar III of Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing captured us on video as we recorded. What sorts of things result in holidays? Historically we see them at the solstices and the equinoxes, planting and harvest, and commemorations of important events. We talk about all of these, and how to work them into your own writing without sounding like you're just filing the serial numbers off of Christmas, Halloween, and Mardi Gras. So of course we also talk about how to do this wrong. Audiobook Pick-of-the-Week: METAtropolis: Cascadia, by Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder, and Tobias Buckell, and narrated by Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, and Jay Lake. Writing Prompt: Make up a holiday that isn't based on anything you've seen. Exclamation Howard Thought He'd Never Use: Bone Puppet Day! This episode of Writing Excuses has been brought to you by Audible. Visit http://AudiblePodcast.com/excuse for a free trial membership*. *Note: From the Audible website, here are the terms of the free membership. Read the fine print, please! Audible® Free Trial Details Get your first 14 days of the AudibleListener® Gold membership plan free, which includes one audiobook credit. After your 14 day trial, your membership will renew each month for just $14.95 per month so you can continue to receive one audiobook credit per month plus members-only discounts on all audio purchases. A very small number of titles are more than one credit. Cancel your membership before your free trial period is up and you will not be charged. Thereafter, cancel anytime, effective the next billing cycle. Any unused audiobook credits will be lost at cancellation.

Authors Mike Resnick, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Bear, Dave Freer, Paul Levinson and Stoney Compton are joined by Randal L. Schwartz (programming consultant and activist) and Walt (the Bananaslug) Boyes of Jim Baen's Universe magazine. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the May 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 142 minutes] ---Topics include: [1] News: (a) the recent discovery of the first earthlike planet other than our own, (b) your host's surgery, (c) your host will appear at ConCarolinas in Charlotte NC, USA (June 1-3, 2007), (d) listener feedback on superconductivity, sexual equality, the singularity and transhumanism. [2] Many online magazines now pay professional rates--sometimes much better than print magazines--does this mean the great electronic experiment was a success? Or just that the print magazines are dieing? Mike Resnick (editor of the highest paying online magazine) discusses this and provides another eyewitness report on how bad things really are across Africa. He also answers your host's question about Funny Novels: is there more money but less respect? [3] Walt (the Bananaslug) Boyes and Stoney Compton take us inside Jim Baen's Universe magazine. [4] Must a generation die off for a culture to change its most deeply held beliefs? Or is our current population somehow learning to become comfortable with nontraditional ideas, behaviors, clothing and lifestyles? Elizabeth Bear speaks of this and the universal notion of Us verses Them. [5] Have we been relying on non-lethal weapons for centuries without even realizing it? Kim Stanley Robinson insists that we have, and also argues that implanting a computer inside your skull is not trivial. It carries risks of damage and infection, and might best be reserved for solving life-altering problems like blindness or deafness. [6] Another installment in our serialization of the novel Bones Burnt Black. [7] Despite the numerous benefits, the renowned programmer Randal L. Schwartz insists he will be highly reluctant to accept a computer hardwired into his brain; and will refuse it entirely if its operating system is made by Microsoft since that would make his mind too easily hacked and too prone to spontaneously crashing. [8] Cell phones have changed our culture and altered the way we live, but their changes are not yet complete. Paul Levinson ponders what is yet to come. [9] Large scale engineering projects have been less visible recently thanks to all the buzz about nanotechnology. But the future is not given only to the very small. Those who design big are still thinking big, and the biggest place to build big is in the biggest place of all: space. Dave Freer presents his vision of how humanity will spread beyond the earth and fulfill its destiny among the stars.

Authors John Barnes, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Bear, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. and Stoney Compton are joined by Ginjer Buchanan (of ACE and ROC Books), Walt Boyes (JBU's own Bananaslug) and Ricki Dean (Manager of a High School cafeteria). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the March 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 155 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News items: (a) your host will appear at RavenCon in Richmond VA, USA next month (b), a new version of Death Stacks may be played online and requires no download, (c) there's no such thing as a Chinese Journalist, and (d) a 15 percent probability Al Gore will be the next US president. [2] Generation Y is the most connected generation ever, but are its members obsessed with being in complete consensus on everything and horrified of being in open disagreement? And if so, how will this alter America ten years from now when Generation Y will comprise 40 percent of all American consumers? John Barnes, a consulting semiotician, has studied this subject in detail. [3] Bananaslug and Stoney present a reading by Louise Marley of the opening scenes of her short story The Spiral Road which is in the February 2007 issue of Jim Baen's Universe magazine. [4] What if everyone hypertexted within all conversations? What if you never had to define your terms because those not familiar with them could look them up faster than you could have provided the explanation. Elizabeth Bear has many ideas about this, AI, cell phones and the Singularity. [5] What if Russia still owned Alaska? What if Lenin and Trotsky had remained nobodies and the Czar and Czarina still ruled? Seeing how history pivots on the mundane can provide insights into the changes we will all face in the future. Stoney Compton, a life-long student of history, talks of this and shares anecdotes about Alaska and its native Athabaskan Indians. [6] Imagine you're in line in a cafeteria but federal regulations will not allow you to buy any kind of soft drink or fried foods. Now imagine ten thousand similarly restrictive cafeterias all across America. These are the cafeterias in public schools. To learn the trends our future wage earners are experiencing now, I spoke with Ricki Dean, Manager of a High School cafeteria. [7] Many authors' careers ended when Horror book sales collapsed in the 1980's. Might this happen to another genre? Ginjer Buchanan (Senior Executive Editor and Marketing Director of Ace and ROC books) talks of this and the rising popularity of audio books. A trend the big houses are making a serious effort not to be left out of. [8] Another installment in our serialization of the novel: Bones Burnt Black. [9] What would you do differently today if you knew your generation would live 300 years? Kim Stanley Robinson tackles this question and its social ramifications since he sees it as a genuine possibility based on what he has been hearing from his friends with the field of biotechnology. He also covers cryonics, SETI and our next earth. [10] Our stores are filled with every variety of goods, but does this variety give us only the illusion of choice? L.E. Modesitt, Jr. suggests that it does, and talks of his concern that we will be forced to rely on fossil fuels much farther into the future than anyone would like to admit.

Authors Elizabeth Bear, Walter Jon Williams and L.E. Modesitt Jr. are joined by Toni Weisskopf (the head of Baen Books), Ginjer Buchanan (from ACE and ROC books), Scott Dean (mayor of Harlem GA) and Bananaslug and Stoney (from Jim Baen's Universe magazine). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the February 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 126 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News Items: (a) Trends in wine. (b) A low-tech nanotech breakthrough. (c) An AI programmer releases a free, open-source version of Death Stacks (a game invented by your host, Stephen Euin Cobb). (d) Your host's 2007 appearance schedule. (e) Your host has shaved his head. [2] Would you trust Microsoft to provide the operating system for your eventually augmented brain? Can atheists be both devout and non-militant? Elizabeth Bear hits these topics as well as non-lethal military weapons and her ongoing involvement with SETI-@-home. [3] Bananaslug and Stoney provide a peak into the new issue of Jim Baen's Universe magazine and even get Elizabeth Bear to read a sample of her work. [4] Will some of the big publishing houses get hurt during the transition to eBooks? Will some fold entirely? Toni Weisskopf (the head of Baen Books) describes how the big houses are bracing themselves. [5] Venice Italy is still sinking. Rich in history, the thousand year old city is threatened by every tide and storm surge, and may next have to deal with the effects of global warming. Scott Dean (the mayor of Harlem GA) just returned from nine days of walking through this city with an uncertain future. [6] Which science fiction authors most accurately depict the future? Ginjer Buchanan (Senior Executive Editor of Ace and ROC Books) names four heavyweights and backs her picks with their novels and credentials. [7] Another installment in our serialization of the novel: Bones Burnt Black. [8] Is the media worsening all social and political conflicts by presenting them to us as though they are between polar opposites? Has the media learned that disagreements which are subtle or nuanced or (God forbid) respectful will not sell papers or draw a TV audience? L.E. Modesitt Jr. describes this and how cell phones may be slowing maturity in young adults by preventing them from ever being on their own when facing life's problems. [9] What does Walter Jon Williams mean when he says that, The war against utopia has been won? And is he right in believing that biotechnology is likely to produce immortality within forty years? He also describes how consumer databases have already been used not only to market products to people but also to market political ideologies during campaigns.