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Historias para ser leídas
En Carne Alienígena, de Gregory Benford

Historias para ser leídas

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 77:10


Intro especial Cassilda🖤 Prólogo🎙 Relato completo En carne Alienígena🐋 'En Carne Alienígena', de Gregory Benford, es una obra de ciencia ficción que examina las consecuencias profundas de la tecnología en un futuro cercano. A través de una trama cargada de suspense y acción sigue las peripecias de un grupo de astronautas atrapados entre los desafíos humanos y los avances tecnológicos. En su núcleo, se encuentra la exploración de un planeta desconocido 🌍, donde las tecnologías de vanguardia desafían las estructuras sociales y la propia naturaleza humana. Y en las profundidades de este nuevo mundo un monstruo marino ancestral acecha, desafiando la comprensión humana y la tecnología que pretende dominarlo. Un relato imprescindible para los amantes de la ciencia ficción más pura 🚀 y para los seguidores de Benford. Una historia que invita a ser escuchada con atención 📚 y, sin duda, debe ocupar un lugar destacado en cualquier biblioteca. Con personajes complejos y una trama que mantiene un ritmo constante En Carne Alienígena ofrece una fascinante visión del futuro y de las tensiones que podrían definirlo mientras las profundidades de un océano alienígena guardan secretos que ni la tecnología más avanzada puede desentrañar. Astrofísico y escritor, Gregory Benford es un reconocido autor de ciencia ficción, campo en el que ha recibido premios como el Nébula o el BSFA. Benford estudió Física en la Universidad de California, donde es profesor de Astrofísica, además de consultor para la NASA. En la mayor parte de sus obras prima la parte científica y está considerado como uno de los máximos exponentes de la llamada ciencia ficción dura -o hard-. De entre su obra habría que destacar títulos como Cronopaisaje o El corazón del cometa (junto a David Brin), aunque su obra más ambiciosa es, sin duda, la serie que ha escrito bajo el título de El centro galáctico. 1975: Premio Nebula al mejor relato por Si las estrellas son dioses, en colaboración con Gordon Eklund 1980: Premio Británico de Ciencia Ficción por Cronopaisaje 1981: Premio Nebula a mejor novela de 1980 por Cronopaisaje 1981: Premio Ditmar por Cronopaisaje 1981: Premio John W. Campbell Memorial por Cronopaisaje 1985: Premio Gigamesh de novela por Cronopaisaje 1997: Premio SF Chronicle de novela corta por Inmersión 2004: Premio Phoenix de la Southern Fandom Confederation 2011: Premio Analog a mejor artículo por Smart SETI 2019: Premio Heinlein 🎙¡Únete a la nave de Historias para ser Leídas y conviértete en uno de nuestros taberneros galácticos. Al hacerlo, tendrás acceso a lecturas exclusivas y ayudarás a que estas historias sigan viajando por el cosmos.🖤Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 ¡¡Muchas gracias por todos tus comentarios y por tu apoyo!! 📌Más contenido extra en nuestro canal informativo de Telegram: ¡¡Síguenos!! https://t.me/historiasparaserleidas BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas PODCAST creados por OLGA PARAÍSO 🚀Historias para ser Leídas https://go.ivoox.com/sq/583108 ☕Un beso en la taza https://go.ivoox.com/sq/583108 y en Youtube: https://youtu.be/hQfUWte2bFU 📚 ¡Mi primer libro ya está disponible en Amazon! 📚 Lo puedes encontrar en formato bolsilibro tapa blanda, Ebook, y muy pronto también en tapa dura y un tamaño más grande.❣️ Crónicas Vampíricas de Vera 👉 https://amzn.eu/d/1Q4PWUY Música Epidemic Sound con licencia premium para este podcast Sonido y voz Olga Paraíso Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

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En Carne Alienígena, de Gregory Benford (Intro Cassilda)

Recomendados de la semana en iVoox.com Semana del 5 al 11 de julio del 2021

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 77:10


Intro especial Cassilda🖤 Prólogo🎙 Relato completo En carne Alienígena🐋 'En Carne Alienígena', de Gregory Benford, es una obra de ciencia ficción que examina las consecuencias profundas de la tecnología en un futuro cercano. A través de una trama cargada de suspense y acción sigue las peripecias de un grupo de astronautas atrapados entre los desafíos humanos y los avances tecnológicos. En su núcleo, se encuentra la exploración de un planeta desconocido 🌍, donde las tecnologías de vanguardia desafían las estructuras sociales y la propia naturaleza humana. Y en las profundidades de este nuevo mundo un monstruo marino ancestral acecha, desafiando la comprensión humana y la tecnología que pretende dominarlo. Un relato imprescindible para los amantes de la ciencia ficción más pura 🚀 y para los seguidores de Benford. Una historia que invita a ser escuchada con atención 📚 y, sin duda, debe ocupar un lugar destacado en cualquier biblioteca. Con personajes complejos y una trama que mantiene un ritmo constante En Carne Alienígena ofrece una fascinante visión del futuro y de las tensiones que podrían definirlo mientras las profundidades de un océano alienígena guardan secretos que ni la tecnología más avanzada puede desentrañar. Astrofísico y escritor, Gregory Benford es un reconocido autor de ciencia ficción, campo en el que ha recibido premios como el Nébula o el BSFA. Benford estudió Física en la Universidad de California, donde es profesor de Astrofísica, además de consultor para la NASA. En la mayor parte de sus obras prima la parte científica y está considerado como uno de los máximos exponentes de la llamada ciencia ficción dura -o hard-. De entre su obra habría que destacar títulos como Cronopaisaje o El corazón del cometa (junto a David Brin), aunque su obra más ambiciosa es, sin duda, la serie que ha escrito bajo el título de El centro galáctico. 1975: Premio Nebula al mejor relato por Si las estrellas son dioses, en colaboración con Gordon Eklund 1980: Premio Británico de Ciencia Ficción por Cronopaisaje 1981: Premio Nebula a mejor novela de 1980 por Cronopaisaje 1981: Premio Ditmar por Cronopaisaje 1981: Premio John W. Campbell Memorial por Cronopaisaje 1985: Premio Gigamesh de novela por Cronopaisaje 1997: Premio SF Chronicle de novela corta por Inmersión 2004: Premio Phoenix de la Southern Fandom Confederation 2011: Premio Analog a mejor artículo por Smart SETI 2019: Premio Heinlein 🎙¡Únete a la nave de Historias para ser Leídas y conviértete en uno de nuestros taberneros galácticos. Al hacerlo, tendrás acceso a lecturas exclusivas y ayudarás a que estas historias sigan viajando por el cosmos.🖤Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 ¡¡Muchas gracias por todos tus comentarios y por tu apoyo!! 📌Más contenido extra en nuestro canal informativo de Telegram: ¡¡Síguenos!! https://t.me/historiasparaserleidas BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas PODCAST creados por OLGA PARAÍSO 🚀Historias para ser Leídas https://go.ivoox.com/sq/583108 ☕Un beso en la taza https://go.ivoox.com/sq/583108 y en Youtube: https://youtu.be/hQfUWte2bFU 📚 ¡Mi primer libro ya está disponible en Amazon! 📚 Lo puedes encontrar en formato bolsilibro tapa blanda, Ebook, y muy pronto también en tapa dura y un tamaño más grande.❣️ Crónicas Vampíricas de Vera 👉 https://amzn.eu/d/1Q4PWUY Música Epidemic Sound con licencia premium para este podcast Sonido y voz Olga Paraíso

Exodus: il podcast dell'esplorazione spaziale
Come creare una MACCHINA DEL TEMPO usando un WORMHOLE

Exodus: il podcast dell'esplorazione spaziale

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 17:41


I wormhole, noti anche come ponti di Einstein-Rosen, sono teorizzati come tunnel che collegano due punti distanti nello spazio-tempo, permettendo un passaggio rapido tra essi. La spiegazione di come funziona un wormhole si basa sulla relatività generale di Einstein. Secondo alcuni documentari, i wormhole potrebbero teoricamente esistere e essere usati come macchine del tempo. Per costruire un wormhole stabile, sarebbe necessaria materia esotica con energia negativa, che impedirebbe al tunnel di collassare. Nei film come "Interstellar", i wormhole vengono rappresentati come passaggi praticabili per viaggi interstellari e temporali. Il concetto di wormhole come macchina del tempo implica che, manipolando uno degli ingressi con velocità relativistiche o posizionandolo in un forte campo gravitazionale, si potrebbe creare uno sfasamento temporale tra le due estremità. Questo permetterebbe di viaggiare nel tempo entrando in una estremità e uscendo nell'altra in un'epoca diversa. Tuttavia, sebbene l'idea sia affascinante, non esistono attualmente prove che i wormhole esistano nella realtà. Inoltre, costruire un wormhole con le tecnologie attuali è oltre le nostre capacità. La possibilità di viaggiare nel tempo attraverso i wormhole rimane quindi un affascinante tema di ricerca teorica e speculazione scientifica. FONTI • De-Chang Dai and Dejan Stojkovic. "Observing a wormhole." Physical Review D, vol.100, no. 8, 2019, p. 083513, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.083513. • John G. Cramer, Robert L. Forward, Michael S. Morris, Matt Visser, Gregory Benford, and Geoffrey A. Landis. "Natural wormholes as gravitational lenses." Physical Review D, vol. 51, no. 6, 1995, pp. 3117-3123, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.51.3117. • A. Einstein and N. Rosen. "The Particle Problem in the General Theory of Relativity." Physical Review, vol. 48, no. 1, 1935, pp. 73-77, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRev.48.73. • Michael S. Morris and Kip S. Thorne. "Wormholes in spacetime and their use for interstellar travel: A tool for teaching general relativity." American Journal of Physics, vol. 56, no. 5, 1988, pp. 395-412, DOI: 10.1119/1.15620. • Michael S. Morris, Kip S. Thorne, and Ulvi Yurtsever. "Wormholes, Time Machines, and the Weak Energy Condition." Physical Review Letters, vol. 61, no. 13, 1988, pp. 1446-1449, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1446. __________________

Free To Choose Media Podcast
Episode 219 – The New Future (Podcast)

Free To Choose Media Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024


Today's podcast is titled, “The New Future.” Recorded in 2000, Michael R. Rose, Professor of Biological Science, and Gregory Benford, Professor of Physics, at the University of California, Irvine, discuss what they think the future holds. Listen now, and don't forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Historias para ser leídas
Hambre de Infinito, Gregory Benford

Historias para ser leídas

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 113:15


The Times: "Si este año sólo lee usted un libro de ciencia ficción, que sea éste" Los humanos, cuyos conocimientos tecnológicos son heredados y proceden de la tradición, no del entendimiento, son una mera molestia para la sociedad de máquinas, a la que ni siquiera preocupan. La repentina aparición de un tipo de mec casi olvidado, el (y no “la”) Mantis, cuyo interés en los humanos sólo será descubierto al final de la novela, imprime acción y suspense en la trama. Otras presencias inorgánicas, los Aspectos, personalidades grabadas en soportes injertados en los cerebros humanos, adquieren tanta importancia que a veces parecen disputarse con ellos el protagonismo de la novela. Astrofísico y escritor, Gregrory Benford es un reconocido autor de ciencia ficción, campo en el que ha recibido premios como el Nébula o el BSFA. Benford estudió Física en la Universidad de California, donde es profesor de Astrofísica, además de consultor para la NASA. En la mayor parte de sus obras prima la parte científica y está considerado como uno de los máximos exponentes de la llamada ciencia ficción dura -o hard-. De entre su obra habría que destacar títulos como Cronopaisaje o El corazón del cometa (junto a David Brin), aunque su obra más ambiciosa es, sin duda, la serie que ha escrito bajo el título de El centro galáctico. En 1980, Benford fue galardonado con el Premio Nébula de Novela. ¡Disfruten de este maravilloso viaje! 🚀 Audio y sonido: Olga Paraíso, marca registrada Historias para ser Leídas La base musical pertenece a Epidemic Sound con licencia Premium autorizada 🛑BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas ▶️Canal de YouTube Historias para ser Leídas con nuevo contenido: https://www.youtube.com/c/OlgaParaiso 📢Nuevo canal informativo en Telegram: https://t.me/historiasparaserleidas Canal WhatsApp Historias para ser leídas: ✅https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCmoVmLtOjEBDYgYc00 🚀❤️ Si esta historia te ha cautivado y deseas unirte a nuestro grupo de taberneros galácticos, tienes la oportunidad de contribuir y apoyar mi trabajo desde tan solo 1,49 euros al mes. Al hacerlo, tendrás acceso exclusivo a todos las historias para nuestros mecenas y podrás disfrutar de todos los episodios sin interrupciones publicitarias. ¡Agradezco enormemente tu apoyo y tu fidelidad!. 🖤Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 BASES DEL SORTEO del Maletín Vintage de segunda mano, EXCLUSIVAMENTE PARA NUESTROS FANS TABERNEROS GALÁCTICOS de la nave HISTORIAS PARA SER LEÍDAS. 🚀🚀🚀 1. Participación en el Sorteo: Cada mecenas suscrito al podcast recibirá un único número para participar. Este número será asignado tras verificar su condición de mecenas y el nombre de usuario utilizado en el podcast. Además, para confirmar su deseo de participar en el sorteo, deben enviar un correo electrónico a historiasparaserleidas@gmail.com con su nombre completo y nombre de usuario utilizado en Ivoox. 2. Período de Participación: El período de participación comienza el 📅 [1 de abril de 2024] y finaliza el [5 de julio 2024]. Todas las participaciones recibidas después de esta fecha no serán consideradas válidas. 3. Sorteo: El ganador será seleccionado al azar entre todos los números asignados utilizando un método imparcial y transparente. (Sorteo online aleatorio y en directo). 4. Anuncio del Ganador: El ganador será anunciado en nuestro canal de Telegram y redes sociales, también se comunicará a través de correo electrónico . Si el ganador no responde dentro de 2 días hábiles después del anuncio, se seleccionará un nuevo ganador. 5. Entrega del Premio: El Maletín Vintage será enviado al ganador por correo postal a la dirección proporcionada. Los gastos de envío correrán a cargo del organizador del sorteo.💼 6. Sorteo Nacional: Este sorteo está limitado a participantes residentes en la península. Debido a los altos costos de envío a Latinoamérica y a las posibles complicaciones en aduana, lamentablemente, no podemos aceptar participaciones de fuera del país en esta ocasión, ya que es un sorteo nacional. 😍Sin embargo, como agradecimiento a todos los mecenas que no puedan participar, tendré un detalle con ellos y les enviaré una sorpresa al correo electrónico facilitado por el usuario, seguramente os va a encantar. 🙏🏽😘 7. Privacidad: La información personal recopilada durante el sorteo será utilizada únicamente para fines del sorteo y no será compartida con terceros sin consentimiento previo. Después del sorteo, dichos correos serán eliminados. Aceptación de las Bases: La participación en el sorteo implica la aceptación de todas las cláusulas mencionadas anteriormente. 8. Oportunidad de Apoyar el Podcast: Además, quiero recordarte que puedes convertirte en mecenas y Tabernero Galáctico del podcast "Historias para Ser Leídas" con una aportación mensual desde tan solo 1,49 €. Tu apoyo es de gran ayuda para el crecimiento y desarrollo del podcast. ¡Únete a nosotros y forma parte de esta emocionante comunidad literaria! Muchas gracias por tu colaboración y mucha suerte!! 💌 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Recomendados de la semana en iVoox.com Semana del 5 al 11 de julio del 2021

The Times: "Si este año sólo lee usted un libro de ciencia ficción, que sea éste" Los humanos, cuyos conocimientos tecnológicos son heredados y proceden de la tradición, no del entendimiento, son una mera molestia para la sociedad de máquinas, a la que ni siquiera preocupan. La repentina aparición de un tipo de mec casi olvidado, el (y no “la”) Mantis, cuyo interés en los humanos sólo será descubierto al final de la novela, imprime acción y suspense en la trama. Otras presencias inorgánicas, los Aspectos, personalidades grabadas en soportes injertados en los cerebros humanos, adquieren tanta importancia que a veces parecen disputarse con ellos el protagonismo de la novela. Astrofísico y escritor, Gregrory Benford es un reconocido autor de ciencia ficción, campo en el que ha recibido premios como el Nébula o el BSFA. Benford estudió Física en la Universidad de California, donde es profesor de Astrofísica, además de consultor para la NASA. En la mayor parte de sus obras prima la parte científica y está considerado como uno de los máximos exponentes de la llamada ciencia ficción dura -o hard-. De entre su obra habría que destacar títulos como Cronopaisaje o El corazón del cometa (junto a David Brin), aunque su obra más ambiciosa es, sin duda, la serie que ha escrito bajo el título de El centro galáctico. En 1980, Benford fue galardonado con el Premio Nébula de Novela. ¡Disfruten de este maravilloso viaje! 🚀 Audio y sonido: Olga Paraíso, marca registrada Historias para ser Leídas La base musical pertenece a Epidemic Sound con licencia Premium autorizada 🛑BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas ▶️Canal de YouTube Historias para ser Leídas con nuevo contenido: https://www.youtube.com/c/OlgaParaiso 📢Nuevo canal informativo en Telegram: https://t.me/historiasparaserleidas Canal WhatsApp Historias para ser leídas: ✅https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCmoVmLtOjEBDYgYc00 🚀❤️ Si esta historia te ha cautivado y deseas unirte a nuestro grupo de taberneros galácticos, tienes la oportunidad de contribuir y apoyar mi trabajo desde tan solo 1,49 euros al mes. Al hacerlo, tendrás acceso exclusivo a todos las historias para nuestros mecenas y podrás disfrutar de todos los episodios sin interrupciones publicitarias. ¡Agradezco enormemente tu apoyo y tu fidelidad!. 🖤Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 BASES DEL SORTEO del Maletín Vintage de segunda mano, EXCLUSIVAMENTE PARA NUESTROS FANS TABERNEROS GALÁCTICOS de la nave HISTORIAS PARA SER LEÍDAS. 🚀🚀🚀 1. Participación en el Sorteo: Cada mecenas suscrito al podcast recibirá un único número para participar. Este número será asignado tras verificar su condición de mecenas y el nombre de usuario utilizado en el podcast. Además, para confirmar su deseo de participar en el sorteo, deben enviar un correo electrónico a historiasparaserleidas@gmail.com con su nombre completo y nombre de usuario utilizado en Ivoox. 2. Período de Participación: El período de participación comienza el 📅 [1 de abril de 2024] y finaliza el [5 de julio 2024]. Todas las participaciones recibidas después de esta fecha no serán consideradas válidas. 3. Sorteo: El ganador será seleccionado al azar entre todos los números asignados utilizando un método imparcial y transparente. (Sorteo online aleatorio y en directo). 4. Anuncio del Ganador: El ganador será anunciado en nuestro canal de Telegram y redes sociales, también se comunicará a través de correo electrónico . Si el ganador no responde dentro de 2 días hábiles después del anuncio, se seleccionará un nuevo ganador. 5. Entrega del Premio: El Maletín Vintage será enviado al ganador por correo postal a la dirección proporcionada. Los gastos de envío correrán a cargo del organizador del sorteo.💼 6. Sorteo Nacional: Este sorteo está limitado a participantes residentes en la península. Debido a los altos costos de envío a Latinoamérica y a las posibles complicaciones en aduana, lamentablemente, no podemos aceptar participaciones de fuera del país en esta ocasión, ya que es un sorteo nacional. 😍Sin embargo, como agradecimiento a todos los mecenas que no puedan participar, tendré un detalle con ellos y les enviaré una sorpresa al correo electrónico facilitado por el usuario, seguramente os va a encantar. 🙏🏽😘 7. Privacidad: La información personal recopilada durante el sorteo será utilizada únicamente para fines del sorteo y no será compartida con terceros sin consentimiento previo. Después del sorteo, dichos correos serán eliminados. Aceptación de las Bases: La participación en el sorteo implica la aceptación de todas las cláusulas mencionadas anteriormente. 8. Oportunidad de Apoyar el Podcast: Además, quiero recordarte que puedes convertirte en mecenas y Tabernero Galáctico del podcast "Historias para Ser Leídas" con una aportación mensual desde tan solo 1,49 €. Tu apoyo es de gran ayuda para el crecimiento y desarrollo del podcast. ¡Únete a nosotros y forma parte de esta emocionante comunidad literaria! Muchas gracias por tu colaboración y mucha suerte!! 💌

Free To Choose Media Podcast
Episode 207 – Why Are Science Fiction Movies So Bad? (Podcast)

Free To Choose Media Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023


Today's podcast is titled, “Why Are Science Fiction Movies So Bad?” In this conversation from the year 2000, movie and television producer, David Goodman, and Gregory Benford, Professor of Physics at the University of California, Irvine, discuss why science fiction movies are so bad. Listen now, and don't forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Galaxie Pop - La Constellation
l'Odyssée de Circé 7 les enfants de Mars de Gregory Benford

Galaxie Pop - La Constellation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2023 28:41


Les enfants de Mars de Gregory BENFORD Lien vers le générique des dossiers de l'écran : https://youtu.be/A4c0s405Tsc?si=B8ZBFOmYyzT8e8rP Bande annonce du film Le Guerre des Mondes de 1953 :https://youtu.be/DEt0gErHKq4?si=1wRR0VSOfWe0TAhW Serie les chroniques martiennes de Ray Bradbury adaptée pour la télévision :https://youtu.be/Jfp9jvJHq8I?si=cv-TtinTQOEO8T2E Bande annonce de Mission to Mars :https://youtu.be/UccsxuP8Tk8 Passage de la danse dans l'Espace dans Mission to mars :https://youtu.be/QMZCmgYITgQ Making off Mission to Mars avec la scène de danse :https://dai.ly/x1os0v Bande annonce de la série Mars :https://youtu.be/BU3ZYSw5l0E Bande annonce de la saison 3 de For all mankind :https://youtu.be/M4EOW9oqZ4k Merci à tous les copains du Label Galaxie Pop pour leur aide.Venez discuter avec moi sur X @Circe592 ou sur le Ciel bleu @Circe592.bsky.social et nous on t'adore ma grande (message de la galaxie popienne)

Pratchat
It Belongs in a University (The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day)

Pratchat

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2023 134:44


Liz and Ben are blessed by two returning guests, the Rev Dr Avril Hannah-Jones and Dr Charlotte Pezaro, as they go on one last visit to Roundworld - this time as clerics, wizards and librarians clash over who should take ownership. It's Terry Pratchett's fourth and final collaboration with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, 2013's The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day. Ponder Stibbons has just activated Unseen University's latest “Great Big Thing”, the culmination of six years' research (and spending) into the frontiers of magical knowledge. It summons a side effect: improbably-named librarian Marjorie Daw, from the even less probable universe in a bottle, Roundworld. Marjorie decides to stick around when she discovers her entire universe is under threat: the Church of the Latter-Day Omnians, who believe the Disc is round, think Roundworld should be theirs. After surviving elves and Auditors, will it be lawyers and priests who decide Roundworld's fate? This time in the (really short!) fiction chapters, the wizards barely visit Roundworld at all; Ridcully spends most of his time talking to Marjorie, before the last few chapters detail the trial - sorry, hearing - of the century. In the non-fiction chapters, Jack and Ian do talk about science...but mostly about religion. Their big idea this time revolves around Gregory Benford's ideas of human- and universe-centred thinking. As the fiction pits priests against wizards, you can probably see where this is going. We certainly could, and we'll be blunt: we didn't like it. Is this really a book about science? How do the authors' ideas of “religion” gel with yours - or even Pratchett's previous books and writing on the subject? What did you think of Marjorie Daw? Do you want us to do a special episode with Avril about Scott Morrison's book? And were we too harsh on this book? Join in the conversation using the hashtag #Pratchat71 on social media. Guest Rev Dr Avril Hannh-Jones (she/her) is a Minister in the Uniting Church. While she should be known for her tireless activism for marginalised communities, most people know her for the Church of the Latter Day Geek: an occasional service where science fiction and fantasy stories serve as parables, and cosplay is allowed in the pews. Avril previously appeared on Pratchat back in 2019 to discuss Small Gods in #Pratchat16. Avril posts weekly Reflections on her blog, Rev Doc Geek, tweets as @DocAvvers, and would love to see you at a Sunday service at North Balwyn Uniting Church. Guest Dr Charlotte Pezaro (she/her) is an educator with a PhD in pedagogy and years of experience communicating science and technology, and shaping how it is taught in Australian schools. She last joined us in 2021 for #Pratchat41 to discuss Nation, which is both Charlotte's and Pratchett's favourite Pratchett book. You can find out more about Charlotte at charlottepezaro.com, or her education work at dialogic.com.au. As usual, you can find notes and errata for this episode on our website. Next episode it's time for another short story: this time a young adult one Pratchett wrote for Diana Wynn Jones in 1989, “Turntables of the Night”. It was originally published in the anthology Hidden Turnings, but you'll most easily find it in Pratchett's short fiction collection A Blink of the Screen. We'll be discussing this tale of record collectors and DJs with superstar DJ and comedian, Andrew McClelland! Have a read and send us your questions using the hashtag #Pratchat72, or via email to chat@pratchatpodcast.com.

Two Chairs Talking
Episode 93: Yesterday's Tomorrows

Two Chairs Talking

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 94:38


David and Perry take the Hugo Time Machine back to 1970, the year that The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin won the Best Novel Hugo. David has a bone to pick, and Perry discusses the latest Indiana Jones movie. Introduction (03:46) General News (10:01) Hugo Voting ballot (04:53) Locus Awards 2023 (03:49) Death of Cormac McCarthy (01:13) Hugo Time Machine 1970 (01:13:46) Heicon '70 Convention (04:11) Short Stories (12:28) Deeper Than the Darkness by Gregory Benford (00:46) Winter's King by Ursula K. Le Guin (00:40) Not Long Before the End by Larry Niven (01:46) Passengers by Robert Silverberg (01:17) Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany (05:19) Other possible nominees (02:12) Novellas (10:18) We All Die Naked by James Blish (00:10) A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison (01:26) Dramatic Mission by Anne McCaffrey (01:01) To Jorslem by Robert Silverberg (01:22) Ship of Shadows by Fritz Leiber (03:41) Other possible nominees (02:11) Novels (46:38) Macroscope by Piers Anthony (05:07) Up the Line by Robert Silverberg (03:23) Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad (06:11) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (10:44) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (18:30) Other possible nominees (02:34) What we've been watching (06:15) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (06:09) Windup (00:21) Image generated by Wombo Art.

Two Chairs Talking
Episode 93: Yesterday's Tomorrows

Two Chairs Talking

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 94:38


David and Perry take the Hugo Time Machine back to 1970, the year that The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin won the Best Novel Hugo. David has a bone to pick, and Perry discusses the latest Indiana Jones movie. Introduction (03:46) General News (10:01) Hugo Voting ballot (04:53) Locus Awards 2023 (03:49) Death of Cormac McCarthy (01:13) Hugo Time Machine 1970 (01:13:46) Heicon '70 Convention (04:11) Short Stories (12:28) Deeper Than the Darkness by Gregory Benford (00:46) Winter's King by Ursula K. Le Guin (00:40) Not Long Before the End by Larry Niven (01:46) Passengers by Robert Silverberg (01:17) Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany (05:19) Other possible nominees (02:12) Novellas (10:18) We All Die Naked by James Blish (00:10) A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison (01:26) Dramatic Mission by Anne McCaffrey (01:01) To Jorslem by Robert Silverberg (01:22) Ship of Shadows by Fritz Leiber (03:41) Other possible nominees (02:11) Novels (46:38) Macroscope by Piers Anthony (05:07) Up the Line by Robert Silverberg (03:23) Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad (06:11) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (10:44) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (18:30) Other possible nominees (02:34) What we've been watching (06:15) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (06:09) Windup (00:21) Click here for more info and indexes. Image generated by Wombo Art.

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John Michael Godier's Event Horizon
What Would an Alien Megastructure Look Like? Ringworlds with Larry Niven and Gregory Benford

John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 51:21


From both Gregory Benford and Larry Niven comes a thrilling, hard science fiction series, Bowl of Heaven, that follows a human expedition to another star system that's suddenly interrupted by a gigantic artifact floating in interstellar space. The bowl-shaped structure engulfs an entire star, and has a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. Gregory Benford is a physicist, educator, and award winning author. Larry Niven is an award winning author, best known for his book Ringworld. Link: Bowl of Heaven (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3r5AWJO Gravitational Wave Transmitter: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.02334.pdf Want to support the channel? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShow Follow us at other places! Website: https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/ @jmgeventhorizon Music featured on Event Horizon https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/ https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/ https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com/ FOOTAGE: NASA ESA/Hubble ESO - M.Kornmesser ESO - L.Calcada ESO - Jose Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org) NAOJ University of Warwick Goddard Visualization Studio Langley Research Center Pixabay

The Coode Street Podcast
Episode 561: Science fiction, influence, and more

The Coode Street Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 68:01


Welcome to episode 19 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This time out, Jonathan and Gary return, sans guests or much of a plan. They do manage to touch upon a number of significant issues, such as the work of newly minted World Fantasy Life Achievement winner Howard Waldrop, whether Waldrop could be viewed as a regional author (a Texan in particular), and which other writers might be thought of a representing particular regional voices (R.A. Lafferty, Andy Duncan, Christopher Rowe,  Daryl Gregory?), and how regional voice may show up even in the work of hard SF writers like Gregory Benford. This leads into a more general discussion of influences. Are films based on Philip K. Dick now more influential than Dick's novels themselves? How are innovative writers like Greg Egan (who just turned 60) and Ted Chiang seen as influential? This leads, somehow, into a discussions of how writers like Dick, Lovecraft, Le Guin, Octavia Butler made it into the Library of America, and finally to the importance of international and regional anthologies such as Oghenchovwe Donald Ekpeki's new Year's Best African Speculative Fiction. As always, we also touch upon what we're reading this week.

COMIC-CON BEGINS: Origin Stories of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Rise of Modern Fandom

Twilight, Robert Downey Jr., eight-hour lines. Time to ask the $64,000 question: Has Comic-Con become something completely different?! Why not ask those who made it all happen during the formative years of the Con? Luckily, that's exactly what we did, and their answer may surprise you.Narrated by Brinke StevensCreated and Directed by Mathew KlicksteinExecutive Produced by Rob SchulteWritten and Produced by Mathew Klickstein, Rob Schulte, and Christopher TylerEdited by Rob Shulte, and Christopher TylerMixed by James Bilodeau Original Music Composed by Max DeVincenzo and Produced by Fox Tracks MusicWith help from Brannan Goetschius and Michael FischeAll interviews (unless otherwise noted) conducted by Mathew Klickstein.Principal interviewees/contributors (in alphabetical order):Al Jean, Anthony Russo, Barry Alfonso, Barry Short, Bill Lund, Bill Mumy (provided by contributor), Bill Schanes, Bjo Trimble, Bob Arendt, Brinke Stevens, Bruce Campbell, Caseen Gaines, Chuck Graham (provided by SDSU), Clayton Moore, Dave Clark, Dave Scroggy, Erin Hanna, Gene Henderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Gus Krueger, Felicia Day, Frank Miller, Ho Che Anderson, Igor Goldkind (provided by SDSU), Jackie Estrada, Jeanne Graham (provided by SDSU), Jim Cornelius, Jim Means, Jim Valentino, Joe Russo, John Pound, John Trimble, Kevin Eastman, Linda Yeh, Lloyd Kaufman, Kevin Smith (provided by contributor), Len Wein (provided by M. Klickstein archive), Maggie Thompson, Mark Evanier, Mike Towry, Mo Alzmann, Neil Gaiman (provided by contributor), Paul M. Sammon, Phil Yeh, Richard Alf (provided by KPBS), Richard Butner, Rick Geary, Roger Freedman, Scott Aukerman, Scott Shaw!, Sergio Aragonés (provided by contributor), Stan Sakai, Tim Seeley, Trina Robbins, Wendy All.We are grateful to the family of Mary and Gene Henderson (who, sadly, passed away during the final stages of Comic-Con Begins' post-production). This production is dedicated in part to their memory, as well as the memory of the many Con contributors no longer with us but whose legacy will continue to live on for time immemorial.Archival material and additional research provided by: Mike Towry and his “Comic-Convention Memories” website.Alan Light's 1975 Comic-Con recordings Jackie Estrada and Comic-Con's 40th Anniversary Souvenir BookPamela Jackson and San Diego State University's Comic-ConKids project Maureen Cavanaugh at San Diego's KPBSMark EvanierScott Shaw!Barry AlfonsoErin Hanna and her book Only at Comic ConBjo Trimble and “The Star Trek Concordance”The works of Bill SchellyWendy AllFantagraphics' “We Told You So: Comics As Art”

COMIC-CON BEGINS: Origin Stories of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Rise of Modern Fandom

Navigating throughout the ever-expanding pop culture constellation of the turbulent 1980s, we seek out intelligent new life in the final frontier: the Hollywood blockbuster machine. Meanwhile, comics go uptown, with Pulitzer Prize winners, the birth of graphic novels, and four guys named Neil, Alan, Frank, and Art.Narrated by Brinke StevensCreated and Directed by Mathew KlicksteinExecutive Produced by Rob SchulteWritten and Produced by Mathew Klickstein, Rob Schulte, and Christopher TylerEdited by Rob Shulte, and Christopher TylerMixed by James Bilodeau Original Music Composed by Max DeVincenzo and Produced by Fox Tracks MusicWith help from Brannan Goetschius and Michael FischeAll interviews (unless otherwise noted) conducted by Mathew Klickstein.Principal interviewees/contributors (in alphabetical order):Al Jean, Anthony Russo, Barry Alfonso, Barry Short, Bill Lund, Bill Mumy (provided by contributor), Bill Schanes, Bjo Trimble, Bob Arendt, Brinke Stevens, Bruce Campbell, Caseen Gaines, Chuck Graham (provided by SDSU), Clayton Moore, Dave Clark, Dave Scroggy, Erin Hanna, Gene Henderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Gus Krueger, Felicia Day, Frank Miller, Ho Che Anderson, Igor Goldkind (provided by SDSU), Jackie Estrada, Jeanne Graham (provided by SDSU), Jim Cornelius, Jim Means, Jim Valentino, Joe Russo, John Pound, John Trimble, Kevin Eastman, Linda Yeh, Lloyd Kaufman, Kevin Smith (provided by contributor), Len Wein (provided by M. Klickstein archive), Maggie Thompson, Mark Evanier, Mike Towry, Mo Alzmann, Neil Gaiman (provided by contributor), Paul M. Sammon, Phil Yeh, Richard Alf (provided by KPBS), Richard Butner, Rick Geary, Roger Freedman, Scott Aukerman, Scott Shaw!, Sergio Aragonés (provided by contributor), Stan Sakai, Tim Seeley, Trina Robbins, Wendy All.We are grateful to the family of Mary and Gene Henderson (who, sadly, passed away during the final stages of Comic-Con Begins' post-production). This production is dedicated in part to their memory, as well as the memory of the many Con contributors no longer with us but whose legacy will continue to live on for time immemorial.Archival material and additional research provided by: Mike Towry and his “Comic-Convention Memories” website.Alan Light's 1975 Comic-Con recordings Jackie Estrada and Comic-Con's 40th Anniversary Souvenir BookPamela Jackson and San Diego State University's Comic-ConKids project Maureen Cavanaugh at San Diego's KPBSMark EvanierScott Shaw!Barry AlfonsoErin Hanna and her book Only at Comic ConBjo Trimble and “The Star Trek Concordance”The works of Bill SchellyWendy AllFantagraphics' “We Told You So: Comics As Art”Michael Keaton Batman David Letterman Interview June 22 1989Alan Moore on Hollywood adaptations, The Show & NorthamptonPrisoners of Gravity: Watchmen

COMIC-CON BEGINS: Origin Stories of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Rise of Modern Fandom

Some would call late Comic-Con founder Shel Dorf “controversial,” others “#$%!!,” still others their “greatest inspiration and friend.” The only thing everyone can agree on is that the Comic-Con would never have happened without Shel. And now his closest Con compadres open up about the reason why. As well as thoughtful reflections of Shel's contentious departure in 1984 … right as the Con and geek culture took a giant leap forward.Narrated by Brinke StevensCreated and Directed by Mathew KlicksteinExecutive Produced by Rob SchulteWritten and Produced by Mathew Klickstein, Rob Schulte, and Christopher TylerEdited by Rob Shulte, and Christopher TylerMixed by James Bilodeau Original Music Composed by Max DeVincenzo and Produced by Fox Tracks MusicWith help from Brannan Goetschius and Michael FischeAll interviews (unless otherwise noted) conducted by Mathew Klickstein.Principal interviewees/contributors (in alphabetical order):Al Jean, Anthony Russo, Barry Alfonso, Barry Short, Bill Lund, Bill Mumy (provided by contributor), Bill Schanes, Bjo Trimble, Bob Arendt, Brinke Stevens, Bruce Campbell, Caseen Gaines, Chuck Graham (provided by SDSU), Clayton Moore, Dave Clark, Dave Scroggy, Erin Hanna, Gene Henderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Gus Krueger, Felicia Day, Frank Miller, Ho Che Anderson, Igor Goldkind (provided by SDSU), Jackie Estrada, Jeanne Graham (provided by SDSU), Jim Cornelius, Jim Means, Jim Valentino, Joe Russo, John Pound, John Trimble, Kevin Eastman, Linda Yeh, Lloyd Kaufman, Kevin Smith (provided by contributor), Len Wein (provided by M. Klickstein archive), Maggie Thompson, Mark Evanier, Mike Towry, Mo Alzmann, Neil Gaiman (provided by contributor), Paul M. Sammon, Phil Yeh, Richard Alf (provided by KPBS), Richard Butner, Rick Geary, Roger Freedman, Scott Aukerman, Scott Shaw!, Sergio Aragonés (provided by contributor), Stan Sakai, Tim Seeley, Trina Robbins, Wendy All.We are grateful to the family of Mary and Gene Henderson (who, sadly, passed away during the final stages of Comic-Con Begins' post-production). This production is dedicated in part to their memory, as well as the memory of the many Con contributors no longer with us but whose legacy will continue to live on for time immemorial.Archival material and additional research provided by: Mike Towry and his “Comic-Convention Memories” website.Alan Light's 1975 Comic-Con recordings Jackie Estrada and Comic-Con's 40th Anniversary Souvenir BookPamela Jackson and San Diego State University's Comic-ConKids project Maureen Cavanaugh at San Diego's KPBSMark EvanierScott Shaw!Barry AlfonsoErin Hanna and her book Only at Comic ConBjo Trimble and “The Star Trek Concordance”The works of Bill SchellyWendy AllFantagraphics' “We Told You So: Comics As Art”

COMIC-CON BEGINS: Origin Stories of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Rise of Modern Fandom

We forge ahead at light speed into the complex scenario of how the first San Diego Comic-Con was cobbled together by our illustrious cast of kooky characters. From there, we venture onward through the mid-1970s as the Con grows exponentially in both physical size and attendance, heralding the “golden years” at a ramshackle downtown hotel that had seen better days called the El Cortez.Narrated by Brinke StevensCreated and Directed by Mathew KlicksteinExecutive Produced by Rob SchulteWritten and Produced by Mathew Klickstein, Rob Schulte, and Christopher TylerEdited by Rob Shulte, and Christopher TylerMixed by James Bilodeau Original Music Composed by Max DeVincenzo and Produced by Fox Tracks MusicWith help from Brannan Goetschius and Michael FischeAll interviews (unless otherwise noted) conducted by Mathew Klickstein.Principal interviewees/contributors (in alphabetical order):Al Jean, Anthony Russo, Barry Alfonso, Barry Short, Bill Lund, Bill Mumy (provided by contributor), Bill Schanes, Bjo Trimble, Bob Arendt, Brinke Stevens, Bruce Campbell, Caseen Gaines, Chuck Graham (provided by SDSU), Clayton Moore, Dave Clark, Dave Scroggy, Erin Hanna, Gene Henderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Gus Krueger, Felicia Day, Frank Miller, Ho Che Anderson, Igor Goldkind (provided by SDSU), Jackie Estrada, Jeanne Graham (provided by SDSU), Jim Cornelius, Jim Means, Jim Valentino, Joe Russo, John Pound, John Trimble, Kevin Eastman, Linda Yeh, Lloyd Kaufman, Kevin Smith (provided by contributor), Len Wein (provided by M. Klickstein archive), Maggie Thompson, Mark Evanier, Mike Towry, Mo Alzmann, Neil Gaiman (provided by contributor), Paul M. Sammon, Phil Yeh, Richard Alf (provided by KPBS), Richard Butner, Rick Geary, Roger Freedman, Scott Aukerman, Scott Shaw!, Sergio Aragonés (provided by contributor), Stan Sakai, Tim Seeley, Trina Robbins, Wendy All.We are grateful to the family of Mary and Gene Henderson (who, sadly, passed away during the final stages of Comic-Con Begins' post-production). This production is dedicated in part to their memory, as well as the memory of the many Con contributors no longer with us but whose legacy will continue to live on for time immemorial.Archival material and additional research provided by: Mike Towry and his “Comic-Convention Memories” website.Alan Light's 1975 Comic-Con recordings Jackie Estrada and Comic-Con's 40th Anniversary Souvenir BookPamela Jackson and San Diego State University's Comic-ConKids project Maureen Cavanaugh at San Diego's KPBSMark EvanierScott Shaw!Barry AlfonsoErin Hanna and her book Only at Comic ConBjo Trimble and “The Star Trek Concordance”The works of Bill SchellyWendy AllFantagraphics' “We Told You So: Comics As Art”

COMIC-CON BEGINS: Origin Stories of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Rise of Modern Fandom

Just because they were geeks doesn't mean our intrepid Con creators were any less impacted by the “drugs, sex, and rock-and-roll” of the 1960s. We delve deep into the intimate experiences of these colorful characters of the Comic-Con and how their passion for pop culture was affected by the volatile era's seismic cultural, political, and technological shifts. Includes a special visit from Mr. “Turn on, Tune in, Drop out” himself, Dr. Timothy Leary, along with the birth of Star Trek fandom.Narrated by Brinke StevensCreated and Directed by Mathew KlicksteinExecutive Produced by Rob SchulteWritten and Produced by Mathew Klickstein, Rob Schulte, and Christopher TylerEdited by Rob Shulte, and Christopher TylerMixed by James Bilodeau Original Music Composed by Max DeVincenzo and Produced by Fox Tracks MusicWith help from Brannan Goetschius and Michael FischeAll interviews (unless otherwise noted) conducted by Mathew Klickstein.Principal interviewees/contributors (in alphabetical order):Al Jean, Anthony Russo, Barry Alfonso, Barry Short, Bill Lund, Bill Mumy (provided by contributor), Bill Schanes, Bjo Trimble, Bob Arendt, Brinke Stevens, Bruce Campbell, Caseen Gaines, Chuck Graham (provided by SDSU), Clayton Moore, Dave Clark, Dave Scroggy, Erin Hanna, Gene Henderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Gus Krueger, Felicia Day, Frank Miller, Ho Che Anderson, Igor Goldkind (provided by SDSU), Jackie Estrada, Jeanne Graham (provided by SDSU), Jim Cornelius, Jim Means, Jim Valentino, Joe Russo, John Pound, John Trimble, Kevin Eastman, Linda Yeh, Lloyd Kaufman, Kevin Smith (provided by contributor), Len Wein (provided by M. Klickstein archive), Maggie Thompson, Mark Evanier, Mike Towry, Mo Alzmann, Neil Gaiman (provided by contributor), Paul M. Sammon, Phil Yeh, Richard Alf (provided by KPBS), Richard Butner, Rick Geary, Roger Freedman, Scott Aukerman, Scott Shaw!, Sergio Aragonés (provided by contributor), Stan Sakai, Tim Seeley, Trina Robbins, Wendy All.We are grateful to the family of Mary and Gene Henderson (who, sadly, passed away during the final stages of Comic-Con Begins' post-production). This production is dedicated in part to their memory, as well as the memory of the many Con contributors no longer with us but whose legacy will continue to live on for time immemorial.Archival material and additional research provided by: Mike Towry and his “Comic-Convention Memories” website.Alan Light's 1975 Comic-Con recordings Jackie Estrada and Comic-Con's 40th Anniversary Souvenir BookPamela Jackson and San Diego State University's Comic-ConKids project Maureen Cavanaugh at San Diego's KPBSMark EvanierScott Shaw!Barry AlfonsoErin Hanna and her book Only at Comic ConBjo Trimble and “The Star Trek Concordance”The works of Bill SchellyWendy AllFantagraphics' “We Told You So: Comics As Art”The Confessions of Robert Crumb (1987)

COMIC-CON BEGINS: Origin Stories of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Rise of Modern Fandom

We plunge down the time tunnel to the earliest days of fandom: back before nerds were cool, before science fiction was taken seriously, and before comic book characters ruled Hollywood. It was a time when fans could only connect through ‘zines and specialty magazines. A time when MAD Magazine and The Twilight Zone expanded the minds of youth across the nation. And a time when a small group of high school kids in San Diego met a visionary super-fan from Detroit named Shel Dorf.Narrated by Brinke StevensCreated and Directed by Mathew KlicksteinExecutive Produced by Rob SchulteWritten and Produced by Mathew Klickstein, Rob Schulte, Christopher Tyler, and James BilodeauEdited by Rob Shulte, Christopher Tyler, and James BilodeauMixed by James BilodeauOriginal Music Composed by Max DeVincenzo and Produced by Fox Tracks MusicWith help from Brannan Goetschius and Michael FischeAll interviews (unless otherwise noted) conducted by Mathew Klickstein.Principal interviewees/contributors (in alphabetical order):Al Jean, Anthony Russo, Barry Alfonso, Barry Short, Bill Lund, Bill Mumy (provided by contributor), Bill Schanes, Bjo Trimble, Bob Arendt, Brinke Stevens, Bruce Campbell, Caseen Gaines, Chuck Graham (provided by SDSU), Clayton Moore, Dave Clark, Dave Scroggy, Erin Hanna, Gene Henderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Gus Krueger, Felicia Day, Frank Miller, Ho Che Anderson, Igor Goldkind (provided by SDSU), Jackie Estrada, Jeanne Graham (provided by SDSU), Jim Cornelius, Jim Means, Jim Valentino, Joe Russo, John Pound, John Trimble, Kevin Eastman, Linda Yeh, Lloyd Kaufman, Kevin Smith (provided by contributor), Len Wein (provided by M. Klickstein archive), Maggie Thompson, Mark Evanier, Mike Towry, Mo Alzmann, Neil Gaiman (provided by contributor), Paul M. Sammon, Phil Yeh, Richard Alf (provided by KPBS), Richard Butner, Rick Geary, Roger Freedman, Scott Aukerman, Scott Shaw!, Sergio Aragonés (provided by contributor), Stan Sakai, Tim Seeley, Trina Robbins, Wendy All.We are grateful to the family of Mary and Gene Henderson (who, sadly, passed away during the final stages of Comic-Con Begins' post-production). This production is dedicated in part to their memory, as well as the memory of the many Con contributors no longer with us but whose legacy will continue to live on for time immemorial.Archival material and additional research provided by: Mike Towry and his “Comic-Convention Memories” website.Alan Light's 1975 Comic-Con recordings Jackie Estrada and Comic-Con's 40th Anniversary Souvenir BookPamela Jackson and San Diego State University's Comic-ConKids project Maureen Cavanaugh at San Diego's KPBSMark EvanierScott Shaw!Barry AlfonsoErin Hanna and her book Only at Comic ConBjo Trimble and “The Star Trek Concordance”The works of Bill SchellyWendy AllFantagraphics' “We Told You So: Comics As Art”

NADA MÁS QUE LIBROS
Nada más que libros - Literatura y ciencia

NADA MÁS QUE LIBROS

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 33:54


“Este pequeño objeto – comentó el Viajero del Tiempo, descansando los codos sobre la mesa y juntando sus manos sobre el aparato -es sólo un modelo. Es mi plan de una máquina para viajar a través del tiempo”. Fragmento de “La máquina del tiempo” de H.G. Wells. La presencia de la ciencia y la tecnología a través de sus ideas innovadoras y avances prácticos se ha visto reflejada en numerosas obras bien conocidas y representativas de la literatura universal. Este hecho se da, sobre todo, a partir del siglo XIX, cuando empieza el impacto social más notorio de la actividad científica en la sociedad. El que la ciencia esté presente en la literatura con temas, personajes y autores, permite utilizar esta literatura para la divulgación de la ciencia y de su contexto social. En el Renacimiento y el Barroco empiezan a aparecer en la literatura personajes científicos, sobre todo médicos, cirujanos y boticarios, por su papel en asuntos humanos como la enfermedad y la muerte. El hecho de que las matemáticas y las ciencias fueran las glorias de la Ilustración se puede ver en la literatura de la época. Así Jonathan Swift, en su obra “Los viajes de Gulliver” de 1.726, nos muestra en el tercer viaje a una isla, Laputa, que se sostiene magnéticamente en el aire, habitada por hombres dedicados totalmente a las matemáticas y a la música. Presagiaba así una ciencia, aliada natural del poder, para dominar a los seres humanos y la naturaleza. También Voltaire y Goethe trataron temas científicos en algunas de sus obras, lo que aprovechan para hacer una sátira de los humanos y un elogio a la ciencia. Ya en el siglo XIX surgen autores que presentan a químicos, inventores e ingenieros, como en el caso de Balzac o Pérez Galdós y otros. Julio Verne va más allá e intentará hacer la >, es decir una novela que incluya los logros científicos y técnicos, los viajes y las exploraciones y el dominio de los elementos. Por eso sus obras incluyen, con gran anticipación con respecto a su época, obras de viajes como “De la Tierra a la Luna” de 1.865, viajes bajo el mar como “Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino” de 1.870 o el dominio de la naturaleza por el hombre gracias a la ciencia y la técnica como en “La isla misteriosa” de 1.874. A partir de su obra “Los quinientos millones de la Begun” de 1.879, se percibe un cambio en su versión optimista de la ciencia, que pasa de ser una de las causas del progreso de la humanidad a convertirse en una actividad amenazante que puede emplearse para finalidades perversas, como la construcción de armamentos y de ciudades-fábrica, que son una premonición del nazismo; por ello esta obra fue prohibida por las autoridades alemanas. También el científico, héroe de sus obras anteriores, se transforma en el antihéroe perverso o loco, instrumento ciego del poder, que tanta influencia tendrá en la literatura y el cine posterior. H.G. Wells, de educación científica, se considera junto a Verne un iniciador de la literatura de ciencia ficción, con sus novelas “La máquina del tiempo” de 1.895, “La isla del Doctor Moreau” de 1.896, “El hombre invisible” de 1.897 y “La guerra de los mundos” de 1.898, todas ellas adaptadas al cine. En los últimos tiempos algunos han considerado “Frankenstein”, escrito en 1.818 por Mary Shelley, como un precursor de la ciencia ficción. En esta obra el progreso científico relacionado con la generación de vida es un monstruo que se rebela contra su creador. Ya en el siglo XX, en una etapa histórica donde la civilización mecánica y las conquistas de la técnica, la máquina, el avión, la electricidad o los productos manufacturados, las teorías sobre el tiempo y el espacio de Einstein, el evolucionismo de Darwin, etcétera, se generó un gran impacto tanto en artistas, literatos y filósofos. Tanto es así que algunos científicos han realizado importantes contribuciones a la literatura como el físico Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, premio Nobel de Literatura, que mostró en su libro “El primer circulo” de 1.968, cómo científicos e ingenieros, prisioneros en campos de concentración, eran obligados a investigar para el KGB de la URSS. Y no podemos olvidar al físico nuclear Ernesto Sábato, que en su primer libro “El uno y el Universo” de 1.945, critica la aparente neutralidad moral de la ciencia y los procesos de deshumanización en las sociedades tecnológicas. La ciencia no solo ha contribuido con autores, sino también con temas, como el de la responsabilidad moral de los científicos, con obras como “La vida de Galileo” escrita en 1.939 por Bertolt Brecht, o “Los físicos” de 1.962 de Friedrich Dürrenmatt, o la utilización de las ciencias y tecnologías en la sociedad del futuro, como las contrautópicas, o distopías, “Un mundo feliz” de Aldous Huxley (1.932), “1984” de George Orwell (1.949) o “Farenheit 451” escrita en 1.943 por Ray Bradbury. Asimismo la ciencia contribuyó al establecimiento de un género literario, las novelas de ciencia ficción. Muchos de sus mejores autores han sido y son científicos en ejercicio, como Fred Hoyle, Gregory Benford, Carl Sagan, o de formación como Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke o Michael Crichton. En concreto Hoyle, director del Instituto de Astronomía de Cambridge, predijo la existencia de unos niveles de energía de los átomos de carbono que permiten explicar la nucleosíntesis estelar; Carl Sagan fue catedrático de Astronomía de la Universidad de Cornell y Clarke fue matemático y participó e en el desarrollo de un sistema de defensa por radar. Asimov, Heinlein y Crichton, siguieron estudios respectivamente de bioquímico, ingeniero mecánico y médico. A su vez estos han enriquecido el género con nuevas ideas, que no estaban presentes en los precursores Verne y Wells, como los robots o la colonización de la Luna, en “La Luna es una amante cruel” de 1.966 de Heinlein; del “Marte rojo” de 1.992 de Robinson; del sistema solar en la serie “Odisea en el espacio” (1.968-1.996) de Clarke; y de la galaxia en “La trilogía de las fundaciones” (1.951-1.953) de Asimov; la ecología planetaria en “Dune” de 1.966 de Frank Herbert; o los peligros de las biotecnologías y la ingeniería genética en “La amenaza de Andrómeda” (1.969) o “Parque jurásico” (1.990) de Crichton. Hay autores de ciencia ficción que describen la vida de científicos de una forma muy real, como Ursula K. Leguin en “Los desposeídos” de 1.974 donde se muestran los problemas de un físico que plantea una teoría revolucionaria; Benford en “Cronopaisaje” de 1.980, donde hay científicos concentrados en las subvenciones y en la resonancia periodística, en vez de hacerlo en la experimentación, y otros enfrentados a la burocracia; Asimov, en “Los propios dioses” de 1.972, presenta los obstáculos que encuentran jóvenes científicos enfrentados con científicos poderosos y Sagan, en “Contacto” de 1.985, muestra las dificultades de las mujeres científicas. En general, y particularmente en nuestro país, es frecuente hablar de ciencia y de cultura como si de dos cosas diferentes se tratara y se suele presumir de culto sin poseer un conocimiento suficiente de los avances científicos y tecnológicos de los que depende nuestra vida cotidiana. Es interesante ver la gran diferencia de criterios con que se juzga la incultura científica con respecto a otros ámbitos en las noticias de prensa; por ejemplo, las merecidas reacciones airadas que suele haber cuando errores en noticias en general no se muestran con la misma intensidad cuando se trata de errores científicos. Quizá habría que preguntarse si los conocimientos científicos no se tienen por más inaccesible y, por tanto, susceptibles de ser en gran parte ignorados por la población de una cultura, digamos de nivel medio, sin que ello se considere grave. La mejor manera de abandonar esta disparidad de criterios a la hora de considerar los conocimientos generales que debería tener toda persona culta procedentes de los diferentes campos del pensamiento humano, es unir la producción literaria y el pensamiento científico. Por otra parte, la lectura de libros de, digamos, este género, puede contribuir a acercar ideas y conceptos de las ciencias al público en general. “En busca de Klingsor” de Volpi, incluso pueden divulgar ideas de cuántica o de teorías de juegos. Pero no solo los conceptos de la ciencia, algunas de estas obras también muestran la forma en la que trabajan los científicos, el llamado método científico; y la mayor parte de la literatura que hemos mencionado puede contribuir a transmitir el aspecto humano de la ciencia, el contexto histórico y social en el que se desarrollan las ciencias y la situación del científico en una sociedad determinada. Por eso no es extraño que muchos científicos y profesores de ciencia señalen que ha contribuido más a desarrollar su elección profesional la lectura de autores como Verne, Asimov y otros que la enseñanza escolar de las ciencias. También recientemente se ha mostrado que la literatura permite meterse en la piel de los personajes, abrir su mente a otras experiencias y puntos de vista, lo cual es positivo para su teoría de su mente, es decir, para la capacidad de ponerse en el lugar del otro. Y el efecto es mayor en aquellos que leen literatura que en los que leen ficción, no ficción o nada en absoluto. Pero cualquier literatura de calidad, como la mayoría de los libros de los que hemos hablado, con personajes con densidad humana, lo permite; la mala literatura, con personajes superficiales, no. Además la ciencia ficción puede aportar una visión de futuro de la humanidad y del papel que la ciencia y los científicos, tendrán en él; una visión que no aporta ningún otro tipo de ficción literaria. En consecuencia, la conexión entre estos mundos del saber tendría que hacer posible la integración de las ciencias en la cultura global, que aparece así como un elemento fundamental de cultura. Y, por otra parte, la literatura que introduce la ciencia y los científicos puede contribuir a difundir las principales aportaciones de la ciencia y sus relaciones con la vida cotidiana entre todos aquellos que quieran disfrutar de su lectura.

The Avram Davidson Universe
The Avram Davidson Universe - Season 1, Episode 7: Gregory Benford & "Now Let Us Sleep"

The Avram Davidson Universe

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 58:05


In this episode we sit down with Gregory Benford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_BenfordWe discuss Avram as a visiting professor and much more. We were having so much fun that we never actually discussed the narration of   "Now Let Us Sleep" however Greg wrote the introduction for the story in The Treasury. Originally published in  Venture Science Fiction Magazine, September 1957 .  For more information see www.avramdavidson.com    

FIN DEL MUNDO
11.¿Qué hubiese pasado si…? (Utilidad de la Ucronía en los MUNDOS POSIBLES).

FIN DEL MUNDO

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2020 31:36


Uno de nuestros más queridos intelectuales latinoamericanos fue Jorge Luis Borges, irremediablemente está presente en casi todas las aristas de la condición humana y es fuente inagotable de la cual bebemos siempre, para renovarnos. Sobre el tiempo, Borges especuló bastante, ya que fue uno de sus tópicos de cabecera. En su reconocido ensayo NUEVA REFUTACIÓN DEL TIEMPO, Borges escribe: El tiempo es la sustancia de la que estoy hecho. El tiempo es un río que me lleva, pero yo soy el río; es un tigre que me devora, pero yo soy el tigre; es un fuego que me consume, pero yo soy el fuego. Hemos diseñado una estructura mental que nos permite asimilar ese constante devenir, ese flujo al que Heráclito representó como el río, el mismo río borgesiano. Pasado, presente y futuro, son las formas que naturalizamos para posicionarnos, afincarnos a la realidad con cierta medida que nos permita establecer puntos de referencia… En el episodio anterior iniciamos un viaje, Intentamos dibujar los MUNDOS POSIBLES desde la Utopía, la Distopía y la Ucronía. Luego de revisar algunas consideraciones sobre por qué considero que ya vivimos en una distopía, quiero que hoy nos aproximemos a la Ucronía como una forma de jugar con el pasado, o lo que creemos que son hechos históricos. En nuestro último episodio intentamos comprender los efectos de la corporatocracia, la locura de los tecnócratas contemporáneos y por qué todo este escenario global tiende cada vez más a parecerse a una Distopía. Si, la historia es ese conjunto de relatos que decidimos contarnos, entonces los acuerdos son fundamentales en cómo la hemos escrito oficialmente. Esto lo revisamos anteriormente en el episodio con Tatiana. Aquí vamos a partir del fundamento de la importancia de reconocer la historia como algo que aceptamos como grupo humano. Lo que denominamos “hitos” o grandes momentos históricos son acontecimientos que determinaron cambios drásticos en la forma en que vivíamos como colectivos. Como especie y gracias a la oralidad o la escritura, nos hemos esforzado mucho por conservar estos acontecimiento para la posteridad. El problema, claro está, radica en quién, cómo, cuándo y para qué se ha hecho. Enfocándonos en el acontecimiento como tal, la Ucronía se presenta como una posibilidad. Si tomamos un hecho determinado de la historia e intentamos contestar a preguntas como : ¿Qué hubiese pasado si…? En literatura y cine la Ucronía ha ganado un espacio indestronable. Cuando suponemos qué hubiese ocurrido si un acontecimiento específico no hubiera pasado, o se hubiese presentado de una manera diferente, allí en ese momento específico, generamos el punto de partida disyuntivo para crear una Ucronía. Una Ucronía genera entonces realidades alternativas, es decir, un presente o futuro diferente en el cual por la nueva línea temporal los sucesos derivan en contextos totalmente diferentes o con variaciones a la realidad que conocemos.Jugamos a especular, pero no es cualquier tipo de especulación. Quienes se han arriesgado a elaborar ucronías lo hacen con fundamentos muy serios sobre las variaciones o probabilidades más factibles de los hechos. Es decir, se aplican complejas elaboraciones para “suponer” desde la realidad, que hubiera pasado si…  La ucronía como ficción especulativa en la literatura y el cine ha planteado escenarios realmente tenebrosos respecto a las posibilidades históricas si algunos acontecimientos trascendentales del pasado, no hubiesen ocurrido, o se hubiesen desarrollado de maneras alternativas:Los Nazis comandados por Hitler ganaron la II Guerra mundial, la victoria de la Armada Invencible sobre Inglaterra, la inexistencia del Cristianismo, los dinosaurios nunca desaparecieron.Estos son solo algunos de la inmensa cantidad de escenarios “posibles” sobre los cuales se han construido grandiosas ucronías. ¿Y si los dinosaurios gobernaran todavía el planeta? Tenemos (Al oeste del Edén, de Harry Harrison).La inexistencia del cristianismo fue planteada en  (Roma eterna, de Robert Silverberg).La victoria de la Armada Invencible sobre Inglaterra (Pavana, de Keith Roberts y Britania conquistada, de Harry Turtledove).¿Y qué hubiese pasado si Hitler gana la II Guerra Mundial? , pues aquí tenemos (Hitler victorioso, de Gregory Benford, El hombre en el castillo de Philip K. Dick y Patria, de Robert Harris).Muchas de estas ficciones se han llevado al cine, no obstante, algunas producciones con carácter muy original han llamado la atención, como las del Director, productor y guionista Quentin Tarantino. En su película Inglorious Bastards, por ejemplo, propone el asesinato de Hitler de manera grotesca, a manos de un equipo especial que aniquila nazis. Así mismo y más recientemente, en su película Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, juega con personajes como Bruce Lee y permite que Sharon Tate, esposa de Roman Polansky, no muera a manos de los psicópatas que en la vida real la asesinaron: la Familia Manson.  ¿Por qué son importantes las Ucronías? ¿De qué manera puede ser útil revisar el pasado y plantear presentes y futuros alternativos? ¿Por qué el cambio en acontecimientos históricos es un tema tan atractivo para la literatura y el arte en general?Después de revisar el concepto y tratar de organizar las piezas del rompecabezas, voy a arriesgarme con 2 razones. La primera es que las ucronías son importantes porque al regresar en el tiempo y suponer lo que “pudo haber ocurrido si…” realizamos un ejercicio profundo de reflexión sobre el impacto presente de aquellos hechos. Recordemos lo que nos decía la Dra. Tatiana Duplat:  Toda la historia se escribe desde el presente y quien lo hace, lo hace para resolver un problema del presente, no por el solo hecho de revisar el pasado.  Esto me lleva a concluir que el ejercicio de construcción de una nueva línea temporal donde los hechos se desarrollan de manera diferente, permiten al creador de la ucronía proponer mundos posibles que solo existen en la imaginación, sí, pero que al mismo tiempo son producto de deducciones lógicas factibles y no tan alejadas de lo que denominamos realidad. La segunda es que podemos realizar interesantes ejercicios personales pensando en nuestras propias ucronías, nuestro propios multiversos donde decisiones y acciones del pasado nos hubiesen conducido por caminos radicalmente diferentes a los que hoy transitamos. No es un ejercicio vano ya que nos permite autopromover actos profundos de consciencia que lejos del remordimiento o los arrepentimientos inútiles, ayudan, en últimas, a consolidar el valor, la sensatez o la pertinencia de acciones pasadas que pudieron ser y no fueron por cualquier razón personal que le ataña a cada escenario particular. Las etiquetas de bien o mal quizás no caben aquí, pero definitivamente todos tuvimos eso que popularmente se conoce como “Momentos Bisagra”. Esos instantes donde una decisión ha cambiado abruptamente el curso de nuestras vidas. Pues bien, creo firmemente que revisar nuestro propio pasado con esta lupa, es de gran ayuda para deconstruir nuestro presente y proyectar las posibilidades del futuro.  Observar el pasado para intentar comprender el terreno sobre el cual se posan nuestros pies hoy, es un ejercicio personal y colectivo. Definitivamente la ucronía despliega una gran cantidad de oportunidades para realizar esa tarea. El mundo en el que vivimos ya es lo suficientemente complejo… sí, pero imaginar y especular sobre los Mundos Posibles es una de las libertades que sólo el ser humanos puede permitirse, entonces, ¿por qué no?Por ahora, solo quiero dejarte esta pregunta ucrónica: ¿Cómo sería tu vida actualmente si nunca hubiese aparecido el Coronavirus?Visita nuestro sitio web  https://findelmundopodcast.com/Facebook Fin del Mundo PodcastInstagram @findelmundopodcastTwitter @findelmundopodLINKS DE REFERENCIA. DISCLAIMERDeclaro que no poseo los derechos totales ni parciales de las citas y piezas de audio externas, su uso en el presente episodio es solo con fines explicativos sobre el tema en cuestión. Los derechos pertenecen a sus creadores y/o productores por lo cual anexo links de referencias a fuentes primarias. Nueva Refutación del Tiempo https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueva_refutaci%C3%B3n_del_tiempoJorge Luis Borges https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_BorgesCrímenes de la familia Manson https://www.lavanguardia.com/hemeroteca/20140809/54412424586/sharon-tate-actrices-asesinatos-familia-manson-roman-polanski-cine-satanismo-la-familia.html#:~:text=La%20actriz%20Sharon%20Tate%2C%20'sex,secta%20dirigida%20por%20Charles%20Manson%20.Heráclito de Efeso http://www.filosofia.org/enc/ros/herae.htmFicción especulativa  https://www.escueladeescrituracreativa.com/teoria-literaria/ficcion-especulativa-que-es/Inglorious Bastards https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inglourious_basterdsOne Upon a Time in Hollywood https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7131622/David Esteban Cubero https://cursosdeguion.com/quien-soy/Oscar Andrés Calderón B. https://twitter.com/magoandresito

Poisoned Pen Podcast
Gregory Benford and Larry Niven

Poisoned Pen Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 54:16


Pat King in conversation with Gregory Benford and Larry Niven 

A Galaxy Not So Far Away
Mysterious Mini 007: Queer Horror

A Galaxy Not So Far Away

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 43:14


Happy Tuesday! Becca and Gary are back to chat about new books, upcoming events, and some queer horror recommendations!   Events this week: Tuesday, June 16th: Gregory Benford and Larry Niven Saturday, June 20th: Kim Harrison  Sunday, June 21st: Virtual D&D  Monday, June 22nd: P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast    New this Week: The Half Sister by Sandie Jones  Devolution by Max Brooks  American Demon by Kim Harrison  You Say it First by Katie Cotugno  The Kinder Poison by Natalie Mae  Glorious by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven    Pride reads: Interview With A Vampire by Anne Rice  When I Arrived at The Castle by Emily Carroll  Books of Blood by Clive Barker  Constantine, The Hellblazer: 30th Anniversary Full Collection  SFSX (Safe Sex) by Tina Horn  (Preorder Now!) What we're reading: Gideon the 9th by Tamsyn Muir  Blades in the Dark by John Harper    You can now find us on YouTube! Enjoy some of our recent virtual events here! Special thanks to Austin Farmer for letting us use the track "Kill the Farm Boy", from his album Bookshelf Symphony Orchestra!  Send us your questions to podcast@mystgalaxy.com Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!  And support the store by ordering books at mystgalaxy.com! 

The Baen Free Radio Hour
BFRH 2019 10 18: The Chronicles of Davids Author Roundtable; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 66.

The Baen Free Radio Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 68:27


Editor David Afsharirad talks with The Chronicles of Davids anthology authors David B. Coe, David Boop, David Hardy, and D.J. "Dave" Butler about their stories in the anthology, which includes works David Weber, David Drake, Gregory Benford & David Brin, Avram Davidson, and many more "Davids," plus a cover by David Mattingly. Afsharirad talks about the reasoning behind the anthology and the great contributions it elicited; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 66.

Advent of Computing
Episode 14 - Creeping Towards Viruses

Advent of Computing

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019 29:12


Computer viruses today pose a very real threat. However, it turns out that their origins are actually very non-threatening. Today, we are going to look at some of the first viruses. We will see how they developed from technical writing, to pulp sci-fi, to traveling code. I talk about The Scarred Man by Gregory Benford in this episode, you can read the full short story here: http://www.gregorybenford.com/extra/the-scarred-man-returns/ If you want to support the show of just show off, you can buy shirts and more here: http://tee.pub/lic/MKt4UiBp22g

Podcast Noviembre Nocturno
"La Pulsación" de Gregory Benford

Podcast Noviembre Nocturno

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 48:58


Adaptación del maestro Gregory Benford, que combina elementos de ciencia ficción que combina con realidades paralelas, videouegos, conspiraciones políticas y un inesperado final en homenaje al gran Julio Cortázar. Doctorado en física por la universidad de California y profesor de astrofísica en el Departamento de Física y Astronomía de la Universidad de California, desde 1988, Gregory Benford pertenece al Consejo científico de consultores de la NASA. Incluso con este llamativo currículo científico, Benford ha logrado destacar también como uno de los grandes escritores de ciencia-ficción contemporánea.

Free To Choose Media Podcast
Episode 36 – Science and Culture (Podcast)

Free To Choose Media Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019


Where do science and culture meet? The rise in popularity of science fiction has shaped popular culture as of late, but remains a source of controversy in society as a whole. This divide traces back to the days when religion, not necessarily evidence, ruled the day. Still, after all this time, science is treated as an evil by some as opposed to a basis of rational thought. Why? With how far we have come since the days of Galileo and DaVinci, why is science still treated with disdain or indifference by some? Gregory Benford, Professor of Physics at UC Irvine …

Pratchat
Bonus Episode – A Troll New World

Pratchat

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019 89:49


Back in April, Liz and Ben attended the seventh bi-annual Australian Discworld Convention, Nullus Anxietas VII! They enlisted fellow convention guest (and friend of the podcast), author Tansy Rayner Roberts, to discuss the earliest Discworld short story: 1991's Troll Bridge! Cohen the Barbarian has led a long life, but his greatest glories and biggest adventures seem far behind him. It's time to tick a few items off his bucket list - starting with facing a troll in one-on-one combat. But when he and his annoying talking horse reach one of the few troll bridges left on the Disc, things aren't as straightforward as they were in the old days... With the Snowgum Films adaptation of Troll Bridge being screened at the convention, it seemed only right to cover the source material in this, our first ever live show! Like a lot of Pratchett's work, Troll Bridge is by turns silly and deep, drawing on the traditions of Tolkien and Howard while at the same time pointing out that their worlds couldn't stay the same forever. Did you find it poignant? When do you think it happens in Cohen's timeline? And is a short story enough for an entire podcast? We'd love to know! Use the hashtag #PratchatNA7 on social media to join the conversation. We'd like to extend our warm thanks to everyone who attended the convention; you all made us feel so welcome, and it was such a special experience to be among so many Discworld fans, speaking on panels and chairing debates and meeting you all! Especially big thanks to those of you who came to be in our first live audience, and to the massive team of hard-working volunteers at Nullus Anxietas, without whom fan conventions like this just couldn't happen. That goes eig- er, one more than sevenfold to Suzie Eisfelder, Lisa Lagergren, Steve Lewis and all the other members of the committee, who organise such a massive undertaking every two years. We hope to see you all in Sydney in 2021 for Nullus Anxietas 7A! We hope to do some more live shows in the future, probably as bonus episodes like this one. Regular episodes will continue to be released on the 7Ath of each month...and in episode 21, coming up next in July 2019, you can find out what Genghiz Cohen did next as we discuss Interesting Times. Show Notes and Errata: Tansy Rayner Roberts is an award-winning writer and podcast host. She's written fantasy novels, short fiction, feminist essays and much more; of particular interest to Pratchat listeners is Pratchett's Women, a collection of essays about the women in the Discworld novels. She co-hosts the podcasts Galactic Suburbia (about sci-fi and writing in Australia) and Verity! (about Doctor Who), and has her own fiction podcast Sheep Might Fly. You can find Tansy on the web at tansyrr.com, on Patreon at patreon.com/tansyrr, and also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.Troll Bridge was first published in the 1991 anthology After the King: Stories In Honour of J.R.R. Tolkien, the most recent edition of which was released in 2012. Other authors in the collection include Stephen R. Donaldson, Jane Yolen, Gregory Benford, Emma Bull, Poul and Karen Anderson, Judith Tarr, Harry Turtledove, Karen Haber and Charles de Lint, among others. The story was reprinted in 2001's The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (which also features stories by Neil Gaiman and Terry Jones) and A Blink of the Screen, a 2012 collection of Pterry's short fiction.The short film Troll Bridge by Snowgum Films was adapted for the screen and directed by Daniel Knight, and stars Don Bridges as Cohen, Glenn van Oosterom as the horse and John Jenkins as Mica. It was a mammoth undertaking, especially considering it's a fan film, albeit an extremely polished one: the cast and crew all worked without pay, with production costs paid for by a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. It's currently screening in film festivals and fan conventions around the world, but you can still pre-order a digital,

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
348. Gregory Benford, author of Timescape and Rewrite

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 67:02


Eating the Fantastic
Episode 71: 1993 Science Roundtable: What SF Gets Wrong

Eating the Fantastic

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 66:18


Time travel to 1993 for lunch with Arlan Andrews, Sr., Gregory Benford, Geoffrey A. Landis, and Charles Sheffield as we discuss how Gilligan's Island gave TV viewers the wrong idea about scientists, the ways in which most science fiction isn't actually science fiction at all, but rather engineering fiction, what's wrong with portraying scientists as if they're any different than non-scientists, why Stephen King's The Stand gave such a negative picture of science and technology, the dangers of letting governments control science, why real science, like real art, is work, the reason scientists need to be more aggressive about the ways in which they're portrayed, and more.

Le comptoir du futur
CDF10 - La science-fiction n'avait pas prévu l'iPhone

Le comptoir du futur

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 8:10


Dixième épisode du CDF où nous nous intéressons aux technologies de communication. Dans le futur, pas de smartphone ou de cloud sur Terre pour échanger facilement. Par contre, dans l'espace, aucune difficulté pour communiquer d'une galaxie à l'autre ! Si vous aimez cet épisode, abonnez-vous à la chaîne, partagez, mettez des pouces verts et faites des cookies ! Merci. Nos références de l'épisode (par ordre de citation) : Cyberpunk 2020 (jeu de rôle)- Mike Pondsmith - 1988 Dragon Ball Z (Manga) - Akira Toriyama - 1989 Le Monde de Rocannon (roman) - Ursula K. Le Guin - 1966 La Stratégie Ender (roman) - Orson Scott Card - 1985 Interstellar (Film) - Christopher Nolan - 2014 Rendez-vous avec Rama -(Roman) - Arthur C. Clarke - 1975 Doctor Who (Série) - Sydney Newman et Donald Wilson - 1963 Kingsman (Film) - Matthew Vaughn - 2015 Star Wars (Film) - George Lucas - 1977 Timescape ( roman) - Gregory Benford - 1980 Watchmen (Comics) - Alan Moore - 1986 Babylon 5 (Série télévisée) - Joe Michael Straczynski - 1994

Le comptoir du futur
CDF10 - La science-fiction n'avait pas prévu l'iPhone

Le comptoir du futur

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 8:10


Dixième épisode du CDF où nous nous intéressons aux technologies de communication. Dans le futur, pas de smartphone ou de cloud sur Terre pour échanger facilement. Par contre, dans l'espace, aucune difficulté pour communiquer d'une galaxie à l'autre ! Si vous aimez cet épisode, abonnez-vous à la chaîne, partagez, mettez des pouces verts et faites des cookies ! Merci. Nos références de l'épisode (par ordre de citation) : Cyberpunk 2020 (jeu de rôle)- Mike Pondsmith - 1988 Dragon Ball Z (Manga) - Akira Toriyama - 1989 Le Monde de Rocannon (roman) - Ursula K. Le Guin - 1966 La Stratégie Ender (roman) - Orson Scott Card - 1985 Interstellar (Film) - Christopher Nolan - 2014 Rendez-vous avec Rama -(Roman) - Arthur C. Clarke - 1975 Doctor Who (Série) - Sydney Newman et Donald Wilson - 1963 Kingsman (Film) - Matthew Vaughn - 2015 Star Wars (Film) - George Lucas - 1977 Timescape ( roman) - Gregory Benford - 1980 Watchmen (Comics) - Alan Moore - 1986 Babylon 5 (Série télévisée) - Joe Michael Straczynski - 1994

Le comptoir du futur
CDF10 - La science-fiction n'avait pas prévu l'iPhone

Le comptoir du futur

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 8:10


Dixième épisode du CDF où nous nous intéressons aux technologies de communication. Dans le futur, pas de smartphone ou de cloud sur Terre pour échanger facilement. Par contre, dans l'espace, aucune difficulté pour communiquer d'une galaxie à l'autre ! Si vous aimez cet épisode, abonnez-vous à la chaîne, partagez, mettez des pouces verts et faites des cookies ! Merci. Nos références de l'épisode (par ordre de citation) : Cyberpunk 2020 (jeu de rôle)- Mike Pondsmith - 1988 Dragon Ball Z (Manga) - Akira Toriyama - 1989 Le Monde de Rocannon (roman) - Ursula K. Le Guin - 1966 La Stratégie Ender (roman) - Orson Scott Card - 1985 Interstellar (Film) - Christopher Nolan - 2014 Rendez-vous avec Rama -(Roman) - Arthur C. Clarke - 1975 Doctor Who (Série) - Sydney Newman et Donald Wilson - 1963 Kingsman (Film) - Matthew Vaughn - 2015 Star Wars (Film) - George Lucas - 1977 Timescape ( roman) - Gregory Benford - 1980 Watchmen (Comics) - Alan Moore - 1986 Babylon 5 (Série télévisée) - Joe Michael Straczynski - 1994

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
Science Fiction Greats on Humanity’s Destiny in Space

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2017 70:40


Robert Zubrin of the Mars Society talks with Gregory Benford, David Brin, Geoffrey Landis and Larry Niven about terraforming Mars, the origin of life, the drive to explore and more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imaginary Worlds
Technobabble

Imaginary Worlds

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2017 26:40


This week, I team up with Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist podcast to help me figure out why one set of poorly understood pseudo-scientific terms can sink a scene, while another set of pseudo-scientific phrases can sell a sci-fi concept. We'll hear from physicist Katie Mack -- who hates technobabble -- and Jennifer Ouellette who plays matchmaker between scientists and Hollywood directors that want to sell their mumbo jumbo with real science. And "Timescape" author Gregory Benford tells the story of tachyons, and how an obscure theoretical particle became a technobabble meme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clarkesworld Magazine
Reef by Paul McAuley (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2016 78:20


Our eighth podcast for November is “Reef” written by Paul McAuley and read by Kate Baker. Originally published in Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science, edited by Gregory Benford & George Zebrowski, 2000.

Clarkesworld Magazine
Reef by Paul McAuley (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2016 78:20


Our eighth podcast for November is “Reef” written by Paul McAuley and read by Kate Baker.   Originally published in Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science, edited by Gregory Benford & George Zebrowski, 2000. Subscribe to our podcast.

KGNU - How On Earth
Gregory Benford – Science Fiction/Fact and Starshot

KGNU - How On Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2016 28:08


What are the qualities that make a good scientist? What are the qualities that make a good science fiction writer? Those skills do not necessarily overlap, but when they do, they not only can produce wonderful works of speculative fiction based on hard science, but they also can generate exciting new ideas for science research. Our guest on today’s show inhabits both worlds; he is a professional scientist and a well-known science fiction writer. Dr. Gregory Benford is a professor of physics at the University of California, Irvin, where he has been a faculty member since 1971. Benford conducts research in plasma turbulence theory and experiment, and in astrophysics. He has published papers in fields of physics including condensed matter, particle physics, plasmas, mathematical physics, and even in biological conservation and geoengineering. Dr. Benford also is a Nebula Award winning author of over twenty novels, including “Timescape”, “Jupiter Project”, “Artifact”, and “Against Infinity”, and the 6-book “Galactic Center Saga” series.  He also is an advisor on the Breakthrough Starshot project that has the goal to fly a spaceship to the nearest star. Hosts: Joel Parker, Alejandro Soto Producer and Engineer: Joel Parker Executive Producer: Susan Moran Listen to the show:

LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)

It had all gone very well, Brooks told himself. Very well indeed. He hurried along the side corridor, his black dress shoes clicking hollowly on the old tiles. This was one of the oldest and most rundown of the Smithsonian's buildings; too bad they didn't have the money to knock it down. Funding. Everything was a matter of funding. He pushed open the door of the barnlike workroom and called out, “John? How did you like the ceremony?” | Copyright 1979 by Gregory Benford. Originally published in UNIVERSE 9, edited by Terry Carr. Reprinted by permission of the author. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

The Coode Street Podcast
Episode 236: On books to look for

The Coode Street Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2015 60:35


Every year there are thousands of books published and any one of them could appeal to you. To help you find great new books, Locus publishes a list of forthcoming titles every three months.   And to help you navigate through that, each quarter we invite Locus  Editor-in-Chief Liza Groen Trombi to join us and discuss the books that we think might be most interesting that are due out between now and the end of 2015. This month, unfortunately, Liza was not able to join us. However, we have persevered and have some recommendations for you. Of course, we strongly recommend you pick up a copy of the June issue of Locus and see the full list, which goes through to March 2016.  As promised, here's our list: ABERCROMBIE, JOE Half a War, Ballantine Del Rey, Jul 2015 (eb, hc)  BEAR, GREG Killing Titan, Orbit US, Oct 2015 (hc) BENFORD, GREGORY The Best of Gregory Benford, Sub- terranean Press, Jul 2015 (c, eb, hc) BIANCOTTI, DEBORAH Waking in Winter, PS Publishing, Jul 2015 (na, hc) BLAYLOCK, JAMES P. Beneath London, Titan US, May 2015 (eb, tp) BRAY, LIBBA Lair of Dreams, Little, Brown, Aug 2015 (1st US, ya, eb, hc) CHO, ZEN Sorcerer to the Crown, Macmillan, Sep 2015 (eb, hc) CIXIN, LIU The Dark Forest, Tor, Jul 2015 (eb, hc)  DE BODARD, ALIETTE House of Shattered Wings, Penguin/Roc, Sep 2015 (1st US, hc) DICKINSON, SETH The Traitor Boru Cormorant, Macmillan/Tor UK, Aug 2015 (eb, hc) GORODISCHER, ANGELICA Prodigies, Small Beer Press, Aug 2015 (eb, tp)  HAND, ELIZABETH Wylding Hall, Open Road, Jul 2015  HOLLAND, CECELIA Dragon Heart, Tor, Sep 2015 (eb, hc)  HOPKINSON, NALO Falling in Love with Hominids, Tachyon Publications, Aug 2015 (c, tp) HURLEY, KAMERON Empire Ascendant, Angry Robot US, Oct 2015 (eb, tp) HUTCHISON, DAVE, Europe in Autumn, Solaris, UK/US Nov 2015  (tp) KIERNAN, CAITLÍN R. Beneath an Oil-Dark Sea, Subterranean Press, Nov 2015 (c, eb, hc) KRESS, NANCY The Best of Nancy Kress, Subterranean Press, Sep 2015 (c, eb, hc) LECKIE, ANN Ancillary Mercy, Orbit US, Oct 2015 (tp)  LIU, KEN The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Nov 2015 (c, eb, hc) McDONALD, IAN Luna: New Moon, Tor, Sep 2015 (eb, hc) McDONALD, IAN The Best of Ian MacDonald, PS Publishing, Jun 2015 (c, hc)  McDONALD, IAN The Locomotives' Graveyard, PS Publishing, Aug 2015 (na, hc)  McDONALD, IAN Mars Stories, PS Publishing, Aug 2015 (c, hc) MIÉVILLE, CHINA Three Moments of an Explosion, Ballantine Del Rey, Aug 2015 (1st US, c, eb, hc) MITCHELL, DAVID Slade House, Random House, Oct 2015 (eb, hc)  MORROW, JAMES Reality by Other Means: The Best Short Fiction of James Morrow, Wesleyan University Press, Nov 2015 (c, hc) NAGATA, LINDA, The Red:Going Dark, Saga Press, Nov 2015 (hc) NIX, GARTH  To Hold the Bridge, Harper, Jun 2015 (c, ya, hc) PRATCHETT, TERRY The Shepherd's Crown, HarperCollins, Sep 2015 (ya, hc)  REYNOLDS, ALASTAIR The Best of Alastair Reynolds, Subterranean Press, Nov 2015 (c, eb, hc) RICKERT, MARY The Corpse Painter's Masterpiece: New and Selected Stories, Small Beer Press, Aug 2015 (c, eb, tp) ROBERTS, ADAM The Thing Itself, Orion/Gollancz, Dec 2015 (tp) SCALZI, JOHN The End of All Things, Tor, Aug 2015 (eb, hc) SWANWICK, MICHAEL Chasing the Phoenix, Tor, Aug 2015 (eb, hc)  WESTERFELD, SCOTT Zeroes (with Margo Lanagan & Debo rah Biancotti), Simon Pulse, Sep 2015 (ya, hc) WOLFE, GENE A Borrowed Man, Tor, Oct 2015 (eb, hc) As always, we hope you enjoy the episode!  Correction: During the podcast Jonathan incorrectly said Linda Nagata's Going Dark was the reissue of the first book in her "The Red" sequence. It's actually the third, with The Red: First Light coming in June, The Red: The Trials in August, and series closer The Red: Going Dark in November. All are worth your attention.

Science... sort of
Ep 219: Science... sort of - From Russia With Love

Science... sort of

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2015 86:41


00:00:00 - This week we start off with the sort of and work our way back to science. Dr. Gregory Benford has some ideas for how we could terraform the moon to make it more like Florida (in terms of climate, not all that other weirdness). The Russians have announced plans for a permanent moon-base so they should probably be taking notes or talking with the citizens of Whittier, AK, the town that all lives in one building together.   00:25:38 - It's a stereotype that Russian enjoy a drink, is the stereotype the same for scientists? If not, maybe it should be, because on this show we do. Patrick has a porter from Southern Tier Brewing Company, even though he still has a problem with their name. Ryan has a Deliria, a beer made by women but drinkable by anyone. After forgetting to ask what Abe is having, we learn that it's an unpronounceable Icelandic thing anyways. Thanks a lot, Abe.   00:33:06 - Former guest of the show Jacquelyn Gill would like us to stop calling horses in North America invasive. She presents some really solid arguments that are eventually discussed once the hosts can stop getting distracted. Things we get distracted talking about: eating horse, tiny deer from Florida, beefalo, Kristen Schaal (a noted horse) and an app to tell you about your fish. We are also very proud to announce the first ever Patrick Wheatley Inaugural Horse Poll. You can participate below and await its return with baited breath.   01:05:56 - paleoPOWs are a lot like wild horses, they look like docile one, but can still bite and kick you in the head. Patrick is excited to thank Stacey A. for her new recurring donation. Thanks, Stacey! Ryan has an e-mail from Ali in MO who is listening to the all the episodes backwards. This somehow prompts a discussion of emoticons vs. emoji, which Ryan doesn't understand because he's an old man. Finally, Abe has an e-mail from Luke J. whose actually done some climbing science, which is of interest to those of who climb (2/3 of the hosts at the very least).     Thanks for listening and be sure to check out the Brachiolope Media Network for more great science podcasts!     Music for this week's show: Moonage Daydream - David Bowie Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer - Billy Currington Flying Horses - Dispatch

Clarkesworld Magazine
The Clear Blue Seas of Luna by Gregory Benford (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2015 77:37


Our sixth podcast for March is “The Clear Blue Seas of Luna” written by Gregory Benford and read by Alasdair Stuart.   First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2002. Subscribe to our podcast.

Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking
Peter Schwartz: The Starships ARE Coming

Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2013 76:30


There is an appalling distance between here and the countless planets we’re discovering around stars other than our Sun. At first glance we can never span those light years. At second glance however... “The 100-year Starship” is the name of now-culminating project that mustered a handful of scientists and science fiction writers to contemplate how humanity might, over the coming century, realistically develop the ability to escape our Solar System and travel the light years to others. Participants included scientists such as Freeman Dyson and Martin Rees and writers such as Gregory Benford and Neal Stephenson. The professional futurist in the group was Peter Schwartz, who contributed scenarios playing out four futures of starship ambitions. To his surprise, exploring the scenarios suggested that getting effective star travel over the coming century or two is not a long shot. Even by widely divergent paths, it looks like a near certainty. Schwartz’s SALT talk will report on the exciting work by the 19 participants and spell out the logics of his scenarios. The new book from the project, Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon, will be available at the event.

The New York Academy of Sciences
Prideful Predictions?

The New York Academy of Sciences

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2012 13:49


This excerpt from our Pride: Flying Cars and Other Broken Promises event features biologist and professor Stuart Firestein considering pride and scientific predictions. Professor Firestein discusses how scientific predictions, which can appear to the public as arrogant and unreliable, are ideally informed by humility and a sense of curiosity in the face of ignorance. The event was part of our Science and the Seven Deadly Sins series. The panel also featured professor of ethics Christiana Peppard, scientist and author Gregory Benford, and moderator and science journalist, George Musser. Biologist and professor Stuart Firestein discusses how scientific predictions, which can appear to the public as arrogant and unreliable, are ideally informed by humility and a sense of curiosity in the face of ignorance. The event was part of our Science and the Seven Deadly Sins series. The panel also featured professor of ethics Christiana Peppard, scientist and author Gregory Benford, and moderator and science journalist George Musser.

Caustic Soda
The Post-Apocalyptic World

Caustic Soda

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2012


Live from VCON 37 in Surrey BC, the regular nerds talk about life in the post-apocalyptic wasteland with the help of Hugo Award-winning author and Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee Connie Willis and Nebula Award-winning science fiction author and astrophysicist Gregory Benford. Plus the lesser of two evils: Life after a nuclear armageddon or the biblical apocalypse? Music: "When the Saints Go Marching In" by Louis Armstrong Images Links ConnieWillis.net Bowl of Heaven by Gregory Benford Blackout by Connie Willis Apocalypse Now? A 2012 Survival Guide 20 Necessary Post-Apocalypse Skills Wasteland Weekend Tales from the Wasteland The Road -- John Hillcoats diary Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYQ1rj9I8FI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWLE-1xpBtU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BUXkQ7puw4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOKO19BMPKk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oavwndvq-ZA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8aLKHShv9o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCnCRj5-bC4

StarShipSofa
StarShipSofa No 240 Jon Ingold

StarShipSofa

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2012 76:28


Coming Up Online Narrators Workshop 00:30 Logo Designs Short Fiction by Gregory Benford 03:20 Fact: Science News by J J Campanella 11:00 Main Fiction: Sleepers by Jon Ingold  32:00 First Chapters: Timeslingers 01:07:00 Narrators: Joe Sammarco See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

StarShipSofa
StarShipSofa No 239 Storm Constantine

StarShipSofa

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2012 113:48


Coming Up Fact: Cheapskates by Adam Pracht 01:00 Short Fiction: by Gregory Benford 22:30 Main Fiction: Rust Islands by Storm Constantine 32:30 First Chapters: One Hundred Years of Vicissitude by Andrez Bergen 01:45:00 Narrators: Amy H Sturgis, Brandie Tarvin Gregory Benford’s new anthology Anomalies Taking Science into Inspired Realms

LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)

In the asteroid belt you either have fast reflexes or you're a statistic. I slammed into the airlock bulkhead and stopped dead, waiting to see where the laser beam would hit next. Narrated by John Rubinstein.

The Future And You
The Future And You -- May 25, 2011

The Future And You

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2011 89:43


This is the 200th episode of The Future And You. Over a hundred never-before-heard predictions about the future from dozens of past guests, a few possible future guests, several listeners and an assortment of people actively building the future we are all going to live in. Predictions and Congratulations from: Larry Niven, Joe Haldeman, Frederik Pohl, Catherine Asaro, Harry Turtledove, Gregory Benford, John Varley, Extropia DaSilva, CJ Cherryh, CJ Henderson, David Orban, Dave Freer, Giulio Prisco, Mike Resnick, Michael Anissimov, David Brin, Barry Hayworth, Paul Fischer, Cathe Smith, Michael D'Ambrosio, Tim Bolgeo (AKA: Uncle Timmy), Bryan Bishop, James Maxey, Robert Hooker, David Drake, Charlie Stross, Nancy Kress, Hildy Silverman, Michael Vassar, Randal L. Schwartz, David B. Coe, R.U. Sirius, Kevin J. Anderson, Amara D. Angelica, Gail Z. Martin, Philippe Van Nedervelde, Dale Baker, Vernor Vinge, Wayne Rooney, Larry Bowman, Joseph Sullivan, Charlie Kam, Dr. Anders Sandberg, Davey Beauchamp, Timothy Zahn, Sarah A. Hoyt, and Podcasting's Rich Sigfrit. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the May 25, 2011 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 90 minutes].

Diffusion Science radio

Ian Woolf reports from the Singularity Summit on Gregory Benford's Genescient research into preventing the diseases of old age using genomics and artifical intelligence to produce nutraceuticals that may allow a healthy old age, with discussion from Marc West and Charles Willock. News by Marc West, Ian Woolf, and Charles Willock - Gummi bear finger-print hack - weeds out-evolve Monsanto - Chatbot argues with climate deniers on twitter Presented by Marc West, Produced by Ian Woolf

The Future And You
February 10, 2010 Episode

The Future And You

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2010 34:14


Frederik Pohl (author of Gateway--the classic science fiction novel which won the Nebula, Hugo, Campbell and Locus awards) is today's featured guest. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the February 10, 2010 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 34 minutes] This is the first half of this interview, which was recorded on January 30, 2010. Topics: predicting the future using the Delphi Method; his co-founding of The Futurians; his nonfiction books: The Way the Future Was, Our Angry Earth, and Science as a Spectator Sport; the Americanization of the world (which he has witnessed by traveling to more than 50 different nations); his modest contribution to democracy in Moscow; how he was excluded from attending the very first WorldCon; and a few insights about his long-term friends: Donald A. Wollheim (the creator of DAW Books), and Isaac Asimov. Frederik Pohl is a science fiction writer, and has been a book and magazine editor, as well as a poet, critic, literary agent and teacher. He edited Galaxy magazine and its sister magazine If, winning the Hugo for If three years in a row. His writing also won him three Hugos and multiple Nebula Awards. He became a Nebula Grand Master in 1993. I asked Fred for this interview for several reasons: I'd read Gateway in 1977 when it first came out  (I was 22 and still impressionable); a few weeks ago, his buddy Gregory Benford suggested that I interview him; and because, just a few months ago, Frederik Pohl celebrated his 90th birthday.  

The Future And You
February 3, 2010 Episode

The Future And You

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2010 33:30


Gregory Benford (Nebula Award winning author, physicist and professor) is today's featured guest. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the February 3, 2010 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 34 minutes] This is the second half of the interview recorded on January 16, 2010. Topics: the Neanderthal Genome Project and the two teams working on bringing back the Woolly Mammoth; his impression of the 3D movie Avatar; why he became an atheist and the growing cultural bias he sees toward those who remain religious; how e-books have the big New York book publishing houses terror-stricken; his approach to electronic rights for his own books; the goals of The Mars Society and of The L5 Society; the life extension product he is involved with (Genescient); his going to school with Vernor Vinge, and how they differ in their expectation of The Singularity; the new book he and Larry Niven are working on; and the short story he wrote that horrified his friend Ray Bradbury. In popular culture Gregory Benford: is a science fiction writer with over twenty novels to his credit; has won the Nebula Award twice; in 1989 was host and scriptwriter for the television documentary series A Galactic Odyssey; and also served as scientific consultant for Star Trek: The Next Generation. In academia Gregory Benford: has a doctorate in physics; is a professor of physics at the University of California; conducts research in plasma turbulence and in astrophysics; has published well over a hundred scientific papers; and has served as an advisor to the Department of Energy, NASA and the White House Council on Space Policy.

The Future And You
January 27, 2010 Episode

The Future And You

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2010 37:01


Gregory Benford (Nebula Award winning author, physicist and professor) is today's featured guest. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 27, 2010 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 37 minutes] This interview was recorded on January 16, 2010. Topics: A new life extension product he is involved with (Genescient ) which will be available in the summer of 2010; life extension in general and his vision of its possibilities; how global warming might be mitigated using geoengineering methods such as carbon capture; what he learned by being co-founder and co-editor of the SF fanzine Void; the work of his friend Stephen Wolfram (inventor of Mathematica) including the new online calculating engine Wolfram Alpha. In popular culture Gregory Benford: is a science fiction writer with over twenty novels to his credit; has won the Nebula Award twice; in 1989 was host and scriptwriter for the television documentary series A Galactic Odyssey; and also served as scientific consultant for Star Trek: The Next Generation. In academia Gregory Benford: has a doctorate in physics; is a professor of physics at the University of California; conducts research in plasma turbulence and in astrophysics; has published well over a hundred scientific papers; and has served as an advisor to the Department of Energy, NASA and the White House Council on Space Policy.

The Future And You
October 14, 2009 Episode

The Future And You

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2009 24:52


Gregory Benford and Aubrey de Grey (who both spoke at the Singularity Summit held earlier this month in New York City) are interviewed, as well as two attendees of this singular event which is so intently focused on the future. Topics: the Singularity and artificial intelligence in general, and this year's Singularity Summit conference in particular. (The goal of this episode, in addition to being informative, is to provide a little of the convention's feel and mood--and if possible--it's energy.) Other related topics include life extension and mind uploading. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the October 14, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 25 minutes] Doctor Gregory Benford is a Nebula award winning science fiction author. He has a doctorate in astrophysics, and is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California.  Doctor Aubrey de Grey is a medical doctor known for his work in promoting human life extension. He is an author and theoretician in the field of gerontology, and the Chief Science Officer of the Methuselah Foundation. He has been interviewed by 60 Minutes, the BBC, the New York Times, Fortune Magazine, the Washington Post, TED, Popular Science--even by Stephen Colbert for his comedy show The Colbert Report. News Items include my activities at the Singularity Summit, such as people I met, talked with, ate with, and had ice cream with. The short version is that I had a lot of fun and met a lot of cool and exciting people, the long version contains considerably more detail.  

Groks Science Radio Show and Podcast
Science in Fiction -- Groks Science Show 2005-05-04

Groks Science Radio Show and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2005


Scientists draw their inspiration from many sources, and a common one is science fiction. On this program, Prof. Gregory Benford, physicist and SF novelist, discussed science fiction writing and its influence on scientific inquiry.