Podcasts about Hannu Rajaniemi

Our delayed monthly book club episode where we discuss "The Quantum Thief" by Hannu Rajaniemi. Did we both love it? Is there a percentage of made up words that Rachel simply cannot tolerate? How many books did Rachel read while actively delaying reading this one?What is life anyways?Listen and find out? (Maybe not the life one) Riverside.fm is a video/audio recording platform built for podcasters. Check them out today for uncompressed audio and video recording, unlimited transcription services, AI Social Media clips, teleprompter and on screen scripts, and a bunch of other cool stuff too. Make long distance podcasting 100x easier. (Don't work harder, work smarter)There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network!Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat PodcastLove Movies, TV Shows and Books in the Fantasy, Scifi, and Horror genre and want to hear more? Check us out at The Strange and Beautiful Book Club where Rachel and her husband Matt discuss all things genre-related.Longing for a simpler time in the police procedural genre AND love Vampires? Matt and Rachel also review the classic television show Forever Knight on their podcast, Come in 81 Kilo.Not getting enough sweaty 90s sexcapades from your television and movie content? Listen to Meg and Rachel discuss the finer points of Geraint Wyn Davies' career over at Ger Can Get It!You can also:Join us on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork/⁠⁠⁠Join us on Patreon here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/strangeandbeautifulnetworkFind us on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz9ENwKdHrm57Qmu8L4WXwQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SpeakerHannu Rajaniemi is a Finnish American author of science fiction and fantasy, who writes in both English and Finnish. He lives in Oakland, California, and was a founding director of a commercial research organisation ThinkTank Maths.EpisodePerhaps most famously known for his 2010 release, The Quantum Thief, Rajaniemi is settled firmly in both the science-fiction and the biotech startup worlds. Away from writing, Rajaniemi is the co-founder of Helix Nanotechnologies, a startup building the world's most advanced mRNA platform to create a unified interface to the immune system. We'll discuss his ideas on the impact of sci-fi on the real world and explore his views on the upcoming biotechnology wave, including gene editing and biohacking. We then address how these new technologies could be implemented and governed, before finally focusing on an idea that is, at present, only in sci-fi: the immune-computer interface.Full transcript, list of resources, and art piece: https://www.existentialhope.com/podcastsExistential Hope was created to collect positive and possible scenarios for the future so that we can have more people commit to creating a brighter future, and to begin mapping out the main developments and challenges that need to be navigated to reach it. Existential Hope is a Foresight Institute project.Hosted by Allison Duettmann and Beatrice ErkersFollow Us: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Existential Hope InstagramExplore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

* In-depth exploration of the current landscape of Firefox browser and potential AI integration.* Deconstruction of OpenAI's new product, Sora: a tool generating video from text.* Deep dive into the improvement of GPT's long-term memory by OpenAI and its implications.* Review of the Turing test's effectiveness in evaluating AI intelligence.* Fascinating story about AI being used for interaction on Tinder.* Games reviewed: 'God of War, Ragnarok', 'Spider-Man 2', 'Elden Ring', 'Polytopia'.* Detailed understanding and review of 'Options as a Strategic Investment' by Lawrence G. McMillan.* Discussion on diverse investment strategies like write put and margin enabling.* Examination of AI's capacity to learn and adapt across different domains.* Recommended reading: 'Quantum Thief' by Hannu Rajaniemi, 'Options as a Strategic Investment' by Lawrence G. McMillan.* Gaming highlights: 'God of War, Ragnarok', 'Spider-Man 2', 'Elden Ring', 'Polytopia'.* Shout-out to tech tools: 'Sora' by OpenAI, 'Think or Swim', 'E-Trader'.* Discussion on tech hardware: Xbox Console, PlayStation Console.* Detailed analysis of the write put strategy using NVIDIA shares as an example.* Reflections on different aspects of stock market principles and risk tolerance.* A look back at the finale episode of The Grand Tour.* Fond reminiscences about Top Gear.* A tease about an exciting topic for the next episode.For further discussions, join us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/T38WpgkHGQ).

- Review and breakdown of HiFiMan Sundara High Fidelity Headphones.- Insights on 'The Quantum Thief', a science fiction novel by Hannu Rajaniemi.- Featuring 'Endurance', an exploration of survival and leadership.- Examination of the TV show 'The Terror', a survival story with a monstrous twist.- Coverage of topics such as privacy-focused societies, encryption function, and historical references.- Highlight of the Netflix film 'Snow Society'.- Deep-dive into North Pole survival stories and related films/books.- Overview of 'Why Apollo was a success' and valuable engineering lessons from the project.- Game review: 'Evil West' and 'Simulacra'.- Exploring iOS features, specifically Stolen Device Protection.- Update on OpenAI's advancements, privacy features and GPT-4 quotas.- Discussion on GPT's new workspace-only visibility and its impact.- In-depth talk about adventure motorcycles, featuring Harley Davidson Panamerica.- Overview of Harley Davidson's move into the touring/adventure bike market.- Experiences with off-road biking and plans for future excursions.- Join us on Discord for more conversation. [Link](https://discord.gg/T38WpgkHGQ)

[…] Toujours autant fascinée par la guerre, la mort, la violence, la bêtise, Darmanin et tout ce qui s'en suit, la Salle 101 chronique des oeuvres d'importance, mais dures, juge plutôt : Summerland, second roman de Hannu Rajaniemi paru en France. La maison aux mille étages, classique daté de Jan Weiss. Noon, nouvelle production de […]

Victoria Song began her professional journey as a venture capitalist but noticed how each achievement only made her feel empty. That was until a lightbulb moment during business school inspired her to figure out how entrepreneurs could maximize their own satisfaction while striving for success. Victoria traveled far lengths to study, train, and work with over 24 of the best coaches, therapists, and healers in the world. In her studies, she discovered how tapping into the subconscious mind to reveal an individual's true purpose could mean the difference between being an "okay" business to a global leading company. Victoria is now a Leadership Advisor to the fastest growing tech companies in Silicon Valley - mentoring the likes of Ryan Hudson, Co-Founder of Honey, acquired by PayPal for $4 Billion, & Hannu Rajaniemi, Co-Founder & CEO of HelixNano. We also discuss her exciting WSJ - Bestseller, Bending Reality: How to Make the Impossible Probable.✅How to find Victoria Book: https://victoriasong.me/bending-reality/✅Follow our socials @goentrepreneuryourself✅Subscribe to our soon-to-arrive newsletter for digestible entrepreneur tips, resources from our guests, and the latest business memes at Goentrepreneuryourself.com✅Leave us a review on Apple Podcast!

In a post-pandemic future where scientists have made great strides in eliminating viruses and disease, a young boy faces his fears and ventures out to his grandfather's island to give him an important vaccine.   This story appears in the anthology Make Shift: Dispatches from the Post-Pandemic Future, edited by Gideon Lichfield and available for pre-order from The MIT Press. Content advisory: Discussion of pandemics, near-drowning See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week I’m delighted to bring The Teafaerie (ep. 100) and Ramin Nazer (ep. 120) back to Future Fossils Podcast! These are two of the funniest, weirdest amateur futurists I know, and I hope you agree this discussion was worth the wait while I spent hours making it sound like we didn’t just talk over each other like overexcited dorks for two-plus-hours.In this episode, we discuss the virtualization of live events as relates to the science fiction of Charles Stross and Hannu Rajaniemi, the stratification of class according to who can afford to be somewhere in person, and my writing on AR and telepresence for H+ Magazine (“Best Seat In The House”) and the Body Hacking Conference Blog (“Being Every Drone”). We talk about the perverse incentives of social media as an outrage generator and surveillance capitalism pit trap, and how we might be able to redesign the social Web so it doesn’t drive us all (even more) insane. Plus:• The world being transformed into an unending series of limnoid events• Having “an affinity for the rapids”• Should we just side with our new AI overlords?• Beyond the Black Mirror• A very curious fan theory about the Flintstones & Jetsons• The Bell Riots in Star Trek DS9• Eternal upload simulation matrix reawakeningsAnd more, until we all get shut down by a robot in mid-sentence.If you aren’t sated after listening to their episodes (and who could be?), subscribe to Ramin’s Rainbow Brainskull Hour and The Teafaerie’s YouTube Channel.Please rate and review Future Fossils on Apple Podcasts! And if you believe in the value of this show and want to see it thrive, support Future Fossils on Patreon. Patrons gain access to over twenty secret episodes, unreleased music, our book club, and many other treats.And Happy Holidays: I just made all of the Future Fossils Book Club recordings free. You’re now welcome to enjoy at your leisure our small-group discussions on some of my favorite works of science fiction and psychedelic non-fiction: books by Peter Watts, Diana Reed Slattery, Cixin Liu, Octavia Butler, and Jeff VanderMeer…AND here’s a Spotify Playlist for psychedelic experiences created by Future Fossils listener Rian Bevans (host of The Riancarnation Podcast) that, along with legends like Brian Eno and Four Tet, heavily features instrumental music by yours truly (some of which also made it on the official clinical playlist for FDA’s MDMA for PTSD trials).We’d also love to have you in our thriving little Discord server, if you’re interested in meeting other members of our awesome scene. (And if you’re up for helping edit Future Fossils Podcast transcripts, please drop me a line at futurefossilspodcast@gmail.com.)Intro and outro music is from Skytree’s new LP of spacey downtempo electronica, Infraplanetary, which I highly encourage you to purchase. Official podcast theme is “God Detector” by Skytree (featuring Michael Garfield).Enjoy, and thanks for listening! Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

25 Visions for the Future of Our Species We now have the tools to transform ourselves and our species. Greater health and longevity, enhanced brains, and engineered fertility are in the works. What’s just over the horizon is even more astonishing. We call this the neobiological frontier. The book is a collection of 25 essays, interviews, and works of fiction and art offering a big-picture perspective on the profound changes made possible by the merging of biology and technology. The book brings together today's smartest and most creative inventors, thinkers, and scientists to tell us their vision of the future. This book is a 2020 time capsule for future humans. Neo.Life: 25 Visions for the Future of Our Species covers these powerful new biotechnologies and ideas in non-technical language, with beautiful full-color images and a fresh design by National Design Award winner Jennifer Morla. This book makes a compelling foundation for the discussions we’ll be having about these technologies for years to come, and as one observer said, it is definitely coffee table worthy, no matter which planet that table is on. Meet George Church, one of the most prodigious bioengineers of our time, in conversation with Ramez Naam, a computer scientist, clean tech investor, and science fiction author. George maintains a list of genes that could be edited to make humans healthier or more suited to future environmental conditions, including life off-planet. He’s also got an idea to send a single-cell biological probe to faraway worlds that could be programmed to beam information back to Earth. Consider neuroscientist David Eagleman’s ideas about how embryo selection could change the way we parent our children. Dive into an imagined future with inventor Danny Hillis as he guides you through the possibilities and pitfalls of designing your child from scratch using gene editing technology. Will you “supersize” them, or give them an extra appendage? If you bestow a color or pattern, keep in mind that it might be trendy today but look dated 10 years from now. Discover filmmaker and artist Lynn Hershman Leeson’s ideas about identity in her antibody-as-art project that will change how you think about life-science technologies. Hear from Osh Agabi, the Swiss-Nigerian roboticist-neuroscientist who’s built a brain on a chip, literally blending silicon and neurons. He envisions using his technology to allow us to connect our consciousnesses together in a sort of giant empathy web. Read Juan Enriquez, who has been thinking and writing about self-directed evolution for a long time. In his creative brief, he imagines a future with a far greater diversity of human species, and considers the implications. Ponder the risks and ethical implications of this new frontier with CRISPR scientist and film producer Samira Kiani, who outlines the safety checks she’s developing to control gene edits. And hear from biosecurity policy expert Megan Palmer, who shares how her experiences led to social responsibility programs for synthetic biologists. BOOK DETAILS Designed by Jennifer Morla Hardcover, 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches 160 pages, 25 color illustrations Smyth sewn, with silver Litho foil-stamped cover Contributors: Oshiorenoya Agabi, Christina Agapakis, Siranush Babakhanova, Seth Bannon, George Church, Emma Conley, Zoe Cormier, Zack Denfeld, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, David Eagleman, Juan Enriquez, Kristen Fortney, Joel Garreau, Daisy Ginsberg, Danny Hillis, Samira Kiani, Cathrine Kramer, Becky Lyon, Hannu Rajaniemi, Lux Alptraum, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Ramez Naam, Megan Palmer, Nicola Patron, Robert Plomin, Steve Ramirez, Sissel Tolaas, Bowen Zhao, Changle Zhou.

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Hannu Rajaniemi is most know for his work as a science fiction author. However, recently, he has taken his talent for seeing the bigger picture and turned it towards finding a solution to the pandemic. In the early days of the crisis, Hannu rapidly pivoted his cancer vaccine startup Helix Nano to focus on developing an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. But he has as not stopped there. Hannu has also put together a proposal for a Vaccine Manhattan Project, calling for the coordination of public, private and nonprofit sectors to create a vaccine for COVID-19 in a matter of months. This project is ambitious, but it may be the best shot at mitigating the damage the virus could have on our society. In this episode Hannu and I talk about his background, the biological mechanisms at work when a virus attacks our cells, the different types of vaccines, and the need for a Vaccine Manhattan Project.

Hannu Rajaniemi is most know for his work as a science fiction author. However, recently, he has taken his talent for seeing the bigger picture and turned it towards finding a solution to the pandemic. In the early days of the crisis, Hannu rapidly pivoted his cancer vaccine startup Helix Nano to focus on developing an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. But he has as not stopped there. Hannu has also put together a proposal for a Vaccine Manhattan Project, calling for the coordination of public, private and nonprofit sectors to create a vaccine for COVID-19 in a matter of months. This project is ambitious, but it may be the best shot at mitigating the damage the virus could have on our society. In this episode Hannu and I talk about his background, the biological mechanisms at work when a virus attacks our cells, the different types of vaccines, and the need for a Vaccine Manhattan Project.

Ahead of our main episode with James Swallow in a few weeks, we have this exclusive Q&A with James where he answers our listener questions on working in rooms with other writers on series like The Black Library, and he gives us great tips on pace, characterisation, balancing realism and the fantastic, writing for games, […] The post EP262: James Swallow Listener Q&A – A Deep Dive appeared first on The Bestseller Experiment.

In the first of an occasional series where we dive into specific genres, we look at science fiction with Hannu Rajaniemi, award-winning author of The Quantum Thief, The Fractal Prince, The Causal Angel, Summerland and more. We answer listener questions on defining the genre, keeping up on scientific developments, world building, how to generate story ideas, and why we would love to read an Ian M Banks Star Wars novel. To support the show go to bestsellerexperiment.com/support Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

In the first of an occasional series where we dive into specific genres, we look at science fiction with Hannu Rajaniemi, award-winning author of The Quantum Thief, The Fractal Prince, The Causal Angel, Summerland and more. We answer listener questions on defining the genre, keeping up on scientific developments, world building, how to generate story […] The post EP259: Science Fiction – A Deep Dive with Hannu Rajaniemi appeared first on The Bestseller Experiment.

Thoughts on, and comparisons to, a bleak vision of the human future, that is not meant to be bleak.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Welcome to the fourteenth episode of the Palladium Podcast, where we explore the future of governance and society. This week, Jonah Bennett and Wolf Tivy talk about science fiction with Hannu Rajaniemi, a New York Times published science fiction writer and biotech startup founder. He’s currently CEO of HelixNano, which works on developing novel therapeutic modalities for cancer.

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Eden is finally back, but this time I'm derailing. We talk about new music from Dreadnaught, Inanimate Existence, Babymetal, Warforged, Xenobiotic, Flub, and Destrage. Then we talk about the Threatin lawsuit, Mayhem signing with Century Media, and Demons & Wizards coming back. Also some philosophy, cool people time with Detective Pikachu, Chernobyl, Charles Stross's Laundry files, Hannu Rajaniemi's Summerland and Re:publica. Enjoy!

Scifi author, scientist, and entrepreneur Hannu Rajaniemi discusses the real life late Victorian attempts to map the afterlife which inspired Summerland, his latest novel. Rajaniemi introduces us to scientists, inventors, misfits, revolutionaries, plus a tour of obscure ideas and bizarre inventions: spirit-powered sewing machines, aetheric knots, the four-dimensional geometry of Lenin’s tomb... What do these actual Victorian obsessions tell us about today’s fascination with intelligent machines and immortality? He'll sign after the talk, and Borderlands Books will be on hand selling all of his books and he will sign after the talk. Hannu Rajaniemi was born in Finland, obtained his PhD in string theory at the University of Edinburgh and now works as a co-founder and CTO of HelixNano, a synthetic biology startup based in the Bay Area. He is the author of four novels including The Quantum Thief trilogy and Summerland.

Sponsors: Netlify Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Panel Divya Sasidharan Chris Fritz Charles Max Wood Special Guest: Dobromir Hristov Episode Summary  In this episode of Views on Vue, the panelists talk to Dobromir Hristov, a frontend developer from Bulgaria working for hypefactors. Dobromir is also the organizer of VueJS Bulgaria and he created a Vue Beginners Workshop to increase the size of Vue community in Bulgaria. Dobromir describes the workshop’s development stage and his preparation process for the curriculum. He explains that for this workshop, they targeted developers with very little JavaScript experience. The workshop is also available on GitHub for people to check out and contribute. The panel then compares different workshop styles and best methods to keep the audience interested in the workshop content. Dobromir then gives details on the setup and concept of his workshop. He explains that he used Game of Thrones as the concept which the audience really enjoyed. He then describes what he would do differently next time. The panel talks about best practices and tips to prepare a good workshop and share anecdotes about their experiences addressing an audience in a workshop. Links Vue.js Dobromir’s Twitter Dobromir's GitHub Dobromir's Medium Dobromir's Workshop on GitHub VueJS Bulgaria Vuelidate Error Extractor Vue.js Beginners Workshop Facebook Dobromir's Blog Post: A brief review of Vue learning resources — State of 2018 Slides VueSchool Dopamine Vue Mastery Intro To Vue Chris' Slides Sarah Drasner Project voice from diaphragm https://twitter.com/mhartington https://www.facebook.com/ViewsonVue/ https://twitter.com/viewsonvue Picks: Divya Sasidharan: Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara Sarah Soueidan Chris Fritz: https://opencollective.com/vuejs http://www.vueconf.us/workshops/ https://www.patreon.com/vuevixens Charles Max Wood: Fart Bomb Charles' GitHub: New devchat.tv Build on Eleventy  Dobromir Hristov: Testing Vue.js Applications by Edd Yerburgh Testing Vue.js components with Jest by Alex Morales Ditto Keyboard App Gyazo Slides  

Sponsors: Netlify Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Panel Divya Sasidharan Chris Fritz Charles Max Wood Special Guest: Dobromir Hristov Episode Summary  In this episode of Views on Vue, the panelists talk to Dobromir Hristov, a frontend developer from Bulgaria working for hypefactors. Dobromir is also the organizer of VueJS Bulgaria and he created a Vue Beginners Workshop to increase the size of Vue community in Bulgaria. Dobromir describes the workshop’s development stage and his preparation process for the curriculum. He explains that for this workshop, they targeted developers with very little JavaScript experience. The workshop is also available on GitHub for people to check out and contribute. The panel then compares different workshop styles and best methods to keep the audience interested in the workshop content. Dobromir then gives details on the setup and concept of his workshop. He explains that he used Game of Thrones as the concept which the audience really enjoyed. He then describes what he would do differently next time. The panel talks about best practices and tips to prepare a good workshop and share anecdotes about their experiences addressing an audience in a workshop. Links Vue.js Dobromir’s Twitter Dobromir's GitHub Dobromir's Medium Dobromir's Workshop on GitHub VueJS Bulgaria Vuelidate Error Extractor Vue.js Beginners Workshop Facebook Dobromir's Blog Post: A brief review of Vue learning resources — State of 2018 Slides VueSchool Dopamine Vue Mastery Intro To Vue Chris' Slides Sarah Drasner Project voice from diaphragm https://twitter.com/mhartington https://www.facebook.com/ViewsonVue/ https://twitter.com/viewsonvue Picks: Divya Sasidharan: Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara Sarah Soueidan Chris Fritz: https://opencollective.com/vuejs http://www.vueconf.us/workshops/ https://www.patreon.com/vuevixens Charles Max Wood: Fart Bomb Charles' GitHub: New devchat.tv Build on Eleventy  Dobromir Hristov: Testing Vue.js Applications by Edd Yerburgh Testing Vue.js components with Jest by Alex Morales Ditto Keyboard App Gyazo Slides  

In this episode we hear Hannu Rajaniemi describe the world of the Jean le Flambeur series. The game-clan like Zokus, the uploading digital-founders of the Sobernost, the Oubliette with its privacy layer and instant request of information. https://medium.com/full-worlds/hannu-rajaniemi-jean-le-flambeur-series-95ab68e392fd

Hannu Rajaniemi: Kesämaa (Gummerus 2018, suom. Tero Valkonen). Kvanttivaras-scifitrilogiastaan tunnettu Hannu Rajaniemi yllättää 1930-luvun loppuun sijoittuvalla vakoojatrillerillä. Kesämaassa on kuitenkin kaikkea omituista – muun muassa maailma, jossa kuolema ei olekaan loppu, vaan pääsylippu toisenlaiseen maailmaan. Vakoilua ja vastavakoilua voidaan luonnollisesti jatkaa myös rajan tuolla puolen. Kesämaa Goodreadsissa: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41022627-kes-maa China Miévillen Toiset: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13091715-toiset

You probably wouldn’t want to vacation in Summerland, but is “Summerland” worth reading? Find out what Scott thinks. Host Scott McNulty.

Mark Cummins is the co-founder of Pointy, a product that makes it incredibly easy for retailers to get all of their products displayed online. The growing company has been featured in prominent places like TechCrunch, Forbes, NBC, the Wall Street Journal, and many others. Before co-founding Pointy, today’s guest was the CEO of Plink. After that company got acquired by Google, he served as one of Google’s senior software engineers for three years.   Quotes To Remember: “Knowledge, as you implement it, that is power.” “Doing door-to-door (marketing) was quite valuable.” “You have to have high tolerance for the unknown and high tolerance for risk.” “You should optimize for success not for item.” “You have to have something credible to bring to the investor.”“After fundraising, it’s basically just a networking exercise.” What You’ll Learn: Attracting Retailers for Your Business Steps on Building a Product Tips on Marketing a Product Fundraising for a Business Idea   Key Links From The Show: Mark’s Site, Pointy Audible   Recommended Books: Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know by Byron Sharp The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi

Main Fiction: "Elegy for a Young Elk" by Hannu RajaniemiOriginally published in Subterranean, reprinted in Invisible PlanetsHannu Rajaniemi was born in Finland. At the age of eight he approached the European Space Agency with a fusion-powered spaceship design, which was received with a polite “thank you” note. Hannu studied mathematics and theoretical physics at University of Oulu and Cambridge and holds a PhD in string theory from the University of Edinburgh. He co-founded a mathematics consultancy whose clients included UK Ministry of Defence. Currently, he works as a co-founder of HelixNano, a synthetic biology startup. Hannu is the author of four novels including The Quantum Thief (translated into more than 20 languages), the forthcoming Summerland (July 2018), and several short stories. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.Narrated by Al BarclayAl Barclay has worked extensively over 15 years, most notably playing opposite James McAvoy and Michael Sheen in Stephen Fry’s Bright Young Things, and with David Thewlis in Luc Besson’s The Lady. He will be in the West End at The Arts Theatre this December playing Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.He also once drank two bottles of gin with Peter O’Toole, and danced the night away in Camden with Amy Winehouse.Fact: Looking Back at Genre History 100!!! by Amy H Sturgis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A bunch of news and content! I'm just going to list it. Kiss's Gene Simmons talking about his $2000 box set, Super Deluxe roasting Taylor Swift via Limp Bizkit, Machines of Man, Machine Head, Linkin Park's tribute show to Chester (and our picks for vocalist), Sutrah, the Sacred Son artwork controversy, and the new Winds of Plague single. Also how ridiculous this Friday's releases have been. Then we do a deep segment on producer Jens Bogren, including his work on Ihsahn, Leprous, Vildhjarta, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Devin Townsend, VOLA and more. Finally, cool people time. The cool horror/sci-fi game Echo, Kingsman: The Gold Circle, mother!, Hannu Rajaniemi's The Causal Angel, Sunless Skies and more.  Enjoy!

This week we cover a usual assortment of topics. Jeff Loomis not being allowed to write for Arch Enemy, Thom Yorke and Roger Waters going at it about Israel, Soundcloud being on the verge of death, kind of, the new Enslaved single, and this interesting op-ed from WSJ about how negative music reviews have disappeared. We also revisit the latest Shokran album, then talk about small things in songs that immediately sell us on them. Then some cool people time, with Hannu Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief, Brian Catling's The Erstwhile, and more! Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. In this episode, Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Tiffany Kelly spoke with Hannu Rajaniemi about his origins as a novelist in science fiction and as a scientist, and subjects of LARPs, complex systems, DNA, sci-fi influences and limitations.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've been getting a lot of comments asking for us to talk about books, so we spend the majority of this episode talking about our favorite sci-fi/fantasy novels. But before that, we talk about some news as well. News involving Cilice, Arkona, Slice The Cake, Dark Tranquillity and Schammasch. We also talk about a couple of cool releases we discovered, namely Fractal Cypher and Crator. Then we do the underrated release highlight of the week, which is Defiant Imagination by Quo Vadis. And then there's books. Many books. We cover authors like the big R.R.s (Tolkien and Martin), Robert Jordan (ugh), Brandon Sanderson, Roger Zelazny, Hannu Rajaniemi, Thomas Sturgeon, Gene Woolfe, V.E. Schwab, Greg Egan, Jim Butcher, Joe Abercrombie and more. We had a great time with this! Also, if you want to check these books out and also support the podcast at the same time, you can get an audiobook for free at audibletrial.com/heavy. Seriously. Even if you get one book, it helps support the podcast for several weeks. We really appreciate your patronage and here's to another year of HPIHC.

Besprochene Bücher: Ramez Naam: Nexus. Monica Byrne: The Girl in the Road. Hannu Rajaniemi: Quantum. Cixin Liu: The Three-Body Problem.

Our seventh podcast for May is “Tyche and the Ants” written by Hannu Rajaniemi and read by Kate Baker.   Originally published in Edge of Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan, 2012. Subscribe to our podcast.

Hannu Rajaniemi is a Ph. D. in string theory and fellow SU alumni best known for his popular science fiction trilogy The Quantum Thief [Jean Le Flambeur]. His work has risen to prominence both because of its own merits but also because of the legend surrounding his signing up with a major book publisher. Rajaniemi […]

An exciting new year has begun, and, appropriately, we're looking to the future in this, our first edition of Book Talk for 2014! Host Ryan Van Winkle sits down with three very different people to chat about what the future may hold for books and for Scotland.To get things started, literary critic and Man Booker Prize judge Stuart Kelly discusses the most recent Booker winner, Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries and why it should be on everyone's to-read list this year. Find out how considering the future informs his judging decisions, what books he's most looking forward to this year and what recent changes allowing American books to be considered could mean for the Man Booker Prize.Are mind-reading books the future of literature? Sci-fi author Hannu Rajaniemi seems to think so. The author of The Quantum Thief is not content to merely dream about fantastical inventions--he wants to create them as well. He and his collaborator are working on something they call neurofiction: a system that joins neuroscience with stories by measuring the brain activity of a reader and changing the direction of the story they're engaged in accordingly. A Choose Your Own Adventure for the 21st century!Finally, Lesley Riddoch, author of Blossom, discusses the future of Scotland at the dawn of a momentous year for the country. Why, she wonders, is a country with so much promise so troubled? And what can be done about it? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Learn more about Lesley's hopes for the country and what can be done to make Scotland a fairer, even more vibrant place to live.

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