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Our panel of Space Industry experts, enthusiasts, and members - Jaym Gates, Alires Almon, and cohosts Jason Batt and UB Ciminieri - addresses the fallout of comments made by the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, threatening the potential crash of the International Space Station due to imposed sanctions as a result of the Russian invasion on Ukraine.The opinions expressed by this panel are just that, personal opinions, and not reflective of the organizations they are a part of, including Deep Space Predictive and Project Lodestar.
Books mentioned on the show:Campbell, Joseph and Bill Moyers. The Power Of Myth. New York, NY: Anchor Books, 1991.Campbell, Joseph. The Hero With a Thousand Faces. New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1949.Brooks, Max and John Amble, ML Cavanaugh and Jaym Gates. Winning Westeros: How Game of Thrones Explains Modern Military Conflict. Lincoln, NE: Potomac Books, 2019.Clegg, Brian. Ten Billion Tomorrows: How Science Fiction Technology Became Reality and Shapes the Future. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2015. Intro and Outro music composed and performed by Greg Mutersbaugh.
"The problem with classic military texts like Clausewitz and Sun Tzu is that they’re total snooze-fests" The post #WavellReviews ‘Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict’ edited by Max Brooks, John Amble, ML Cavanaugh and Jaym Gates appeared first on Wavell Room.
LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)
The Warhosts sit in the lees of the starships while the sky grows less flushed with dawn, playing cards. At the same time, the regulators within the Red emissary and our own play their own game across a moist medium of flesh, chemical brew, and stench to determine where the next battle will be fought. We---the Purples---have been fighting the Reds for possession of this moon, jigsaw piece by slow jigsaw piece, as deliberately as a pavane or carved ice. The Reds have grown increasingly desperate. The moon has a certain strategic importance, and the Reds are very close to having to cede it entirely. | Copyright 2014 by Yoon Ha Lee. Originally published in War Stories, edited by Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak. Reprinted by permission of the author. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
In this episode, we move to a new game system, and a new city, as we continue Speculate 2.0 with our fifth actual play episode, the second part of a one shot Blades in the Dark adventure set in the mysterious city of Duskwall. Mike takes over as GM for Greg, Brandon O’Brien, Jaym Gates, […]
In this episode, we move to a new game system, and a new city, as we continue Speculate 2.0 with our fourth actual play episode, the first part of a one shot Blades in the Dark adventure set in the mysterious city of Duskwall. Mike takes over as GM for Greg, Brandon O’Brien, Jaym Gates, […]
Emily couldn't join us this week, so we brought in Patrick Hester to guest-host. And since all three of us are coming back from writing breaks, we decided to talk about what it's like to return to the craft after not pursuing creativity for an extended amount of time. Mentioned in this episode: Kermit The Frog The Muppets The Joker (Batman Character) Mark Hamill Star Wars Daryl Hammond Sean Connery INTO THE FIRE by Patrick Hester Cord Cahill Serials (Fiction Series) by Patrick Hester Changing Denver Podcast Apex Publishing UPSIDE DOWN: INVERTED TROPES IN STORYTELLING (Anthology) edited by Jaym Gates and Monica Valentinelli Tor Publications The Denver Podcast Network http://denverpodcast.net Left Hand Right Brain http://lefthandrightbrainpod.com Big thanks again to Patrick Hester for joining us this week. Check out everything by him at http://atfmb.com and http://functionalnerds.com Thank you to all of our Patreon supporters over at http://patreon.com/BeyondTheTrope
In this episode, we talk about the State of the Field with author, editor, and project manager Jaym Gates, looking in particular at tie-in fiction, game writing, and working in shared worlds. This was an interesting conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. If you like what you hear, please […]
In this episode, we continue our triptych of shows on the work of Andrej Sapkowski with a roundtable discussion of his book The Last Wish, as we’re joined by author, editor, and project manager Jaym Gates. We chat about the book’s translation, the commercial vs. literary quality of the work, the creation of a character […]
At Con-Volution 2015 we sat down with author/podcaster/publicist Jaym Gates and talked about her unique perspective on publishing from within and without.
Brad Beaulieu and Jaym Gates join us from the GenCon Indy Writing Symposium to talk about good versus evil, and how your character might swing between the two. And it’s all about that swing. Moral grey areas are more interesting if we move through them. We talk about how we swing the pendulum, what difficulties we encounter, … Continue reading Writing Excuses 10.41: Your Character’s Moral Pendulum →
Brad Beaulieu and Jaym Gates join us from the GenCon Indy Writing Symposium to talk about good versus evil, and how your character might swing between the two. And it's all about that swing. Moral grey areas are more interesting if we move through them. We talk about how we swing the pendulum, what difficulties we encounter, and what sorts of things we want to have happen to our reader when it moves.
On this episode of The Writer and the Critic, your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, begin by addressing listener feedback about high fantasy and narratives of power which followed on from the discussion at the end of the last episode recorded at Continuum 10. They would also like to draw your attention to some Links of Relevant Interest: Amberlin Kwaymullina's Guest of Honour speech from Continuum 10 Jim C. Hine's Guest of Honour speech from Continuum 10 An Indigenous Speculative Fiction Reading List provided by Amberlin Kwaymullina Ian then provides a brief but thoughtful (and spoiler-free) review of War Stories: Modern Military Science Fiction, a crowd-funded anthology edited by Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak, which he highly recommends. The two books up for critique on this episode are We See a Different Frontier: A Postcolonial Speculative Fiction Anthology edited by Fabio Fernandes and Djibril al-Ayad (beginning around 22:05) and Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History edited by Rose Fox and Daniel José Older (1:01:35). The reviews and articles mentioned during the discussion can be found via the following links: Review of Long Hidden by Katherine Farmer on Strange Horizons "Reviewing the Other: Like Dancing about Architecture" by Nisi Shawl on Strange Horizons "Inclusive Reviewing: A Discussion" on Strange Horizons "Escaping Ethnocentricity?" by Samuel R. Delany on Strange Horizons Response to "Literary Trick" comment by Troy L. Wiggins "MFA vs POC" by Junot Diaz on The New Yorker If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:53:05 for final remarks. For the next episode, Kirstyn has chosen We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler while Ian is recommending Dust Devil on a Quiet Street by Richard Bowes. Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!