Podcast appearances and mentions of John Varley

fWotD Episode 2852: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Monday, 24 February 2025 is Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is a 1984 science fiction television film starring Raul Julia and Linda Griffiths. Based on the 1976 John Varley short story of the same name from the Eight Worlds series, the film takes place in a dystopian future where an employee at a conglomerate gets trapped inside the company's computer and ends up affecting the real world. It was co-produced by Canada's RSL Films, Ltd in Toronto and New York television station WNET. Because of its limited budget, the motion picture was shot on videotape instead of film and was pre-sold to small American cable companies.It premiered on CBC Television in 1984 and was later broadcast on American Playhouse in 1985. The film had a mixed reception from critics. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank was featured in the eighth season finale episode of the comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1997.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:25 UTC on Monday, 24 February 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Overdrawn at the Memory Bank on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Raveena.

Depuis la fin des années 60, les études féministes et sur le genre se sont développées, et, aux Etats-Unis, ont adopté le nom de “gender studies” dès les années 80. Recherches universitaires portant sur les rapports sociaux issus de la partition du monde social et symbolique en deux catégories, homme et femme, supposément issues d'une réalité naturelle, ces travaux intellectuels se fondent sur la décorrélation entre sexe et genre. Ils remettent en question le déterminisme biologique qui assignerait les individu·e·s, dès leur naissance, au masculin ou au féminin et à tout l'attirail social qui va avec. Ce, en fonction de critères censément biologiques, qui font pourtant abstraction de réalités patentes que sont l'existence de personnes trans et intersexes. Parallèlement, depuis les années 70, la science-fiction, jusqu'ici plutôt empreinte de récits masculinistes et de normes très genrées, a vu se développer en son sein, grâce un certain nombre d'auteur·ice·s comme Joanna Russ, John Varley, James Tiptree Jr. ou Ursula K. Le Guin, une profonde remise en question de ces normes. Et quel meilleur domaine que la science-fiction, au fond, pour cultiver ce trouble dans le genre ? De par son rapport privilégié aux sciences, la SF est également un domaine idéal pour explorer les rapports des savoirs biologiques à ces notions de genre, de sexuation, pour élargir le champ des possibles et des idées reçues, combattre les dogmes. Des auteur·ice·s contemporain·e·s comme Rivers Solomon, Saul Pandelakis, Lizzie Crowdagger, Margaret Killjoy, Becky Chambers, Sabrina Calvo et tant d'autres, offrent un aperçu particulièrement riche et diversifié des proposition de la SF à cet égard, et brouillent non seulement les normes de genre mais aussi les binarismes de tout poil, et la notion même de “nature”, si propice à l'essentialisation. Aujourd'hui, alors que les offensives réactionnaires et transphobes instrumentalisent une certain vision de la biologie pour justifier des discours discriminatoires, haineux et oppressifs, que nous apprend la science-fiction sur ces questions qui engagent non seulement la rigueur et la responsabilités des sciences, mais aussi des préoccupations éminemment politiques ? Avec Sabrina Calvo, PandovStrochnis et Saul PandelakisAnimation : Gaby Dans le cadre de la 11e édition du festival Les Intergalactiques le dimanche 16 avril 2023.Captation aussi disponible en vidéo sur notre chaîne YouTube. Site internet du festival :https://intergalactiques.net

Los Retronautas 94 - Megaestructuras. En nuestra nonagésima cuarta entrega abordamos el fascinante mundo de las megaestructuras, esas construcciones artificiales que desafían nuestra imaginación y sentido de la maravilla, ilustrándolo con cuatro clásicos de la Ciencia-Ficción: - Introducción a las megaestructuras en la C-F. (00:04:00) - "Mundo anillo" de Larry Niven. (00:35:00) - "Cita con Rama" A. C. Clarke. (01:53:00) - "Titán" de John Varley. (03:07:00) - "Eón" de Greg Bear. (03:51:00) - Comentarios de los oyentes y despedida. (04:29:00) Nos acompaña la música de The Equinox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcjr0xSGIJk) y cerramos con el clásico de los Electric Prunes "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night". La sintonía, como es habitual, es el tema "Spectre Detector" de los Tiki Tones. Síguenos y contacta con nosotros a través de Facebook en https://www.facebook.com/retronautas, en Twitter en @losretronautas, o escríbenos a nuestro correo electrónico: losretronautas@gmx.com Puedes también unirte a nuestro canal de Telegram. Contacta con nosotros para facilitarte el enlace. Si te ha gustado este programa y quieres invitarnos a un café, puedes hacerlo a través de: https://ko-fi.com/retronautas Y si estás comprometido con la C-F viejuna puedes unirte a la infantería móvil retronaútica en: https://www.patreon.com/losretronautas o aquí mismo, en Ivoox. Como patrocinador, serás informado de nuestros planes de vuelo, y tendrás acceso anticipado a los podcast "Micronautas". Saludos desde los días del futuro pasado.

En nuestra nonagésima primera entrega abordamos unos de los tema clásicos de la C-F: las invasiones extraterrestres. Pero como en su momento ya hablamos de las "invasiones silenciosas" ahora toca hablar de las "invasiones ruidosas", las que atacan a nuestro mundo de frente y con toda la artillería; y para ello es proponemos la siguiente selección de obras que van de lo literario a lo audiovisual: - Introducción. (0:04) - La novela "Y Mañana Serán Clones" de John Varley. (0:27) - Los cómics de "Killraven". (01:10) - La serie de TV "V". (02:21) - El cómic "Slash Maraud" (02:52) - La novela "La Fragua de Dios" de Greg Bear (03:11) - La película "Independence Day". (04:21) - Comentarios de los oyentes y despedida. (04:59) De música de fondo tiramos de este mix: https://youtu.be/f_P8GZpbJGU. Abrimos con la sintonía de "V" y cerramos con "Flying Saucer's Attack" de los Rezillos. La sintonía, como es habitual, es el tema "Spectre Detector" de los Tiki Tones. Síguenos y contacta con nosotros a través de Facebook en https://www.facebook.com/retronautas, en Twitter en @losretronautas, o escríbenos a nuestro correo electrónico: losretronautas@gmx.com Si te ha gustado este programa y quieres invitarnos a un café, puedes hacerlo a través de: https://ko-fi.com/retronautas Y si estás comprometido con la C-F viejuna puedes unirte a la infantería móvil retronaútica en: https://www.patreon.com/losretronautas o aquí mismo, en Ivoox. Como patrocinador, serás informado de nuestros planes de vuelo, y tendrás acceso anticipado a los podcast "Micronautas". Saludos desde los días del futuro pasado.

Demon concludes John Varley's Gaea trilogy, and what a conclusion it is! Giant snakes! Giant Marilyn Monroe! WAR!! Sirocco has been fired from her job as Wizard to become the Demon, and now she plans to overthrow Gaea. Can one truly kill a god? Let's find out! TTYpodcast.com Thumbingthroughyesterday.com

Wizard is the 2nd book in John Varley's Gaea trilogy. We return to the ring 75 years after the events of Titan. Sirocco is an alcoholic. Gaby is on the outs with Gaea, who has begun accepting pilgrims from Earth. Will Tom's rewfound appreciation for this series continue? TTYpodcast.com Thumbingthroughyesterday.com

Titan by John Varley is the beginning of a trilogy about Gaea, a sentient alien megastructure in orbit around Saturn, and the loves of the human crew who first discover her. Initially pooh-poohed by Tom, listen to how one of Tony's favorite books makes a new impression on him! TTYpodcast.com Thumbingthroughyesterday.com

In this episode Brook has special guest Attorney John Varley to discuss bankruptcy before, during or after divorce as a tool to regain financial stability and to help move forward toward a less stressful future. If you are finding these podcast of value and would like to continue receiving this free content, commercial free please consider donating using the Donate button on your podcast page. Enjoy!!! Donate Here

  In this episode Brook speaks with his special guest Attorney John Varley about his personal experiences during his divorce and the different points when things could have gone south and the conscious decisions he made that were difficult but child centric that maintained a working co-parenting relationship through the years. In this episode Brook speaks with his special guest Attorney John Varley about his personal experiences during his divorce and the different points when things could have gone south and the conscious decisions he made that where difficult but child centric that maintained a working co-parenting relationship through the years. If you are finding these podcast of value and would like to continue receiving this free content, commercial free please consider donating using the Donate button on your podcast page. Enjoy!!!

The Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation, visited the University of Florida on Friday, May 27, to learn more about UF’s research initiatives and share his vision for accelerating scientific advancements to benefit all. In this episode of From Florida, the director shares that overview with guest host Dr. David Norton, vice president for research at UF. Produced by Brooke Adams, Brenda Such, Andrew Feigum, John Varley, Ami Blasberg and Isaiah Fetterman. Original music by Daniel Townsend, a doctoral candidate in music composition in the College of the Arts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original broadcast date August 5, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/08/binary-system-podcast-277-wtnv-191-the-many-many-lives-of-frank-chen/ We may have mentioned this before, but the Binary System Podcast team loves a good time-travel story. We especially enjoy it when the writers use the side-effects of time travel to really mess with longtime fans who know that none of what's happening is normal. (Sheriff Pamela Winchel? Michelle Nguyen is marrying Sara Sultan, the fist-sized river rock? Cecil likes Steve Carlsberg's scones?) After we recap the wibbly-wobbly, timey wimey story of poor doomed Frank Chen we move on to the weekly SitRep which is, well, the news of the world could honestly be a little better. (The sounds of sirens and the helicopter life-flights coming from the hospital near Elizabeth's apartment were particularly active this week which seems PRETTY DARN APPROPRIATE.) To distract ourselves from all of THAT, we discussed Lore Olympus for a little while, along with a bit of Penny Dreadful, a smidge of John Varley, and Kathryn's "meh" review of the space horror movie "High Life". The bulk of the episode was devoted to episodes 1-7 of Beastars Season 2, and if you're not caught up then you probably better skip from minute 19:00 to 35:54 because we spoil ALL THE THINGS. The outro music this week is a clip from Finally Free by Linn Friberg. Corrections: According to the transcript http://www.nightvalepresents.com/welcome-to-night-vale-transcripts/2021/8/1/191-the-many-many-lives-of-frank-chen for this week's Night Vale episode, Frank Chen traveled to Constantinople in the year 600, not 1600. He also traveled to the year 2121, not 2021. Hi, we're bad at time. Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use http://www.scottishlaird.co.uk/#_a_2gk to get there, you can support this podcast too! If you want to follow along with Fanart Fridays, check us out on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

In this episode we review this timeless classic, talk about the real-life risk of meteors and comets hitting Earth, discuss how much it feels like nonfiction covering an event that just hasn't happened yet, and debate what makes a book ending great. As always, we also recommend and discuss some similar stories if you're looking for more great books to read. This week we recommend Titan by John Varley, Ringworld by Larry Niven, The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, and The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.YouTube link if you prefer to watch the episode.NO SPOILERS BOOK SUMMARY: Earth's asteroid collision warning system detects a new object in the deep solar system, on an orbit that will take past Earth and close to the sun. As it gets closer, it becomes clear it is a massive cylinder, and it's far too perfect to be natural object. An alien spaceship is heading deep into the solar system. There is only one human ship that can intercept the object before it whips around the sun, and we follow that crew as they arrive at the object and open its airlock door. Note that in this episode we talk about the ending of the book, starting at 19:30.

Ed asks: Are there lines a writer should not cross in fiction? Are there lines you won't cross? Resources Mentioned The Persistence of Vision by John Varley The post Question 924: Lines You Should Not Cross appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Welcome to episode 17 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. For those very few of you who might be wondering what Jonathan and Gary ramble on about when they're not recording or talking to guests, here's a taste—especially if you make it all the way to the last ten minutes or so, when we end up talking about our vaccination cards and possible travel plans.   Before we get there, however, we touch upon the new Lavie Tidhar novel The Hood, which we're both in the midst of reading and is due out in October. That leads to a broader discussion of Tidhar's work and an even broader discussion about how historical material is handled differently in fantasy from the way it is in SF, and whether the classic view of SF's manifest destiny even holds up anymore, given the variety of voices and perspectives now available. Some of the authors we touch upon are Arkady Martine, John Varley, C.J. Cherryh, Isaac Asimov (and the forthcoming Apple TV+ series derived from the Foundation series), Kelly Robson, John Varley, and a few others. A mixed bag, for sure.

In this episode Mark interviews James Fell, Sweary Historian, about his latest book On This Day in History, Sh!t Went Down. Warning to listeners: In this episode, adult language goes down. A lot. If you are offended by swearing and adult language, please do NOT listen to this episode. Prior to the interview, Mark shares comments, from recent episodes, a personal update, and a word from this episode's sponsor. You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway. During their conversation, Mark and James discuss: His experience writing as a freelance investigative journalist within the diet and fitness industry for the LA Times and Chicago Tribune How James' literary agent compared his previous book The Holy Shit Moment as a combination of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink with Jen Sincero's You Are a Badass The way that The Holy Shit Moment was a book with a bit of a scientific analysis on "how shit works" and learning that you can't make those "holy shit" moments happen, but you can set up the groundwork for making it more likely to occur The way that the book The Holy Shit Moment flopped and what that meant for James' career despite all the media attention and support Being in a tough and tight headspace where he wasn't sure what was going to happen with his career, with a book flop, Trump looking like he was going to be re-elected, a Covid-19 pandemic lockdown The way that exercise can be an important part of paving the way for an epiphany moment The long bike-ride James was on that led to the idea for this new book and shift to his writing focus over to history The idea of the "this day in history" posts to share to Facebook How the 2nd post about May West "blew up" on social media (5 million views within a month) and prompted people to suggest he should convert these types of posts into a book The way James would decide on what to write for any specific day The more than 1000 variations of the word "Fuck" that appears in the On This Day in History Shit Went Down A future book that James has been working on called Greedy Sexist Religious Bigots Who Hate Science The move James made to Patreon with his daily history post content and his weariness about whether or not it would work. But how, within a few hours, he was already well into a few thousand dollars How, within 3 months, James was in the top 30 of all writers on Patreon Moving over to Substack and how they encourage people to provide content for free to create an audience, while also having some content behind a paywall The deep and meaningful connection that people can feel towards writers they respect and admire The generosity shown to sci-fi author John Varley via a health crisis and GoFundMe campaign How, even though people can read the entire content of the book for free, sales of On This Day In History Shit Went Down are exploding The print book significantly outpacing the eBook sales on this title despite doing no advertising or marketing outside of sharing free content from the book on social media The importance of a blatant and direct CALL TO ACTION to "get the book And more... After the interview Mark reflects on the change in writing focus James took as well as his fully embracing both traditional publishing and indie publishing options to fully leverage his IP to his greatest benefit, as well as his combination of nimble indie author marketing tactics combined with a progressive business-oriented approach. Mark then thanks Patrons of the podcast offering them one of two opportunities to win one of two free download codes for an awesome new writing bundle from Storybundle called "The Right Stuff Storybundle" (which is only available until May 25, 2021.   Links of Interest: James Fell's Website Body for Wife / Books On This Day in History Shit Went Down James Fell Facebook Page James Fell on Substack Episode 60 - The Holy Shit Moment and Other Sudden Insights with James Fell Episode 2 - Living the Healthy Writer Life with Joanna Penn Episode 138 - Cash Flow for Creators with Michael W Lucas Episode 148 - A Voice Double Conversation with Joanna Penn The Write Stuff Storybundle (Until May 25, 2021) Kevin Closs Music Patreon for Stark Reflections Wide for the Win Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story) A Canadian Werewolf in New York Stowe Away (Novella) Fear and Longing in Los Angeles Fright Nights, Big City   About James Fell My name is James and I say "fuck" a lot. It is possible for me to not swear. I was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune for many years. I think the LA Times let me get away with “hell” twice. I've also been a columnist for Chatelaine and AskMen, and written for TIME Magazine, the Guardian, NPR, Women's Health, Men's Health, and many others. You can see a sample of my published articles here. Additionally, I've had countless radio and TV appearances and never uttered a profane word a single time. Go me. I began as a health and fitness writer and have published two books. The first is Lose it Right: A Brutally Honest 3-Stage Program to Help You Get Fit and Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind published by Random House Canada in 2014. The second is about the science of the life-changing epiphany titled The Holy Sh!t Moment: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant published by St. Martin's Press in 2019. Yes, I wrote a book with a swearword in the title. Both are heavy on the science, containing no bullshit. I also have a popular blog that has millions of readers where I have written on a wide variety of subjects that include fitness, diet, and motivation, but certainly isn't limited to that. The blog is very sweary. Here is my recipe for “motherfucking lasagna.” Covid-19 changed my career arc.   The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

En nuestra sexagésimo octava edición os proponemos una serie de lecturas relacionadas con el tema de la comunicación y la lingüistica en la C-F. Las obras que tratamos son: -"Tetraedros del espacio" de Schuyler Miller (1931) -"Viejo amigo" de Raymond Gallun (1934) -"Los Lenguajes de Pao" de Jack Vance (1958) -"Omnilingual" de H. Beam Piper (1957) - "Babel-17" de Samuel R. Delany (1966) -"La persistencia de la visión" de John Varley (1978) -"Empotrados" de Ian Watson (1973) Nos acompaña la música de Boogaloo Joe Jones y su disco "Psychedelic Jazz Guitar" y despedimos con Blondie y su "Hanging on the telephone". La sintonía, como es habitual, es el tema "Spectre Detector" de los Tiki Tones. Síguenos y contacta con nosotros a través de Facebook en https://www.facebook.com/retronautas, en Twitter en @losretronautas, o escríbenos a nuestro correo electrónico: losretronautas@yahoo.com Y si quieres ayudar a que la Retardis siga volando puedes unirte a la infantería móvil retronaútica en: https://www.patreon.com/losretronautas o aquí mismo en Ivoox. Serás informado de nuestros planes de vuelo, podrás participar en los sorteos de libros o comics y tendrás acceso anticipado a los podcast "Micronautas". Saludos desde los días del futuro pasado.

Welcome to episode 7 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary return to form with a classic ramble through a jumble of topics ranging from the postponement of this year's Swancon in Perth (and a bit of trivia about an American Swanncon from decades ago); the possible effects of the missing convention years on the SFF field; a brief foray into utopian/dystopian fiction; Charles de Lint, urban fantasy, and his new novel Juniper Wiles; our mutual admiration for Catherynne Valente's forthcoming The Past is Red; and bits about what we've been reading lately, including Nghi Vo's The Chosen and the Beautiful, fictions that focus on a single technology like Sarah Pinsker's We Are Satellites, alternate histories like P. Djèlí Clark's A Master of Djinn, set in Cairo, and why we've been overloaded on London steampunk (especially on TV), while other world cities seem to get short shrift in the whole steampunk/alternate history trend. Some of these authors, we promise, will get a chance to speak for themselves in future episodes. This year has been tough for a lot of people. Swancon has suffered a lot of extra costs and GoH Claire Coleman is running a GoFundMe to help them out. You can donate here. Also, John Varley had major heart surgery earlier this year. They're running a GoFundMe to help him with expenses. You can donate here. Both campaigns are worthy of support. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast. We'll see you again soon!  

Millennium is a great time travel book but also a warning about humanity's future. I talk about some fun time travel paradoxes, then I cover some less fun worries about climate change.Millennium - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49848.MillenniumMurray Bookchin - https://lmgtfy.app/?q=murray+bookchin Follow me on Instagram at @unknownreasonspodMusic is "Signal to Noise" by Scott Buckley [https://www.free-stock-music.com/scott-buckley-signal-to-noise.html]

This week on the podcast we cover the final two episodes of The Twilight Zone season 2. Tune in for our chat on Topher Grace in “Try, Try”, and the season finale starring Gretchen Mol. The short story we reference in the episode is “Just Another Perfect Day” by John Varley. —Please send us your...

John Varley's novel "Steel Beach" portrays a future brimming with attractive immortals living in amusement parks on the Moon--yet the main character contemplates suicide. Absent strife, can humans find purpose? Tim Sandefur joins Heaton to discuss John Varley, utopianism, and man's search for meaning. 

Sci-Fi December rolls along with a look at 1989's Millennium. Directed by Michael Anderson, the film stars Kris Kristofferson as an airline disaster investigator who stumbles onto something unexpected at the site of a mid-air collision. It will lead him into a tangled web of time traveling shenanigans.Jedidiah Ayres and Chris Bricklemyer join Mike to discuss the film, John Varley's source novel, and more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sci-Fi December rolls along with a look at 1989’s Millennium. Directed by Michael Anderson, the film stars Kris Kristofferson as an airline disaster investigator who stumbles onto something unexpected at the site of a mid-air collision. It will lead him into a tangled web of time traveling shenanigans. Jedidiah Ayres and Chris Bricklemyer join Mike to discuss the film, John Varley's source novel, and more.

Sci-Fi December rolls along with a look at 1989’s Millennium. Directed by Michael Anderson, the film stars Kris Kristofferson as an airline disaster investigator who stumbles onto something unexpected at the site of a mid-air collision. It will lead him into a tangled web of time traveling shenanigans. Jedidiah Ayres and Chris Bricklemyer join Mike to discuss the film, John Varley's source novel, and more.

In which Pete and Connor discuss John Varley's Ophiuchi Hotline.

In this episode we discuss our recent experience at the Lone Star Game Expo, an excellent gaming con held in Grapevine, TX, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. We talk about the Classic Traveller session Bob ran, the Dungeon Crawl Classics game we played in, various seminars we attended, and the great talk by Marc Miller, author of Traveller and many other games via Game Designers Workshop and Far Future Enterprises.  We also discuss the new X Boat Traveller Fan Zine, some internet finds, and some new gaming purchases.  Relevant links mentioned in the show: Marc Miller at TravellerCon 2017 part 1 (I was wrong about the year) The Path of Cunning - new GURPS fanzine in e-format. Freelance Traveller Traveller Map www.traveller5.net Gypsy Knights Games Cepheus Light by Stellagama Publishing Bob's Notes from the Marc Miller talk: Marc comes in a bit early, sits down on the stage, and just starts chatting with us about Traveller. Asks who had read Agent of the Imperium. I had. He mentions the Vang series, by Christopher Rowley. http://www.christopherrowley.net/novels/VangSeries.php Mentions cosmopolitan nature of the Traveller universe, but notes that humans are still 51% of the population of the Imperium. Mentions that he wanted (and has) an Alien Generator in T5. Mentions various Traveller media projects. A Possible Traveller "starter set", similar to the D&D starter set, at retailers. He considers the new T5 set to be a tool kit. "Want to do [insert something like robots} - here it is ... pats the book. Talks about world generator - using imagination to reconcile seemingly illogical world stats like low tech level with high starport level. Talks about origin of the hobby in tactical wargames, how he learned gaming, "This is a great hobby to be in" "Good clean fun". Talks about direction of historical wargaming having young guys who were enamored of Nazi kind of stuff - fetishized it - and he thinks D&D saved the gaming hobby, by providing a setting in which people can roll play sketchy/evil people but not have it tied to offensive, real world, horrible evil like the nazis. question about all the dice rolling -- why? (talking about the random generation of worlds, people, and creatures). Marc says that using that kind of random generation helps "allow interesting things to happen". origin and creation of the Spinward Marches Beside Dumarest, Vang, what novels/series does he recommend and which were really super influential in the origin of the game. He says stuff by H. Beam Piper, Space Viking, Cosmic Computer, John Varley, Citizen of the Galaxy. I comment that I appreciate that he has always kept the bar high -- high standards. Traveller never goes low. Never incorporates creepy, sexist, gross-out, lowbrown stuff, and that from getting the boxed set when I was a kid the game was uplifting and "made me feel smart." He says many people have told him the game changed their lives, and he appreciates that. Later in the talk, with regard to potential movies/TV, he reiterates his desire not to allow lowbrow lowest-common-denominator stuff (My words, not his) to be associated with Traveller. Talks about Zhodani core expeditions a bit. That's all I got, folks. It was a 2 hour talk, and really fun. I got a chance to really look at the new hardback Book 1. I have the PDF, and I found the PDF overwhelming. Looking at the book in person, I found it easier to understand. This isn't an official review, but it this looks really good, seems well-organized. Looking at it as a toolkit makes a lot of sense. He mentions that it will be $100 for the whole set - compared to $150 for the 3 D&D 5e books, so its a bargain! Oh, the art is pretty good in the books. Mark mentioned that he prefers descriptive art in his books so you can see what things look like, as opposed to "atmospheric" art. The new book very much adheres to this. Christopher Rowley: Novels -- The Vang Series www.christopherrowley.net    Jeff's models!

Continuing on the quest to finish off Reel Future, this time the boys hit up John Varley’s 1977 short story “Air Raid” and its adaptation, the 1989 film Millennium. Plus, another entry in the list of emails Colin has received from authors he asked for comments. And this one is a doozy. For certain definitions of doozy. … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #79: Evacuate Through the Back Door (Millennium/Air Raid) →

Continuing on the quest to finish off Reel Future, this time the boys hit up John Varley’s 1977 short story “Air Raid” and its adaptation, the 1989 film Millennium. Plus, another entry in the list of emails Colin has received from authors he asked for comments. And this one is a doozy. For certain definitions of doozy. … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #79: Evacuate Through the Back Door (Millennium/Air Raid) →

[…] Revenue de tout, joyeuse, folle de désir, la Salle 101 revient te chatouiller les oreilles en chantant : L’autre côté, le nouveau Léo Henry (Hiiiiiiiiiiiii), Slow Apocalypse, roman super marrant de John Varley, Blood Punks, bande-dessinée avec des punks vampires de MikeulPonk. Eh oui. « Franchement, franchement, les gars, là… » soupire Michael H.

[…] Revenue de tout, joyeuse, folle de désir, la Salle 101 revient te chatouiller les oreilles en chantant : L'autre côté, le nouveau Léo Henry (Hiiiiiiiiiiiii), Slow Apocalypse, roman super marrant de John Varley, Blood Punks, bande-dessinée avec des punks vampires de MikeulPonk. Eh oui. « Franchement, franchement, les gars, là… » soupire Michael H.

More than a decade after Barclays turned to Middle Eastern investors for rescue funds during the financial crisis, a jury in London has begun hearing the case against the bank’s former chief executive John Varley and three senior colleagues, who stand accused of defrauding the market. Patrick Jenkins discusses what has emerged from the case so far with Caroline Binham and Jane Croft.Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor, Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent and Jane Croft, law courts correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Metro Bank's prospects after a sharp fall in its shares following the disclosure that it had misreported its risk weighting, predictions from Davos and the trial of former Barclays chief executive John Varley and three senior colleagues in London.Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Brooke Masters, comment editor, David Crow, banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, Jane Croft, law courts correspondent and John Cronin, financial analyst at Goodbody stockbrokers, in Dublin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The decision is a setback for the Serious Fraud Office after years of investigation into the fundraising deal. However four former executives at the British bank, including its ex-chief executive John Varley, still face criminal charges over the cash injections the bank arranged from Qatari investors to survive the financial crisis. Patrick Jenkins discusses what the ruling means for Barlcays and the SFO with the FT's Jane Croft and Martin Arnold See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's episode ranges from a discussion about the growing importance of novellas and their advantages both for readers and writers, the difficult question of which story you might pick to introduce a new reader to a favourite author, the importance of distinctive voices in both short fictions and novels, the upcoming 87th birthday of the great Gene Wolfe, and James Cameron's new TV documentary on SF, which features appearance from several SF writers and critics, including Gary. Then Jonathan springs on Gary the question of what his favourite book is, so Gary tossed it right back to Jonathan. We both came up with answers that date back to our respective childhoods. In addition to Gene Wolfe, some of the authors mentioned include R.A. Lafferty, Ted Chiang, Margo Lanagan, Kelly Link, Robert A. Heinlein, T.H. White, Sam J. Miller, Kate Wilhelm, Ursula Le Guin, Andy Duncan, Howard Waldrop, Catherynne Valente, Jeffrey Ford, Lavie Tidhar, John Varley, James Patrick Kelly, Alec Nevala-Lee, and Joseph Heller. In other words, another ramble.

We discuss Dreadnought by April Daniels. Katie suggests Brian Selzick's the Marvels if you want to see a combination of text and illustrations. Cash Money's coworker Lisa C suggests The Eight Worlds series by John Varley, and Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. Cash Money suggests Luna by Julie Ann Peters and Magnus Chase The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan. Kim suggests Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona and Marie Lu's Young Elites. Lindsey suggests the Runaways by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona. Molly suggests Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. Nate suggests the CW's The 100 and I am Princess X by Cherie Priest and the Conqueror Saga (And I Darken & Now I Rise) by Kiersten White.

Robert Hockett, a professor at Cornell University Law School, discusses fraud charges against four former Barclays executives, including ex-CEO John Varley, surrounding the bank's 2008 capital raising from Qatar. He speaks with June Grasso on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

Robert Hockett, a professor at Cornell University Law School, discusses fraud charges against four former Barclays executives, including ex-CEO John Varley, surrounding the bank's 2008 capital raising from Qatar. He speaks with June Grasso on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

In a recent interview with Locus, Hugo and Campbell Award-winning author Ian McDonald discussed his new hard SF novel, Luna: First Moon: ‘My next books are Luna parts one and two, a duology set on a moon base – Game of Domes. In the Luna books, I'm still writing about developing economies, it's just that this one happens to be on the moon, about 2089. It was basically Gary K. Wolfe who was responsible for it. On an ancient Coode Street podcast about invigorating stale subgenres in science fiction, he said he'd love to see a new take on the moonbase story. I don't know why, but I've always loved moon stories. John Varley did one, Steel Beach. I thought about it, and Enid, my partner, was watching TV, the new version of Dallas. It wasn't very good, but the old version was great. My book is Dallas on the moon, so it's got five big industrial family corps on the moon, called the five dragons, and it's about their intrigues and battles.” Given Coode Street's part in the history of Luna (see episode 72), we decided to invite Ian, a long-time friend of the podcast, back to discuss the new novel, his writing, and much more. As always, we'd like to thank Ian for making the time to be part of the podcast, and hope you enjoy the episode. More next week!

"Station Eleven" and "The Peripheral" - The end of the world is here, or in the near future, or in the far future, or maybe all three? Our Book Club reconvenes to talk about three somewhat apocalyptic novels: “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, “The Peripheral” by William Gibson, and “Slow Apocalypse” by John Varley. Host Jason Snell with Lisa Schmeiser, David J. Loehr, Monty Ashley and Scott McNulty.

Features include: Editorial: Still Talking; Music Section: Clip - Flying to the Trap; Serenity Speculation: Hierarchy in Alliance Constabulary; Broadwaves: The Red Thunder trilogy, by John Varley; Does that Seem Right to You?: Cold Storage; How to Speak Chinese: Those Left Behind Vol. 1

I know how you're feeling. You wake up alone in a strange room, you get up, you look around, you soon discover that both doors are locked from the outside. It's enough to unsettle anybody. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

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].

On this week's podcast: The last Banking Commission's road show and Barclays chief John Varley's suggestion that the era of free banking in the UK is at an end; more trouble for Spanish banks as JC Flowers pulls out of an investment deal with caja Banca Civica; George Osborne and his attempts to improve relations between the government and the City by not instating a new tax on bank bonuses or increasing the planned £2.5bn levy. Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff and Megan Murphy. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Fading Suns and Dying Moons © 2009 by Spider Robinson Music by Schaun Tozer, James Raymond, and Dave Van Ronk. Readings of "In Fading Suns And Dying Moons" by John Varley, and of Chapter 1 of BAD NEWS by Donald E. Westlake.

The Persistence of Vision © 2008 by Spider Robinson EXPLICIT WARNING. Reading: Hugo and Locus Award-winning novella "The Persistence of Vision" by John Varley. Music by John Boutte, Doug Cox, Jake Thackray, David Crosby.

Stardance © 2008 by Spider Robinson EXPLICIT WARNING. Readings: excerpt from “Stardance,” by S & J; “Options” by John Varley Music: “Cottontail,” by Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington’s Orchestra; “Sweet Marajuana Brown,” by Joe Thomas with the Barney Bigard Sextet and Art Tatum; “Muggles” by Louis Armstrong; “Pak Alit” by Colin Macdonald.