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This week on From the Front Porch, it's a Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 530) or download and shop on The Bookshelf's official app: Melinda's voicemail: Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King Games & Rituals by Katherine Heiny (unavailable to order) Heating & Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly (unavailable to order) I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs by Heather Lende The Book of Delights by Ross Gay Here for It by R. Eric Thomas You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith Jessica's voicemail: Tim Johnston Stuart Turton Andy Weir Jeff Vandermeer Peng Shepherd Devolution by Max Brooks Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Ferryman by Justin Cronin The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch The Fold by Peter Clines (unavailable to order) How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe by Charles Yu Emily St. John Mandel Hailey's voicemail: The Women by Kristin Hannah The Last Love Note by Emma Grey Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill Brood by Jackie Polzin (unavailable to order) Forty Rooms by Olga Grushin (unavailable to order) The Wedding People by Alison Espach Shark Heart by Emily Habeck In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet Talia's voicemail: Lady MacBeth by Ava Reid Hide by Kiersten White Lucy, Undying by Kiersten White From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is listening to Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the winners of the 2024 National Book Awards a little before embarking on the first of two rounds of answering listener holiday recommendation requests. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Angie Kim Megan Abbott Liz Moore Dr No Motherless Brooklyn The Most Fun We Ever Had On Beauty Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Yellowface Everything I Never Told You Jami Attenberg  Colored Television Be Ready When the Luck Happens Chemistry Margo's Got Money Trouble Birnam Wood  House of Cotton In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez The Overstory The God of the Woods The Trees Barkskins The Most Greek Lessons The Buddha in the Attic Wintering Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Greta & Valdin Michael Lewis Steven Johnson Hanif Abdurraquib Challenger How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe How Big Things Get Done Gilead Our Souls at Night The Woman Next Door  Educated A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Looking for a Sign Merry Little Meet Cute  Storied Life of AJ Fikry Ink Blood Sister Scribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The western world can surely learn how efficiently the way Dubai and Abu Dhabi laws are maintained. David Ward has lived in both cities for over 10 years and shares his experiences of how people live cooperatively and peacefully. Understanding, tolerance and respect are qualities that are maintained at their highest level.

AS King's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/as_king_/Pre-order the book: https://www.aaronsbooks.com/collectors Elias's Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/elliasreads/ Books gifted by Penguin Random House Canada: Happy Place: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/704944/happy-place-by-emily-henry/9780593441275How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/203055/how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe-by-charles-yu/9780307739452What My Bones Know: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/658389/what-my-bones-know-by-stephanie-foo/9780593238127 Support The Podcast:Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unboundJoin our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunboundFollow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/books_unbound/ Need Info or Some Books?All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/booksSubmit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.comUse our affiliate link to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! https://tidd.ly/3dyW1Xw Our Patrons:A special thanks to our Gold Foil Team on Patreon: Bellanora, Brittany, Bronte, Christina, Claire, Claudia, Haley, Hannah, Jessie, Jo, Jude, Karin, Luna, Maria, Mario, Meg, Nicole, Rebecca, Simon, Tamar! 

This episode we're giving our book pitches for our Battle of the Books 2023! Each of us has picked one title that we think we should all read and discuss and you get to vote for which one it is! Will we read Spear by Nicola Griffith, Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey, Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Lea Ypi, or The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing? You decide!  You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Books We Pitched Meghan - Spear by Nicola Griffith Jam - Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey Matthew - Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Lea Ypi Anna - The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing Vote for which we should read! Our “Long List” of Titles Meghan Women of the Fur Trade by Frances Koncan (Wikipedia) The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill Jam How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler Trust Kids!: Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy edited by carla joy bergman Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree Anna Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Best Simpsons Intro Is About Losing Everything You Love (Jacob Geller video in which he recommended this book in the outro.) A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott Matthew Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake The New Teen Titans, vol. 1 by Marv Wolfman, George Pérez, and Romeo Tanghal Podcast Episodes Episode 178 - Aliens, Extraterrestrials, and UFOs (listen to the end of this episode!) Episode 058 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Episode 079 - Which Book Should We Read? Episode 083 - The Fifth Season Episode 103 - Battle of the Books 2020 Episode 107 - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Episode 130 - Battle of the Books 2021 Episode 134 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Episode 154 - Book pitches Episode 159 - Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart Links, Articles, Books, and Things The Coode Street Podcast Episode 576: Nicola Griffith and Spear French Makes No Sense: Pronouns by Loic Suberville Gender Reveal: Episode 136 with Sabrina Imbler River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey Cursed Princess Club, vol. 1 by LambCat Read on Webtoon Jacob Geller - Who's Afraid of Modern Art: Vandalism, Video Games, and Fascism Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston Teen Titans Go! (Wikipedia) 15 Comedic Science Fiction & Fantasy by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors - to help readers to diversify their reading and library professionals to diversify their readers' advisory. All of the lists can be found here. Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson One for the Morning Glory by John Barnes Waypoint Kangaroo by Curtis C. Chen The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain by Minister Faust Tears of the Trufflepig by Fernando A. Flores The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales Severance by Ling Ma Popisho by Leone Ross Motorcycles & Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes Bang Bang Bodhisattva by Aubrey Wood Super Extra Grande by Yoss How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Vote for which book we should read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, August 1st we'll be discussing the fiction genre of Pulp! Then on Tuesday, August 15th we'll be talking about books and other media we've recently enjoyed in our Summer 2023 Media Update!

FANTASY+GIRL is going back to school with a series dedicated to the nostalgia of summer reading assignments! For the series, Emma C. Wells and E. J. Wenstrom will be challenging each other with SFF books to read, and then come back to discuss. Here, E. J. reveals what she's challenging Emma to read first, and why. EJ is assigning Emma to read HOW TO LIVE SAVELY IN A SCIENCE FICTIONAL UNIVERSE by Charles Yu. EJ has been a Charles Yu fan for years and this was the novel that started the obsession. This story starts with a time travel repairman stuck in a mutliverse full of tropey playfulness that any science fiction fan is going to get a kick out of, but underneath it, this is a story about a man trying to untangle the mess left behind when his father mysteriously disappeared, and what that means for himself and his mother left behind. (Hint: EJ loves audiobooks but says to read this one in print because of the mathematical formulas and creative use of space on the page)How can you join the fun? Easy! Read How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and let the Emma and EJ know what you think!You can comment on their social media or email them at fantasygirlpodcast@gmail.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Charles Yu is the author of four books, including Interior Chinatown (the winner of the 2020 National Book Award for fiction), and the novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (a New York Times Notable Book and a Time magazine best book of the year). He received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the HBO series, Westworld. He has also written for shows on FX, AMC, and HBO. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired, among other publications. Together with TaiwaneseAmerican.org, he established the Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Writing Prizes, in honor of his parents. Terence Washington is the Manager of Civic Engagement and Programs for the Free Library of Philadelphia. After leaving the Air Force, he got a master's in art history at Williams College before working as an arts administrator, curator, and educator. He has done full-time and freelance work with the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the NXTHVN residency, the Readying the Museum initiative, DC Arts Center, The Phillips Collection, Mass MoCA, and elsewhere. He thinks everyone should read Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom. (recorded 4/20/2023)

Hi Everyone. Happy Holidays! It has been a wonderful year of great interviews and terrific learning here on the podcast. I thought it would be great to revisit a few of my most popular interviews from 2022.  First up, my most popular show ever: Back in mid-January, I interviewed Don Shirley and Chris Cooley about SafeinHome. SafeinHome has been a “life changer” for Chris, and in this conversation, we learn all about his experience using the service. Enjoy!  SafeinHome President Don Shirley brings more than thirty-five years of innovative healthcare and technology experience to the company and industry.  Don has been instrumental in such endeavors as bringing home-dialysis therapies to patients seeking self-directed lifestyles, to being one of the pioneers in web-based purchasing for the healthcare industry.  With a focus on safety, independence, and self-determination, Don has overseen all development and marketing activity for the company, expanding SafeinHome's service offering to eleven states and growing!  Chris Cooley is legally blind and deaf and lives in Portsmouth, Ohio. He is an expert on service dogs and service dog awareness. Chris is also passionate about remote support technologies and the role they play in helping people with disabilities to live more independent lives. He is on the board of the Ohio tech ambassadors program.  His role is to help spread awareness about technology and how it can help us live independently.  His dog Larkin is a 4year old golden retriever. Key Highlights: [00:01 - 07:31] Opening Segment Don shares about SafeinHome Remote support for people with disabilities What are direct support and services? The human part of SafeinHome [07:31 - 21:40] A Story of Better Independent Living Chris shares his experience with SafeinHome SafeinHome Services Affordable, one person at a time, and available in other states The goal is to help the individual become more independent and self-sufficient [21:41 - 29:01] Closing Segment This is not a surveillance or an alarm company Providing service and support to one person at a time Check out SafeinHome, and their YouTube Channel to learn more about how remote supports work!  Key Quotes: “We are here truly to provide service and support. And that service and support is defined person by person.” - Don Shirley “Not everyone is the same, and not everyone needs the same service. You get to choose.” - Chris Cooley Please check out videos of many of the podcast episodes on my YouTube channel: Accessible Housing Matters, To learn more, share feedback, or share guest ideas, please visit my website, or contact me on Facebook and Twitter. Like what you've heard? Please review us! That helps let other people know about the podcast. Accessible Housing Matters is dedicated to raising awareness about important issues around accessibility and housing, and getting conversations going. I'd love to learn more about what's on your mind and get your feedback about the show. Contact me directly at stephen@accessiblehousingmatters.com to share your thoughts or arrange a call.

Jeff and Rebecca conclude this year's holiday recommendation extravaganza. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Merchants of Culture by John Thompson Bookish People by Susan Coll The Billion Dollar Whale An Ugly Truth by Sheera Frankel & Cecilia Kang She Said The Cult of We Amor Towles Sherry Thomas' Lady Sherlock series We Ride Upon Sticks In the Dream House The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson The Switch by Beth O'Leary On the Rooftop 2am at the Cat's Pajamas The Alchemy of Us Your Table is Ready The Man from the Future Tender at the Bone Buttermilk Graffiti Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger Dirt by Bill Buford The English Patient 52 Loaves by William Alexander Taste by Stanley Tucci The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Perish by LaToya Watkins All This Could Be Different The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka Cloudstreet by Tim Winton The Home Place World of Wonders Pilgrim at Tinker Creek The Naturalist at Large by Bernd Heinrich Cutting Back by Leslie Buck A Little Devil in America Major Labels I Contain Multitudes The 90s The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka How Strange a Season Brandon Taylor The Sentence (or any Erdrich) The Orchard by Adele Crockett Roberston Post-Traumatic by Chantal Johnson George Saunders Kelly Link Zone One by Colson Whitehead How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Unbound by Steph Jagger Trace by Lauret Savoy High Sierra by Kim Stanley Robinson Beyond Possible by Nims Purja  S.A. Cosby Elmore Leonard The Force by Don Winslow Anthem by Noah Hawley Joe Ide Catch & Kill The Devil & Sherlock Holmes by David Grann Evvie Drake Starts Over Lives of Jaded Women Crazy Rich Asians Erotic Stories for Punjabi Women by Balli Kaur Jaswal The Mitford Series by Jan Karon Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Shaffer & Burrows, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Babel by R.F. Kuang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us as we discuss the latest updates to the Building Safety Act and related issues in the next episode in our How We Live… Safely podcast series. In this episode, construction partner Sue Ryan is joined by principal associate Gemma Whittaker and senior associate Sean Garbutt – who are all part of the Building Safety team here at Gowling WLG – to summarise the latest updates with regard to the Act. This includes the publication of the consultations on the higher risk buildings regime and the findings in the case of Martlet Homes Limited v Mulalley & Co. Limited. You can find this episode and the accompanying transcript on our website: https://gowlg.co/3yPkwuo  ... Gowling WLG is an international full-service law firm working across a range of industry sectors including real estate, government, financial services, life sciences and technology. We operate across the world with offices in the UK, Europe, Canada and the Middle East. We regularly talk about a broad range of topics that may be of interest to you. Subscribe to receive our latest articles, podcasts and webinars straight to your inbox: https://gowlg.co/35efH2r  Alternatively, you can view our full selection of insights and resources here: https://gowlg.co/3IwEr41  Want to get to know us? Follow us on: LinkedIn: https://gowlg.co/3hqmatB  Twitter: https://gowlg.co/35Do0nY  Facebook: https://gowlg.co/3th2w8N  Instagram: https://gowlg.co/3tEf2iq  This podcast may contain information of general interest about current legal issues, but does not give legal advice.

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). That novel brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. In this crossover episode, which originally aired on Novel Dialogue, where critics and novelists sit down together in peace, He speaks with John and with science-fiction scholar Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the “small feelings” that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is “acute impostor syndrome” and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called “double-consciousness.” Mentioned in this Episode: --Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) --W. E. B. Du Bois on “double-consciousness” (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). That novel brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. In this crossover episode, which originally aired on Novel Dialogue, where critics and novelists sit down together in peace, He speaks with John and with science-fiction scholar Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the “small feelings” that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is “acute impostor syndrome” and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called “double-consciousness.” Mentioned in this Episode: --Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) --W. E. B. Du Bois on “double-consciousness” (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-fiction

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). That novel brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. In this crossover episode, which originally aired on Novel Dialogue, where critics and novelists sit down together in peace, He speaks with John and with science-fiction scholar Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the “small feelings” that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is “acute impostor syndrome” and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called “double-consciousness.” Mentioned in this Episode: --Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) --W. E. B. Du Bois on “double-consciousness” (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). That novel brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. In this crossover episode, which originally aired on Novel Dialogue, where critics and novelists sit down together in peace, He speaks with John and with science-fiction scholar Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the “small feelings” that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is “acute impostor syndrome” and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called “double-consciousness.” Mentioned in this Episode: --Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) --W. E. B. Du Bois on “double-consciousness” (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). That novel brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. In this crossover episode, which originally aired on Novel Dialogue, where critics and novelists sit down together in peace, He speaks with John and with science-fiction scholar Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the “small feelings” that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is “acute impostor syndrome” and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called “double-consciousness.” Mentioned in this Episode: --Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) --W. E. B. Du Bois on “double-consciousness” (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

飛碟聯播網《飛碟早餐 唐湘龍時間》2022.06.27 週一閱讀單元 新經典文化總編輯 葉美瑤 《內景唐人街》 ※主題：《內景唐人街》/ 游朝凱 / 新經典文化 ※來賓：新經典文化總編輯 葉美瑤 ◎節目介紹： 《紐約時報》年度十大小說家、人氣影集《西方極樂園》編劇，娓娓道出華人的真實心聲，是小說，是現實人生上演的戲碼；是一段對華人社群追求美國夢大膽的自嘲，也是一記對美國主流社會最辛辣的回馬槍。 《內景唐人街》創作手法大膽創新，以第二人稱視角、劇本形式書寫以華裔為主體的故事。游朝凱融合意識流、內心戲、諷喻等元素，戲裡戲外虛虛實實，字裡行間幽默詼諧、辛辣諷刺，愈讀愈感受到作者深刻的創作意圖：「為什麼亞裔在美國只能有單一的樣貌？」 游朝凱融合在好萊塢擔任編劇的手法，讓故事進展一跳再跳，從華人的功夫英雄夢出發、白人黑人警匪劇，小至臨演冒險脫稿笑場、無厘頭法庭攻防戰，大至二二八事件、移民血淚史、美國史上排華法令……游朝凱將自身與父母輩的經驗巧妙編織，將新舊移民與後代真實境遇精采呈現。這樣天馬行空的創意，受到美國國家書卷獎肯定其「明亮、大膽、直截了當」，也讓游朝凱成為第一個榮獲美國國家書卷獎的台裔作家。 游朝凱雖然以本書直戳美國主流社會對於亞洲人的刻板印象，但他仍藉這部作品自嘲：亞洲人只活在自己的小圈圈裡，把自己活在某個框架中。不管是書裡，還是真實人生，游朝凱期許，總有一天這個世界不是因為他是亞洲人而看到他，而是因為他才看到他。 ◎作者介紹：游朝凱 榮獲美國國家書卷獎之前發表過三本書《三流超級英雄》（Third Class Superhero）、《時光機器與消失的父親》（How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe）和《請，謝謝，對不起》（Sorry Please Thank You），也曾以HBO影集《西方極樂園》（Westworld）兩度獲得美國編劇工會獎（Writers Guild of America Awards）提名，FX和AMC頻道也推出過他撰寫劇本的影集。游朝凱的小說和散文散見於《紐約客》、《紐約時報》、《大西洋月刊》、《華爾街日報》、《Wired》等刊物。 ▶ 《飛碟早餐》FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufobreakfast/ ▶ 飛碟聯播網FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufonetwork921/ ▶ 網路線上收聽 http://www.uforadio.com.tw/stream/stream.html ▶ 飛碟APP，讓你收聽零距離 IOS：https://reurl.cc/3jYQMV Android：https://reurl.cc/5GpNbR ▶ 飛碟Podcast SoundOn : https://bit.ly/30Ia8Ti Apple Podcasts : https://apple.co/3jFpP6x Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2CPzneD Google 播客：https://bit.ly/3gCTb3G KKBOX：https://reurl.cc/MZR0K4

One of the biggest changes to not only real estate, but our society as a whole, is the Building Safety Act which received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.  In this 'How We Live...Safely' episode, we discuss what the Royal Assent means for the Act, the new obligations that will need to be complied with and what companies impacted by this should be looking out for going forward. Construction partner Sue Ryan is joined by principal associates Gemma Whittaker and Helen Arthur, and senior associate Sean Garbutt – who are all part of the Building Safety team here at Gowling WLG – to dissect some of the latest updates to the Act. ... Gowling WLG is an international full-service law firm working across a range of industry sectors including real estate, government, financial services, life sciences and technology. We operate across the world with offices in the UK, Europe, Canada and the Middle East. We regularly talk about a broad range of topics that may be of interest to you. Subscribe to receive our latest articles, podcasts and webinars straight to your inbox: https://gowlg.co/35efH2r Alternatively, you can view our full selection of insights and resources here: https://gowlg.co/3IwEr41 Want to get to know us? Follow us on: LinkedIn: https://gowlg.co/3hqmatB Twitter: https://gowlg.co/35Do0nY Facebook: https://gowlg.co/3th2w8N Instagram: https://gowlg.co/3tEf2iq This podcast may contain information of general interest about current legal issues, but does not give legal advice.

This episode cotnains: We make episode 404 and didn't make a FILE NOT FOUND joke. FAIL. Ben finds podracing engines at an airplane museum. A new droid in Galaxy's Edge!? Steven's got the scoop on the C units. Did you know Chopper was cursing a bunch in Star Wars Rebels? Check out the newest ice cream flavor: The Wrath of P'Khan! In the immortal words of Outkast: What's cooler than being cool? Researchers Made Ultracold Quantum Bubbles on the Space Station. Scientists have produced tiny bubbles of extremely cold gas atoms on the ISS. NASA is able to take quantum paradoxes and make them visible to the naked eye. When rubidium cools to absolute zero, they become a new state of matter. Steven doesn't believe that the Magnetic Fields are a band. Is Baby Universe a really cool indie band? We don't look it up. https://www.wired.com/story/researchers-made-ultracold-quantum-bubbles-on-the-space-station/ Take that, pig! Confused Cops Stop Driverless Car. San Francisco police pulled over a driverless car, but didn't file a citation. Give us driverless cars? Yes please! What kind of license is necessary for a driverless car? Most driverless car errors are actually human errors. If our roads were suddenly filled with driverless cars, it'd be super safe. https://www.geeksaresexy.net/2022/04/14/confused-cops-stop-driverless-car/ Science Fiction: Steven does a light review of the first episode of season 2 of The Wilds. Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1 has been super good. The first episode of The Orville: New Horizons could have cut 25 minutes. Let's talk about the 848th episode of Star Trek. Spock Amok! It was great! Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part III spoilers this episode and whoo-ee, this was great. James Earl Jones was Darth Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part III, but got help. Steven gets excited about the glow and reflection off lightsabers. Patreon-only content: Extreme parenting! Ben's designed 65 books since 2005. Heteronormativity in The Power of Now. The rituals we use to get to sleep. Dot-matrix printers and zen. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. Space Boy! https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-404-67330237

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). He brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. His other work includes two books of short stories (Third Class Superhero 2006 and Sorry Please Thank You in 2012) and some episodes of Westworld, He speaks with John and with Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine, noted SF scholar. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the "small feelings" that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is "acute impostor syndrome" and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called "double consciousness." In conclusion, we followed the old ND custom of asking Charlie about treats that sustain him while writing. Later, we reached out with this season's question about what new talent he'd love to acquire miraculously. He had a lightning-fast response: "the ability to stop myself from saying a thing I already know I will regret. I would use this on a daily, if not hourly, basis." Mentioned: Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) W. E. B. Du Bois on "double consciousness" (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Aarthi Vadde is Associate Professor of English at Duke University. Email: aarthi.vadde@duke.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). He brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. His other work includes two books of short stories (Third Class Superhero 2006 and Sorry Please Thank You in 2012) and some episodes of Westworld, He speaks with John and with Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine, noted SF scholar. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the "small feelings" that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is "acute impostor syndrome" and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called "double consciousness." In conclusion, we followed the old ND custom of asking Charlie about treats that sustain him while writing. Later, we reached out with this season's question about what new talent he'd love to acquire miraculously. He had a lightning-fast response: "the ability to stop myself from saying a thing I already know I will regret. I would use this on a daily, if not hourly, basis." Mentioned: Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) W. E. B. Du Bois on "double consciousness" (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Aarthi Vadde is Associate Professor of English at Duke University. Email: aarthi.vadde@duke.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-american-studies

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). He brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. His other work includes two books of short stories (Third Class Superhero 2006 and Sorry Please Thank You in 2012) and some episodes of Westworld, He speaks with John and with Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine, noted SF scholar. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the "small feelings" that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is "acute impostor syndrome" and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called "double consciousness." In conclusion, we followed the old ND custom of asking Charlie about treats that sustain him while writing. Later, we reached out with this season's question about what new talent he'd love to acquire miraculously. He had a lightning-fast response: "the ability to stop myself from saying a thing I already know I will regret. I would use this on a daily, if not hourly, basis." Mentioned: Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) W. E. B. Du Bois on "double consciousness" (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Aarthi Vadde is Associate Professor of English at Duke University. Email: aarthi.vadde@duke.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-fiction

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). He brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. His other work includes two books of short stories (Third Class Superhero 2006 and Sorry Please Thank You in 2012) and some episodes of Westworld, He speaks with John and with Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine, noted SF scholar. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the "small feelings" that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is "acute impostor syndrome" and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called "double consciousness." In conclusion, we followed the old ND custom of asking Charlie about treats that sustain him while writing. Later, we reached out with this season's question about what new talent he'd love to acquire miraculously. He had a lightning-fast response: "the ability to stop myself from saying a thing I already know I will regret. I would use this on a daily, if not hourly, basis." Mentioned: Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) W. E. B. Du Bois on "double consciousness" (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Aarthi Vadde is Associate Professor of English at Duke University. Email: aarthi.vadde@duke.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). He brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. His other work includes two books of short stories (Third Class Superhero 2006 and Sorry Please Thank You in 2012) and some episodes of Westworld, He speaks with John and with Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine, noted SF scholar. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the "small feelings" that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is "acute impostor syndrome" and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called "double consciousness." In conclusion, we followed the old ND custom of asking Charlie about treats that sustain him while writing. Later, we reached out with this season's question about what new talent he'd love to acquire miraculously. He had a lightning-fast response: "the ability to stop myself from saying a thing I already know I will regret. I would use this on a daily, if not hourly, basis." Mentioned: Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) W. E. B. Du Bois on "double consciousness" (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Aarthi Vadde is Associate Professor of English at Duke University. Email: aarthi.vadde@duke.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for Interior Chinatown but some of us became fans a decade earlier, with How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010). He brilliantly uses SF conventions to uncover the kind of self-deceptive infilling that we all do every day, the little stories we tell ourselves to make our world seem predictable and safe when it's anything but. His other work includes two books of short stories (Third Class Superhero 2006 and Sorry Please Thank You in 2012) and some episodes of Westworld, He speaks with John and with Chris Fan, Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, senior editor and co-founder of Hyphen magazine, noted SF scholar. The conversation gets quickly into intimate territory: the pockets of safe space and the "small feelings" that families can and cannot provide, and that science fiction can or cannot recreate. Graph paper and old math books get a star turn. Charlie's time as a lawyer is scrutinized; so too is "acute impostor syndrome" and the everyday feeling of putting on a costume or a mask, as well as what Du Bois called "double consciousness." In conclusion, we followed the old ND custom of asking Charlie about treats that sustain him while writing. Later, we reached out with this season's question about what new talent he'd love to acquire miraculously. He had a lightning-fast response: "the ability to stop myself from saying a thing I already know I will regret. I would use this on a daily, if not hourly, basis." Mentioned: Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) W. E. B. Du Bois on "double consciousness" (and so much more): Souls of Black Folk (1903) Aarthi Vadde is Associate Professor of English at Duke University. Email: aarthi.vadde@duke.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Forestil dig, at du har en tidsmaskine, men mest af alt bruger den til at gemme dig for dit liv, ved at tage årelange time-outs, hvor din tid går, men alt andet står stille, indtil du en dag skyder dig selv. Charles Yu leger gevaldigt med tidsrejsetroperne i How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. Indlægget Ep. 92: Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe blev først udgivet på SCIFI SNAK.

Well, maybe not allllll of their favorites. Join Chad and Evan as they reveal some of their best reads of 2021. Evan gushes about his favorite fish story, and Chad does a pretty passable Irish accent. Have you read any of the books on their respective lists? Find out on another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters!   In today's episode, I welcome Don Shirley and Chris Cooley   SafeinHome President Don Shirley brings more than thirty-five years of innovative healthcare and technology experience to the company and industry.  Don has been instrumental in such endeavors as bringing home-dialysis therapies to patients seeking self-directed lifestyles, to being one of the pioneers in web-based purchasing for the healthcare industry.  With a focus on safety, independence, and self-determination, Don has overseen all development and marketing activity for the company, expanding SafeinHome's service offering to eleven states and growing!  Don makes his home in West Palm Beach, Florida with his wife and three children, and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Indiana University as well as a Master's in Marketing from Loyola University Chicago.   Chris Cooley is legally blind and deaf and lives in Portsmouth, Ohio. He is an expert on service dogs and service dog awareness. Chris is also passionate about remote support technologies and the role they play in helping people with disabilities to live more independent lives.   He is on the board of the Ohio tech ambassadors program.  His role is to help spread awareness about technology how it can help us live independently.  His dog Larkin is a 4year old golden retriever.   Listen to find out more about:   [00:01 - 01:17] Opening Segment I welcome Don Shirley and Chris Cooley to the Show Bio   [01:18 - 27:36] A Story of Better Independent Living Don shares about SafeinHome Remote support for people with disabilities “Let's allow people to live where they want to live.” What are direct support and services? A shortage of direct support professionals The human part of SafeinHome Not just a call center Chris shares about his experience with SafeinHome The story of how Chris found SafeinHome “They're there no matter what.” Hey Chris! What did you do today? An excitement with a phone call A team of friends in a push of a button in little black box SafeinHome Services Affordable One person at a time Availability in other states    [27:37 - 31:06] Closing Segment See links below to know more about Don Shirley and Chris Cooley Final word Tweetable Quote/s:   “We are here truly to provide service and support. And that service and support is defined person by person” - Don Shirley   “Not everyone is the same. And not everyone needs the same service. You get to choose.” - Chris Cooley   You can connect with Don and Chris through https://www.safeinhome.com/ and Youtube. To learn more, share feedback, or share guest ideas, please visit our website, or contact us on Facebook and Twitter.    Like what you've heard?  Please review us! That helps let other people know about the podcast.   Accessible Housing Matters is dedicated to raising awareness about important issues around accessibility and housing, and getting conversations going. I'd love to learn more about what's on your mind, and get your feedback about the show. Contact me directly at stephen@accessiblehousingmatters.com to share your thoughts or arrange a call.

This week we have a chat with Carrie Storm of Home Instead. In the decades since Paul and Lori Hogan founded Home Instead, the company has expanded far beyond the city limits of Omaha, Nebraska. They now count more than 1,200 franchise locations globally  Carrie cames to Home Instead with a full background of business and healthcare experience. After graduating from both the University of Texas and Washburn University with degrees in Marketing and Education.    https://www.homeinstead.com   You can find me or contact me via:  Thehomedownsizingshow@gmail.com https://www.homedownsizingsolutions.com https://www.facebook.com/bensouchekhds https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRsEv54OkPqADQD0TjC8VWQ

This episode we're talking about Adaptations! We discuss (the fictional) Junji Ito's Anne of Green Gables, The Muppets presents Dune the Musical, bad wigs in adaptations, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Appleberry Media We Mentioned Peter and the Wolf (Wikipedia) Marvel Cinematic Universe (Wikipedia) Spider-Man in film (Wikipedia) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Wikipedia) Spider-Ham Spider-Verse (Wikipedia) Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981 TV series) (Wikipedia) Spider-Man (Japanese TV series) (Wikipedia) Spiders-Man (Wikipedia) The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien  The Lord of the Rings (film series) (Wikipedia) Lord of the Rings - trailer (YouTube) Harry Potter (film series) (Wikipedia) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - trailer (YouTube) Batman in film (Wikipedia) Spider-Men (Wikipedia) Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) (Wikipedia) Highlander (franchise) (Wikipedia) Frankenstein by Junji Ito Dune by Frank Herbert Dune (1984) - trailer (YouTube) Dune (2021) - trailer (YouTube) Muppet Treasure Island - trailer (YouTube) Muppet Christmas Carol - trailer (YouTube) The Music Man (Wikipedia) The Music Man - trailer (YouTube) The Princess Bride by William Goldman The Princess Bride - trailer (YouTube) Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Wikipedia) Cassandra Cain (Wikipedia) Little Shop of Horrors - (Wikipedia) Parasite Eve by Hideaki Sena Parasite Eve - video game (Wikipedia) The Witcher (Wikipedia) The Witcher (TV series) (Wikipedia) The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski The Lego Movie (Wikipedia) The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman  Golden Compass - trailer (YouTube) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis  Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - trailer (YouTube) BLAME! Vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei The Dark Tower (2017 film) (Wikipedia) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl  Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) - trailer (YouTube) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - trailer (YouTube) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll  Alice in Wonderland - trailer (YouTube) You (TV series) (Wikipedia) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Twilight - trailer (YouTube) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Murderbot Diaries Series by Martha Wells The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV series) (Wikipedia) Lovely War by Julie Berry The Illusionist  - trailer (YouTube) The Prestige - trailer (YouTube) Seven (1995 film) (Wikipedia) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Wikipedia) West Side Story (Wikipedia) Links, Articles, and Things Desert Bus Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows) The Game of Life: Pirates of the Caribbean – At World's End (BoardGameGeek) There are three different Pirates of the Caribbean version of the Game of Life Resource Description and Access (Wikipedia) Storm - X-Men character (Wikipedia) Mystique - X-Men character (Wikipedia) Five laws of library science (Wikipedia) “Every book its reader.” 18 Metafiction books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors to help our listeners diversify their readers' advisory. All of the lists can be found here. Insurrecto by Gina Apostol Trust Exercise by Susan Choi Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich Percival Everett by Virgil Russell by Percival Everett Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure: A Tale That Begins with Fukushima by Hideo Furukawa Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour Hell of a Book by Jason Mott Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri The Friend by Sigrid Nunez The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko Philadelphia Fire by John Edgar Wideman How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, December 7th we'll be discussing the genre of Thrillers! Then on Tuesday, December 21st it's our Best Books we Read in 2021 episode!

Daenerys and Anna speak with Charles Yu, author of novels How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and National Book Award winner Interior Chinatown. They discuss his transition from corporate law to writing full-time, the role of science fiction in imagining a more equitable world, and the inspiration behind Interior Chinatown.

Lisa is a behavior specialist dedicated to helping families understand the behaviors that are associated with dementia-related illnesses and the challenges they face on a day to day basis. She entered the world of dementia 40 plus years ago when her grandmother started to display some pretty bizarre behavior. It turned out she had some form of dementia, which at that time did not have a concrete label yet. She was just a teenager at that time, and over the years as she grew, eight of her family members was diagnosed with dementia.

Julia and Victoria try to solve the Who, the How, and the Why of Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu and may or may not reach a verdict. Victoria invents a new grammatical tense.Mentioned in this Episode:- Birdman (film)- Master of None on Netflix- Bob's Burgers on Fox- Westworld on HBO- Legion on Hulu- Sorry For Your Loss on Facebook Watch- Charles Yu on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah- Law and Order: SVU on Hulu- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl- Jane Austen's Use of Free Indirect Discourse- Virginia WoolfRecommendations:- Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade- Community on Netflix- The Truman Show (film)- How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe by Charles Yu- Sorry Please Thank You by Charles YuCurrently Obsessed:- Duolingo- Bleachers new album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night

In today's episode of Help Choose Home, we're joined by Erik Listou , a certified living in place professional and home and accessibility trade specialist. Erik is the co-founder of the Living In Place Institute , an organization that provides professional education to individuals involved in the housing industry. He is the former Executive Director of the Denver Habitat for Humanity and hosted and produced his own 125-episode talk radio show, "Build Responsible, with Erik!" In this episode we discuss: How to prep your home for safe and comfortable aging in place Which rooms in the home are statistically the most dangerous Why accessible housing is the future of the housing industry, no matter your age

Let’s talk women sci-fi writers and bookish pod-casting! Bethany is joined by Jared from The Space Dreamers podcast to discuss these topics and a short story: When It Changed by Joanna Russ. For exclusive bonus content and early access to episodes, consider joining the Chapter 3 Podcast Patreon   Looking for a book mentioned in the episode? Check here! *Note that all links are affiliate links from which we earn a commission to support the podcast Books from On My Radar segment: In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland: https://amzn.to/3bcI5l0 The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren: https://amzn.to/3ttgPoA Aetherbound by E.K. Johnston: https://amzn.to/2PVV4QI How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole: https://amzn.to/3f3Pioz   Other Books Mentioned Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir: https://amzn.to/3w2cWZR How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe by Charles Yu: https://amzn.to/2SuwE1D Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu: https://amzn.to/3eoiBDo Prelude to Space by Arthur C. Clarke: https://amzn.to/3y2Hz39 When it Changed by Joanna Russ: http://future-lives.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/When-It-Changed.pdf The Female Man by Joanna Russ: https://amzn.to/2RweWKS 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke: https://amzn.to/3vNkDTp The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal: https://amzn.to/3b75ggQ A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3bcIPXk A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/2RCZvAE Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: https://amzn.to/3ewF55n The Last Man by Mary Shelley: https://amzn.to/33otD5g The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin: https://amzn.to/3f5GMWt Monster She Wrote: https://amzn.to/2RBgzGR The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells: https://amzn.to/2SCRlc1   Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @Chapter3Podcast and you can also find Bethany talking about books on YouTube @BeautifullyBookishBethany. You can now find episodes on YouTube as well! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6yRiktWbWRAFpByrVk-kg Interested in early access to episodes, private Discord channels and other perks? Consider joining the Chapter 3 Patreon! Or join our public Discord. A new episode will be available to download in two weeks!  This episode was recorded using a Blue Yeti USB condenser microphone kit: https://amzn.to/342dnqx

Charles Yu writes playful and inventive novels and short stories, often with a kind of sly irreverence. There's warmth and wisdom at their heart, he's very funny. Charles has written two collection of stories, Third Class Superhero and Sorry Please Thank You and the novels How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and his latest Interior Chinatown that won the National Book Award and Le Prix Médicis Étranger. Charles has also received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award, been nominated for two Writers Guild of America awards for his work on the television series Westworld, and has written for shows on FX, AMC, Facebook Watch, and Adult Swim. He's also written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine,The Atlantic and Wired. 

Steven Kotler is a New York Times-bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance. He is the author of nine bestsellers, including The Art of Impossible, The Future Is Faster Than You Think, Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, Bold and Abundance. His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes. Steven is also the co-host of Flow Research Collective Radio, a top ten iTunes science podcast.In this discussion, Tyler and Steven's discussion focused on flow and getting your biology working for you instead of against you. They discussed micro and macro flow, high flow professions, flow triggers, why humans are designed to rise to our full capability, and how flow's absence causes anxiety and depression.They also went in-depth on Steven's curiosity of professional athletes driving innovation forward, the importance and divisiveness of evolution, the biggest misconception of goal-setting, and why you've likely already experienced the worst things life can offer!Connect with Steven:Websites: stevenkotler.com, theartofimpossible.com, flowresearchcollective.com,FREE flow advice: flowblocker.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenkotler/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-kotler-4305b110Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KotlerSteven/Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/steven_kotler/mediaThe following books were mentioned in the show:Steven's New Book: The Art of the Impossible by Steven KotlerHow to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe by Charles YuJohn Dies at the End by David WongThe Cambridge Handbook of Imagination by Anna AbrahamThe Song of the Dodo by David QuammenSkyrocket your financial and personal success with a substantial competitive edge gained through Elevate High Performance Coaching Academy! Your opportunity for business and profound life transformation is now. Learn more about the program and watch the free masterclass here: https://elevatecoachingacademy.com/Sign up for the Elevate Nation Newsletter! Receive exclusive personal and professional growth tools, tips from Tyler, what Tyler's reading, the latest news from Elevate Podcast, real estate investment news, and opportunities from CF Capital and The Chesser Companies!Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com.This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.comFollow us!Website: elevatepod.comTwitter: twitter.com/elevatepod1IG: instagram.com/elevatepodFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/elevatepodcastcommunityLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevatepodcast 

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   Charles Yu is a Taiwanese American writer, author of the novel Interior Chinatown, and winner of the 2020 National Book Award for fiction. He spoke candidly with me about how he and his family are dealing with the pandemic, his writing process, what it was like appearing on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and how he transitioned from a career as a lawyer to television writing.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: ·      How Charles and his family are doing during the pandemic ·      The piece that Charles wrote for The Atlantic about life during the pandemic ·      How Charles first started writing poetry as a child ·      How Charles’ Taiwanese parents’ reactions to his interest in writing have changed over time ·      How Charles recently found some of the poetry that he wrote when at Berkeley ·      Charles’ connection to Taiwan ·      How Charles started writing Interior Chinatown in 2013 and the concept changed over time ·      How/why Interior Chinatown is written in a screenplay-type format ·      Charles’ approach to writing ·      His appearance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah ·      Charles’ writing for TV ·      How Charles was previously a lawyer and quit to work in TV in 2014 ·      The difference between writing books and for TV ·      Charles’ interest in writing his own TV series ·      How Charles feels about being compared to Franz Kafka, Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams ·      Why/What motivates Charles to write ·      What themes inspire Charles to write ·      Advice Charles has for some struggling to write their first book ·      Why it took Charles seven years to write Interior Chinatown     Related Links:   https://www.charlesyuauthor.com/   https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/04/charles-yu-science-fiction-reality-life-pandemic/609985/     Order a copy of Interior Chinatown here: https://www.amazon.com/Interior-Chinatown-Novel-Charles-Yu/dp/0307907198/     TAF (Taiwanese American Foundation): https://www.tafworld.org/     TACL (Taiwanese American Citizens League): https://tacl.org/     Charles’ interview on TaiwaneseAmerican.org: http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/?s=charles+yu     How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe | Charles Yu | Talks at Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckmJt3AsU4c     Charles’ appearance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0afVYOb4kA     Charles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charles_yu

Na mniej lub bardziej stale zagościła u nas NERDYCYJNA filmówka, czyli subiektywny przegląd ostatnio obejrzanych filmów i seriali w wykonaniu Kuby i Damiana. Od niej też zaczyna się nasz dzisiejszy odcinek. A potem: film kostiumowe w całej swojej obfitości, czyli wspaniała i powalająca Kleopatra w wykonaniu Liz Taylor pod dyrekcją J. L. Mankiewicza! Jak przystało na dyskusję tego epickiego filmu, którego pierwotna wersja miała trwać ponad sześć godzin, i nasz odcinek jest dłuższy niż zazwyczaj. Większą część spędzamy na przeglądzie burzliwej historii jego produkcji—ale też rozmawiamy o problematycznych sposobach przedstawiania kobiet u władzy oraz o historycznych ocenach tego filmu, Taylor, a także Kleopatry. Główny film tego odcinka: Cleopatra (1963), reż: J. L. Mankiewicz; scen.: J. L. Mankiewicz, R. MacDougall, S. Buchman; w rol. gł.: E. Taylor, R. Burton, R. Harrison, R. McDowall; muzyka: A. North; prod.: 20th Century Fox. Rekomendacje: Kuba: The Alienist, serial kryminalny rozgrywający się w XIX-wiecznym Nowym Jorku. Damian: Książka How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Charlesa Yu, którą najprościej opisać jako wielopoziomową opowieść wokół podróży w czasie i przestrzeni. Czytaj więcej: IMDb: (Niekompletna) lista filmów osadzonych w starożytności YouTube: The Making of Cleopatra (1963) The New Yorker: The Case for “Cleopatra” Jon Solomon: “In the Wake of "Cleopatra": The Ancient World in the Cinema since 1963” Simon Ryle: “Antony and Cleopatra, Mankiewicz and the Sublime Object” Francisco Pina Polo: “The Great Seducer: Cleopatra, Queen and Sex Symbol” Francesca Royster: Becoming Cleopatra: The Shifting Image of an Icon Creditsy: Kuba i Damian wspólnie prowadzą i produkują NERDYCJĘ. Polubcie nas na fejsbuku i na instagramie, albo piszcie na nerdycja@gmail.com. Za oprawę graficzną odpowiada Damian (ikonka od Freepik). Obróbką audio zajmujemy się naprzemiennie, w tym odcinku: Damian. Użyliśmy fragmentów utworów Kevina MacLeoda p.t. Fearless First, Amazing Plan, Cold Funk, Funky One, Severe Tire Damage, Pyro Flow i Smash Sketch dostępnych tutaj na bazie licencji Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.

Karen Russell's debut novel, Swamplandia!, the tale of a family's run-down alligator-themed Everglades amusement park, was a New York Times Best Book of the Year, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and a nominee for the Orange Prize. Her short story collections include Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Orange World and Other Stories, and St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves. She is the Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University's MFA program, and her many honors include fellowships from the MacArthur and Guggenheim Foundations and the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novelette. A dystopian novella ''with a Swiftian sense of satire'' (Boston Globe), Sleep Donation tells the story of a corporate recruiter's battle against a lethal insomnia epidemic. Book and signed book plate available through the Joseph Fox Bookshop. ''A superhero of rendering human consciousness and emotion'' (New York Times Book Review), Charles Yu is the author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, a romp through quantum space-time that was one of Time magazine's best books of the year. A recipient of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award, he has twice been nominated for Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on HBO's Westworld. A send-up and take-down of Tinseltown tropes and racial stereotypes, Interior Chinatown follows a protagonist who fights to see himself as the hero in his own life story. Yu won the National Book Award in Fiction for 2020. Book and signed book plate available through the Joseph Fox Bookshop. (recorded 11/19/2020)

The Incompetent Crew get stuck in a time loop!Works CitedHG Wells The Time MachineGeorge Pal The Time Machine (film)Time After TimeCharles Yu How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional UniverseBill and Ted Face the MusicTime TravelThe Real History of Science Fiction, Time TravelLibet’s ExperimentRadio PlaylistHere We Go Magic - Backwards TimeQueen - ’39Math The Band - Dinosaurs Were Made up by the CIA to Discourage Time TravelH.P. Lovecraft - The Time MachineUriah Heep - Traveller in TimeDJ Spooky - Dance of the MorlocksFlying Lotus - Clock CatcherMyka 9 - Famous Future Time TravelArchie Pelago - ChronomancerWax Machine - Time MachinePaddy Kingsland - Fourth Dimension (Radio 4)Built to Spill - Time TrapThe Timelords - Doctorin' The TardisBrian Hodgson - "The Invasion" (Serial VV): Cyberman Brought to LifeBlouse - Time TravelWitch Prophet, Lido Pimienta - Time Traveler (feat. Lido Pimienta)The Dø - Miracles (Back In Time)Velella Velella - Time Machine's A Bad IdeaThe Cleaners From Venus - Life In A Time MachineJohn Vanderslice - Time Travel Is LonelyPerseus Noble - Time MachineVogue Dots - Temporal SuspensionYasunori Mitsuda - Corridor of Time

***Follow BraveMaker's correspondent IRVING on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irvingruan/ INFO ON OUR FEATURED GUEST: Charles Yu is the author of four books, including the novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, which was a New York Times Notable Book and named one of the best books of the year by Time magazine. He received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award, and was nominated for two WGA awards for his work on the HBO series, Westworld. He has also written for upcoming shows on AMC and HBO. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in a number of publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate and Wired. His latest book, Interior Chinatown, was published in January 2020. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/203055/how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe-by-charles-yu/ Interior Chinatown: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/216162/interior-chinatown-by-charles-yu/ Website: http://www.charlesyuauthor.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/charles_yu ----- Sign up for our email list: https://www.bravemaker.com/buzz Classes: https://www.bravemaker.com/classes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bravemaker/support

Time travel is one of my favorite genres, and it’s also my go-to daydream. But I’ve begun to wonder whether time travel fantasies are a psychologically unhealthy way of avoiding problems in the present, or a helpful way of putting the present moment into sharper focus. I talk with authors Charles Yu, Vandana Singh, and editor Ann VanderMeer about the themes of loss and love in time travel narratives. And professors Antonio Cordoba and Concepcion Carmen Cascajosa Virino explain how the Spanish sci-fi show Ministry of Time (a.k.a. El Ministerio del Tiempo) became a therapeutic outlet for a nation still processing a long history of trauma and disappointments. Featuring readings by actor Woody Fu. The Time Traveler’s Almanac: A Time Travel Anthology https://www.amazon.com/Time-Travelers-Almanac-Travel-Anthology/dp/0765374242 How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe https://www.amazon.com/Live-Safely-Science-Fictional-Universe/dp/0307739457 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Utah State University Wildlife Specialist Terry Messmer gives tips on living safely in Cougar country. 

Tina Neal is the esteemed Scientist-in-Charge of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. She and her team oversaw the response to last year's eruption of Mt. Kilaueau, which lasted more than 100 days, destroyed more than 700 homes, and displaced thousands, but did not result in a single human fatality. That herculean effort has earned Tina a spot as a finalist for the 2019 Service to America Awards. In this episode, we discuss what it took to pull off such a miraculous response, the appropriate relationship between scientist and policymaker, and how the US Geological Survey assists U.S. development efforts around the globe.

This week, Sharifah discusses favorite animal characters. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton Half World by Hiromi Goto Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Monstress by Marjorie Liu

This episode contains: It was Devon’s birthday, he didn’t do much. He spent his B-day moving a desk. Devon doesn’t do gifts. Steven celebrated his anniversary. Devon is getting a piano. Junk In the Trunk: New causes of autism found in ‘junk’ DNA. Using machine learning, researchers have demonstrated that mutations in ‘junk’ DNA can cause autism. This is the first study to link such mutations to the neuro-developmental condition. This is the first clear demonstration of non-inherited noncoding mutations causing a complex disease or disorder. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190527111726.htm Get Physical: It’s the 100 year anniversary of the confirmation of the theory of relativity. 100 years ago British astronomer Arthur Eddington used a solar eclipse to measure the change in the positions of stars to show the mass of the sun warped space and thus bent light. https://www.space.com/einstein-relativity-1919-solar-eclipse-100-years-ago.html?fbclid=IwAR2WvHtsghFyE6GAgfoB8egUJb0gEZvYrPAlKxD-1nr4c1hBdNZvwKeccWs Sci-fi: Steven gives us his take on See You Yesterday. Devon gives us his review of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu. We talk about the West World III preview. Steven is reading Earth Abides by George R. Stewart. Steven is also reading The Golden Compass. Devon met a huge Star Trek fan that hasn’t watched any of Discovery.

Special Intro: Gavin Edwards -- author of The Tao of Bill Murray Film at 11: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018) Book-IT: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010) by Charles Yu Scroll with it: How do you listen to music in the streaming era? Steve has a Spotify subscription and Chip is a part of the Apple ecosystem. Next week we are going to share our list of our favorite things of 2018. What was your favorite movie, book, and news story of the year? Send us a message and we’ll use it on the show. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/tms121818

This is the first episode! Jonathan and Jesse greet you, fellow traveler, talk about their love of time travel, and prepare you for the journey to come. Media References: Books:Time Travel: A History, James GleickHow to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe, Charles YuThe Time Machine, Orson Wells Movies:Back to the Future12 MonkeysBill & Ted's Excellent AdventuresHarry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban Games:Assassin's Creed Homework: Look at time-travel stories between WWI & WWII, and between WWII & the present. Try to find a pattern in the direction of time travel in these stories (ie are we traveling to the future, or the past?).

In addition to being Professional Book People™️, Annie and Chris are also avid TV watchers. Take that as you will. This week, book recommendations based on new and upcoming television. Binge with us a little bit, won't you? Also, The VVitch is a very scary movie. For fans of Murphy Brown: + Amanda Wakes Up by Alisyn Camerota + Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave For fans of The Good Place: + How to Invent Everything by Ryan North + How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe by Charles Yu For fans of I Feel Bad: + I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron + The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emily Culliton For fans of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: + The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa + Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero For fans of The Romanoffs: + I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon + Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal + A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Chris and Annie's Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon here.  

We talk a lot about brand new books on the show, but we thought it might be time to talk about some of our favorites from the "backlist." They're not new, but they're not "classics" yet, either. In any case, we think you should read them. You can find all of these books for sale in our online store. Chris and Annie recommend: + The Secret History by Donna Tartt + Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford + Loving Frank by Nancy Horan + The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco + Gilead by Marilynne Robinson + The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber + The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein + Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal + Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer + A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan + The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker + The Afterlives by Thomas Pierce + The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman + How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe by Charles Yu + A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara + The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl + Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like a tour through market with Annie, consider supporting us on Patreon here. 

Ben Loory returns with a second collection of timeless tales, inviting us to enter his worlds of whimsical fantasy, deep empathy, and playful humor, in the signature voice that drew readers to his highly praised first collection. In stories that eschew literary realism, Loory's characters demonstrate richly imagined and surprising perspectives, whether they be dragons or swordsmen, star-crossed lovers or long-lost twins, restaurateurs dreaming of Paris or cephalopods fixated on space travel. In propulsive language that brilliantly showcases Loory's vast imagination, Tales of Falling and Flying expands our understanding of how fiction can work. Appealing to the fans of fantasy, horror, and sci-fi writers like Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, and Philip Pullman, as well as contemporary literary powerhouses like George Saunders, Karen Russell, and Helen Oyeyemi, Tales of Falling and Flying expands our understanding of how fiction can work and is sure to cement Loory’s reputation as one of the most innovative short-story writers working today. Praise for Tales of Falling and Flying “Ben Loory’s stories are little gifts, strange and moving and wonderfully human. I devoured this book in one sitting.” —Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children “Russell Edson’s new protégé, or Steven Millhauser, distilled into tea. Meet, or re-meet Ben Loory, whose preposterous, friendly stories can’t help but charm. They are so bizarrely readable they don’t even feel like they’re made of words.”—Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake “Parables, dark fables, quirky flash fictions—call them what you will, Ben Loory has perfected the form and in Tales of Falling and Flying proves once again he can disturb a little and entertain a lot. Easily read, not easily forgotten.”—Jeff VanderMeer, author of Borne and The Southern Reach Trilogy “To read a Ben Loory story is to slip through a portal into an adjacent dimension. To learn—with brevity and clarity—the laws of this universe next door, new rules of logic and contradiction and truth. And, in the end, to be left with the disturbing and wondrous feeling of having never left home at all.” —Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe “Ben Loory is a wonder. I'd like to curl up inside his marvelous head and canoodle with a besotted squid, swallow a tiny dragon, levitate with Death and fall in love with the Eiffel Tower, and after reading these sublime stories-- slyly funny, melancholy and deeply weird-- I suppose I have, and it was fantastic.”—Elissa Schappell “Equal parts Beckett and Twilight Zone . . . Perfect for reading on strange beaches and by oddly shaped swimming pools. Fits right in your pocket or purse for emergency doses of the charming and weird.” —Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander Ben Loory is the author of the collection Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, and a picture book for children, The Baseball Player and the Walrus. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, READ Magazine, and Fairy Tale Review, been heard on This American Life and Selected Shorts, and performed live at WordTheatre in Los Angeles and London. A graduate of Harvard University and the American Film Institute MFA program in screenwriting, Loory lives in Los Angeles, where he is an Instructor for the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. Event date:  Thursday, September 7, 2017 - 7:30pm

It's time to forge ahead into the wild unknown. Are you ready to earn 20% off a Bookshelf purchase? Follow along with Chris and Annie as they explain the terms of this year's Bookshelf Reading Challenge! Also, do we sound different? Mentioned this week: + Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly + The End We Start From by Megan Hunter + Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck + Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park + Encyclopedia Brown by Daniel J. Sobol + The All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor + The Familiar Enemy by Ardis Butterfield + Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen + Dead Wake by Erik Larsen + Tale of Two Americas by various + A Colony in a Nation by Chris Hayes + The Evangelicals by Frances FitzGerald + Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser + Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly + Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow + The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman + The Oracle Year by Charles Soule + Arrival by Ted Chiang + How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe by Charles Yu + The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber + Dark Matter by Blake Crouch + Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis + The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien + A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle + Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer + Ready Player One by Ernest Cline + Black Panther by various + The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood + Big Little Lies by Lianne Moriarty + Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng + Far from the Tree by Robin Benway + Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi + The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas + Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell + When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon + Difficult Women by Roxane Gay + Hunger by Roxane Gay + Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche + Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi + The Mothers by Brit Bennett + The Color of Water by James McBride + My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante + Tangerine by Christine Mangan + The Hospital by Ahmed Bouanani + You, Me, Everything by Catherine Isaac + Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery + Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery + The Dry by Jane Harper + Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter + To Dance with the White Dog by Terry Kay + Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray + Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt + Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson + An American Marriage by  + Reunion by Hannah Pittard + Sean of the South by Sean Dietrich + Portrait of the Alcoholic by Kaveh Akbar + Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar + French Milk by Lucy Knisley + Displacement by Lucy Knisley + Last Things by Marissa Moss + Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart + Blankets by Craig Thompson + Fun Home by Alison Bechdel + Nimona by Noelle Stevenson + Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson + Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson This episode is sponsored by the Thomasville Entertainment Foundation. Learn more at their website. We talked about poetry with Will Fargason and Ruth Baumann in Episode 114. Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like What Annie Didn't Finish, consider supporting us on Patreon here. 

The Wanderers (G.P. Putnam's Sons) Brilliantly imagined and wholly original, The Wanderers follows three astronauts as they audition for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them—and their families—changed forever. Inspired by real-life experiments designed to test the psychological and physiological demands of a human mission to Mars, Meg Howrey’s intrinsically-researched, stunning new novel is described best by J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times-bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest, “Ambitious and deeply empathetic, Howrey’s exquisite novel demonstrates that the final frontier may not be space after all.” Readers of Station Eleven, Karen Joy Fowler, and Ruth Ozeki will love this imaginative, witty work of literary fiction and its moving tribute to human relationships that define and support incredible scientific achievement. In four years, Prime Space will put the first humans on Mars in a wildly ambitious and history-making mission called MarsNOW. Helen Kane, Yoshihiro Tanaka, and Sergei Kuznetsov must prove they’re the crew for the job by spending seventeen months in the most realistic simulation of a space mission ever created. Helen, recently retired from NASA after a decades-long career and three extended missions to space, has not trained for irrelevance. It’s nobody’s fault that the best of her exists only in space, but her daughter can’t help placing blame. This mission is Helen’s last chance to return to the only place she’s ever felt at home. For Yoshi, the mission is an opportunity to prove himself to the high-powered wife he has loved absolutely, if not quite correctly. Sergei is willing to spend seventeen months in a tin can if it means traveling to Mars, ultimately proving his own immense strength and stamina as an example of solidity for his sons. As the days turn into months aboard the simulated spacecraft, the line between what is real and unreal fractures irreparably, and the astronauts learn that the complications of inner space are no less fraught than those of outer space. As their family members navigate planet Earth thousands of miles away, facing their own greatest fears and achieving incredible personal triumphs, the astronauts grapple with intense loneliness and increasingly prevalent psychological stress. They start to ask themselves the eternal questions that we have all faced: What is life? Who are we? What is the purpose of all this cosmic mayhem? Probing just how well we can ever know ourselves, or hope to know somebody else, The Wanderers gets at the heart of what it means to be human—even when we’re a million miles from home. Sweeping in both its delicious, witty writing and phenomenal, factual exploration of outer space, Howrey’s meticulously researched yet tender novel puts a uniquely human face on the science behind space exploration, bringing sparks of life to each astronaut and reminding us that in an age of space exploration, the thing we search most desperately for is to find ourselves. Praise for The Wanderers "Three astronauts and those who know them best explore the limits of truth and love in Howrey's genre-bending novel...The voices are distinct, each member reviewing and acting on his or her own emotional telemetry with equal parts brilliance and blunder, and the stakes are high, with any heartbeat capable of tipping the scales against the crew's survival...With these believably fragile and idealistic characters at the helm, Howrey's insightful novel will take readers toa place where they too can 'lift their heads and wonder.'"–Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Engrossing…Although the contours of a space drama may seem familiar to a 21st-century readership, Howrey, through the poetry of her writing and the richness of her characters, makes it all seem new. A lyrical and subtle space opera"-–Kirkus, Starred Review “The Wanderers…confronts ageless questions of why humans explore, what they are looking for, and what happens when they find it. Evoking the authenticity of Neal Stephenson’s Seveneves (2015) with the literary sensitivity of Ann Patchett, Howrey has made the mission-to- Mars motif an exquisite exploration of human space, inner and outer.”-–Booklist “The Wanderers is phenomenal. A transcendent, cross-cultural and cross-planetary journey into the mysteries of space and self, the novel explores the dangers and necessities of venturing away from the familiar and finding home in the unknown. Howrey's expansive vision left me awestruck.” —Ruth Ozeki, New York Times bestselling and Man Booker shortlisted author of A Tale for the Time Being “An expansive tale of the costs of human ambition, The Wanderers is unquestionably the work of a brilliant writer at the height of her powers. Meticulously researched and magnificently rendered, Howrey’s dazzling novel on humankind’s most ambitious project is, in itself, a work of wondrous skill and ambition, a book about space that’s truly about people, but also about the lonely wonder of true trailblazers, the disparate cast behind a great life, and the compromises that build success. Fiercely inventive and deeply empathetic, Howrey’s exquisite novel demonstrates that the final frontier may not be space after all.”—J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest “The Wanderers is a stealthily brilliant novel. A distinct, shimmering vision of who we are and where we think we want to go. Meg Howrey’s three astronauts and their families seem to embody the whole human race at the signal moment of a growth spurt. They exist, as we do now, at the edge of science fiction, their story propelled by a seriousness and intelligence wrapped in a comic and tender humanity. Meg Howrey delivers this vision in a prose that feels new, sui generis, its own necessary vehicle, with a kind of sleek precision that is at once simple, gorgeous, and profoundly moving.”—Peter Nichols, national bestselling author of The Rocks and A Voyage for Madmen “Elegant, thoughtful, gorgeously written. A meditation on solitude, connection, aspiration, imagination and reality, which builds effortlessly to moments of immense power and honesty. There are passages near the end of this book that I will never forget.”—Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe and Sorry Please Thank You “The Wanderers is a wonderful exploration of space, trust, and what it means to be a conscious creature, finely-tuned and funny from the first page to the last. I loved getting lost in Meg Howrey's off-kilter world of astronauts and their simulated fantasies. She's a writer with an amazing eye for freedom and confinement and the thin line that sometimes lies between the two.”—Jonathan Lee, author of High Dive Meg Howrey is a former dancer who performed with The Joffrey, Eglevsky Ballet, and City Ballet of Los Angeles. She toured nationally with the Broadway production of Contact, for which she won the Ovation Award in 2001 for best featured actress in a musical. Howrey is the author of two previous novels, Blind Sight and The Cranes Dance, and the coauthor of the bestselling novels City of Dark Magic, and City of Lost Dreams, published under the pen name Magnus Flyte. Her nonfiction has appeared in Vogue and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Charles Yu is the author of three books. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in various publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Wired. He is currently writing for an upcoming HBO show created by Alan Ball, and is also at work on his next novel, The Book of Wishing. 

In which the Sci-Fi Book Club reads How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu, 2010. When the pod crash lands on White Bear Lake in 2017, Brent and Jon take the podcast to Boneshaker Books in beautiful Minneapolis for the first live show! We're joined by a gaggle of Minnesotans, learn Minnesota facts, and answer some questions for the future.

In our last episode of the year, Reera and Marvin discuss the Books & Boba pick for December 2016, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu's debut novel about time travel, self-esteem, and family. For additional thoughts and discussion on the monthly pick, visit the Books & Boba Goodreads forums. This Month's Book Club Panelists: Reera Yoo (@reeraboo) Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh) Follow us: Facebook Twitter Goodreads Group The Books & Boba January 2017 pick is Something in Between by Melissa De La Cruz This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

In this very “insider-baseball” episode we discuss Metafiction! What is it? Who is it for? Why should you read it? Plus: Children’s books that help kids figure out what’s real and what isn’t, comic books with a lot of bondage, and marginalia written by library patrons. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi Recommended No Bears by Meg McKinlay, illustrated by Leila Rudge This is My Book by Mick Inkpen We’re in the Wrong Book by Richard Byrne Logicomix: An epic search for truth by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou,illustrated by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna Opus by Satoshi Kon Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour, translated by Sara Khalili Gen13: Magical Drama Queen Roxy by Adam Warren Empowered by Adam Warren Read Redshirts by John Scalzi The End (almost) by Jim Benton Multiversity by Grant Morrison and various artists Did Not Finish The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino, translated by William Weaver (Recommended) Other Books Mentioned Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon (Recommended) Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Recommended) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Recommended) There’s a Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone, illustrated by Michael J. Smollin Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed (Recommended) The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (Anna meant to say that she was saving A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara for a quiet time in her life to read. But Life After Life counts too as she owns a copy she has yet to open. Nothing metafictional (maybe) here - just books Anna wants to read) How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Inkheart (Inkworld #1) by Cornelia Funke, translated by Anthea Bell Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (Recommended) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter Kitten Clone: The History of the Future at Bell Labs by Douglas Coupland The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua Animal Man Omnibus by Grant Morrison and various artists Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Links/Other An article about the glossary doodles/annotations in The Kingdoms of God by N. K. Jemisin. Recent Writings (not) by Walter Benjamin (but some libraries suggest that it is) Your home library may also use BiblioCommons British Columbia Library Association - Readers’ Advisory Interest Group A short story by Jorge Luis Borges that is a review of a non-existent book The list of “50” (111) metafiction books Anna mentioned Two-Fisted Library Stories just released Issue 6! Image of the meta-metafiction handwritten conversations Jessi found in If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler Duck Amuck - go (find &) watch it! Felix the Cat Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice in Community Supernatural has a few metafictional aspects and episodes such as the episode we mention. Seriously someone has (of course) written a paper about it. The SCP Foundation story about the monster that kidnaps you if you write about it The SCP Foundation story about the thing that can’t be described We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five - The first of a series of SCP Foundation stories about the Anti-Memetics division that affected Matthew’s dreams Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts for all the books about Metafiction people in the club read (or tried to read), and follow us on Twitter! Join us again on Tuesday, December 6th, when we discuss Philosophy!

This week Eddie discusses How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Lee talks more evil twins, and they both ask the question "how long is too long" when it comes to reading? Do some books need to be longer, while others ought to be shorter? Find out (potentially not) in this episode of Crime Time! The post 1.24 | Charles Yu, Andrew Pyper, & Does size matter? appeared first on Crime Time.

Welcome to Episode 028 of Write Now. I've returned from my annual writing retreat and we've got some catching up to do. Should I take a writing retreat? I've spoken with a lot of writers over the years about the merits of a writers' retreat. And the question of Should I? isn't really fair to ask, since the answer has been a resounding Yes! from all surveyed. Perhaps a better question to ask is: How do I keep the good effects of a short-term writing retreat going throughout the year? Takin' it to the woods. I know the woods aren't for everyone, but they're where it's at for me. And this year, I witnessed a lot of cool stuff, including a tiny snake, a toad that sat on my foot, and something mysterious howling in the night. But best of all, I found stillness and silence. I had time to process my thoughts (and time to even have thoughts in the first place). I ate when I was hungry and slept when I was tired, and read and wrote whenever the urge struck me -- which, in this environment, was often. You don't need to escape to a one-person cabin in the middle of nowhere to have a great writing retreat. I mean, I do because I am the introvert's introvert. But you can do whatever speaks to you -- whether it's taking a weekend at a hotel, bed & breakfast, or retreat center, a week at a friend's loft in Chicago, or simply a couple hours barricaded in your basement away from your kids. Read. Write. But most importantly, listen. Get back in touch with who you are as a person and as a writer. And don't expect to have your life changed (though that might happen), but rather leave yourself open to finding meaning in even the most mundane experiences. Book of the week. During my retreat/hermitage, I read several books. But my absolute favorite was Charles Yu's How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. It's the story of the man who invented time travel and mysteriously disappeared, and his son, a time machine repairman who tries to find him. I've said it before and I'll say it again -- I'm a huge sci-fi nut. But even if you aren't, chances are you may still enjoy this book. It's a quick read, full of wit and humor and deep human feeling. It's also incredibly accessible -- Yu writes with plain language so that even talk of the space-time continuum and matters of physics are easily understood. There's none of the "parsecs" and "terraforming" and characters with a thousand apostrophes in their names (U'Zorge'drr) that can turn people off to sci-fi. Just a really interesting story about a father and a son, and a nonexistent but ontologically valid dog named Ed. Keep up-to-date with my book-related adventures on Goodreads. What do you think? Have you ever taken a writing retreat? What are the benefits you've taken away? And has your writing life changed at all because of it? Submit your own thoughts or questions on my contact page, or simply email me at hello [at] sarahwerner [dot] com. I can't wait to hear from you! Get weekly inspirational emails. Every Wednesday, I'll send you the inspiration you need to write (or maybe just get through your day). All you have to do is add your name to my email list! >> Subscribe to the Write Now podcast for free! You can listen to the full podcast episode using the controls at the beginning of this post. Or! You can listen and subscribe using your favorite app/website/podcatcher:          Help support this podcast on Patreon! >> The Write Now podcast is on social media, too. Connect with the Write Now podcast on your favorite social media platform(s), for the low low price of FREE: Twitter | Facebook | Ello | Google+ | Pinterest | Tumblr Leave me a review. Like the Write Now podcast? Help me reach more listeners on iTunes when you write a five-star review. I might even read your review on the air! FUN! xoxo

Charles Yu is the author of the imaginative novel "How to Live Safely in the Science Fictional Universe"-a New York Times Notable Book-and two short story collections: "Third Class Superhero", which received the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35 award

Lee, a deeply influential writer about race, class and immigrant life in America, sets his gripping and fiercely imagined new novel in a chilling dystopia, where abandoned post-industrial cities have been converted into forced labor colonies populated with immigrant workers. The fate of the world may lay in the hands of one nervy girl named Fan, a beautiful fish tank diver, who jolts the labor colony by running away. Join Lee and the story-bending author Charles Yu (How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe) for a conversation on alternate realities and the power of a riveting story to change the way we see the world.Click here to see photos from the program

Charles Yu is the author of the imaginative novel "How to Live Safely in the Science Fictional Universe"-a New York Times Notable Book-and two short story collections: "Third Class Superhero", which received the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35 award

Time travel, daddy issues, and depression. With special guest Joey, the crew discovers all these things in Charles Yu's enjoyable book “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe” Also Aaron shares the results of his DNA test from last episode.

Time travel, daddy issues, and depression. With special guest Joey, the crew discovers all these things in Charles Yu’s enjoyable book “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe” Also Aaron shares the results of his DNA test from last episode.

On this episode Al and Tony ruminate on the film adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife. Tony envisions an entirely disproportionate revenge for the man who smashed up his car; the guys geek out about guns.   Spoilers for the book version of The Time Travler's Wife: In their discussion of the movie, the guys suggested a number of ways in which the story did not go far enough in exploring the specifics of time travel element. Upon further research, it appears that nearly EVERYTHING they discussed, including the teleporting fetus, were covered in the book.   Links: Samuel L. Jackson on Talking Bad Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Boy's Life by Robert McCammon Abesntia How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu The Last Word by Lisa Lutz

In this round of the Human Echoes Podcast the guys prove their manhood by talking about fighting, girls, and having poor fashion sense. They also spin some thoughts about surrealist noir masterpiece, Dark City.   Check it! Download here! Or, save yourself the hassle and subscribe to the RSS feed.   Links and Things: The Drabblecast MMA Rocky Mountain Oysters How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe   Shout out to @DannyBrophy, @Priority&Default, and @TonySouthcotte'sgirlfirendwhoseTwitterhandleIdon'tknow for sending in their questions for this week's podcast. If you have a question for us, tweet it to @HEPodcast and we'll talk about it on the show.  

The author of the widely praised debut novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe returns with a hilarious, heartbreaking, and utterly original collection of short stories.

Sorry Please Thank You (Pantheon Books) Skylight welcomes back Los Angeles author Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, to launch his new short story collection, Sorry Please Thank You. Praise for How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: "Glittering layers of gorgeous and playful meta-science-fiction . . . A complex, brainy, genre-hopping joyride of a story [that is] smart and tragic enough to engage all regions of the brain and body." —The New York Times Book Review “Compulsively rereadable . . . Hilarious." —Los Angeles Times Charles Yu is the author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. He received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award for his story collection Third Class Superhero. He has also received the Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award. Photo of the author by Michelle Jue. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS JULY 25, 2012.

Charles Yu, author of How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, talks to Sam about time travel and more.

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Pantheon) Charles Yu's sweeter-spirited vision of how vintage science fiction can be used to imagine our world. Caught in a computer game, the hero seeks to escape his chronic melancholy. It just so happens that our hero's name is the same as the author's...

We interview author Charles Yu about his new novel, HOW TO LIVE SAFELY IN A SCIENCE FICTIONAL UNIVERSE. But first, what's this? A show host? Yep, we're moving to a slightly more traditional format with hosts. Hear a quick update about Kyle's Urban (Fantasy) Explorations project and other news from around the site.Intro music: Brian Hartzog - Christmas in July. Find out more at http://www.brianhartzog.com/Suvudu: http://www.suvudu.com/