StarShipSofa: Science Fiction Audio Podcast

Aural Delights No 31 Mary Rosenblum Poetry: Interstellar Tract by Bruce Boston 01:03 Flash Fiction: Sunday Dinner by Matthew Sandborn Smith 05:36 Main Fiction: The Rainmaker by Mary Rosenblum 13:05 Narrators: Paul Caggegi Julie Davis Dale Manley

Aural Delights No 30 Michael Moorcock Poetry: How To Make Love To A Shark by Laurel Winter 01:31 Flash Fiction: Remorse by Adam Roberts 02:45 Main Fiction: The Spencer Inheritance by Michael Moorcock 17:38 Narrators: Diane Severson, Kenny Park, Gareth Stack

In November 2007 StarShipSofa blasted off and flew to Paris to interview then to be crowned Science Fiction Grand Master, Michael Moorcock. Along with StarShipSofa, Cage TV came for the ride and provided all equipment, camera man and sound man. Over a weekend StarShipSofa delved into all manner of things with this legend from Hawkwind and the infamous house at Ladbroke Rd to drugs, rock and a nice cup of tea and cake, with his fine wife Lynda. With over eight hrs of material, a lot was learned from this great writer of our time. Join Tony and Ciaran as they meet their idol! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Aural Delights No 29 Allen Steele Poetry: Time Travel Verb Tenses by Laurel Winter 02:11 Flash Fiction: Downtown by John Kessel 03:41 Fact: Science News by Jim Campanella 09:26 Main Fiction: The Last Science Fiction Writer by Allen Steele11:22 Narrators: Diane Severson, Grant Stone and Mark Nelson Advertisement: This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com. Download a free audiobook of your choice at audiblepodcast.com/sofa 00:00 08:00

Welcome to the StarShipSofa's second Editorial. If you want to know how the Sofa runs and how your Sofanaught runs this ship. Then join Tony for everything StarShipSofa. Warning: liberal dose of profanity and toilet humor. You have been warned.

Main Fiction Secret Life 32:10 by Jeff VanderMeer A vision of the building from on high: five glittering floors surrounded by a dull concrete parking lot. To the west lay a forest. To the east, the glint of a shopping mall, substantial as a mirage. To the north, highways and fast food restaurants. To the south, a perpetual gloom through which could be seen only more shadow. Article: Fouque by Amy Sturgis 11:11 Flash Fiction: Toujours Voir by David Brin 29:00 Poetry: Confessions Of A Body Thief by Bruce Boston 02:21 Narrators: Grant Stone Jim Campanella Julie Davis Advertisement: This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com. Download a free audiobook of your choice today at audiblepodcast.com/sofa 00:00 08:14

The Sofa now moves on to part two of the A E Van Vogt special. Join Tony as he delves deeper still into everything Van Vogt!

Main Fiction Passion Ploy 12:20 by Matthew Hughes What exactly is it? Luff Imbry said. He walked around the object that occupied the center of the small table in the secluded rear room of the tavern known as Bolly's Snug, viewing it from several angles and blinking at the way it caught the light. Flash Fiction: Fresco by Alastair Reynolds 05:15 Poetry: Spacer Compass by Bruce Boston 01:05:00 They Arrived by Mark Rich 02:14 Narrators: Diane Severson, Jim Campanella, Gareth Stack, Julie Davis

StarShipSofa has longed to hit the orbit of this great writer and now it s with great pleasure that Tony pilots the Sofa towards A E van Vogt, with not one but two shows dedicated to all things Vogt. This writer is one of the greats from the camp of John W Campbell s stable of writers that brought about the Golden Age of Science Fiction. A truly remarkable time in SF literature. Alexei Panshin Man Beyond Man The World Beyond The Hill

Main Fiction Easy As Pie by Rudy Rucker. In a far corner of a distant galaxy spins planet X, a place quite similar to our wonderful Earth. Like Earth, X is in a planetary system with a chaoticity of six parts per million and, like Earth, X orbits its sun in the third resonance band of its planetary system s attractor. Reality, Remastered: Cognitive Entanglement by Peter Watts poetry: Godlet by Laurel Winter Narrators: Mark Nelson, Diane Severson

Well, today it s a self indulgent show all about the StarShipSofa back shows. Yes the shop is now open for the back shows. The Sofa now has a system in place that deletes from the feed all back shows older then the tenth show. We ll always be free . but after the tenth show, the eleventh show falls off the radar and will only be available for Pay Per Download from the shop. This does not affect the Aural Delights shows, they will ALWAYS BE FREE it s just my shows and only after the tenth show. Each show will be 0.99 or the whole back catalogue for 9.99.

This week Tony pilots the StarShipSofa towards one of the new and shining stars of the SF movement, John Scalzi, labeled one of the New Comprehensibles in his writing style. This writer wrote the wonderful romp and Hugo nominated SF novel, Old Man's War - a favorite of Tony's. Join the Sofanaught captain as he plunges the StarShipSofa into all things Scalzi. Blast Off

Main Fiction Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson Winner of: 1991 Hugo Award for Best Short Story 1990 Nebula Award for Best Short Story 1991 Asimov's Reader's Award 1991 The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1991 Locus Award 1991 SF Chronicle Award I was driving with my brother, the preacher, and my nephew, the preacher's son, on I-65 just north of Bowling Green when we got a flat. It was Sunday night and we had been to visit Mother at the Home. We were in my car. The flat caused what you might call knowing groans since, as the old-fashioned one in my family (so they tell me), I fix my own tires, and my brother is always telling me to get radials and quit buying old tires. Article: Steampunk by Amy Sturgis 10:57 Flash Fiction: The Cootie Box by Paul Di Filippo 07:25 Article: DRM Issues by Cory Doctorow 52:00 Fiction: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (30mins preview) 60:00 Music: Automaton by XJ3 01.12 Promo: Steampod 91:00 Narrators: Paul Gaggegi and Jim Campanella

Main Fiction Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson Winner of: 1991 Hugo Award for Best Short Story 1990 Nebula Award for Best Short Story 1991 Asimov's Reader's Award 1991 The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1991 Locus Award 1991 SF Chronicle Award I was driving with my brother, the preacher, and my nephew, the preacher's son, on I-65 just north of Bowling Green when we got a flat. It was Sunday night and we had been to visit Mother at the Home. We were in my car. The flat caused what you might call knowing groans since, as the old-fashioned one in my family (so they tell me), I fix my own tires, and my brother is always telling me to get radials and quit buying old tires. Article: Steampunk by Amy Sturgis 10:57 Flash Fiction: The Cootie Box by Paul Di Filippo 07:25 Article: DRM Issues by Cory Doctorow 52:00 Fiction: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (30mins preview) 60:00 Music: Automaton by XJ3 01.12 Promo: Steampod 91:00 Narrators: Paul Gaggegi and Jim Campanella

Today the Sofa is privileged to bring you a interview with one of the very best SF short story writer's working today, Ted Chiang. Join Tony as he interviews this fascinating writer and finds all out about Ted Chiang, from his Clarion days to a future story. Blast Off.