Aural Delights No 53 Ted Kosmatka

Editorial: Tony C Smith 00:10

Poetry: An Eccentric In Orbit by Laurel Winter 06:00

Flash Fiction: Conspiracy Of Dentists by Jay Lake 07:30

Fact: Movie Talk by Rod Barnett 16:30

The Sofanauts Awards: by Mark Bormann 24:15

Main Fiction: Deadnauts by Ted Kosmatka 28:00

Narrators:  Kate Baker,  Diane Severson, Paul Caggie

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The StarShipSofa's Engine Room opens her doors to one of the hottest SF/Fantasy writer's out there. Join Tony C Smith as he delves into everything Richard K Morgan!

• Altered Carbon
• Broken Angels
• Market Forces
• Woken Furies
• Black Man / Thirteen (US Title)
• The Steel Remains

...and two graphic novels:

• Black Widow: Homecoming
• Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her

Aural Delights No 52 MichaelMoorcock

Editorial: Tony C Smith 00:10

Poetry:Cabazon by Samantha Henderson 10:30

Flash Fiction: Godzilla’s 12 Step Program by Joe R Lansdale 15:30

Fact: Science News by JJ Campanella 34:40

SF ART: StarShipSofa Art Cover No 1 by Skeet 52:15

Main Fiction: Portrait in Ivory by Michael Moorcock 58:22

Narrators: Julie Davis, Larry Santoro, Grant Stone    

Links: Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories

They just had so much to say... they had to come back the next day! Join Tony and Fred and listen to what all the fuss was about!

Yep, the old SF Guru Master, Fred Himebaugh joins Tony on their Round Table today and low and behold... they talking nothing but Neal Stephenson's Anathem. In fact, they talk so much... they have to come back for another show to talk about all the stories featured on Aural Delights. Stay tunned for Show No 7!

Fred says:

Tony, here are links for the roundtable discussion . . . .

John Higbie is the director of that indy movie I met.  His movie iscalled Magic Mentah.  Here are two stills from the movie (thetitle and the translucent green brain spaceship) and the mp3 of thespaceship sound effects using children's voices:

http://fredosphere.com/audio/MMtitle.jpg
http://fredosphere.com/audio/batavLands.jpg
http://fredosphere.com/audio/liftoffChoir.mp3

I mentioned a video of Neal Stephenson at a conference hosted by theLong Now Foundation.  They do some singing and show off a glockenspielthat takes thousands of years to repeat a sequence of tones:

http://www.longnow.org/
http://fora.tv/2008/09/09/Sci-Fi_Novelist_Neal_Stephenson_Anathem_Launch_Event

http://www.amsteroid.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0850247/
http://www.concentratemedia.com/features/MIFilmmakingMM9945.aspx

Links to Fiction Crawler No 3

Night of the Living POTUS by Adam-Troy Castro

Shibuya no Love by Hannu Rajaniemi

'Tis the Season by China Miéville

BLIT by David Langford

Deadnauts by Ted Kosmatka

Connie Maybe by Paul E Martens

This week host Tony C Smith dusts off his interviewing skills and steps up close to writer Hal Duncan. Join Tony as he and Hal chew the crud over SF and all that is Hal Dunan-ish! Blast Off!

Aural Delights No 50 Paul di Filippo

Poem: Cinderella’s Funeral by Samantha Henderson 02:46

Flash Fiction: Fork Bomb by Sebastien Cevey 05:30

Fact: Plot Part 2 Terry Edge 08:55

Article: SF Signal by John DeNardo 22:20

Main Fiction: Escape From New Austin by Paul di Filppo27:29

Narrators:  Amy H Sturgis Ray Sizemore Julie Davis

This week Tony talks you through his trip to the French science fiction convention Utopiales Join Tony has he tell all about his time over there.

 Aural Delights No 48 Gord Sellar

Poem: Clockmakers Wife by Mikal Trimm 03:55

Flash Fiction: UFO by A Bertram Chandler 05:33

Book Review: Sean Keogh: 20:24

Fact: Arkham House Sample by Amy H Sturgis 27:30

Main Fiction: Dhuluma by Gord Sellar 44:15

Narrators:  Diane Serverson, David Munger Dale Manly

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