StarShipSofa: Science Fiction Audio Podcast

Aural Delights No 39 Elizabeth Bear Poetry: For Spacers Snarled by Bruce Boston 03:20 Flash Fiction: Barriers by G David Nordley 04:40 Fact: Show Not Tell Terry Edge 22:19 Main Fiction: Tideline by Elizabeth Bear 40:00 Narrators: MCL, Diane Severson, Julie Davis

This week Tony reveals who he's hit in the SF world for stories. Count down begins for Grant and the new arrival. It all goes to make a make a blast of a show.

Aural Delights No 38 Kage Baker Poetry: Werewolf Poet Laureate by Greg Beatty 01:20 Flash Fiction: Billy And The Wizard by Terry Bisson 04:00 Main Fiction: Hellfire At The Twilight Club by Kage Baker 35:51 Fact: Science News Jim Campanella 17:38 Narrators: Gareth Stack, Julie Davis, MCL

Another installment from the host of StarShipSofa Tony C Smith's life. Oh... not a pretty sight. Flip flops at his age!

Aural Delights No 37 Alastair Reynolds Poetry: Making Robot Poets by Greg Beatty 02:01 Flash Fiction: What s Expected Of Us by Ted Chiang 04:22 Fact: SF Investigators Amy H Sturgis 13:50 Main Fiction: The Real Story by Alastair Reynolds 40:00 On The Sofa With Alastair Reynolds 29:22 Narrators: Tee Morris, Julie Davis, Advertisement: This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com. Download a free audiobook of your choice at audiblepodcast.com/sofa 00:00, 12:10

Tony does the rounds on the StarShipSofa and takes a visit to Grant in the Engine Room. Find out how the ship is running and who they have in their sights!

Poetry: Bottles by Greg Betty 01:535 Flash Fiction: Moon Over Baton Rouge by Atalanta Pendragonne 04:13 Article: Jim Sawgrass Matthew Sanborn Smith 11:30 Main Fiction: Bad Beliefs by Paul Di Filippo 23:27 On The Sofa With Jeff Carlson 44:35 Narrators: Grant Stone, Julie Davis, Diane Severson Advertisement: This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com. Download a free audiobook of your choice at audiblepodcast.com/sofa 00:00, 10:17

This is the second outing that is part of the StarShipSanatorium shows. These will be on a separate feed and eventually released once a week and only available for people signed up to the Sanatorium feed. Join Tony, host of the StarShipSofa as he takes his dogs out.

Tony and Fred talk about the lastest stories from StarShipSofa's Aural Delights including Kevin J Anderson's Newts and Jeff Carlson's Frozon Sky

Aural Delights No 35 Jeff Carlson Poetry: Robot Dog by Bruce Boston 01:25 Flash Fiction: In The Olden Days by Spider Robinson 04:00 Main Fiction: Frozen Sky by Jeff Carlson 16:37 Narrators: Amy H Sturgis, Julie Davis,

The first show from StarShipSofa's Engine Room looking at how the show gets put together. JoinTony as he takes a tour down into the Ship's lower decks and meets Grant.

Aural Delights No 34 Kevin J AndersonPoetry: No Ruined Luna City by Greg Beatty 02:28Flash Fiction: The Switch by Tony C Smith 04:00Fact: Science News Jim Campanella 17:00Main Fiction: Newts by Kevin J Anderson 40:40Narrators: Jim Campanella, Julie Davis, Mur LaffertyAdvertisement: This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com. Download a free audiobook of your choice at audiblepodcast.com/sofa 00:00, 15:43Art for cover of Jumping Into Possibilities by Skeet

Collection of short stories by the host of StarShipSofa, Tony C Smith.Availabile in the Sofa shop NOW! Artwork by Skeet 1. Caitlin's Foal 2. A Dying Obsession 3. The Manidoo 4. You Murderer 5. Joyride 6. The Switch 7. A Chocolate Coated Life 8. The Daffodil Train 9. Under Sextascy Wood

Aural Delights No 33 Robert Reed Poetry: Goodbye Is Meaningless by Mark Rich 00:59 Flash Fiction: A Modest Proposal by Vonda N McIntyre 02:30 Fact: Point of View Terry Edge 11:25 Main Fiction: Roxie by Robert Reed 26:54 Narrators: Jim Campanella, Amy H Sturgis, Diane Severson Advertisement: This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com. Download a free audiobook of your choice at audiblepodcast.com/sofa 00:00, 10:00, 01:23:00 More links of interest: Fiction at http://www.vondanmcintyre.com/fiction/ Launchpad Astronomy Workshop: http://www.launchpadworkshop.org/ Nature magazine: http://www.nature.com/ Mike Brotherton: http://www.mikebrotherton.com/ Two Hearts, by Peter S. Beagle: http://www.conlanpress.com/ www.thewritersark.co.uk - click on 'Tutors', then 'Terry Edge'

Crash land with the first StarShipSanatorium and the life and times of your Sofanaught.

Aural Delights No 32 John Varley Poetry: Goodbye Is Meaningless by Laurel Winter 01:03 Flash Fiction: The Candidate by Jack McDevitt 02:35 Fact: Captain Power Amy H Sturgis 10:27 Main Fiction: The Bagatelle by John Varley 13:05 Narrators: Diane Severson, Grant Stone, Fred Himebaugh

StarShipSofa blasts off with its first Round Table discussion with host Tony C Smith, Fred Himebaugh, Grant Stone and Diane Severson. So join Tony and friends as they talk about last week's Aural Delights No 31. Links from the show: Chasing the Bard by fellow kiwi Philippa Ballantine: http://www.chasingthebard.com/ TED Talks: http://www.ted.com/ Radio Clash: http://www.mutantpop.net/radioclash/ BBC In Our Time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/

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