http://sofanauts.com Discovering science fiction news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:02:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Guests this week: Richard Morgan Brenda Cooper Topics Discussed: Made up words in SF and Fantasy Moorcock to writer Dr Who Writing by Hand Bradbury working on new Chronicles TV Alan Moor to write opera script for Damon Alban from the Gorillaz http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-33 Guests the week are: John Joseph Adams Andrea Kail Topics Covered: Lightspeed Prime Books The Apex Book of World SF edited by Lavie Tidhar Google Competes with Amazon to Sell E-Books Clarksworld Citizenship Drive http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-32 Guests this week are: Peter Watts Paul Di Filippo Topics covered. Ciphers Ribofunk Blindsight Cory Doctorow: With A Little Help Asimov estate authorises I, Robot sequels http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-31 Today we held a special show regarding the state of SF magazine Asimov's. Guest this week. Jeff VanderMeer Jeremy Tolbert Shelia Williams Brian Bieniowski http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-30-the-state-of-asimovs-special Guests this week: John Goodwin Damien G. Walter Topics: Galaxy Press Writers Of The Future / Buy Writers of The Future Scifi Is Not Just Part of Mainstream Culture Neil Gaiman and BBC Will Let You Twitter A Story F&SF'S $2010 in 2010 Contest Winner Announced http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-29 Guests this week: John DeNardo Neil Clarke Topics: Octavia Butler's papers are being added to the holdings of Huntington Library, located in San Marino, California. Virtual anthology of Philippine secondary-world fiction: The Farthest Shore. Alan Moore's New Fanzine, Dodgem Logic, launches in November. George R.R. Martin is up to page 1100 writing A Dance with Dragons, http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-27-2 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Jeremy Tolbert Jeff VanderMeer Topics discussed this week: BFS admits Lazy Sexism Promote Literacy with Last Drink Bird Head for Charity The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced increased support for AboutSF RIP: Barbara Bova Listen and you'll learn how you could win the soundtracks to Jeff VanderMeer's Ambergris ... http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-27 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Jeremy Tolbert Matthew Sanborn Smith Topics this week: Matthew Sanborn Smith podcast Beware the Hairy Mango. Joe Haldeman in hospital Ray Bradbury's 89th birthday celebration. Jetpack Test Pilot Tim Powers confirms Disney optioned On Stranger Tides http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-26 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Jeff VanderMeer Jeremy Tolbert Amy H Sturgis Topics this week: Matthew Sanborn Smith has started his podcast Beware the Hairy Mango. I WILL Read Your F@#*ing Script…If You Leave Cookies and Milk VIZ Media announces the release of Zoo and Usurper of the Sun, Penguin Announces Launch 6of3 Website to Support ... http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-25 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Jeff VanderMeer Mike Allen Jeremy Tolbert Topics discussed this week: Clockwork Phoenix Spider and Jeanne Robinson StarShipSofa Stories Vol 1 http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-24 Writers of the Future - 25th Anniversary Special Guests this week: Sean Williams Mike Wood Cheryl Holland http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-23 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Amy H Sturgis Damien G Walter Larry Santoro Topics discussed this week: Terry Pratchett campaigns for the right to take his own life Stomping on Yeti: Jonathan Strahan must have a small rocket... Transition by Iain M. Banks Free on iTunes Forbidden Planet announces a signing by Kim Stanley Robinson Terry Gilliam ... http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-22 WorldCon Special Part 7 Guests: Kate Baker & Neil Clarke In the last of the special reporting for WorldCon, Kate interviews Neil Clarke, a Hugo Nominee for Best Semiprozine at Anticipation in Montreal. http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/sofanauts-no-21 WorldCon Special Part 6 Guest: Kate Baker Run down on the Hugo Awards! http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/sofanauts-no-20 WorldCon Special Part 5 Guest: Kate Baker http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/sofanauts-no-19 WorldCon Special Part4 Guests: John Joseph Adams http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/sofanauts-no-18 WorldCon Special Part3 Guest: Amy H Sturgis http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-17 WorldCon Special Pt2 Guest: Gord Sellar http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-16 WorldCon Special Part1 Guest: Amy H Sturgis http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-15 StarShipSofa, The Audio Science Fiction magazine has just given birth... to a bouncing 14 week old podcast called The Sofanauts. Proud parent Tony C Smith is overjoyed with the new arrival. Tony sez " The Sofanauts is a weekly SF news related show. Joining me each week are a variety of ... http://sofanauts.com/uncategorized/starshipsofa-the-audio-science-fiction-magazine-has-just-given-birth Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Jeff Carlson Jeremy Tolbert Jesse Willis Topics discussed: Barnes & Noble Plans an Extensive E-Bookstore Amazon George Orwell Launch Pad The Fallout from Last Year's Locus Magazine Reader's Poll Tor.com celebrates the moon landings with guest posts from the cream of SF Did the Moon landing spoil SF This week’s picks: Staked Portal Battlefields Vol 2 http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-14 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Damien G Walter Jeff VanderMeer Amy H Sturgis Topics disscussed this week: Charles N. Brown, 1937-2009 The Human Genre Project Welcome to Damnation Books Little Brother Wins Prometheus Award War of All Against All This week's picks: Convention Reporter SnatchWars Angry Robot Books Giant Hamster Peadar OGulin The BLDG Blog http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/sofanauts-no-13 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Jeremy Tolbert Nick Mamatass Topics disscussed this week: EP 200: All You Zombies Makers by Cory Doctorow The Best of Michael Moorcock, edited by John Davey, and Ann & Jeff VanderMeer Don’t Panic: Magazine Closings Archive of letters from Philip K. Dick to Linda Levy, a "Dark Haired Girl" F&SF Workshop Picks: You Might ... http://sofanauts.com/podcast/the-sofanauts-no-12 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Jeremy Tolbert Pablo Defendini Lawerence Santoro Topics discussed this week: Announcing Tor.com Store Alastair Reynolds Lands Unprecedented 10-Year, 10-Book Deal with Gollancz Noah Wyle has signed on with DreamWorks Television Hulu comes to UK Ron Moore's Virtuality Campbell and Sturgeon Winners: Cory Doctorow's Little Brother (Tor) and Ian R. MacLeod's Song of Time ... http://sofanauts.com/podcast/the-sofanauts-no-11 Guests this week on  Sofanauts are: Jeremy Tolbert Damien G. Walter Mary Robinette Kowal Topics discussed this week: 2009 Campbell Award Finalists Steampunk Tales Congratulations to new grandparents Spider and Jeannie Robinson Moon Do Literary Awards Affect Your Reading Choices? Dr. Roundbottom The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland Moorcock and Mievile name their top real world fantastical cities Picks this week: Green City and the ... http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-10 Guests this week on Sofanauts are: Jeremy Tolbert JJ Campanella Luke Burrage Topics discussed this week: The Sucsess Trap The difference between Japanese and American science fiction CJ Cherryh, Jane Fancher & Lynn Abbey are getting ready to sell some of their backlist titles direct to their readers as non-DRM eBooks Guest Picks: Los Cronocrimenes Up http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-9 Guests this week on  Sofanauts are: Matthew Sanborn Smith. Jeremy Tolbert Damien G Walter. http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-8 Guests this week on Sofanauts are: Jeremy Tolbert John Joesph Adams Charles A Tan Topics discussed this week: Federations The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award A Third Ghostbusters Movie Arkham Tales Planet Stories Book Line Tumbarumba http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-7 Guests this week on Sofanauts are: Jeremy Tolbert Paul Raven Graham Amy H Sturgis Topics discussed this week: Orson Scott Card's Recruting Valentine Interzone Readers Poll/Mundane SF Will the Star Trek movie be good for SF Bad Science in science fiction films Wolfram Alpha http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-6 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Jeremy Tolbert, Diane Severson, Fred Himebaugh Topics discussed on this week’s show include: PKD's Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said heads to screen Harlan Ellison Rejects Hometown Prize Is Alternate History SF? Robert J. Sawyer, ABC has ordered 13 episodes of Flash Forward A PERSONAL REQUEST TO ALL MY FANS by ... http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-5 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: SF writer, photographer, and web design, managing Editor for Escape Pod, creator of twitter @Future! Jeremy Tolbert A writer of weird and speculative fiction who hails from the UK, published in  Electric Velocipede, Serendipity. Has Been broadcast on BBC Radio  Blogs for Guardian  Damien G ... http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-4 Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: SF writer, photographer, and web design, managing Editor for Escape Pod, creator of twitter @Future! Jeremy Tolbert Radical thoughs on improving the print magazine. Art work F&SF Gord Sellar: freelance writer and editor for more than a decade.  Attended Clarion West 2006. Teacher over in ... http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-3 Guests this week on the  Sofanauts are: SF writer, photographer, and web designe, managing Editor for Escape Pod, creator of twitter @Future! Jeremy Tolbert Web producer for Tor.com specifically and Macmillan in general; printmaker; eBook-maker; science-fiction and Mac geek. Pablo Defendini Paul Graham Raven is a freelance writer, editor, publicist and web-presence manager ... http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-2 Guests this week on the very first Sofanauts are: Long time listener to StarShipSofa, creator of Fiction Crawler, His challenge: Write 1000 stories by the time he's 50 years old. Current story count: 101. Current age: 39,  Matthew Sanborn Smith. SF writer, photographer, and web designe, managing Editor for Escape Pod, ... http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/the-sofanauts-no-1 This is just a couple of mins intro from host of StarShipSofa, Tony C Smith as he lays down his manifesto to what is and what will be: The Sofanauts! http://sofanauts.com/sofanauts/short-introduction-to-what-is-the-sofanauts-podcast   Each week, Tony C Smith will be joined by a variety of guests from the world of science fiction literature, SF blogs and publishing to bring you the latest news and gossip from the world of SF. http://sofanauts.com/uncategorized/the-sofanauts-a-brand-new-show-coming-soon-from-starshipsofa