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Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

Tor Publishing Group, in partnership with Literary Hub, presents Voyage Into Genre! Every other Wednesday, join host Drew Broussard for conversations with Tor authors discussing their new books, the future, and the future of genre. Oh, and maybe there’ll be some surprises along the way…
Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre is a Lit Hub Radio podcast.

Copyright: © 2021 Tor Books

Latest Episodes:

Kemi Ashing-Giwa and CJ Leede Oct 23, 2024

For the final episode of this season, it's a Tor Nightfire spooky-season double-header! Kemi Ashing-Giwa (This World is Not Yours) and CJ Leede (American Rapture) drop in to talk about being scared, scaring others, and the power of horror to—just maybe—change the world.

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Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Terry J. Benton-Walker & Sarah Henning Oct 09, 2024

Just in time for spooky season, it's a Tor Teen episode of Voyage into Genre with two thrilling authors: Terry J. Benton-Walker and Sarah Henning! They chat with host Drew Broussard about writing scary stories for young people, modeling grief for their readers, and the joys of loving world-building.

Terry J. Benton-Walker: The White Guy Dies First and Blood Justice

Sarah Henning: The Lies We Conjure

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Zen Cho & Freya Marske Sep 25, 2024

This week: Zen Cho (The Friend Zone Experiment) and Freya Marske (Swordcrossed) talk with host Drew Broussard about the romance/romantasy boom, what 'low stakes' really means, and writing well-communicated stories about miscommunication.

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Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

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Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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O.O. Sangoyomi & Rita Woods Aug 28, 2024

This week: O.O. Sangoyomi (Masquerade) and Rita Woods (The Last Dreamwalker) talk with host Drew Broussard about unearthing histories and making them reverberate, blurring genre distinctions, and the relationships between mothers and children in both life and fiction.

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Suyi Davies Okungbowa & Brenda Peynado Aug 14, 2024

This week: Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Lost Ark Dreaming) and Brenda Peynado (Time's Agent) talk with host Drew Broussard about bleak futures, grounding stories in the present, and what it means to have hope in strange times.

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Ananda Lima & L. M. Sagas Jul 31, 2024

The voyage continues! Another season of Voyage into Genre kicks off with a refreshed format—so make a little more room on the ship, as we welcome two authors at once!

Ananda Lima (Craft: Stories I Wrote For the Devil) and L.M. Sagas (Cascade Failure+ Gravity Lost) talk with host Drew Broussard about embracing genre, the political importance of genre stories, and writing some anthropomorphic but decidedly not human characters.

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Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Voyage into Genre LIVE feat. Andrea Hairston, Veronica Roth, Rebecca Thorne, & Nghi Vo! Jun 12, 2024

The first-ever Voyage into Genre live tour is in the books—and what a tour it was! Intrepid authors Andrea Hairston, Veronica Roth, Rebecca Thorne, and Nghi Vo spent a whirlwind week traveling from Seattle to New York with stops every night along the way.

We're pleased to share excerpts from their tour kick-off at Third Place Books (with TJ Klune moderating) as well as the final stop at Greenlight Books (with P. Djeli Clark moderating).

And stay tuned for Season Four—new episodes will launch July 31!

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2024 Tour Announcement! Feb 28, 2024

Tor Publishing Group and Lit Hub are thrilled to present an evening of fantasy at a LIVE version of our popular Voyage Into Genre podcast. Join Andrea Hairston, Nghi Vo, Rebecca Thorne, and Veronica Roth on an epic road trip across the US beginning May 13!

For tour stops, ticket information, and more, click here!

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Bonus Ep: Recommendations! Nov 01, 2023

A little end-of-season treat: some recommendations from the Tor authors who appeared on the 2023 season of Voyage into Genre! Books, music, movies, and even a new podcast rec courtesy of the Brooklyn Public Library!!

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Kristen Simmons / Johnny Compton Oct 18, 2023

It's the last week of the season and we're getting into the big Fs: feelings, fear, friendship, family. Fun!

ITINERARY:

Kristen Simmons (Find Him Where You Left Him Dead) discusses the difference between Eastern and Western ghosts, why teenagers deserve real fiction, and inventing a terrifying game for her characters to play.
Johnny Compton (The Spite House) talks about his favorite thing in fiction, about the real-life inspirations for his spite house, and about why it isn't actually so easy to just leave a haunted house.
Drew ends the season with a bit of art: a Robert Frost poem, for these dark times.

For a full episode transcript, click here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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V. E. Schwab / Lina Rather / Oliver Darkshire Oct 04, 2023

This week, we travel to the Big Smoke! It's London across time and relative dimensions in space, with magic and monsters and the mystery of antiquarian book-selling.

ITINERARY:

V.E. Schwab (The Fragile Threads of Power) talks about the joy of revisiting old friends on the page, the complicated ethics of power, and why it is that London calls to her.
Lina Rather (A Season of Monstrous Conceptions) takes us back to the days after the Great Fire with deep research on midwifery and Sir Christopher Wren, and what it means to wander (literally or literarily) a city of such immense history as London.
Oliver Darkshire (Once Upon a Tome) shares a bit of insight into the life of an antiquarian bookseller, a bookshop's life in a city like London, and why it is important that we hold onto and celebrate the things we love.

For a full episode transcript, click here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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S. L. Huang / Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle Sep 20, 2023

It's time to break out your best 1960s-Batman graphics -- because it's an action-packed episode about ACTION!

ITINERARY:

S. L. Huang (The Water Outlaws) explains the historical roots of Water Margin, muses on what being a stunt performer brings to writing, interrogates the ethical questions humanity has grappled with for centuries, and lets us all in on a little secret about the book...
Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle (Ebony Gate) talk about how they came to write together, why they wanted to root their series on the West Coast, and the joys of writing fun action sequences.
No third interview! Because we don't cross picket lines! But Drew does muse briefly on why this current joint strike is existentially important for all creative industries.

For a full episode transcript, click here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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S.L. Coney / Ruthanna Emrys / Alexis Pauline Gumbs Sep 06, 2023

This week, we're getting our hands dirty -- it's a nature ep! Sort of! Featuring eldritch coming-of-age stories, first contact tales, and how we might re-envision ourselves as a part of this planet's ecosystem instead of somehow outside of it.

ITINERARY:

S.L. Coney (Wild Spaces) talks about the present-tense of their novella, the power of writing about nature and a good good dog, and what we learn as we grow up.
Ruthanna Emrys (A Half-Built Garden) explains what she means by 'diaperpunk,' how she created her alien species, why it is important to add children to adventure narratives, and the possibilities we can find in genre.
Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Undrowned) offers reflective wisdom on how to put humanity back in sync with the natural world, of which we are (no matter how hard we try) a part.

For a full episode transcript, click here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Emily Tesh / Vajra Chandrasekera / Sophie Strand Aug 23, 2023

Our voyage this week takes us into the waters of fundamentalism, from a space station with the last(?) vestiges of humanity to a city in a world much like ours except for the cults and the anti-gods floating around before coming back around to our world and the mystery cult around a guy called Jesus.

ITINERARY:

Emily Tesh (Some Desperate Glory) on preventing radicalization, lessons from history about authoritarianism, and the pleasures of in-universe non-fiction.
Vajra Chandrasekera (The Saint of Bright Doors) on *not* making a secondary world, performing some anthropology of the present day, and upending expectations in order to make his book his way.
Sophie Strand (The Madonna Secret) on interrogating the motives behind the canonical Gospels and why collective storytelling is both humanity's past and its future.

For a full episode transcript, click here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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J.R. Dawson / Chuck Tingle / Durreen Shahnaz Aug 09, 2023

Looks like Team Genre is blasting off again!

This season kicks off with an examination of hope, from a magical circus between the World Wars to a conversion camp in Montana to a globe-trotting optimist. No matter how down you might feel about the world these days, this episode will give you a little more pep in your step.

ITINERARY:

J.R. Dawson (The First Bright Thing) talks writing about performance, the root of her Sparks, and having hope even in the face of a move out of a beloved home.
Chuck Tingle (Camp Damascus) discusses the Trinity of Maligned Genres, what he means when he says 'love is real', and rooting demons in reality.
Durreen Shahnaz (The Defiant Optimist) explains what it means to be a 'defiant optimist' and how we can take oppressive systems and make them instead work for the good of us all.

For a full episode transcript, click here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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A Strange Transmission... Jul 19, 2023

What's that sound back there, in the back of your mind? Could it be... YES!Voyage into Genre is back for another trip!

Episodes air every other week beginning Weds Aug 9 -- and this season's line-up is better than ever. Maybe you can even hear a couple of guests in the static...

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Regina Kanyu Wang / Sheree Renée Thomas & Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Oct 05, 2022

For the last episode of this season, it's time to think about collections -- story collections! Even more specifically, multi-author anthologies of new (or new-to-the-readership) work! So let's take a trip to China, to Africa, and to Pasedena, CA for some thoughts on collection and curation.

ITINERARY:

Regina Kanyu Wang (The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories) talks about the collaborative process of editing The Way Spring Arrives, considering non-dualistic ways of being, and the hope that springs from speculative fiction.
Sheree Renée Thomas and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Africa Risen) talk about their mutual appreciation, why it was time for a collection like Africa Risen, and just what it means when they say that Africa isn't just rising but that it has risen.
Melinda McCurdy (Curator, British Art at the Huntington Library) explains how she views her role as curator and the unique opportunities presented by the change-up of a famous Huntington acquisition, and how curation can change an audience's context and understanding.

Full episode transcript available here.

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Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Neon Yang / Tamsyn Muir Sep 21, 2022

It's time to go long and think about epics! But actually, we're thinking about the people who make up those epics. It's the best of both worlds really: you get the big space battles and also the interpersonal conflicts, the questions of morality and justice alongside mistakes and goofs. How like life!

ITINERARY:

Neon Yang (The Genesis of Misery) talks wanting to write a historical epic and writing a space epic instead, about finding truth in storytelling, and about how trying to make sense of Q-Anon helped frame some of Misery’s world.
Tamsyn Muir (Nona the Ninth) talks about the delightful(?) surprise that is Nona, taking cues from Greek drama, going against the rules, and writing books like they’re everything-burritos. Also, what is simping? (Seriously, can someone help explain to both of us?)
Justice McCray (City Councilmember, Beacon NY) talks about moving from activism to running for office and what it means to reimagine things like safety and community.

Read the full episode transcript here.

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Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Sunyi Dean / Olivie Blake Sep 07, 2022

It's time to go back to school, which means we're reading to figure out who we are! Let's get thinking about the books -- and the people -- that shape us and teach us and define us.

ITINERARY:

Sunyi Dean (The Book Eaters) talks about whether its possible to be a good person, letting go of perfection, and her book-devouring vampires. (Recorded live at the 2022 Jericho Writers Summer Festival of Writing)
Olivie Blake (The Atlas Series) talks about being a reformed pantser, writing from a place of fandom, and the appeal of teaching through fiction.
Valerie Broussard (Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter) talks about the importance of genre in her own education and how it might help serve the education of others.

Read the full episode transcript here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Foz Meadows / Alexandra Rowland Aug 24, 2022

Today is a true journey into the unknown, for me anyway: romance fiction. In the space of two books, I go from not thinking it was for me to absolutely adoring what Alexandra Rowland dubs “fealty and feelings” novels — so let’s go, let’s get into it, let’s get our hearts messy! And we’ll think a bit about the politics of romance, too…

CW: some discussion of sexual assault and depression/anxiety

ITINERARY:

Foz Meadows (A Strange and Stubborn Endurance) talks about finding romance through the classics and fan-fiction, learning through points of view, the fun of language and translation, and writing about sexual assault.
Alexandra Rowland (A Taste of Gold and Iron) talks about their discovery of romance as a genre, writing anxiety, and why they always want to include economics in their books.
adrienne maree brown (Fables and Spells) muses on the balance of love and power in the speculative fiction she reads — and writes — and how we might find that balance in our world as well.

Read the full episode transcript here.

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Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Samit Basu / Joma West Aug 10, 2022

Strap on your shiny sunglasses: we’re headed to near-future Delhi, an upscale apartment block where no one touches one another, and then right back here to this most pivotal moment for humanity.

ITINERARY:

Samit Basu (The City Inside) talks about being told your book is a dystopia when you didn’t write it that way and what it means to be on social media in the age of scripted reality.
Joma West (Face) shares how the ethics of technological child-rearing can be made even scarier with some language choices and why she structured her novel in overlapping points-of-view.
Douglas Rushkoff (Survival of the Richest) offers some thoughts about how ordinary people can retake control of the technology that’s meant to help us instead of letting the uber-rich exploit both it and us.

Read the full episode transcript here!

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

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Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Sarah Gailey / T. Kingfisher Jul 27, 2022

It's haunted house day on our voyage -- hope you packed your flashlights...

ITINERARY:

Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home) explains why under the bed is the scariest place in the house, defying the pull of easy narrative, and why you should have empathy for haunted houses.
T. Kingfisher (What Moves the Dead) talks about the fascinating world of fungi, historical gender fluidity, and why she loves a re-telling of a classic tale.
Brett Bertolino (VP, Director of Operations for Eastern State Penitentiary) shares behind-the-scenes insights into how one of the most popular haunted house attractions in the country has stayed fresh for over 30 years.

Read the full episode transcript here!

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Season Two Announcement! Jul 20, 2022

Voyage into Genre is back for season two! Host Drew Broussard welcomes a new batch of Tor authors with new books, new locations, and new surprise guests!

Have your tickets ready and step right this way. New episodes every other Wednesday, starting July 27th.

if you're enjoying the show, give us a review! tell your friends! and please stand clear of the closing doors!

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Ryka Aoki / Andrea Hairston Sep 22, 2021

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Ryka Aoki talks about why Light From Uncommon Stars blends genres, about how writing poetry helps with writing food, and why Lindsey Stirling is awesome.
Andrea Hairston talks about finding hope in Master of Poisons, the genius of Michael Ende, and how theater (and physics) affect her writing.
Tor Books Editorial Director Claire Eddy talks about the past and the future of the genre and why a bigger tent is always better.

For a full episode transcript, click here.

Thank you for listening! See you again soon!

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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S. Qiouyi Lu / Silvia Moreno-Garcia Sep 08, 2021

ITINERARY:

S. Qiouyi Lu talks aboutfast-food surveillance, writing in different genres, re-examining history, and aer mosaic novella In the Watchful City.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia talks about coming back to a novel (that's coming back into print), why characters are more interesting than world-building, and how Germán Robles helped inspire Certain Dark Things.
Emily Hughes, site editor for Tor Nightfire, explains why horror matters and why scaring yourself is actually an evolutionary survival trick.

Full episode transcription available here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Charlie Jane Anders / Becky Chambers Aug 25, 2021

ITINERARY:

Charlie Jane Anders talks about her essay collection Never Say You Can't Survive, how to write in dark times, the retrospective opportunities offered by a story collection, and gleefully smashing the bounds of 'genre' distinctions in her new YA trilogy.
Becky Chambers talks about her fridge-meal novella A Psalm for the Wild-Built, the pleasures of tea-drinking, and why she has hope.
Drew reads an excerpt of Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus as a beacon against dark times.

Full episode transcript available here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Nghi Vo / Shelley Parker-Chan Aug 11, 2021

ITINERARY

Nghi Vo talks about fan-fiction, how she came to write her Gatsby retelling The Chosen and the Beautiful,and how humanity is rooted in storytelling.
Shelley Parker-Chan talks about retelling history in She Who Became the Sun, why she doesn't think too much about craft, and why she needed to get out of the world of diplomacy and politics.
Stephanie Ybarra, artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage, talks about being an artistic leader and why we need to interrogate and redefine our ideas about the 'classics.'

Full episode transcript available here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Bethany C. Morrow / TJ Klune Jul 28, 2021

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Bethany C. Morrow talks about how A Chorus Risessprang from a need to correct some assumptions, writing a follow-up that isn't a sequel, how weird family can be, and re-thinking what 'world-building' actually means.
TJ Klune talks about Flash Fire's teens and superheroes and teen superheroes, responding to the real world in fiction, and navigating grief in Under the Whispering Door.
Naomi Wiens, LMFT talks about therapy and working with teenagers.

If you or someone you love is struggling, you can call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) 24/7/365 -- and if you're looking for a therapist, try Psychology Today's directory.

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Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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T. L. Huchu / P. Djeli Clark Jul 14, 2021

ITINERARY

Edinburgh, Scotland (20xx) to talk to T. L. Huchu about The Library of the Dead, the dystopias around us, scientific magic, and making up a new music craze.
Cairo, Egypt (1912) to talk to P. Djèlí Clark about A Master of Djinn, counterfactuals, returning to a world, and the writer's toolkit.
New York, USA (2021) for a quick city stroll with Kamau Ware, founder of the Black Gotham Experience.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

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Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Trailer Jun 09, 2021

We're going on a voyage... a VOYAGE INTO GENRE!

Beginning July 14th, join host Drew Broussard for conversations with Tor Books authors about their latest work, the future, and the future of genre.

Follow @torbooks / @tordotcompub / @tornightfire to make sure you don't miss a thing!

Music by Evelyn

Production and Engineering by Stardust House Creative

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