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StarShipSofa No 577 Michael Ezell Feb 27, 2019

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Main Fiction: "The Good Food" by Michael Ezell

This story was first published by Beyond the Stars: At Galaxy’s Edge (2016).

Michael Ezell is a former US Marine who now works as a Project Coordinator for an Emmy-winning makeup effects shop in Southern California. His writing has appeared in numerous anthologies, as well as On Spec Magazine and Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show.

Narrated by: Graeme Dunlop Graeme is a software solution architect and voice actor living in Melbourne, Australia. He is the former co-editor of the fantasy podcast Podcastle, and former host of the YA podcast Cast of Wonders. You can find him on Google+, and he occasionally tweets as @kibitzer on Twitter.

Science News:J J Campanella

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StarShipSofa No 576 Aliette de Bodard Feb 20, 2019

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Main Fiction: "In Everlasting Wisdom" by Aliette de Bodard

Aliette de Bodard lives and works in Paris. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy of Aztec noir fantasies, as well as numerous short stories which have garnered her two Nebula Awards, a Locus Award and two British Science Fiction Association Awards. Her space opera books include The Tea Master and the Detective, a murder mystery set on a space station in a Vietnamese Galactic empire, inspired by the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Recent works include the Dominion of the Fallen series, set in a turn-of-the-century Paris devastated by a magical war, which comprises The House of Shattered Wings and its standalone sequel The House of Binding Thorns.

Narrated by: Amy H. Sturgis

Amy H. Sturgis holds a Ph.D. in Intellectual History from Vanderbilt University and specializes in both Science Fiction and Indigenous American Studies. Since 2008, she has been contributing monthly “Looking Back at Genre History” segments to StarShipSofa. Editor in Chief of Hocus Pocus Comics and faculty at Lenoir-Rhyne University, Sturgis lives with her husband in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. Learn more about her award-winning work at amyhsturgis.com.

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StarShipSofa No 575 Nancy Kress Feb 13, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Someone to Watch Over Me" by Nancy Kress

Originally published in Asimov's

Nancy Kress is the author of thirty-three books, including twenty-six novels, four collections of short stories, and three books on writing. Her work has won six Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Her most recent work is TERRAN TOMORROW , the third book in the YESTERDAY’S KIN trilogy. In addition to writing, Kress often teaches at various venues around the country and abroad, and the annual intensive workshop Tao Toolbox. Kress lives in Seattle with her husband, writer Jack Skillingstead, and Cosette, the world’s most spoiled toy poodle.

Narrated by: Deborah Harris

Deborah is an Actor, Producer, and founder of Alette Entertainment. As an actor she has garnered attention and awards for her lead performance in two feature films and her starring role in the award winning shorts "The Force and the Fury" and "I Can't Do This." As a producer, she has been a part of the producing team for four features including "Parker's Anchor" which won the Audience Award at Bentonville Film Fest in 2017. Most recently, she finished producing the film "Here Awhile" starring Anna Camp, Steven Strait, and Joe Lo Truglio about the topical subject, the Death With Dignity Act. She currently has two more features in development and in her spare time she writes a monthly article for Ms in the Biz and bakes chocolate chip cookies for her deserving friends and family.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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StarShipSofa No 574 Alastair Reynolds Feb 06, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Belladona Nights" by Alastair Reynolds

Originally published in The Weight of Words

Alastair Reynolds is science fiction writer who has been published since 1990. He specialises in dark hard science fiction and space opera. Reynolds read physics and astronomy at Newcastle before earning a PhD from St Andrews, Scotland. In 1991, he moved to Noordwijk in the Netherlands where worked for the European Space Research and Technology Centre, part of the European Space Agency, until 2004 when he left to pursue writing full-time. His latest novel, Shadow Captain, was published in January 2019.

Narrated by: Cian Mac Mahon

Cian Mac Mahon is an Irish Software Engineer who in a past life was the world’s youngest professional podcaster, ran a radio station and very nearly ended up being a journalist. While he hopes to some day revive his show which podfaded many years ago, he now spends most of his free time playing about with cameras and cooking, as old microphones and sound-desks lurk in the shadows, right at the edge of eyesight

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StarShipSofa No 573 Ian Whates Jan 30, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Montpellier" by Ian Whates

Ian Whates lives in a sleepy Cambridgeshire village with his partner, Helen, and a manic cocker spaniel called Bundle. A writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy, he is the author of seven novels, the co-author of two more, has seen some seventy of his short stories published, and has edited more than thirty anthologies. Ian served a term as a director of SFWA and is a director of the BSFA, an organisation he chaired for five years. In 2006, Ian founded multiple award-winning independent publisher NewCon Press by accident, and he continues to be baffled by the number of titles the imprint has produced.

Narrated by: Mark Kilfoil

Mark “the Encaffeinated ONE” Kilfoil loves fiction, so much so that he’s written some (such as the Parsec-nominated Tainted Roses), read quite a lot (a library of over a thousand half-read books and growing) and now narrates them (sometimes actually recorded for others). He can be heard frequently on CHSRfm.ca, and two of his shows regularly appear as podcasts, and can be found at encaffeinated.ca and theweirdshow.com. He likes cats enough to pet them but not enough to own one, and computers enough to own several but pet none of them. He will someday write a million words, but at this rate, that will require life extension, so he eagerly awaits the ability to upload into a computer, if that hasn’t already happened and this is all only a simulation.

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StarShipSofa No 572 Gwyneth Jones Jan 23, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Saving Tiamaat" by Gwyneth Jones

Originally published in The New Space Opera.

Gwyneth Jones is a writer and critic of genre fiction. She's won the Tiptree award, two World Fantasy awards, the Arthur C. Clarke award, the British Science Fiction Association short story award, the Dracula Society's Children of the Night award, the P.K.Dick award, and the SFRA Pilgrim award for lifetime achievement in sf criticism. She also writes for teenagers, usually as Ann Halam. She lives in Brighton, UK, with her husband and two cats called Ginger and Milo; curating assorted pondlife in season.

Narrated by: Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Abra Staffin-Wiebe loves dark science fiction, cheerful horror, and futuristic fairy tales. Dozens of her short stories have appeared at publications including Tor.com, Escape Pod, and Odyssey Magazine. She lives in Minneapolis, where she wrangles her children, pets, and the mad scientist she keeps in the attic. When not writing or wrangling, she collects folk tales and photographs whatever stands still long enough to allow it

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StarShipSofa No 571 Madeline Ashby Jan 16, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Domestic Violence"

Originally published in Slate.com

Madeline Ashby is a futurist and science fiction writer living in Toronto. Her work has been published in Slate, MIT Technology Review, BoingBoing, McSweeney’s, Clarkesworld, and elsewhere. Her novel COMPANY TOWN was a finalist in the CBC Books Canada Reads competition, and won the Copper Cylinder Award. She has worked with organizations like Intel Labs, the Institute for the Future, SciFutures, Data & Society, Nesta, Changeist, and others. You can find her at madelineashby.com.

Narrated by: Tatiana Grey

Tatiana is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth. She has been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn’t won a single damned thing. She went to NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can find her at tatianagrey.com.

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StarShip Sofa No 570 Jonathan Laidlow Jan 09, 2019

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Main Fiction: "The Astronaut Tier" by Jonathan Laidlow

Jonathan Laidlow grew up in the North West of England, near the Sellafield Nuclear Power plant, which regularly leaked. He has one good leg, one good eye, and one good ear…

His publications include "Darner" at Strange Horizons, "Obtrusion Rate" at Liminal Stories, "Inundated" at Far Fetched Fables, and "Hyrmnal" at Daily Science Fiction. He lives in Birmingham, UK. He tweets @burtkenobi and blogs occasionally at jonlaidlow.com.

Narrated by: Nicola Seaton-Clark

Nicola is originally from South Africa, where she grew up in various small towns around the country. Working as a professional actress full time for 25 years, she has also spent her time being variously, a jazz singer, waitress, bartender and English trainer. Currently she runs her voice-over company Offstimme with her actor husband Peter, and spends her spare time attempting to raise her children into decent human beings and attending heavy metal concerts.

Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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StarShip Sofa No 569 Gerri Leen Jan 02, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Paying Old Debts" by Gerri Leen

Gerri Leen lives in Northern Virginia and originally hails from Seattle. In addition to being an avid reader, she's passionate about horse racing, tea, and whisky, and her latest obsession is ASMR vids. She has work appearing in Nature, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, Daily Science Fiction, Cast of Wonders, and others. She's edited several anthologies for independent presses, is finishing some longer projects, and is a member of SFWA and HWA. See more at gerrileen.com.

Narrated by: Anthony Babington

Anthony Babington is an aspiring voice actor, who looks just slightly off from how he sounds. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota he narrates podcasts, and leases his soul to corporate America. He has previously recorded for Far Fetched Fables and The Cursed Inn. He can be found on Twitter as @AlephBaker.

Fact: Science News by J J Campanella

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StarShipSofa No 568 Yoon Ha Lee Dec 19, 2018

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Main Fiction: "The Chameleon's Gloves" by Yoon Ha Lee

Yoon Ha Lee's debut novel, Ninefox Gambit, won the Locus Award for best first novel and was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke awards. Its sequel, Raven Stratagem, was also a Hugo finalist. His middle-grade space opera, Dragon Pearl, is forthcoming from Disney-Hyperion in January 2019. He lives in Louisiana with his family and an extremely lazy cat, and has not yet been eaten by gators.

Narrated by: Mary Murphy

Mary Murphy is an actor/voice-over artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She loves the world of audio fiction and is excited to be part of StarShipSofa. She can be heard voicing the role of Dashi on Disney Junior’s Octonauts, and voicing multiple characters for PBS Kid’s Past/Present, Leap Frog, & Muzzy. She can also be heard on Fireside Mystery Theatre’s audio drama podcast, Midnight Shorts Program, and narrating the audiobook Love and Smoke. Other credits include Boardwalk Empire, Man With A Gun, DNA, I Hope You Live Forever, Clutter, and Room 333. Recently she appeared in the play Near Nellie Bly for the Workshop Theater Series, and will be performing a series of Norwin Corwin & O Henry adaptations with QuickSilver. You can often find her roaming the streets of Brooklyn with her 13-pound Dachshund Penny, Gotham’s real Dark Knight.

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