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StarShip Sofa No 545 Aaron Emmel Jul 25, 2018

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Main Fiction: "A Small Price to Pay" by Aaron Emmel

This story originally appeared at Planet Scumm (February 2018)

Aaron’s stories have appeared in numerous publications. He is also the author of dozens of essays, an historical fiction graphic novel, and the science fiction gamebook series Midnight Legion. Find him online at aaronemmel.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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StarShipSofa No 547 Peter Watts Jul 18, 2018

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Main Fiction: "The Colonel" by Peter Watts

Originally published in Tor.com

Peter Watts is a former marine biologist, flesh-eating-disease survivor and Undesirable Element (according to the US government) whose novels— despite an unhealthy focus on Space Vampires— have become required texts for university courses ranging from Philosophy to Neuropsychology. His work is available in 20 languages, has appeared in over two dozen best-of-year anthologies, and has been nominated for roughly 50 awards from a dozen countries. His (somewhat smaller) list of 17 actual wins includes the Hugo, the Shirley Jackson, and the Seiun. His latest efforts include The Freeze-Frame Revolution (June 2018 from Tachyon) and coauthorship of a black metal science opera about sending marbled lungfish to Mars, funded by the Norwegian government (the opera, not the lungfish).

He lives in Toronto with his wife (fantasy author Caitlin Sweet), four-and-a-half cats, a pugilistic rabbit, a Plecostomus the size of a school bus, and a gang of tough raccoons who shake him down for kibble on the porch every summer. He likes all of them significantly more than most people he's met.

Narrated by Mikael Naramore

Mikael Naramore has narrated well over 100 audiobooks, ranging from best-sellers Nora Roberts, Lisa Gardner, Edward Klein and Clive Barker to sci-fi rising stars Wesley Chu, Ramez Naam and Mark E. Cooper.He was recently chosen to narrate prolific playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Robert Ardrey’s seminal Nature of Man series.

Mikael is also an active musician, having scored the soundtrack to an independent short film and produced and engineered critically acclaimed rock records. He currently resides in the wild and scenic Columbia River Gorge outside of Portland, Oregon with his wife, two small boys and their beloved Golden Retriever.

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StarShip Sofa No 546 Elana Gomel Jul 11, 2018

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Main Fiction: "In the Moment" by Elana Gomel

This story originally appeared at New Horizons (November 1, 2010)

Elana Gomel is an Associate Professor at the Department of English and American Studies at Tel-Aviv

University. She is the author of six non-fiction books and numerous articles. As a fiction writer, she has

published more than 40 fantasy and science fiction stories in The Singularity, New Realms, Mythic, and

many other magazines; and in several anthologies, including People of the Book and Apex Book of World

Science Fiction. Her fantasy novel A Tale of Three Cities came out in 2013. Two more novels are

scheduled to be published this year.

Narrated by: Andrea Richardson

Andrea is a British singer and actress. With extensive stage and film performances to her name, she began narration and voiceover work in 2014 but enjoys using her existing skills in a different way. You can find her at andrea-richardson.co.uk and on Facebook.

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StarShipEchoes 2007 StarShipSofa Originals Harlan Ellison Jul 06, 2018

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This week we glimpse an echo way from the past as we listen to two young fellas talk all about Harlan Ellison. So long ago... hope you enjoy!

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StarShipSofa No 544 T Fox Dunham Jul 03, 2018

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Main Fiction: "Sick Leave" by T. Fox Dunham

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

T. Fox Dunham lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Allison. He’s a lymphoma survivor, cancer patient, modern bard and historian. His first book, The Street Martyr, was published by Gutter Books. A major motion picture based on the book is being produced by Throughline Films. Destroying the Tangible Illusion of Reality or Searching for Andy Kaufman, a book about what it’s like to be dying of cancer, was recently released from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing and Fox has a story in the Stargate Anthology Points of Origin from MGM and Fandemonium Books. Fox is an active member of the Horror Writers Association, and he’s had published hundreds of short stories and articles. He’s host and creator of What Are You Afraid Of? Horror & Paranormal Show, a popular horror program on PARA-X RADIO. His motto is wrecking civilization one story at a time.

Narrated by: Brian Rollins

Brian Rollins was born in California and grew up in and around the Western US. He currently resides in Highlands Ranch, CO where he works as a voice artist primarily focused on audiobooks. He is probably best known for being the voice of the Glen and Tyler series of audiobooks, written by JB Sanders. You can hire Brian to narrate your next audiobook at TheVoicesInMyHead.com

Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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StarShip Sofa No 543 Matthew Shean Jun 27, 2018

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Main Fiction: "Sylvia and Larry" by Matthew Shean

This story originally appeared in the anthology Lazarus Risen (Bundoran Press, 2016)

Matthew has a Ph.D. in developmental biology and spent twenty years chained to a lab bench trying to understand why newts can regenerate arms when humans can't. He is now a science writer and librarian at a private research institute. He lives in Long Island (against his will) with his loving family and disdainful cats. His work has been published in the anthology Lazarus Risen and Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show. You can find him online at matthewshean.com or on twitter @MattSheanWrites.

Narrated by: Margaret Essex

Margaret lives “the good life”, on a small piece of rural N.S.W. Australia, with an amazing man a couple of pets, all the usual biting, stinging, critters that make great horror stories for our visitors and several rambunctious wombats.

Fact: Science News by J J Campenella

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StarShipSofa No 542 Ian Creasey Jun 20, 2018

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Main Fiction: "The Language of Flowers" by Ian Creasey

This story originally appeared in Analog (May 2016)

Ian Creasey lives in Yorkshire, England. He has published seventy-odd short stories in magazines and anthologies."The Language of

Flowers" originally appeared in Analog (May 2016). "The Language of Flowers" is a sequel to "Ormonde and Chase", which was podcasted on StarShipSofa in episode 533, April 2018. But don't worry if you didn't catch the previous story, as this one does work as a standalone.

Narrated by: Matt Dovey

Matt Doveyis very tall and very English and most likely drinking a cup of tea right now. He has a scar on his arm that he can’t remember getting, but a terrible darkness floods his mind when he considers it. He now lives in a quiet market town in rural England with his wife and three children, and despite being a writer, he still hasn’t found the right words to properly express the delight and joy he finds in this wonderful arrangement.

His surname rhymes with “Dopey”, but any other similarities to the dwarf are purely coincidental. He is the Golden Pen winner for Writers of the Future Volume 32 (2016), was shortlisted for the James White Award in 2016, and has fiction out and forthcoming all over the place; you can keep up with it at mattdovey.com, or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.

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StarShipSofa No 541 Christian Riley Jun 13, 2018

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Main Fiction: "The Singing Tree" by Christian Riley

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Chris Riley lives near Sacramento, California, vowing one day to move back to the Pacific Northwest. In the meantime, he teaches special education, writes cool stories, and hides from the blasting heat for six months of the year. He has had over eighty short stories published in various magazines and anthologies, and across various genres. His debut novel, one of literary suspense, and titled The Sinking of the Angie Piper, has recently been published by Coffeetown Press and Blackstone Audio. For more information, go to www.chrisrileyauthor.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.

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StarShipSofa No 540 Zach Chapman Jun 06, 2018

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Main Fiction: "Queenpin of the Wastes" by Zach Chapman

Originally appeared in Futuristica Vol. 2.

Zach Chapman is a movie critic, podcaster, and author. His short fiction appears in Nature, Tales to Terrify, and Writers of the Future. He also edited the anthology Time Travel Tales, which includes stories by Catherine Wells, Sean Williams, and Robert Silverberg. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his librarian wife, a cat, a laze-eyed cattle dog, and a brood of hens. Follow his publications on Twitter: @chappyzach.

Narrated by: Nikolle Doolin

Nikolle Doolin is a voice actor and a writer of fiction, scripts, and poetry. She has performed narrations for a number of popular and award-winning podcasts, such as The NoSleep Podcast, Tales to Terrify, and Far Fetched Fables. She also narrates classic literature in her own podcast Audio Literature Odyssey. To learn more about Nikolle, visit her website at nikolledoolin.com.

Looking Back at Genre History with Amy A H. Sturgis

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StarShipEchoes 21st April 2013 Interview Jerry Pournelle Greg Benford and Larry Niven Jun 01, 2018

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Join me this week as I play a great interview never before played in public of a talk I did with three legends of science fiction: Jerry Pournelle, Greg Benford and Larry Niven way back on the 21st April 2013.

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