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  1. Science fiction now and tomorrow

    Novelists Alastair Reynolds, Lauren Beukes, Michael Moorcock and Jeff Noon talk about the state of SF.

    In this week’s new year books podcast, we look to the future. Science fiction has never been bigger, and publishers are falling over themselves to sign the next Terry Pratchett or Neil Gaiman. We talk to some of the genre’s biggest names about the state of SF in 2012, and where they think the genre is heading.

    Lauren Beukes, author of hard-boiled SF thriller Zoo City, tells us about winning the 2011 Arthur C Clarke award and about South African science fiction. We talk to Michael Moorcock, who helped define science fiction back in the 1960s with his ground-breaking literary magazine New Worlds. And we also hear from hard SF author Alastair Reynolds and speculative fiction author Jeff Noon about their new projects, how they feel about being classed within the same genre, and writing on Twitter.

    Reading List

    • Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
    • Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles by Michael Moorcock
    • Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds
    • Vurt by Jeff Noon

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2012/jan/06/books-podcast-science-fiction-now-tomorrow

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  2. CineSci6 - Forbidden Planet (ft Oliver Morton)

    CineSci6 is a series of events at Clapham Picture House exploring the science behind some classic films by first screening the film, and then having the science writer Simon Frantz discuss the film with an expert. You can find out more about how to attend the events on the Science in the Pub website (the next film on November 13th is Moon!).

    In this second podcast, Simon Frantz discussed the 1956 film Forbidden Planet with science writer Oliver Morton.

    CineSci6 is organised by James Robson and Paolo Viscardi, and facilitated by Kate Coventry. The discussion is led by Simon Frantz.

    (Description from http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/10/16/cinesci6-forbidden-planet-1956/ )

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  3. Richard Morgan | IT Conversations | Tech Nation

    Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Richard Morgan, author of the science fiction / future noir novels featuring the character Takeshi Kovacs. They’ll talk about what he sees a society’s future social issues.

    http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail826.html

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  4. 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

    LibriVox » Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 002

    http://librivox.org/short-science-fiction-collection-vol-002/

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  5. Arthur C. Clarke, Alvin Toffler, and Margaret Mead on Man’s Future

    What does the future look like from the past? This exciting program with three people that could not better represent the intelligentsia of futurism circa 1970. This recording is from a radio program called “Sound on Film”, a series on films and the people who make them. This episode is entitled “2001–Science Fiction or Man’s Future?” Recorded May 7th, 1970. Joseph Gelman is the moderator.

    At the time of this recording Arthur C. Clarke had recently collaborated on the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey with Stanley Kubrick. Alvin Toffler’s mega-influential book, Future Shock, is about to be published. And Margaret Mead is the world’s foremost cultural anthropologist.

    An intriguing conversation that still has relevance today.

    2001–Science Fiction or Man’s Future?

    Length–54:18

    http://www.sfoha.org/arthur-c-clarke-alvin-toffler-and-margaret-mead-on-mans-future/

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  6. The Kiosk by Bruce Sterling

    StarshipSofa episode, with the main fiction The Kiosk by Bruce Sterling, a look at a potential future where 3D printing becomes commonplace.

    From http://www.starshipsofa.com/20100113/aural-delights-no-116-bruce-sterling/

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  7. The Defenders by Philip K Dick & Let the Word Take Me by Juliette Wade

    A StarshipSofa episode with two stories, one from the 1960s and the other a current story. They’re quite different in theme, but both interesting.

    From http://www.starshipsofa.com/?s=no+139

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  8. Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account by Mary Rickert

    An excellent and chilling short story of social attitudes in near future America. Part of Starshipsofa’s British Science Fiction Awards nominees series.

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