Constellary Tales #8
Constellary Tales Podcast
Constellary Tales presents an audio production of "Ambassador," cover story of Issue #2. Then story author Michael Adam Robson joins us for an interview.
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Constellary Tales #7
Constellary Tales Podcast
SFWA Grand Master and multiple Hugo and Nebula winner Joe Haldeman talks about The Forever War, The Twilight Zone, and his next novel in an exclusive Constellary Tales interview.
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Constellary Tales #6
Constellary Tales Podcast
Guest Mark Linsenmayer weighs in on the philosophical implications of precognitive crime fighting in Philip K. Dick's "The Minority Report." Brian quizzes Mark and Ken on PKD movie trivia.
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Constellary Tales #5
Constellary Tales Podcast
Robert Heinlein's short story "All You Zombies" (and the later film adaptation Predestination) starts with the classic "grandfather paradox" trope and ties it in knots.
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Constellary Tales #4
Constellary Tales Podcast
Constellary Tales presents an audio production of “Kill Switch,” cover story of Issue #1. Then we go behind the scenes in an interview with the story’s author Henry Szabranski.
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Constellary Tales #3
Constellary Tales Podcast
A smart house outlasts humanity in Ray Bradbury's 1950 short story "There Will Come Soft Rains." Tex Thompson describes the annual "experience camp" for authors, Writers in the Field.
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Constellary Tales #2
Constellary Tales Podcast
Octavia Butler's "Bloodchild" is (among other things) a successful example of a certain kind of pregnancy story. Brian puts Ken to test about films nominated both for the Hugo and the Oscar.
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Constellary Tales #1
Constellary Tales Podcast
Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" turns up in unusual places, plus two film adaptations. Brian quizzes Ken on writing advice from famous authors.
info_outlineA smart house outlasts humanity in Ray Bradbury's 1950 short story "There Will Come Soft Rains." Tex describes the annual "experience camp" for authors, Writers in the Field.
Contents
Author, teacher and Lone Star State original Arianne “Tex” Thompson joins our discussion.
(00:00) A smart house outlasts humanity in Ray Bradbury’s 1950 short story “There Will Come Soft Rains.”
(24:05) Longswords and lockpicks! Poisons and ponies! Tex describes these and other hands-on experiences at the annual Writers in the Field event in Dallas.
(40:55) Spoiler-free recommendations: “Speech Sounds,” Assassin’s Apprentice, Junction
Thanks to Tijana Stojković for reciting the poem by Sara Teasdale.
Links
- “There Will Come Soft Rains” 1984 animated short by Tulyakhodzayev
- Arianne “Tex” Thompson’s author website, The Tex Files
- Writers in the Field