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Constellary Tales #4

Constellary Tales Podcast

Release Date: 12/18/2018

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" turns up in unusual places, plus two film adaptations. Brian quizzes Ken on writing advice from famous authors.

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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.

Contents
(00:00) Audio production of Henry Szabranski’s “Kill Switch” from Constellary Tales Issue #1, narrated by Mark Linsenmayer
(20:05) Henry answers our pressing questions about astrophysics, character names, and the Discontinuity universe. Ken makes wild speculations. Brian eventually gets Henry’s last name right.
(38:20) Spoiler-free recommendations: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, “Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” by Yoon Ha Lee

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