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March 28, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 216
Short story: Lucida Naturae by Margaret Atwood, from Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales.
Poem: There is no Frigate Like a Book by Emily Dickinson, listened to through Librivox. Recommended.
Essay: Infinity and Beyond, listened to on The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps podcast, from October 2010. Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 215
Short story: Waiting Out the End of the World at Patti’s Place by Naomi Kritzer, from Clarkesworld magazine, March 2017. Highly Recommended.
Poem: Blessed Are the Peace Makers by G. K. Chesterton, listened to through Librivox.
Essay: The Social Media Poet by Brian Bilston, listened to on the BBC’s Four Thought podcast, from January 2017. Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?
March 27, 2017
Announcing: The Gibson Continuum and Other Stories
In these ten short stories, ghosts of 1980s nostalgia haunt a young man searching for the essence of cyberpunk; sentient AIs respond to the death of the last human; a cleaner on Titan Orbiter becomes embroiled in a workers’ revolution; and a man figures out he can live forever by gaming subjective time.
Ranging from a portrait of a dystopian future where institutionalised cannibalism is commonplace to a post-Earth solar system where pirates fight against copyrighted seeds and unaffordable medicines, Jon Cronshaw’s poignant tales reflect on themes of technology, memory, love, and madness with startling imagination.
The Gibson Continuum and Other Stories is a thought-provoking collection examining what it means to be human — perfect for fans of William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Samuel R. Delany, and Robert A. Heinlein.
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 214
Short story: Try Catch Throw by Neil Gray, from Nature magazine, September 2016. Highly Recommended.
Poem: A Ball Rolls on a Point by Kay Ryan, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.
Essay: Sic Transit by Tom Shakespeare, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?
March 25, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 213
Short story: Dark Lady by Margaret Atwood, from Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales. Highly Recommended.
Poem: Whereabouts by Martha Zweig, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.
Essay: Rhino Horn: Cure or Curse, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 212
Short story: The Revision Theory by Blaize M. Kaye, from Nature, July 2016. Recommended.
Poem: Mirror Image by Jan Owen, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.
Essay: Adventures of an Asteroid Hunter by Carrie Nugent, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?
March 24, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 211
Short story: Revenant by Margaret Atwood, from Stone Matress: Nine Wicked Tales. Highly Recommended.
Poem: Ravenna by Oscar Wilde, listened to through Librivox. Recommended.
Essay: Homer by Jacke Wilson, from The History of Literature podcast. Highly Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?
March 23, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 210
Short story: Choices, in Sequential Order by Karlo Yeager Rodriguez, from Nature magazine, April 2016. Recommended.
Poem: A Late Walk by Robert Frost, listened to through Librivox. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Head of Alexander, listened to on the History of the World in 100 Objects, from May 2010. Highly Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?
March 22, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 209
Short story: The Houseboat by Ben Errington, listned to on The Other Stories podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.
Poem: Paralysis by Peter Boyle, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.
Essay: The Book of Job by Jacke Wilson, listened to on The History of Literature podcast, from October 2015. Recommended.
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March 21, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 208
Short story: The Stone Lover by Marta Randall, from Lightspeed Magazine, March 2017. Recommended.
Poem: Limits by Eleanor Ross Taylor, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast. Recommended.
Essay: Ghost Stories by Jonathan Stroud, listened to on the BBC’s Four Thought podcast, from January 2017.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?
