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November 20, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 452

Short story: The Adventure of the Resident Patient by Arthur Conan Doyle, from the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Recommended.


Poem: Imaginary Book by Julien Poirier, listened to on the Poetry Now podcast, from November 2017.


Essay: Archaeologist Matt Pope on Tools and Human Evolution, listened to on the BBC’s A History of Ideas, from January 2015. Highly Recommended.


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Published on November 20, 2017 01:06

November 19, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 451

Short story: The Princess and the Queen, Or the Blacks and the Greens by George R. R. Martin, , from Dangerous Women (2013), edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Highly Recommended.


Poem: After Ken Burns by Laura Kasischke, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from November 2017. Recommended.


Essay: How to Transform Apocalypse Fatigue into Action on Global Warming by Per Espen Stoknes, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from November 2017. Recommended.


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Published on November 19, 2017 14:01

Jon’s Author Diary – 007 – November 19, 2017

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This week, Jon made slow progress on his part of the collaborative Black Death series and enjoyed revisiting Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer.

He also answers more of your questions. Email your questions to jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.

You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncronshaw.com or by visiting Jon’s author page.

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Published on November 19, 2017 12:54

November 18, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 450

Short story: The Long Rain by Ray Bradbury, from The Illustrated Man and Other Stories. Recommended.


Poem: Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from November 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Mass Myopia by Will Self, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from November 2017.


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Published on November 18, 2017 06:06

November 17, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 449

Short story: The Box by Hugh Howey, from Machine Learning: New And Collected Stories. Recommended.


Poem: Boil by Alicia Ostriker, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from November 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Method Man – Plato’s Socrates, listened to on the History of Philosophy podcast, from January 2011. Highly Recommended.


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Published on November 17, 2017 06:50

November 16, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 448

Short story: A Wound Like an Uplowed Field by Max Wynne, from Lightspeed Magazine, November 2017.


Poem: The Storm-Struck Tree by Jessica Greenbaum, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from November 2017. Recommended.


Essay: Truth and Reality by Geoff Colman, listened to on the BBC’s Four Thought podcast.


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Published on November 16, 2017 06:41

November 15, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 447

Short story: Executable by Hugh Howey, from Machine Learning: New And Collected Stories. Recommended.


Poem: For You: Anthophilous, Lover of Flowers? by Reginald Dwayne Betts, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from November 2017.


Essay: TV Dinner, listened to on the BBC’s 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy, from April 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on November 15, 2017 10:14

November 14, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 446

Short story: Machine Learning by Hugh Howey, from Machine Learning: New And Collected Stories. Recommended.


Poem: Contemporaries and Snobs by Prageeta Sharma, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from November 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Gramophone, listened to on the BBC’s 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on November 14, 2017 01:10

November 13, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 445

Short story: Lies My Mother Told Me by Caroline Spector, from Dangerous Women (2013), edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Sissieretta Jones by Tyehimba Jess, listened to on the PoetryNow podcast, from November 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: The Miserable Pantomime of Contemporary British Vegetarianism by Will Self, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from November 2017.


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Published on November 13, 2017 13:03

November 12, 2017

Jon’s Author Diary – 006 – November 12, 2017

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This week, Jon wrote the first third of book 2 of his collaborative Black Death series and added more chapters to his LitRPG standalone novel, Blind Gambit.

He also answers more of your questions. Email your questions to jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.

You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncronshaw.com or by visiting Jon’s author page.

Like his Facebook page at facebook.com/joncronshawauthor

Follow him on Twitter @jlcronshaw.

If you want to help the show, please consider telling a friend or leaving a review on iTunes.


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Published on November 12, 2017 11:00