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July 19, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 330

Short story: Spar (The Bacon Remix) by Kij Johnson, from Clarkesworld magazine, April 2013. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Space Station by Tom Sleigh, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: On the Presocratics by Malcolm Schofield, listened to on the History of Philosophy podcast. Recommended.


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Published on July 19, 2017 23:23

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 329

Short story: The Black Water of Lethe by Oliver Buckman, from Beneath Ceaseless Skies, June 2014.


Poem: Friendly Advice to a Lot of Young Men, and a Lot of Old Men Too by Charles Bukowski, from Bukowski: Essential Poetry. Recommended.


Essay: On Wittgenstein and Blade Runner by Gilles Fraser, listened to on the BBC’s A History of Ideas podcast, from January 2015. Highly Recommended.


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Published on July 19, 2017 03:32

July 18, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 328

Short story: Zombies by Chuck Palahniuk, listened to on the Selected Shorts podcast, from September 2016. Highly Recommended.


Poem: And there was a Great Call by Thomas Hardy, listened to on the Voice Before the Void podcast. Recommended.


Essay: What Rivers Can Tell Us About Earth’s History by Liz Hajek, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from July 2017. Recommended.


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Published on July 18, 2017 11:47

July 17, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 327

Short story: Phallum Arium Ssp, Amans by Victoria Sandbrook, listened to on the Cast of Wonders podcast, from July 2017. Recommended.


Poem: Tea at the Palaz of Hoon by Wallace Stevens, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from July 2017.


Essay: Hinton St. Mary Mosaic, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from June 2010. Highly Recommended.


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Published on July 17, 2017 07:53

July 16, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 326

Short story: A Cream Cracker Under the Settee by Alan Bennett, from Talking Heads. Highly Recommended.


Poem: A Valentine by Edgar Allan Poe, listened to through Librivox. Recommended.


Essay: How We Can Face the Future Together by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on July 16, 2017 03:35

July 15, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: 325

Short story: Travellers by Rich Larson, from Clarkesworld magazine, July 2017. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Apologia Pro Poemate Meo by Wilfred Owen, listened to through Librivox. Highly Recommended.


Essay: What to Call Him? by Adam Gopnik, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on July 15, 2017 04:09

July 13, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 324

Short story: The Emptiness of Anger by D. A. D’Amico, listened to on the Centropic Oracle podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Rx by Eric Amling, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Measuring the Age of the Grand Canyon, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from July 2017. Recommended.


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Published on July 13, 2017 23:34

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: 323

Short story: Siren of the Void by M. L. Moos, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from July 2017.


Poem: The Boom and After The Boom by Alice Lyons, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from July 2017. Recommended.


Essay: Silver Plate Showing Shapur II, listened to on the History of the World in 100 Objects, from June 2010. Highly Recommended.


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Published on July 13, 2017 00:16

July 12, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 322

Short story: Letting Go by Alex Shvartsman, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.


Poem: Lime by Yusef Komunyakaa, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: The Gospel of Doubt by Casey Gerald, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on July 12, 2017 01:23

July 11, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 321

Short story: An Age of Ice by Zhang Ran, from Clarkesworld Magazine, July 2017. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Unromantic Love by J. V. Cunningham, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from July 2017. Recommended.


Essay: A Staircase in Sunlight by Adam Gopnik, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from July 2017. Recommended.


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Published on July 11, 2017 12:06