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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.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


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.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


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.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


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.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


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.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


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.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


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.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


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.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


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.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


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.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?

