Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt

We talk to author, inventor, and futurist, Ray Kurzweil.

Guest: Ray Kurzweil

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Running time: 10:00:10

We wrap up the Shadow of the Torturer with special guest Josh Lawrence. And there’s a lot to chew on! Where did Dorkus come from? Is the botanic gardens a time travel device? Like a Tardis? And what’s with Severian’s Mommy issues.

QUICK BURNS

Publication delays for the next Ian Tregellis novel

More DANCE WITH DRAGONS and GAME OF THRONES news

A Storm of HBO Videos

Stephen King has a new “Dark Tower” book coming in 2012

Richard Morgan finishes the Cold Commands

Neal Stephenson’s gold farming thriller, REAMD

New Shel Silverstein book scheduled for September

CALENDAR

3/29/2011 “Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente Tor

3/29/2011 “Soft Apocalypse, Will McIntosh (Nightshade)

3/31/2009 “A Kingdom Besieged by Raymond E. Feist

4/1/2011 “Sea of Ghosts by Alan Campbell

4/12/2011 “After the Golden Age, Carrie Vaughn (Tor)

4/12/2011 “All the Lives He Led, Frederik Pohl (Tor)

BARE YOUR SWORD

Odd coincidences btw your SF/F reading and the real world

List of 12 recommended dystopian novels on HuffPost

What do you think the Claw is?

BOOK WRAP-UP

Shadow & Claw: The First Half of ‘The Book of the New Sun’ (Book of the Long Sun)

A comic book adaptation of Shadow

ADDENDUMS

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Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson

We’re headed to the gold standard, going bankrupt, losing our faith in science and we’ll lose the world to the slime molds anyway.

Guests: Jonathon Keats and Brett Rounsaville

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Running time: 1:01:46

We are joined by the inimitable Owen J.J. Stone and talk about Roger’s burglary, the meaning of ethnicity and what we keep in our go bags.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt

We talk to Bob Heil, pioneer of the live sound industry since 1966.

Guest: Bob Heil of Heil Sound

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Running time: 52:54