{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690826ce47e14fea24e5a49a/6a0eb885a9d3d2ec148dbb78?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Science Fiction Show","description":"<p>Megan, Debra, and Lance celebrate crossing 100 YouTube subscribers with viewer shoutouts, comment responses, and a little appreciation for the people helping the podcast grow. Then science fiction takes over the shop, asking how much of the genre belongs to real science, how much belongs to imagination, and how much comes from the fears people are carrying at the time. H. G. Wells’ <em>The Invisible Man</em>, Andy Weir’s <em>Project Hail Mary</em>, the French comic <em>Valerian</em>, and Olivia Waite’s <em>Murder by Memory</em> shape a conversation about invisibility, alien communication, poppycock science, dystopian fiction, and climate anxiety. Some science holds up. Some really doesn’t.</p><p><br></p><p>How much bad science are you willing to forgive if the story works?</p><p><br></p><p>Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.</p><p><br></p><p>Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.</p><p><br></p><p>Print and ebooks</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks</a></p><p><br></p><p>Audiobooks</p><p><a href=\"https://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS to browse in person, meet the team, and find your next great read.</p><p><br></p><p>You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at <a href=\"https://www.middlegroundbooks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.middlegroundbooks.com</a></p><p>Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to stay connected with the shop and the reading community.</p><p><br></p><p>📖 The Covered Pages</p><p><br></p><p>The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells</p><p>The Time Machine by H. G. Wells</p><p>Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott</p><p>Relativity The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein</p><p>The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis</p><p>Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir</p><p>Valérian and Laureline by Jean Claude Mezieres and Pierre Christin</p><p>The Fifth Element by Luc Besson</p><p>Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman</p><p>Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman</p><p>After the Fall by Edward Ashton</p><p>The Danger of Small Things by Carol Lewis</p><p>Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite</p><p>Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite</p><p>And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer</p><p>The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams</p><p>The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins</p><p>Divergent by Veronica Roth</p><p>The Maze Runner by James Dashner</p><p>Silvercloak by L. K. Steven</p><p>Strange Buildings by Uketsu</p><p><br></p><p>Middle Ground Books After Hours is produced and audio engineered by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios. If you’re working on a podcast, business media, or creative project and need audio, video, or media assets, learn more at <a href=\"https://www.cosmicatomsounds.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cosmicatomsounds.com</a></p>","author_name":"Middle Ground Books and Gifts LLC"}