{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9077c08c-f50e-4ce8-95d1-03fbe7cc72d1/075cce8d-2da4-4dd8-9f9a-44775f157be5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 360 Peter Watts","description":"<p><b><a href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1895930248/sofacon-2\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Support the Kickstarter campaign for SofaCon 2015!</a></b></p>\n<p>Music: The Wreck of the Cassie Dee by <a href=\"http://davidbradshawmusic.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">David Bradshaw</a></p>\n<p>Science News by J J Campanella</p>\n<p>Main Fiction: “Bulk Food” by Peter Watts and <a href=\"http://www.lauriechanner.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Laurie Channer</a></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.rifters.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Peter Watts</b></a> is a (former) scientist, author, and convicted felon who spent the first two decades of his adult life as a marine biologist. After fleeing academia for science fiction he became known for the habit of appending extensive technical bibliographies onto his novels; this both confers a veneer of credibility and covers his ass against nitpickers.  Described by the <b>Globe & Mail</b> as “one of the very best [hard-sf writers] alive”, the...","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}