{"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-4ce8-95d1-03fbe7cc72d1/115bbd43-40b7-4045-99f7-3a7e392c27fd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 514 Ian McDonald and Ian Creasey","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112ae920252fa86ccc84ffe/6112afa5d6c7ff00127299f9.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Support StarShipSofa</strong> at <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?c=238253\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon for AD free shows</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Interview: Ian McDonald, </strong>author of <em>River of Gods, The Dervish House, Luna: New Moon, Luna: Wolf Moon, </em>with <strong>Jeremy Szal</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Main Fiction: \"The Odour of Sanctity\"&nbsp;by </strong><a href=\"http://iancreasey.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ian Creasey</strong></a></p><p>Originally published in <em>Asimov's</em></p><p>Ian Creasey lives in Yorkshire, England. He has published seventy-odd short stories in various magazines and anthologies. On his website, iancreasey.com, he has a page for each story explaining the backgrounds, and his page for this story describes how it was inspired by J.G. Ballard. This is Ian's fifth appearance at StarShipSofa,</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Narrated by: Dani Daly</strong></p><p>Dani is an assistant editor of the YA speculative fiction podcast <a href=\"http://www.castofwonders.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Cast of Wonders</a>, and narrating stories is just one of the things she loves to do. She's a retired roller derby player and current hobbyist soap maker, for instance. She rants on twitter as @danooli_dani, if that's your thing. She hails from crowded Long Island, but looks forward to living in the middle of nowhere someday.</p>","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}