{"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-4ce8-95d1-03fbe7cc72d1/615ff6db829f8d00157c2496?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 671 Grant Carrington","description":"<p><strong>Main Fiction: \"Half Past the Dragon\" by Grant Carrington.</strong></p><p>This story was first published in <em>Fantastic Magazine</em> in January 2021.</p><p><a href=\"http://grantcarrington.freeyellow.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Carrington</a> is the author of three sf books from Brief Candle Press of Beaverton, Ore., 2 CDs of original songs available from Amazon and other internet sites, 5 plays given full productions, and 40-50 stories, mostly sf. One was a Nebula finalist in 1976 and one won the short story award at the Sandhills Writers Conference in 1977. He attended Clarion 68-69 and Tulane 71.&nbsp;He was associate editor of Amazing/Fantastic 1972-74 and contributing editor of Eternity 1977-79.&nbsp;We do not speak of his poetry in polite company.&nbsp;He was a computer programmer for Goddard Space Flight Center, the US Navy, University of Florida, Savannah River Ecology Lab, Westinghouse, and the US Treasury Department.&nbsp;He has a BA (NYU) and MA (Univ. of Fla.) in mathematics.</p><p><strong>Narrated by Summer Brooks.</strong></p><p>Summer Brooks&nbsp;is a story addict who watches too much television, and she enjoys putting her encyclopedic sci-fi geek knowledge to the test in discussions about sci-fi, horror, and comics. She has been doing just that on Slice of Sci-Fi since 2005, as co-host, producer, host and EIC, and as The Babylon Podcast co-host from 2006-2012.</p><p>Summer is also an avid reader and writer of sci-fi, fantasy, and thrillers, with a handful of published credits to her name. Next on her agenda is writing an urban fantasy action-adventure, and a monster movie extravaganza. She also does narrations for Tales to Terrify and Escape Pod among others, and has doing audiobooks in her sights.</p><p>Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by <a href=\"https://www.amyhsturgis.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amy H Sturgis</a></p>","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}