{"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-4ce8-95d1-03fbe7cc72d1/66bb19166ef279003ba7e62c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 739 Edward M. Lerner","description":"<p>Edward M. Lerner is the author of eighteen SF novels and many shorter works. The final novel in his InterstellarNet trilogy won the inaugural Canopus Award “honoring excellence in interstellar writing,” while other stories have been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards. 2023 was a banner year for him, with two new novels published. Those are<em> On the Shoals of Space-Time</em> and <em>Life and Death on Mars</em>.</p><p>This story originally appeared in <em>Deco Punk</em>, 2015.</p><p><strong>Narrated by: Diane Severson</strong></p><p>Diane Severson is a lyric soprano specializing in Early Music, especially Baroque and medieval music. Diane has been involved in the SF Poetry Scene (yes, it’s a thing) since 2010. She has narrated for <em>StarShipSofa</em>, and <em>PodCastle</em>. She produces the sporadic podcast, <em>Poetry Planet</em> and is a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. She is a staff blogger for <em>Amazing Stories Magazine</em> focusing on Science Fiction Poetry. The best place to find her is on the web because she tends to pick up and move to another country at the drop of a hat. She and her family currently reside in Paris.</p><p>Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by<a href=\"https://www.amyhsturgis.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> <strong>Amy H Sturgis</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}