{"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-4ce8-95d1-03fbe7cc72d1/82b55c42-de02-496c-b1b3-163646971d81?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 339 Brandon Sanderson","description":"<p>Coming Up</p>\n<p>Main Fiction: Defending Elysium by <a href=\"http://brandonsanderson.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Sanderson</a></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>The woman thrashed and spasmed in the hospital bed. Her dark hair was matted to her</p>\n<p>head  with  sweat,  and  her  uncontrolled  motions  seemed  almost  epileptic.  Her  eyes,</p>\n<p>however,  did  not  have  the  wildness  of  the  insane—instead  they  were  focused.</p>\n<p>Determined. She was not mad; she just couldn’t control her muscles. She kept waving her</p>\n<p>hands  in  front  of  her  with  awkward  movements,  movements  that  seemed  strangely</p>\n<p>familiar to Jason.</p>\n<p>And she did it all in silence, never uttering a word.</p>\n<p>Jason switched off the holovid, then leaned back in his chair. He had watched the vid</p>\n<p>a dozen times, but it still confused him. However, he couldn’t do anything until he arrived</p>\n<p>at Evensong. Until then, he would simply have to bide his time.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Fact: Science News by <a...","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}