{"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/c8b63442-c8c6-4a7b-85dc-d40152076b47?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 527 Julie Novakova and G. V. Anderson","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112ae920252fa86ccc84ffe/6112afa5d6c7ff0012729984.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Patreon support now standing at 401 – last week 398.&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?c=238253\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters</strong></a><strong>.&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Bitcoin address:&nbsp;1FcqW3GEWFX9tuoyFrn1ySKoeybyc3J4W9</p><p>Ethereum address:&nbsp;0xacC43A99b1eDe0e4a04B43A7A7fa3aA476B87EAA</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Main Fiction: \"Etude for an Extraordinary Mind\" by </strong><a href=\"http://www.julienovakova.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Julie Novakova</strong></a></p><p>Originally published in <em>Futuristica </em></p><p>Julie Novakova is a Czech author and translator of science fiction, fantasy and detective stories. She has published short fiction in <em>Clarkesworld</em>, <em>Asimov’s</em>,<em> Analog </em>and other magazines and anthologies, and her translations of other authors’ work appeared in Tor.com, <em>Strange Horizons</em> and <em>F&amp;SF</em>. Her work in Czech includes seven&nbsp;novels, one anthology (“Terra Nullius”) and over thirty short&nbsp;stories and novelettes. Julie is an evolutionary biologist by study and also takes a keen interest in planetary science. She’s currently working on her first novel in English and on translating more Czech stories into English. Read more at <a href=\"http://www.julienovakova.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.julienovakova.com</a>, Twitter @Julianne_SF and Facebook <a href=\"http://fb.com/JulieNovakovaAuthor\" target=\"_blank\">fb.com/JulieNovakovaAuthor</a>.</p><p><strong>Narrated by: Abra Staffin-Wiebe</strong></p><p>Abra Staffin-Wiebe loves dark science fiction, cheerful horror, and futuristic fairy tales. Dozens of her short stories have appeared at publications including <em>Tor.com</em>, <em>Escape Pod</em>, and <em>Odyssey Magazine</em>. She lives in Minneapolis, where she wrangles her children, pets, and the mad scientist she keeps in the attic. When not writing or wrangling, she collects folk tales and photographs whatever stands still long enough to allow it. Win one of ten signed copies of <em>A Circus of Brass and Bone</em>, a post-apocalyptic steampunk alternate history, by going to her Goodreads giveaway at <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/273408-a-circus-of-brass-and-bone\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/273408-a-circus-of-brass-and-bone</a>, open February 12 - March 12.</p><p><strong>Short Fiction: \"Butterfly Eyes\" by G. V. Anderson</strong></p><p>‘G. V. Anderson is a British writer whose professional debut, <em>Das Steingeschöpf</em>, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction in 2017. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Syntax &amp; Salt, Strange Horizons, and F&amp;SF.’</p>","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}