{"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/dbf81298-5292-4a87-9f59-08d3b8d4d292?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 626 Robert Jeschonek","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112ae920252fa86ccc84ffe/6112afa4d6c7ff00127296b1.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Main Fiction: \"An Infinite Number of Idiots\" by Robert Jeschonek</strong></p><p><em>This story first appeared in Galaxy's Edge</em> #39 (July 2019).</p><p>Robert Jeschonek is a <em>USA Today </em>bestselling, envelope-pushing author whose fiction and comics have been published around the world. His stories have appeared in past episodes of <em>StarShipSofa, </em>as well as <em>Galaxy's Edge, Fiction River, Pulphouse, Escape Pod, </em>and many other publications. He has written <em>Doctor Who </em>and <em>Star Trek</em> fiction and comics for DC, AHOY, and others. His young adult slipstream novel, <em>My Favorite Band Does Not Exist</em>, won the Forward National Literature Award and was named one of <em>Booklist's</em> Top Ten First Novels for Youth. He also won an International Book Award, a Scribe Award for Best Original Novel, and the grand prize in Pocket Books' Strange New Worlds contest. Visit him online at <a href=\"http://www.robertjeschonek.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.robertjeschonek.com</a>.</p><p><strong>Narrated by Rish Outfield.</strong></p><p><em>Rish Outfield is a writer, voice actor, and audiobook narrator. He can be heard co-hosting the&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://dunesteef.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://player.fm/series/dunesteef-that-gets-my-goat\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">That Gets My Goat</a>&nbsp;podcasts, where he and Bigg Anklevich entertainingly waste much of their time. He also features his own stories on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http://rishoutcast.blogspot.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rish Outcast</a>&nbsp;podcast. He once got a job because of his Sean Connery impersonation… but has lost two due to his Samuel L. Jackson impression.</p><p>Fact: Science News by <a href=\"http://www.uvulaaudio.com/podcasts.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">J J Campanella</a></p>","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}