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ABC Radio Australia – The World’s Worst Science Fiction Writer

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Science Fiction Radio - ABC AustraliaABC Radio Australia – The World’s Worst Science

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Red Symons of ABC Radio Austalia interviewed Michelle Hefner on Thrusday July 22nd 2004 – she’d just won The World’s Worst Science Fiction Writer Award. Red reads

the winning entry in it’s entirety. Michelle entered the San Jose State University’s 23rd BulwerLytton Fiction Contest and she was so bad – she won! Red spoke with her about her prestigious award and about how she feels to be known globally as the worlds worst Science Fiction writer.

Audio in RealPlayer format – 5 Minutes 33 Seconds

LINK: http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/stories/m918836.ram

ABC Radio Australia – Sci-fans congregate for Conflux

Presenter Joel Rheinberger visited the 2004 Australian National Science Fiction Convention (Conflux) held in Canberra, Australia.

This link shows a few pictures from the convention that tie in with the audio.

Audio 1 – RealPlayer format

LINK: http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/m871984.ram

Audio 2 – RealPlayer format

LINK: http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/m871985.ram

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CBC Radio One’s program "IDEAS" did a two-part 2-h…

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CBC Radio LogoCBC Radio One’s program “IDEAS” did a two-part 2-hour special on Ursula K. Le Guin entitled “The Word For World is Imagination”

http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/leguin/index.html

which was broadcast on October 4th and 5th 2004. In this documentary producer Kelley Jo Burke explored the work, methods, and magic of one of speculative fiction’s most important, and mindful writers. It looks like CBC Radio One has CDs of the program available too! Find them here.

2 Audio Excerpts are online:

Ursula K. Le Guin talks about being a writer.

http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/media/leguin_1.ram

Ursula K. Le Guin talks about why people are uncomfortable with reading science fiction/fantasy.

http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/media/leguin_2.ram

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CBC RADIO ONE’s – Between The Covers program will …

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CBC Radio OneCBC RADIO ONE’s – Between The Covers program will be broadcasting the award winning author Kenneth Oppel’s latest novel “Airborn” (a wild adventure with some fantastic twists. AIRBORN is set in an alternate past, where air travel has followed the route of giant dirigibles rather than jet planes. The cabin boy of a luxury airship discovers a remarkable secret in the clouds high above the earth and must find a way to keep it – and his ship – out of the hands of unscrupulous men).

Read by Andrew Hachey.

This program will air Weekdays at 2:30pm and 10:40pm starting Wed. Nov. 17 2004 and concluding Fri. Dec.10 2004.

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NPR Weekend Edition "Arkham House & H.P. Lovecraf…

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NPR Weekend EditionNPR Weekend Edition – Arkham House & H.P. Lovecraft
Sunday, October 31, 2004, 7 Minutes 31 Seconds
LINK TO THE NPR SHOW:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4133870 This all to short radio feature outline’s the history of small press publisher Arkham House, talks about H.P. Lovecraft and includes brief interviews with Gary Gygax, Greg Bear and Ray Bradbury. It also includes a snippet from Sunset Audio’s The Dunwich Horror audio dramatization. Cool stuff!

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ITConversations debuted a new online audio intervi…

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ITConversations debuted a new online audio interview show this week called Voices in Your Head. The description:

Can you hear it, even as you read this, speaking to you inside your mind? What are those Voices in Your Head? Host Dave Slusher interviews writers, musicians and other creative people about the effect of technology on their art and vice versa.

Dave Slusher’s first guest is SF author James Patrick Kelly.

Click here to go to ITConversations and listen to the show!

And while we’re on the subject, the best SF interview show online is Hour 25. Their latest interview is with Laurell K. Hamilton.

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