- StarShipSofa
Infobox Podcast
title = StarShipSofa
| caption = Blast Off with the StarShipSofa
host = Tony C. Smith
url = [http://www.starshipsofa.com www.starshipsofa.com]
rss = [http://www.starshipsofa.com/rss http://www.starshipsofa.com/rss]
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status = Weekly
began = July 2006
ended =
genre = Science Fiction
forum = [http://forums.starshipsofa.co.uk forums.starshipsofa.co.uk]
ratings ="StarShipSofa" is a
Science Fiction podcast from the UK hosted by Tony C. Smith. Smith has, in a press release, called it "one of the top science fiction podcast sites" [cite web | author=Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC| title=StarShipSofa Podcast Releases Free Science Fiction Audio Stories| publisher= Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC | url= http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb663734.htm | accessdate=2008-02-26] and claims it to be "the biggest SF book/author podcast coming out of the UK and one of the top in the US." [cite web | author=Darren Turpin | title=Climb aboard StarShipSofa.com for top genre podcasting from the UK| publisher=The UK SF Book News Network| url=http://www.uksfbooknews.net/2008/02/25/climb-aboard-starshipsofacom-for-top-genre-podcasting-from-the-uk/| accessdate=2008-02-26] . StarShipSofa was anonymously nominated for Best Fan Podcast in the 2007Parsec Awards [cite web |url= http://parsecawards.com/node/159|title=StarShipSofa Podcast: science fiction
accessdate=2008-02-26 |format= |work= ] , The show was first put out in July 2006 and new episodes are issued weekly. In February 2007 a forum was made available to the listeners.StarShipSofa usually tackles specific authors, but also covers other subjects such as films or specific
Sci-Fi related themes. In October 2007 the StarShipSofa started to put outHugo Award Winning audio stories for free, this in line with a development that saw the podcast in 2008 evolve into "StarShipSofa - The Audio Science Fiction Magazine". According to Tony Smith the StarShipSofa will each week deliver a full package of SF related audio material all free including audio fiction, fact audio essays, flash fiction and poetry, all by leading names in the SF field. [cite web | author=Tony C. Smith| title=StarShipSofa - The Audio Science Fiction Magazine | publisher=SFFaudio| url=http://www.sffaudio.com/?cat=193| accessdate=2008-06-06] Writers who have already donated their work include Ian Watson, Pat Cadigan, Harry Harrison, Joe Haldeman, Joan D Vinge, Norman Spinrad, Ian MacDonald, J D Nordley, Gweneth Jones, Alastair Reynolds, Jerry Pournelle, Landon Jones, John Varley, Pat Murphy, John Kessel, Laurel Winter, Jeff Vandermeer, Kevin J Anderson, Bradley Denton and Matthew Hughes. [cite web | author=Tony C. Smith| title=StarShipSofa science fiction podcast | publisher=Happy Mutants LLC| url=http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/31/starshipsofa-science.html| accessdate=2008-02-26]In March 2008, for the first time ever, all five of the short stories that had been shortlisted for the
BSFA Award for Best Short Story 2007 were made available on the StarShipSofa in audio narrated format for free. [cite web |url= http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa/website/news.aspx?newsid=92|title=Podcast of all the BSFA Award shortlisted short stories |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format= |work= ] .StarShipSofa is free and is available for subscription and automatic download through
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*Amy H. Sturgis References
External links
* [http://www.starshipsofa.com/ StarShipSofa website]
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