{"id":37036,"date":"2023-03-24T23:28:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T04:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=37036"},"modified":"2023-03-24T23:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T04:31:22","slug":"what-makes-good-science-fiction-aya-katz-and-i-discuss-podkayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=37036","title":{"rendered":"What makes good science fiction? Aya Katz and I discuss \u2018Podkayne\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aya-Katz-and-David-McElroy-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37041\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aya-Katz-and-David-McElroy-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aya-Katz-and-David-McElroy-1.jpeg 920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aya-Katz-and-David-McElroy-1-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aya-Katz-and-David-McElroy-1-768x430.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was an honor recently when writer Aya Katz asked me to record the narration for one of her short stories. We expect the production to be available for download on Audible, Amazon and Apple\u2019s iTunes Store soon. While we wait, we\u2019ve been talking about science fiction.<\/p>\n<p>On her YouTube livestream tonight, we had a wide-ranging conversation about science fiction and more, starting with a discussion of Robert Heinlein\u2019s 1963 novel, \u201cPodkayne of Mars.\u201d We also discuss our collaboration on her short story \u2014 called \u201cF\u201d \u2014 which reminds me of Heinlein\u2019s work, at least in spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Tap or click below to watch and listen. Or go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AyaKatz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to view Katz\u2019s YouTube channel, much of which centers around her fascinating relationship with a chimpanzee named Bow who lives with her.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rWlgP1c6AsY\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was an honor recently when writer Aya Katz asked me to record the narration for one of her short stories. We expect the production to be available for download on Audible, Amazon and Apple\u2019s iTunes Store soon. While we wait, we\u2019ve been talking about science fiction. On her YouTube livestream tonight, we had a <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=37036\" class=\"more-link\">Keep Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1x9iR-9Dm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37036"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37046,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37036\/revisions\/37046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}