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Spider on the Web Spider Robinson
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Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction author Spider Robinson speaks directly to his fans in this podcast, with subjects ranging from space exploration to technology, books, music, and anything else this writer's fertile mind settles upon. The weekly series begins with eight essays written while Spider was writer-in-residence at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver, BC. Born in NYC, Spider Robinson has published 33 books and countless short stories since 1973, winning 3 Hugo Awards, a Nebula, the John W. Campbell Award For New Writer, and other awards. In 2006 he completed VARIABLE STAR, based on a 1955 outline by Robert Heinlein. The online Callahan's community, inspired by his books, is the largest non-porn cybernetwork. A singer/guitarist, he has recorded with David Crosby, Amos Garrett, and other legends. His op-ed columns appeared in Canadas national newspaper for many years, and he has reviewed SF for Analog and Galaxy.
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Spider on the Web 94 - The Starvation Box
The Starvation Box
© 2013 by Spider Robinson
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Spider on the Web 93 - Another Free Lunch
Another Free Lunch © 2013 by Spider Robinson Reading: Chapters 3 & 4, THE FREE LUNCH by Spider Robinson. Music: Tim Minchin, The Creber Family, Michelle Creber, Gina Sposto, Doug Cox, Marcus Eaton with James Raymond, Dori Rubbicco Legge.
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Spider on the Web 91 - The Voyage South
The Voyage South
© 2012 Spider Robinson
Reading: Prologue of Book I of the Astreya Trilogy, THE VOYAGE SOUTH, by Seymour Hamilton. Music: Kathleen Rubbicco, Strung, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ella Fitzgerald with the Ray Brown Quintet, Tony Dominelli, and Lord Buckley. -
Spider on the Web 92 - A Free Lunch
A Free Lunch © 2012 by Spider Robinson Reading: "The Littlest Dragon" by Seymour Hamilton; Chapters 1 & 2, THE FREE LUNCH by Spider Robinson. Music: Mose Scarlett; Folk Uke; John Boutte; Gale Mead; Scarlett, Washington & Whiteley.
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Spider on the Web 90 - It's Time Now...
It's Time Now... © 2011 by Spider Robinson Reading: "Chronic Offender." Music: The Lovin' Spoonful, Spider singing Tim Minchin, Ann Earthling & The Planets, Nils Landgren & Michael Wollny, Joshua Penman and Akara, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Mose Scarlett.
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Spider on the Web 1 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #1
Thrillin' at the MacMillan #1: Space Tourism
© 2007 by Spider Robinson
I’ve spent several decades rebutting silly complaints about “money wasted in space.” Dollars have been spent getting there—but every single buck stopped here, on the ground, in the pocket of some smart person. Furthermore, every dollar NASA spent earned thirteen dollars back. Look what it got them: a manned space program that barely exists and has little future.
Customer Reviews
The SF & commentary is excellent
But the music (which I have never heard before) is even better.
Spider restores my faith in humanity
When I have lost my way and I need to be put back on course, Spider's insights, humor and excellent taste in music do the trick. His writing is masterful, his wit is rich, not sharp but uplifting. If you enjoy this podcast, buy his books - in print, in audio by Blackstone, or on the B&N nook. Help keep Spider from having to work like the rest of us!
Smart, funny, prone to wordplay and puns-hooray!
Spider Robinson offers some of the best music by the most diverse artists imaginable (throat singing?). He reads from his works and tells stories about how he came to write, play, sing, and collaborate with his wife, Jeanne, for the Stardance books, and the Master himself, Robert A. Heinlein.