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Coming up in this episode…

* Keeping the old OSes alive

* What’s the deal with Red Shirts, really?

* The Things you can learn from YouTube

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* Mad Marv:

* Hi guys, I was listening to the show in front of my computer for a change.  Regarding Tarzan and the Mowgli girl story, I read the original story.  It wasn’t realistic but is worth reading and the story holds up well for a hundred year old book.  In the story he learns to speak French but read English.  I don’t think that’s really possible, but it’s funny.

* Voicemail: Gary from Jacksonville – Interview with Grant

On This Day In History for April 19, 2017

This is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 256 days remaining in 2017.

* It was on this date in 1770, that Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.

* Also today in 1770, Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.

* The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord. on this date in 1775.

* On April 19, 1892, Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

* 90 years ago today, Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.

* It was 46 years ago today, that Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

* Also on April 19, 1971, Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders.

* The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night. on this date in 1987.

* 24 years ago today, the 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die..

* The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168. on this date in 1995.

* On April 19, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* German musician, grandfather of J. S. Bach, Christoph Bach (musician), born on this date in 1613.

* Ole Evinrude, the American inventor was born 140 years ago today.

* Austrian physicist and mathematician, Richard von Mises, born on this date in 1883.

* American scientist, Glenn T. Seaborg was born 105 years ago today.

* Jayne Mansfield, the American actress, singer, model was born 84 years ago today.

* English actor, comedian, composer and musician, Dudley Moore was born 82 years ago today.

* American astrophysicist astronomer, Kim Weaver, born on this date in 1964.

* Canadian astronomer, Brett J. Gladman is 51 today.

* American actor, writer, producer, director, and teacher, James Franco, born on this date in 1978.

* Canadian actor, Hayden Christensen is 36 today.

Listener birthdays

* 19 – Amanda (SusietheGeek’s daughter & Geek in Training)

* 19 – Ken Kennedy

* 21 – Kim and Kreg’s Anniversary

* 23 – Runtime

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And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 19, 2017

News

* Computer pioneer Robert Taylor dies
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Coming up in this episode…

* The Old Interweb

* Mice Brains

* Speaking Klingon

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* From Jorge: Snores? Or smores not sure on the spelling. Tootsie rolls/pops?

* Voicemail: Mike from Des Moines!

On This Day In History for April 12, 2017

This is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 263 days remaining in 2017.

* It was on this date in 1606, that The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships..

* The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. on this date in 1928.

* 80 years ago today, Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England..

* April 12, 1945, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry Truman, becomes President upon Roosevelt’s death.

* On April 12, 1955, The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective..

* April 12, 1961, The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1..

* That same date in 1981, The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission..

* On April 12, 1992, The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park’s name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris..

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* mathematician, soldier, engineering professor, Germinal Pierre Dandelin, born on this date in 1794.

* Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer was born on that same date in 1839.

* Edward Walter Maunder, the English astronomer studying sunspots was born 166 years ago today.

* Ferdinand von Lindemann, German Mathematician was born on that same date in 1852.

* American photographer, Imogen Cunningham was born 134 years ago today.

* Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German biochemist was born on that same date in 1884.

* British automobile designer, Cecil Kimber, born on this date in 1888.

* Suez Canal nationalization Engineer., Mahmoud Younis was born 106 years ago today.

* American writer of children’s books, Beverly Cleary, born on this date in 1916.

* Born April 12, 1925, British animator, puppeteer and writer Oliver Postgate.

* Also turning 92 today is American computer scientist. Designed one of the first word processors. Evelyn Berezin.

* Soviet cosmonaut and test pilot, Igor Volk, born on this date in 1937.

* American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer, Herbie Hancock is 77 today.

* American actor, Ed O’Neill, born on this date in 1946.

* Also born on that same date in 1947,  American comedian and actor, David Letterman.

* American author, Tom Clancy, born on this date in 1947.

* American actor and musician, David Cassidy is 67 today.

Listener Birthdays

* 04 – Brian K – My Blog

* 04 – Joel McLaughlin (aka Gorkon)

* 05 – Chad Davis, Jon Issler (hsteckylf)

* 05 – Griffin Sylvester (Ildreancipher)

* 05 – Martine Tysmans – citytrips, travelling, jokes… (in Dutch)

* 05 – Ringmaster Greg from Dancing With Elephants

* 06 – Trevor Litecky (future Geek)

* 07 – P.C. Haring

* 12 – Rob Hilton

* 14 – Danny Harnish

* 16 – Donna Tomasi

* 18 – Skaifey (Anthony)

And that’s the way it was,

Grant is a long time friend of the show and we are very happy to have Grant on this special interview edition of Technorama.

Grant is a long time Podcaster, Puppeteer, Writer and in general a very talented guy. In this interview we talk about some past projects such as The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, Cinematic Titanic, Toiley T. Paper, his YouTube channel Saturday Morning Media and of course his involvement on the new season of MST3K which lands on Netflix April 14th!

You can find more (like a LOT more) at MrGrant.com

Coming up in this episode…

* Printed Cheese

* Legos

* And a T-Rex

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On This Day In History for March 22, 2017

This is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining in 2017.

* It was on this date in 1508, that  Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.

* That same date in 1630,  The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.

* 39 years ago today,  Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

* NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3 on this date in 1982.

* On March 22, 1993,  The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

* Also on March 22, 1995,  Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* Persian astronomer and mathematician,  Ulugh Beg, born on this date in 1394.

* Born March 22, 1785, English scientist  Adam Sedgwick.

* Chico Marx, American actor was born on that same date in 1887.

* American cartoonist,  Bill Holman was born 114 years ago today.

* Born March 22, 1912, American actor  Karl Malden.

* Marcel Marceau, the French mime and actor was born 94 years ago today.

* Russian colonel, pilot, and engineer,  Yevgeny Ostashev was born 93 years ago today.

* Also born on that same date in 1931,  Canadian actor,  William Shatner.

* Also turning 86 today is American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate  Burton Richter.

* American mathematician, computer scientist, and author,  Rudy Rucker, born on this date in 1946.

* English director and composer,  Andrew Lloyd Webber is 69 today.

* Also born on that same date in 1948,  American journalist,  Wolf Blitzer.

* American actress and producer,  Reese Witherspoon is 41 today.

Listener birthdays

* 22 – Michael Slabodnick

* 23 – Andrew Godo

* 23 – Doug Kaye

* 23 – Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred

* 23 – Richard Parkman

* 25 – Nicholas St Gabriel

* 26 – Travis Tomasi

* 26 – Chuck Tomasi

* 26 – Leonard Nimoy

* 26 – Brina Baird in Hampton, VA

* 28 – Dick Balding

* If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 22, 2017

News

* The internet picked a T. rex as one of the new ‘Monopoly’ tokens

* The UK Just Granted the First License to Commercialize Controversial ‘Three-Parent’ Babies

Hacks & Strange Stories

* The First 3D Printed Cheese Was as Bizarre As You’d Expect

* LEGO-Compatible Tape Lets You Build Gravity-Defying Inception-Style Models | Urbanist

Shout out to the chat room

Coming up in this episode…

* Atoms

* Captchas

* Superman

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* Voice mail from ???

* Voice mail from Sir Real

On This Day In History for March 15, 2017

This is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 291 days remaining in 2017.

* It was on this date in 44 BC, that Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.

* It was 524 years ago today, that Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.

* 198 years ago today, French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel wins a contest at the Academie des Sciences in Paris by proving that light behaves like a wave. The Fresnel integrals, still used to calculate wave patterns, silence skeptics who had backed the particle theory of Isaac Newton.

* Also on March 15, 1906, Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.

* It was on this date in 1941, that Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.

* It was 32 years ago today, that The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* Greek bishop and saint, Saint Nicholas, born on this date in 270.

* Born March 15, 1821, Austrian physicist and chemist Johann Josef Loschmidt.

* William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist and scholar was born on that same date in 1851.

* German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate, Emil von Behring, born on this date in 1854.

* Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and mountaineer was born on that same date in 1890.

* American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor, Harry James was born 101 years ago today.

* Also born on that same date in 1932,  American captain, pilot, and astronaut, Alan Bean.

* Also turning 82 today is American actor Judd Hirsch.

* American actress and dancer, Emily Dunn, born on this date in 1982.

Listeners for March 8-22

* 08 – Ali Zein Yousuf a.k.a. superAL1394

* 08 – BJ Keifer a.k.a bjk

* 11 – Andy Helsby of Absoblogginlutely!

* 11 – Ken Kitzman a.k.a kitzken

* 13 – Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo

* 14 – Pi Day (3/14)

* 16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns

* 18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com

* 19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40

* 21 – “Krazy Joe” Fiore, MegaPodzilla

* If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 15, 2017

News

* Death to the Captcha

* Farmers bullied into buying 1700 years worth of ink cartridges

* Scientists store data on a single atom

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Hacks & Strange Stories

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Coming up in this episode…

60,000 microbes

Robots

Bill Gates

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QoTW: What computer game is a classic to you?

Andy Helsby: So many to choose from. I spent many hours with Hollywood Hijink from Infocom but didn’t get very far on my Amstrad CPC6128 that ran CP/M. Other classics would be Doom, Duke Nukem, Castle Wolfenstein but the first game I ever played was Snake on a Commodore Pet.

Matt Baum: Power Pete. Also, Harry the Handsome Executive.

Josiah Lanska: King’s Quest and Space Quest

Jack Mangan: Scorched Earth

Brad Miller: Why hasn’t anyone said Super Mario Brothers?

Suzette Tomasi: Candy Crush Saga

Scott Tyler: Space Invaders

Michael Slabodnick – Space Quest 3

Jack Jaffee – Leisure Suit Larry

Derek McCarthy – Adventure, on the Atari 2600. Still play it occasionally on my Playstation 2, which has some great classic collections.

Bob Pankratz – Everything referenced in Ready Player One

On This Day In History for March 1, 2017

This is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 305 days remaining in 2017.

It was on this date in 1565, that the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.

325 years ago today, Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.

It was on this date in 1700, that Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.

Also today in 1790, the first United States census is authorized.

That same date in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is established as the world’s first national park.

It was also this date in 1893 that electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.

It was 121 years ago today, that Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.

That same date in 1936, the Hoover Dam is completed.

It was also this date in 1954 that the Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.

It was 51 years ago today, that Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet’s surface.

22 years ago today, Yahoo! is incorporated.

Also on March 1, 1998, Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

It was on this date in 2006, that English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German philosopher and lexicographer, Rudolph Goclenius, born on this date in 1547.

Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician was born on that same date in 1597.

E. M. Antoniadi, the Greek-French astronomer and academic was born 147 years ago today.

Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader was born on that same date in 1904.

Born March 1, 1910, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Archer John Porter Martin.

American soldier, pilot, and astronaut, Deke Slayton was born 93 years ago today.

American actor, radio host and stuntman, Robert Conrad, born on this date in 1935.

Also born on that same date in 1943,  Russian-German astronomer and physicist, Rashid Sunyaev.

English singer-songwriter,

Coming up in this episode…

* NASA

* Superheroes

* Bob Ross

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* Q: What is your favorite opening movie scene?

* Lone Guise Knight: The Matrix

* Brian Witt: I always liked the opening to Serenity

* Kevin O’Conner: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure – you knew *exactly* what you were in for in the first few minutes of the movie.

* Another fav is Mad Max: Fury Road

* Weber Baker: You didn’t specify which genre: Patton

* Paul Parkinson: Contact

* Jorge Schrauwen: Saving Private Ryan

* Joe Fiore: Desperado has a pretty good opening scene. That said, Boogie Nights gets my vote. That long steadicam shot through Maurice’s night club introducing all the principal characters- beautiful

* Trampas Whiteman: Spaceballs

* Gary Phillips: Sleepless in Seattle

* Bret Sheeley: Touch of Evil

* Stu Mayhew: Jaws – I haven’t swam in the sea at night since – or 2001: A Space Odyssey

* Cynthia Fry: Depends on what you’re going for. Best monologue: Trainspotting. Most Iconic: 2001 A Space Odyssey. Most Touching: Up

* Scott Stephanie Long: Avengers:Age of Ultron opens with action right away

* John Miller Jr. Superman: The Movie. Gets me every time.

* Jorge: Re: Submarine in Raiders

* Also VIIC Submarines… probably 700 series if Roman numerals

On This Day In History for February 15, 2017

This is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 319 days remaining in 2017.

* It was on this date in 1493, that while on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.

* Also on February 15, 1764, The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).

* February 15, 1946, ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

* It was also this date in 1954 that Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.

* A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner on this date in 1965.

* It was on this date in 1971, that the decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.

* It was 45 years ago today, that sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.

* That same date in 1996, At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.

* It was also this date in 2001 that the first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.

* It was 4 years ago today, that a meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician, Galileo Galilei, born on this date in 1564.

* Louis XV of France, born on this date in 1710.

* Abraham Clark, the American surveyor, lawyer, and politician was born 292 years ago today.

* Cyrus McCormick, American journalist and businessman, co-founded International Harvester was born on that same date in 1809.

* Charles Lewis Tiffany,

Coming up in this episode…

* Who, When?

* Hell’s Angel’s Robots

* Rub-a-dub-sub

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* QoTW: What’s your favorite quote from science fiction?

* Mike Wills: We will not sacrifice the Enterprise. We’ve made too many compromises already, too many retreats. They invade our space, and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds, and we fall back. Not again! The line must be drawn here! This far, no further! And I will make them PAY for what they’ve done!

* Reply: “As you wish”… “Have fun storming the castle”

* Cynful and Tiffany: Mul-ti-pass

* Claudio: My God, It’s full of stars.

* “Whoa, I know Kung Fu”

* I fight for the users!

* Eric Alexander: Never tell me the odds.

* And “I have a bad feeling about this”

* Scott Tyler: Great Scott!

* Sarah Helwig: I’m a Doctor, not a…

* Jack Mangan: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe: attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I’ve watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those… moments… will be lost… in time, like… tears… in rain.”

* Michael Slabodnick: Come on you apes! You wanna live forever?

* Chuck: I’ll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares maelstrom and round perdition’s flames before I give him up!

* Jose Gonzalez: You want to run this ship!?” “Yeah!!!

Coming up in this episode…

* New Metal

* Chimeras

* Something from a long time ago, but from this galaxy

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* QOTW: What do you do what you do?

* Rob:  I print t-shirts. I’ve been a printer since I was 11 years old way back in 1982. I was pretty much born to it. I’ve got ink in my blood. Plus the benefits are great. Well, none of the usual benefits, but I don’t have to wear a tie and I get to make custom shirts for myself.

* Scott: I am an Architect because I love herding cats…. after all that is what designing and constructing buildings is really all about. And also because I have not learned how to play D&D for a living!

* John: Computer repair is my thing. I love the problem solving aspect of it.

* Clinton: Because if I didn’t do it, it wouldn’t get done.

* Jorge:

* Re: US Visit – I’ve been to the states once, on a road trip through the Midwest.

* Re: Cards – Also you guys usually get different cards! And yeah that was a church.

* Re: My brother’s promotion – Q: So chief of police… is like the highest function or? No idea how it works in the US.

* Re: Dunkirk – Dunkirk is France, very close to the Belgian border

* VM from Tee Morris

On This Day In History for February 1, 2017

This is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 333 days remaining in 2017.

* It was on this date in 1893, that Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.

* Also today in 1918, Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.

* Also on February 1, 1964, The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with “I Want to Hold Your Hand”.

* That same date in 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

* February 1, 2013, The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer, Johannes Trithemius, born on this date in 1462.

* Born February 1, 1635, German archaeologist and scholar Marquard Gude.

* Jacob Roggeveen, the Dutch explorer was born 358 years ago today.

* French lexicographer and philosopher, Émile Littré was born 216 years ago today.

* American actor, Clark Gable, born on this date in 1901.

* Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1905.

* Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter, Terry Jones, born on this date in 1942.

Listener birthdays:

January

* 24 – Cynthia Fry

* 25 – Kreg Steppe

* 26 – Will The Computer Guy

* 27 – Mark in Memphis

* 27 – Chip Burkhead from The Scotchcast

February

* 01 – Matt Baum aka Racer X, Pittsburgh PA

* 01 – Brandon Kirkwold – MN

* 02 – Gary Lindros – aka Gary from Jacksonville

* 02 – Chuck Provenzano aka podlurker aka Chuck’s evil twin

* 02 – Oreo Cookie Monster

* 03 – Euan Campbell McGregor – Scotland, UK

* 07 – Chad W. Smith from Chattanooga, TN

* 07 – Bryon the Big BS in PA, Williamsport PA

* If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.

Today we talk to SF Edwards, about his career of testing, evaluating and certifying military weapon systems and how that influences his writing and of course the release of this new ebook On Dagger’s Wings (The Spiral War Book 1) available now on Amazon and other digital.

SF Edwards is a long time friend of the show and we are excited to be talking to him about his work.