{"id":9479,"date":"2019-12-14T20:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T01:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9479"},"modified":"2019-12-13T20:10:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T01:10:45","slug":"talkcast-427-the-dystopian-nightmare-and-the-passing-of-an-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9479","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 427 &#8211; The Dystopian Nightmare  And The Passing Of An Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9480\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tosca-Lee\/e\/B001JPCC42?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1576285230&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9480\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9480\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnail.jpeg\" alt=\"Tosca Lee\" width=\"180\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnail.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnail-257x300.jpeg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tosca Lee<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our guest in this show is a New York Times Best Selling Author <a href=\"https:\/\/toscalee.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tosca Lee<\/a> who comes by to talk about her new book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Single-Light-Thriller-Line-Between\/dp\/1476798648\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22IJKGUTKC9PW&amp;keywords=tosca+lee&amp;qid=1576285230&amp;sprefix=tosca%2Caps%2C253&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">A Single Light<\/a>, sequel to the hit book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Line-Between-Novel-Tosca-Lee-ebook\/dp\/B07GNTVY6L\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=22IJKGUTKC9PW&amp;keywords=tosca+lee&amp;qid=1576285230&amp;sprefix=tosca%2Caps%2C253&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\">The Line Between<\/a>. We get to talk about the wonderful characters, the not quite fictional ecological disaster all intertwined with the bleak scenarios of a far too believable all too near future. As impressive as her tensely disturbing plot line, ithe reader \u00a0is almost overwhelmed\u00a0by her characters depth and diversity. The roles of Wynter Roth and Chase Miller are amazingly\u00a0deep and well developed and we got the chance to talk with her about how they came to be and why they decided\u00a0how the story evolved. We did<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9481\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/toscalee.com\/product\/a-single-light\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9481\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9481\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/A-Single-Light.jpg\" alt=\"A Single Light\" width=\"212\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/A-Single-Light.jpg 329w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/A-Single-Light-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Single Light<\/p><\/div>\n<p>not get to talk to Tosca about baby Yoda or the finer points of bacon, so she has to come back &#8230;.. \u00a0and soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the show. we took a moment in remembrance of a cultural icon to acknowledge the passing of famed voice actor and puppeteer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/08\/obituaries\/caroll-spinney-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\">Caroll Spinney<\/a>. In 2013 we had the rare opportunity to spend a few moments with him to talk about what it meant to him to be an integral part of such an amazing body of work and what it meant to the world to have Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch in our lives as well. Listen and enjoy the humble musings of Caroll, he will be missed.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9482\" style=\"width: 339px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caroll_Spinney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9482\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9482\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9482\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Big-Bird001-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Caroll Spinney\" width=\"329\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Big-Bird001-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Big-Bird001-768x994.jpg 768w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Big-Bird001-791x1024.jpg 791w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caroll Spiney<\/p><\/div>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9479-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast427.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast427.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast427.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast427.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast427.mp3&id=9479\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9479\" data-text=\"TalkCast 427 - The Dystopian Nightmare  And The Passing Of An Icon\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9479\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D9479&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F12%2FA-Single-Light.jpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20427%20-%20The%20Dystopian%20Nightmare%20%20And%20The%20Passing%20Of%20An%20Icon\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our guest in this show is a New York Times Best Selling Author Tosca Lee who comes by to talk about her new book A Single Light, sequel to the hit book The Line Between. 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