010: "The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass written by Frederik Pohl, and read by Geoffrey A. Landis

Published: Oct. 26, 2011, 1:48 p.m.

b"Episode 010 of the AboutSF podcast is a recording of Geoffrey A. Landis reading the Frederik Pohl short story \\u201cThe Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass.\\u201d\\xa0 \\u201cThe Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass\\u201d was first published in Galaxy Magazine in 1962, and has since been included in numerous collections of Mr. Pohl\\u2019s work.\\xa0 Most recently, in 2005, the story was included in The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp.\\nMr. Landis was recorded reading \\u201cThe Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass\\u201d at the 2011 Campbell Conference, where he also received the 2011 Theodore Sturgeon Award for his short story \\u201cThe Sultan of the Clouds,\\u201d published in Asimov's Science Fiction.\\xa0 Mr. Landis is a prolific writer of Science Fiction, having won a Nebula Award, two Hugo Awards and a Locus Award for his short fiction and novels.\\xa0 He has also received two Rhysling Awards for his poetry, and his poetry collection Iron Angels was published by Van Zeno Press in 2009.\\nAside from these sizeable literary accomplishments, Geoffrey Landis works as a scientist for NASA at the John Glenn Research Center, where he has worked on the Mars missions and on developing advanced concepts and technology for future space missions.\\xa0 More information about Mr. Landis\\u2019 scientific research is available on his website, as well as a list of links to his scientific papers available online."