{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Constellary Tales #3","description":"A smart house outlasts humanity in Ray Bradbury's 1950 short story &quot;There Will Come Soft Rains.&quot; Tex describes the annual &quot;experience camp&quot; for authors, Writers in the Field. Contents Author, teacher and Lone Star State original Arianne \u201cTex\u201d Thompson joins our discussion. (00:00) A smart house outlasts humanity in Ray Bradbury\u2019s 1950 short story \u201cThere Will Come Soft Rains.\u201d (24:05) Longswords and lockpicks! Poisons and ponies! Tex describes these and other hands-on experiences at the annual Writers in the Field event in Dallas. (40:55) Spoiler-free recommendations: \u201cSpeech Sounds,\u201d Assassin\u2019s Apprentice, Junction Thanks to Tijana Stojkovi\u0107 for reciting the poem by Sara Teasdale. Links  \u201cThere Will Come Soft Rains\u201d 1984 animated short by Tulyakhodzayev Arianne \u201cTex\u201d Thompson\u2019s author website, The Tex Files Writers in the Field  ","author_name":"Constellary Tales Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/constellary.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7624673\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/7624673"}