Summary: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Surrenders-Novel-Terra-Ignota-ebook/dp/B01FQQ43QO/"></a>In episode 311 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with <a href="http://www.exurbe.com/" target="_blank">Ada Palmer</a>, author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Surrenders-Novel-Terra-Ignota-ebook/dp/B01FQQ43QO/" target="_blank">Seven Surrenders</a>.<br> About Ada:<br> Ada Palmer is an author of science fiction and fantasy, a historian, and a composer. Her first science fiction series “Terra Ignota” (published by Tor Books) mixes Enlightenment-era philosophy with traditional science fiction speculation to bring to life the year 2454, not a perfect future, but a utopian one, threatened by cultural upheaval. Ada Palmer studies the long-term evolution of ideas and the history of religious radicalism, science, and freethought, especially in the Italian Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Classical Greece and Rome. She teaches in the History Department at the University of Chicago, and did her Ph.D. at Harvard University. She composes close harmony folk music with mythological, science fiction and fantasy themes, and performs with the a cappella group Sassafrass. She also studies the history of manga anime, especially the “God of Manga” Osamu Tezuka, blogs for Tor.com and writes the history/philosophy blog ExUrbe.com.<br> This week’s picks:<br> <br> * Ada: <a href="http://www.zmangames.com/store/p31/Pandemic_Legacy.html" target="_blank">Pandemic Legacy</a><br> * John: <a href="http://www.syfy.com/themagicians" target="_blank">The Magicians</a> (SyFy)<br> * Patrick: <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/403410/" target="_blank">Ms. PacMan on Steam</a><br> <br> Links:<br> <br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/Ada_Palmer" target="_blank">Ada Palmer on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/johnanealio" target="_blank">John Anealio on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/atfmb" target="_blank">Patrick Hester on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://www.patreon.com/functionalnerds?ty=h" target="_blank">The Functional Nerds Patreon Page</a><br> * Patrick’s New Book: <a href="http://www.atfmb.com/samantha-kane-book-one-into-the-fire/" target="_blank">Into the Fire (available everywhere)</a><br> <br> © 2017 Patrick Hester and John Anealio<br> This podcast contains original music by John Anealio.<br>
