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Conversations with Authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy
This week, things change a bit. Michael, Evo & Summer start out talking about The Last Harbinger. A radio drama put out by Crazy Dog Audio Theater. Check them out if you are looking for something a little different to listen to.
Next, Michael and Summer call arcoss the pond and talk with Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. A couple of guys doing some amazing things in Young-Adult fantasy. Their books, The Edge Chronicles, are making quite a stir.
Ghost Brigades is a pageturner with surprising emotional rewards, but I’m hoping that Scalzi plans to write more books in this universe, because as it is there are too many ideas here for his own good.
This week we talk to Joe Haldeman his book Old Twentieth. A book that tells us that living forever is a bit boring. Immortals casting themselves off into space for a 1000 year journey. Fun stuff.
Next up, We talk to Kit Reed about Dogs of Truth. A good collection of stories that you may enjoy.
I’d never read Pohl before dipping into Platinum Pohl, but now I find myself eager to expand my Pohl-ian horizons. This is Grand Master science fiction at its finest. Each one of the stories in here is a gem, a well-crafted little machine.
This week we talk to three authors whose work is featured in the new book L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 21. A book that is the 21st volume in the anthology series sponsored by Hubbard’s Writers of the Future program.
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the publication of Stephen King’s classic horror novel ‘Salem’s Lot, Doubleday is publishing a new edition of the book in hardcover that includes black-and-white illustrations, a new introduction, fifty pages of additional material deleted from the original manuscript, and two short stories related to events in the novel.
This week we talk to Tracy Hickman about his new book Mystic Quest. A book that he worked on with his wife Laura. It is Book 2 of “The Bronze Canticles” series.
Next up, We talk to Bob Salvatore about his next Dark Elf book Promise of the Witch King.
In the past, Richard K. Morgan has joined us to talk about every book he has written. So when his new book Woken Furies was released, we had to get him on to talk about it as well.
Next, Alison Baird joins us to talk about The Archons of the Stars, part of the “Dragon Throne” series. Fantasy, dragons, and a good story. What else could you want?
First up is Kate Elliott talking about her new book In the Ruins, Book 6 in “The Crown of Stars” series. Check it out.
Next, Elaine Isaak tells us about The Singer’s Crown. This book makes Michael uncomfortable. Tune in and find out why.
This is an odd book. Simmons envisions a solar system several thousand years in the future. Earth is practically uninhabited—a few hundred thousand “old-style” humans are all that is left of us. So-called “post-humans” left the planet long ago for cities built on asteroids in orbit. The “old-style” humans are each allotted one hundred years of life, at which point they are faxed (quantum teleported) to the rings to live forever with the post-humans. Or so the ordinary humans believe.
I’m not even really sure where to begin with this review. I, along with 6,000 of Sigler’s closest friends, let Scott Sigler pull me around like fish on on an angler’s line for 20 some-odd weeks as he released this fast-paced, bloody mosh-pit of a book in audio form, one chapter at a time.
So yeah, I wanted to kill him on a weekly basis. But back to the story.
Robert J. Sawyer was in town for a local convention and we got him in studio to talk about his new book Mindscan. Rob also talks to us about science and science fiction writing.
Next, Kevin J. Anderson joins us to talk about The Road To Dune. Kevin originally talked to us in our room at Dragon*Con, but Kevin and Michael found a bar later and that interview disappeared. Kevin was good enough to redo the interview from a convention in Portland.
Barbara Hambly’s book Circle of the Moon is our first topic of discussion this week. An interesting tale of a world where magic has transfered from men, to women. Talk about a shift in power.
Then Michelle Welch joins us in studio to talk about Chasing Fire.
Marusek has envisioned his world so clearly and carefully that the technical details feel like afterthoughts. References are made subtly and in passing, the way any of us would refer to a ubiquitous convenience like a cellphone or digital camera, and it takes you many pages to get a full glimpse of how this future society truly differs from our own, while remaining completely human and recognizable.
You’ve asked for it, we have been promising it, now we finally deliver! The amazing George R. R. Martin is our guest this week and he tells us about his long awaited book A Feast For Crows. He tells us what took so long, and gives us insight into the next book coming out soon.
Next up Terence West joins us to talk about Fallen Angels. A book about Area 51, alien abduction, and lots of government intrige.
