http://www.dragonpage.com Conversations with the Creators of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Thrillers! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:03:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2004-2011 podcast@farpointmedia.net (Michael R. Mennenga, Summer Brooks, Michael A. Stackpole) podcast@farpointmedia.net (Michael R. Mennenga, Summer Brooks, Michael A. Stackpole) 1440 http://www.dragonpage.com/images/farpointmedia/tDPC2C144x144.jpg http://www.dragonpage.com 144 144 http://feeds.feedburner.com/tDp/C2C Conversations with the Creators of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Thriller fiction today! Conversations with the Creators of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Thriller fiction today! If you love SF literature, are an author or aspire to become one, you'll enjoy this podcast. Science, Fiction, Fantasy, Literature, Writers, interviews, reviews Michael R. Mennenga, Summer Brooks, Michael A. Stackpole Michael R. Mennenga, Summer Brooks, Michael A. Stackpole podcast@farpointmedia.net no no http://www.dragonpage.com/2005/01/21/wil-wheaton/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2005/01/21/wil-wheaton/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:08:17 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=856 Stand By Me. He spent his teenage years on the starship Enterprise as a series regular on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Since leaving TNG, Wil has explored a number of different career options. In 1993, Wil put everything he had in a storage locker at Los Angeles Union Station, and tried life as a hobo, riding the rails across the US. He settled in Florida in early 1995, where he found work at The Waffle House, on route 90. Wheaton had found his calling, it seemed, until a tragic accident known only as "the pigs-in-a-blanket-fiasco" drove him out of the Waffle House, and, ultimately, out of Florida completely. Heartbroken and disillusioned, Wheaton returned to Los Angeles, and reclaimed his place in the spotlight by writing clever biographies for former child actors. Wil is currently a writer and performer with the ACME Comedy Theatre, and was recently called "rather remarkable" by the LA Weekly. Upcoming roles include the romantic lead in the dark comedy "Jane White is Sick and Twisted" and a guest starring lead on PAX TV's "Twice In A Lifetime". Wil currently lives in That Spooky Old House On The Edge of Town. He knows exactly what it is that you're up to, and your parents are going to get a phone call from him. And don't make that face. He can see you, mister, and you're not fooling anyone.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2005/01/21/wil-wheaton/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2005/01/09/david-b-coe/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2005/01/09/david-b-coe/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2005 10:17:23 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/2005/01/09/david-b-coe/ More information on the official David B. Coe website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2005/01/09/david-b-coe/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/12/07/michael-pederson/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/12/07/michael-pederson/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2004 17:51:31 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=699 Nth Degree. Mike began life as a semi-pro in 1988 when his SF short story, "Dust Storm," won first place in a local writing contest. In the 1990s he wrote and published the Raven comic book series and edited and published Scene, a Virginia-based entertainment magazine. Then ? after a couple of dark years when he wasn't publishing anything and barely attended any cons ? Mike was asked to participate in a costume presentation at the 2001 World Science Fiction Convention. The presention (Pre-Emptive Strike) went on to win "Best in Class ? Master Division" at the Millennium Philcon Masquerade and helped to re-invigorated Mike's interest in fandom. In the two years since starting Nth Degree Mike has attended over 50 conventions. He is also an active member of the Washington Science Fiction Association and a less-than-active member of NESFA.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/12/07/michael-pederson/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/12/06/le-modesitt-jr/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/12/06/le-modesitt-jr/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:52:02 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=695 More information can be found on his official website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/12/06/le-modesitt-jr/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/29/john-scalzi/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/29/john-scalzi/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:12:55 +0000 Michael R. Mennenga http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=669 More information on the official John Scalzi website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/29/john-scalzi/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/29/alma-alexander/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/29/alma-alexander/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:09:31 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=668 Visit the official Alma Alexander website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/29/alma-alexander/feed/ 1 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/24/gwyneth-jones/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/24/gwyneth-jones/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:39:41 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=653 the official Gwyneth Jones website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/24/gwyneth-jones/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/24/vijaya-schartz/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/24/vijaya-schartz/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:36:41 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=652 More information at the official Vijaya Schartz website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/24/vijaya-schartz/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/01/margaret-weis/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/01/margaret-weis/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:26:51 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=583 Tracy Hickman, DRAGONLANCE revolutionized the role-playing industry, introducing such innovative techniques as pre-generated characters, a story line running through numerous game modules, and adult novels that were a direct tie-in with the game. 2004 will be the twentieth anniversary of the DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES. The Chronicles continue to feature on best-seller lists. Published fantasy works include the Dragonlance series, which has sold over twenty million copies world-wide; the Darksword trilogy; the Death Gate Cycle; Rose of the Prophet; the Soverign Stone trilogy. Science fiction works include her own series, Star of the Guardian, and the Mag Force 7 series. Weis is owner of Sovereign Press, the publisher of the Sovereign Stone RPG and the new Dragonlance D20 RPG products licensed from Wizards of the Coast. She is co-author of the Dragonlance Core System rulebook, Wizards of the Coast, 2003, and co-author of the Dragonlance Age of Mortals rulebook published by Sovereign Press, 2003. Weis's first book in the new series for Tor books, Mistress of Dragons, was released in May 2003 to critical acclaim. She is currently working on the second book in that series, The Dragon's Son. Weis continues her work in Dragonlance wth a new series of novels for Wizards of the Coast titled Dark Disciple. Movie deals are being pursued on several of her works. Weis lives in a converted barn in Wisconsin with four dogs: Sasha, a black lab; Kelly, a collie, and Tess and Max, border collies, and three cats, Nicolai Mouseslayer, Motley Tatters, and Shiva, Destroyer of Nations. More information can be found on the official Margaret Weis website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/11/01/margaret-weis/feed/ 3 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/26/peter-straub/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/26/peter-straub/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:22:39 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=559 More information at the official Peter Straub website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/26/peter-straub/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/18/terry-brooks/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/18/terry-brooks/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:04:55 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=516 Terry Brooks was born in Illinois in 1944, where he spent a great deal of his childhood and early adulthood dreaming up stories in and around Sinnissippi Park, the very same park that would eventually become the setting for his bestselling Word & Void trilogy. He went to college and received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College, where he majored in English Literature, and his graduate degree from the School of Law at Washington & Lee University. A writer since high school, he wrote many stories within the genres of science fiction, westerns, and non-fiction, until one semester early in his college years he was given The Lord of the Rings to read. That moment changed Terry's writing career forever, because within the pages of Tolkien's great work he found all the elements combined in one genre that would allow him to release onto paper his own ideas about life, love, and the wonder that fills this world. With that new found knowledge he wrote and published The Sword of Shannara in 1977, the grand result from years of trying to retain some form of sanity while studying law at Washington & Lee University. It became the first work of fiction ever to appear on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list, where it remained for over five months. On the spare time he could afford from his law practice Terry wrote The Elfstones of Shannara, which followed in 1982 and once again brought us an epic novel of wonder and adventure in the eagerly awaited sequel to The Sword of Shannara. The Wishsong of Shannara, published in 1985, finished the remarkable trilogy. After publishing his first three Shannara novels, Terry knew that writing was not only his life's ambition but that he could make a living with it as well. Even though he was hesitant, he quit his practice of law to pursue a full-time writing career. He moved to Seattle and began writing Magic Kingdom for Sale--Sold!, which began a bestselling new series for him in 1986. After two more Landover novels, The Black Unicorn and Wizard At Large, Terry wrote The Heritage of Shannara, a four-book series returning to the very heart that made him such a success. The publication of The Talismans of Shannara in 1993 concluded that storyline. One of the idiosyncrasies about Terry is he can't write in one series for long; he needs, as a creative writer, to take time off from a project which inevitably allows him to explore new mythos and ideas that he is constantly thinking about. In essence, he recharges himself this way so when he comes back to a series it is meaningful storytelling. Rather than start a new Shannara novel after he finished The Heritage of Shannara series, he began writing two more Landover books (The Tangle Box & Witches' Brew). Once done with the Landover books, and another foray into the Shannara series with the release of First King of Shannara, Terry decided to create something new. Since the beginning of The Heritage of Shannara series in 1990, Terry had been thinking of a new series; a dark, contemporary fantasy set in a town similar to the Illinois hometown he grew up in. The ideas for this new series grew, expanded, and grew some more over the next several years while he wrote other novels, and in September 1997 Terry released Running With the Demon, his darkest most complex masterwork yet. The story of Nest Freemark and John Ross continued in A Knight of the Word and Angel Fire East in what has been tentatively titled The Word & Void trilogy. In the midst of writing The Word & Void trilogy, George Lucas, the esteemed creator of Star Wars, personally asked Terry if he would write the novelization to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Being a Star Wars fan Terry agreed easily and soon found himself travelling to Skywalker Ranch to discuss the project with Lucas and a month before the theatrical release of the movie the book was published with great success. It was during this time that Terry decided to have an official website, one that a dedicated fan would devote time towards to ensure that the latest news, touring information, and book summaries could be available to his fans. Terry found his fan. Read that history HERE. At the moment Terry has returned once again to the Shannara series with a new trilogy titled The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara. The first book, titled Ilse Witch, takes place 130 years after the events of The Talismans of Shannara where Walker Boh is still a Druid and is trying to do something to reform the Druid Council. Antrax and Morgawr finished up the series. Not tired of Shannara, Terry will continue to write three more books that take place 20 years after the events in Morgawr, the first of which is titled Jarka Ruus. What's on the horizon after that? Who knows. Rest assured it will be something that only Terry Brooks can bring us. He lives with his wonderful wife Judine in the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, and on the road meeting his fans. http://asimplerway.com/tdp/Terry_Brooks.m3u]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/18/terry-brooks/feed/ 1 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/18/nancy-kress/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/18/nancy-kress/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2004 07:38:26 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=510 More information on the official Nancy Kress website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/18/nancy-kress/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/04/k-bannerman/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/04/k-bannerman/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2004 08:50:41 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=463 Check out the official Kim Bannerman website for more information.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/10/04/k-bannerman/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/27/todd-lockwood/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/27/todd-lockwood/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2004 07:32:26 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=440 More information at the offical Todd Lockwood website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/27/todd-lockwood/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/27/ken-wisman/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/27/ken-wisman/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2004 07:16:30 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=439 Check out more info about Ken at Dark Regions.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/27/ken-wisman/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/04/catherine-wells/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/04/catherine-wells/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2004 13:36:16 +0000 Michael R. Mennenga http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=393 More information at the official Catherine Wells website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/04/catherine-wells/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/04/alan-dean-foster/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/04/alan-dean-foster/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2004 13:24:53 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=392 More information available at the official Alan Dean Foster website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/09/04/alan-dean-foster/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/30/steve-alten/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/30/steve-alten/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:53:52 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=377 Information gathered from the official Steve Alten website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/30/steve-alten/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/30/bob-harper/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/30/bob-harper/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:49:14 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=376 www.horrorsound.com.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/30/bob-harper/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/19/jacqueline-lichtenberg/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/19/jacqueline-lichtenberg/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:01:00 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=358 More information available at her official website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/19/jacqueline-lichtenberg/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/09/kevin-a-murphy/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/09/kevin-a-murphy/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2004 10:02:25 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=351 Kevin's online "About Me" area. Just keep clicking the "next" button. Amazing how "plugged in" to the various aspects of fantasy and sci-fi this guy is...]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/08/09/kevin-a-murphy/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/25/james-c-glass/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/25/james-c-glass/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2004 07:55:47 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=338 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/25/james-c-glass/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/19/nicole-kurtz/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/19/nicole-kurtz/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:26:45 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=337 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/19/nicole-kurtz/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/19/g-p-taylor/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/19/g-p-taylor/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:02:29 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=335 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/19/g-p-taylor/feed/ 0 http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/12/walter-hunt/ http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/12/walter-hunt/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:59:26 +0000 Terra http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=331 More information on the official Walter Hunt website.]]> http://www.dragonpage.com/2004/07/12/walter-hunt/feed/ 0