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Conversations with Authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Ann Tonsor Zeddies
This week Ann Tonsor Zeddies joins us to talk about her book Steel Helix, a book about genetics and the future.
Justin Hinks
Justin Hinks is a new author who published a book called Talismans of Puissance. Justin is attending the University of Illinois, and tells us what it is like trying to write a book while working as a full time student.
Stan Lee! (Yes, THE Stan Lee!)
This was a true treat for both of us, as like most kids of the 70’s and 80’s, we grew up on Spiderman and other Marvel comics.
If we’ve ever recorded a show you don’t want to mis, it’s this interview with Stan Lee. Lie, cheat, play hookey… do what ever you must, but do not miss this interview with the legend Stan “The Man” Lee.
Scott Nicholson hails from North Carolina and weaves the legends and mysteries of the Appalachian mountains into his tales. His latest book, The Red Church, tells the story of a haunted church and a young man forced to question his faith.
Interview: Tony Ruggiero joins us to talk about his latest book, Get Out of My Mind, a political book with a slight science fiction twist. Set around the presidential election of 2000, we get a glimpse of both human as well as alien politics.
Mitchell Graham.
Mitch joins us to talk about his book, The Fifth Ring, recently released by Harper Collins. It’s the first book in a trilogy and regardless of what you might think from the title, it hasn’t a thing to do with any of Tolkiens works.
The Fifth Ring is Mitch’s first work as a novelist, bringing in many aspects of his past as a collegiate fencer, attorney and neuropsychologist. Now that sounds like an interesting back ground that would make anyone a fantasy author!
Interview: Michael Moorcock is here, talking with us about his latest book, The Skrayling Tree. If you’ve followed Elric over the years, you might find him in an odd place, dealing with Nazis and Native Americans! Yes, Stormbringer is still around, so old hats won’t be disappointed.
Interview Cory Doctorows’s latest book, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is out and doing very well on Amazon.com. However, Cory has also made the novel available for you, free to download under a Creative Commons license (and also at Project Gutenberg).
Interview: Greg Keyes is a New York Times Bestselling author, with several other novels to his credit, including a Star Wars book he’s currently working on. With a solid background in Anthropology, Greg’s fantasy novels have an interesting historic twist.
Greg’s latest work, The Briar King, is due to release January 19th, so it should be in stores shortly after that.
Interview: Rob Sawyer, possibly one of the most heavily grounded in “science” authors of science fiction we’ve ever talked to, joins us to discuss his latest series of books dealing with Neanderthals and Human evolution. The first book, Hominids, is out in paperback and the next book, Humans, will be out in hard cover very soon. Following quickly on their heels will be Hybrids, the conclusion (?) of the series.
Interview: Nebula and Hugo Award winning author Terry Bisson spoke with us today.
Terry has been writing for years. His latest book, The Pick-up Artist deals with an issue Michael and I talk about nearly every show… too many books! He also has a great collection of short stories, In the Upper Room is also available.
Peter Coyote, star of film and stage, just happens to be an author as well! His book, sleeping where I fall (case intentional), is a personal memoir of his life and times spent with an amazing radical street group called The Diggers. Peter takes some time to explain the basic premise to the book to us, which has enticed both of us to rush out and get a copy!
