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Conversations with Authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Writers from the land down under seem to write an amazing amount of books each year. To prove this fact, we invited Jennifer Fallon on to talk about her latest book Harshini.
We had a lot of fun at WesterCon 58 and we bring you one of the interviews that we did up in the great-white-north. Marie Jakober talks about her book Even The Stones.
Fuzzy Teddy bears beating the Empire? Bloody unlikely.
Yes, we have the amazing and hugely talented Orson Scott Card on the show this week! He’s here to tell us about his latest book Magic Street. A magical world that exists on a hidden street in Hollywood.
After that, Walter Hunt gives us an update on The Dark Crusade. Walter is about to finish up his “Dark” series, and you get an inside scoop on what comes next.
When you ask author Valerie Griswold-Ford how she got her contract for Not Your Father’s Horseman, she will tell you, “Well, Tee suggested I finish the manuscript and then pitch it to Dragon Moon. What Tee didn’t tell me was he pitched it for me to Dragon Moon and got me a contract.” So, yeah, I figured a great motivator in getting your first novel done was a contract.
Garth Nix stops into the studio to talk with us about his new book Across The Wall. We love getting authors in our studio, especially ones from down under!
After that, Dave Elliott tells us about Field Guide for Monsters. Be sure to tune it for this one, it may just save your life.
Vera Nazarian talks to us this week about a host of books. One of which is Dreams of the Compass Rose. Vera has written a lot of books. Tune in and hear about several of her favorites.
After that, Jeremy Davies tells us about his e-book Missing, Presumed Undead. If you are looking for a new e-book title to drop onto your reader, this just may be the one.
First up this week is Gregory Frost and his book Attack of the Jazz Giants Gregory’s book is a collection of short stories and he tells us how they came about. Even though it sounds like a tribute to music, the scifi is rich.
After that, Fiona Avery is back to tell us about The Crown Rose. (XM listeners, you have a chance to get a free book. Tune in!)
It’s pretty sad when you’re 33 years old and the highlight of your year is when the next new children’s book is finally out on the market. Deciding to skip the ridiculous lines and midnight “parties,” I pre-ordered my copy online, and only had to chew the tablecloth for four hours from when I woke up at eight o’clock, till the postman finally delivered my book at noon on Saturday.
And, just like last I did with Order of the Phoenix, I forgoed (forgew? forwent?) everything, and did nothing but read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (stopping for the occasional bathroom break) until I finished Sunday afternoon.
God, I love being a geek.
First up this week is Wil McCarthy telling us about his book, To Crush The Moon. Wil’s book tells us a story of how future man will shrink the moon so that it can hold an atmosphere. Sounds impossible, but Wil is a hard science kind of guy and assures us that the book’s concepts are possible. Tune in and hear the details.
After that, Tom Piccirilli takes us down south for some good old-fasioned horror in November Mourns. (And you thought that the south was already scary.)
I’ve heard it said that the fear of death so permeates us as a species that all of our endeavors serve as distractions intent on keeping us from thinking about our eventual deaths.
Sometimes, when the clock clicks over at two thirty in the morning, and I can’t sleep, I wish I could come up with more distractions.
Some people apparently decide that rather than distract themselves from thoughts of death, they will turn a brave face into the wind and speculate on the landscape of the undiscovered country.
First up this week is Brandon Sanderson talking about his book, Elantris. A richly written world, with a city filled with God-like inhabitants.
After that, Steve Alten takes us into the paranormal with The Loch, Yes, we are talking the Loch Ness Monster, and no, we are not taking over Art Bell’s job.
First up this week is Neal Asher talking about his book, Cowl. Great conversation about time travel and the future.
After that, Jayme Lynn Blaschke gives us a look at Voices of Vision, a book filled with interviews from some very big names in Scifi/Fantasy.
This week Joe joins us in the studio to talk with Marc D. Giller, author of Hammerjack. Cyberpunk has made its way back on the scene in this book and we are very happy to see it. Find out what has everyone talking.
We then make a long distance Skype call to talk with Paul Story about his podcast novel Tom Corven. Paul talks to us from an internet cafe in split Croatia.
Torn between the idea that it would be fun and funny to write a review for a movie like this, and that it would be dumb to write a review for a movie like this, I decided to let fate decide. I sent a letter to Seduction Cinema and asked for a review copy of the DVD, SpiderBabe. If they didn’t send it, no harm no foul. If they did send it, who am I to argue with fate?
So there I am at Ice Escape, and a young man starts chatting me up about his book, Crater County: A Legal Thriller of New Mexico. It’s a slightly supernatural legal thriller, he says. And I says, “A slightly supernatural legal thriller? I don’t think I’ve ever read something like that.” And he says, “How’d you like to review the book?” I says, “Sure, why not?”
We said a lot.
