Araña: Heart of the Spider from Marvel is Fiona Avery’s latest book. As in “comic” book, or graphic novel. It’s a Latina superheroine story which has garnered some serious critical acclaim. Fiona approaches stories from her anthropological background, giving additional depth and perspective you may not see in other works.
Archives for 2005
Cover to Cover #153: Terry Goodkind / c. c. dust
Terry Goodkind
The “Sword of Truth” series has been going strong and is up to the ninth book, with Chainfire. Now Terry offers a new novel of Richard and Kahlan, the beginning of a sequence of three novels that will bring their epic story to its culmination.
c.c. dust
Mr. Blur is the first offering by c.c., and is difficult to sum up in a short paragraph. Think cyberpunk and film noir wrapped around horror and mystery and you’re getting close.
Review: “Necronomicrap” by Tim Frayser
The chapbook Necronomicrap: A Guide To Your Horoooscope, by Tim Frayser, mixes astrological “facts” with obvious lampooning. For example, while you can use the book to learn the names of Saturn’s moons, I highly doubt you should share Frayser’s interpretation that the moons regulate “various aspects of human flatulence.”
Cover to Cover #152: Peter Archer / Keith Baker
Wizards of the Coast
Peter Archer joins us to talk about some exciting things happening from Wizards of the Coast. Games, miniatures, books… these guys are ear-deep in the genre of Fantasy.
Keith Baker
The The City of Towers is a success story for those considering the open call. Keith’s world Eberron was picked up by Wizards of the Coast out of 1,100 other entries, and the first novel set in the world is The City of Towers.
Review: “Medalon” by Jennifer Fallon
The first three books in the Hythrun Chronicles were actually known in Australia as The Demon Child Trilogy, and were bestsellers as well as finalists in Australia’s Aurealis Awards back in 2000. Here in the US, that trilogy is being combined with the books known as The Hythrun Chronicles Down Under to make it a 6-book series here.
With “Enterprise” ending, what’s left on TV?
“Star Trek: Enterprise,” the latest incarnation of one of the most storied franchises in televised science-fiction history, will end its four-season run in May, broadcaster UPN said on Wednesday.
Cover to Cover #151: R. A. Salvatore / Scott Ciencin
R. A. Salvatore
Bob rejoins the show to talk about The Two Swords, the third book in “The Hunters Blades” trilogy, featuring everyone’s favorite dark elf, Drizzt.
Scott Ciencin
Scott has written an EverQuest novel, called Rogue’s Hour. Presented by R. A. Salvatore, Rogue’s Hour is best synopsized as “Bourne Identity with swords”.
Review: “Scream Queen” by Edo van Belkom
So, why am I writing about a card game I played weeks back when I should be informing you about the latest novel sitting on top of my all-to-high reading stack?
When you use cheesy horror tropes to make a card game that spoofs horror stories, you get a fun and exciting game, when you use cheesy horror tropes to make a paperback novel that seriously attempts to be scary, you get a shitty paperback novel, like Scream Queen.
Cover to Cover #150: Dr. Fred Alan Wolf
Who would have thought you could combine Yoga and time travel together? Sure sounds like science fiction… but maybe it’s not? If you saw What the %$@ Do We Know in the theaters, you know how strange things get when you look at the quantum level. Dr Fred Alan Wolf’s new book is The Yoga of Time Travel, and explores the notion of how the mind influences our own reality… and even time.
Cover to Cover #149: Wil Wheaton / Scott Nicholson
Interview: Wil Wheaton is, by his own admission, Just a Geek. Hands down one of the most funny and deep guests we’ve had on the show, Wil joins us to talk about his book, what’s inside and where it all came from.
Interview: Scott Nicholson is our favorite spooky boy from the Appalachians, and we talk about his new Appalachian Gothic novel The Manor, once again inspired by some place right near where Scott lives.
Cover to Cover #148: David B. Coe / Kevin Radthorne
David B. Coe
David’s latest book is Bonds of Vengeance, the third fantasy book of a quintet. We talk with David about his approach to multi-book series and how he keeps the audience involved.
Kevin Radthorne
Kevin has released The Road to Kotaishi, a two part novel in an Asian-fantasy setting. The names and settings may be strange, but Kevin has tried very hard to combine the best of Western Fantasy with Asian influences.
MAD Magazine artist Kelly Freas died
Sad news for all of us who loved the Sci-fi artwork of Kelly Freas. CNN reported that Freas died in his sleep Sunday at his home in Los Angeles.
Cover to Cover #147: Bill DeSmedt / Tee Morris
Interview: Bill DeSmedt’s debut novel Singularity is making quite a splash at the booksellers. It’s filled with just enough science, and balanced nicely with a great story of espionage and intrigue.
Interview: Sometimes we’ve just got to do our follow-ups. You’ll recall Tee Morris as the author of Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword, though I don’t think we talked much about it in this interview!
