Interview: This week, we talk with David Boop, author of She Murdered Me With Science, a scifi detective pulp noir tale, set in an alternate 1953, with a disgraced scientist working as a private detective who’s suddenly set on a course to solve the mystery behind the deadly accident he was blamed for.
Archives for 2008
Cover to Cover #325A: F. Paul Wilson
Interview: We chat with F. Paul Wilson, author of over 40 novels including the seminal Repairman Jack and Adversary Cycle series, about his newest book, a young adult entry about Jack’s teen years, Jack: Secret Histories. He gives us a history on building Jack up by going back to his teen years in the Pine Barrens when he’s slowly discovering his abilities as well as defining his loyalties to his friends.
Review: “Ysabel” by Guy Gavriel Kay
Ysabel is my first Guy Gavriel Kay book. He’s one of those authors that I’ve always heard about. Maybe it’s the memorable name, I don’t know. But he was always just kind of out there as one of those authors that I knew I was supposed to read and simply hadn’t.
In case I was wondering, I guess, if he was worth the hype, Kay opens Ysabel with a 3-page prologue that was, simply, stunning.
Cover to Cover #322A: Charles Stross
Interview: Hugo Award nominee and winner Charles Stross is in studio to chat about his latest book, Saturn’s Children. Charles explains how the story is really a Heinlein styled period piece, an homage to Heinlein’s late period, and tells the story of an android designed to be a sex robot for humans, only humans have gone extinct before she rolls off the assembly line.
Why else would a robot have been built with nipples?
Cover to Cover #321A: Tom Corwin and Craig Frazier
Interview: Mike, Summer and Mike talk with the author and illustrator of Mr Fooster, Traveling on a Whim, Tom Corwin and Craig Frazier.
Tom and Craig tell us of how they met, and how they began collaborating, and how the inspiration for the actual story was one of Craig’s existing illustrations. We also talk about the back and forth of the collaborative process, and bringing the words and the style of the art together, and growing the project into the finished version.
Cover to Cover #320A: Matthew Wayne Selznick
Interview: This week, Michael and Summer talk with Matthew Wayne Selznick about his Internet push to promote the print version of his highly successful podcast novel, Brave Men Run. He also tells us about the many incarnations the story has gone through, as well as the plans behind the bumrush of Amazon.
Cover to Cover #319A: Mike Carey
Interview: This week, Michael, Michael and Summer talk with acclaimed comic book writer Mike Carey about his second novel, Vicious Circle. The follow-up to The Devil You Know continues the saga of exorcist Felix Castor and his struggles with whether or not he can do good with his unique abilities or not, and the consequences of some of his past decisions.
Now we just have to wait until the US publishing schedule catches up with the UK schedule, since the 4th book in this series is coming out in the UK this coming fall.
Cover to Cover #318A: Raymond Benson
Interview: This week, Michael, Michael and Summer talk with author Raymond Benson about his two latest books, A Hard Day’s Death and Metal Gear Solid.
Raymond was the fourth official writer of the James Bond 007 novels, and wrote the Bond novels that came out between 1996-2003, writing 6 original novels, 3 movie novelizations and 3 short stories.
Cover to Cover #317A: Peter David
Interview: Michael, Summer and Michael talk with Peter David about his latest novel, Tigerheart, which is a fairy tale written in the spirit of J. M. Barrie, but not directly about Peter Pan.
Peter also talks about the Barrie legacy, and about how many more stories about Peter Pan may be coming out since the story and characters have now moved into public domain.
Review: “Empress” by Karen Miller
Hekat, in Empress, is a difficult woman. And while I know that a part of me should cheer for this woman who raises herself up from a nameless no one to a ruler of her country, the other part of me can’t stand how difficult she is. Hekat is touched by the god. She is not inventing this. She really does have her deity on her side, protecting her as she slaughters the people who get in her way. Everything she does is fated. But I cannot get beyond how completely cold and ruthless she is to everyone around her.
Cover to Cover #316A: Rob Kutner
Interview: Michael, Summer, and Michael talk with Rob Kutner about his new book, Apocalypse How. Rob is an Emmy Award-winning staff writer for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and he uses that blend of sharp and scathing humor to bring us a guide that outlines the 9 apocalyptic scenarios most likely to come to pass, and not only how to survive those events, but how to thrive in the aftermath.
The section covering zombies is a must-read.
Review: “Small Favor” by Jim Butcher
Small Favor is a great read and I think that the Dresden Files books are a great introduction to fantasy/sci-fi for someone who doesn’t normally read such genres. It’s a P.I. mystery with magic with strong characters, an over arching plots as well as smaller story arcs that finish up in single book… mostly.
Cover to Cover #315A: Laurell K. Hamilton
Interview: Michael, Summer, Michael and Lorrie welcome Laurell K. Hamilton to the studio to talk about, Blood Noir, the 16th book in the best-selling Anita Blake series, and her 27th book overall.
This episode is all interview, and covers almost everything, so sit back, listen, and enjoy!
Review: “Fire Study” by Maria V. Snyder
Oh, Yelena. You crazy, headstrong, impulsive, bleeding heart, acrobatic trickster, I have missed you. I hope Ms. Synder takes it as a compliment that I have read each of her books in no more than two days. For all the work that goes into them, part of me feels that I should somehow be savoring them more. But if I did, then I wouldn’t find out what happens next as quickly as I need to.
Cover to Cover #314A: Maria V. Snyder
Interview: Michael, Summer and Michael talk with Maria V. Snyder about, Fire Study, the third book in her very popular “Study” series. The series follows Yelena, who starts out as a slave who’s been condemned to death, but is offered a chance for reprieve by becoming a commander’s food taster.
It’s full of mystery, magic, intrigue and romance that grows from Poison Study, and follows through Magic Study and now into Fire Study.
