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Conversations with Authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Mitchell Graham
Mitchell returns to the show to wrap up his trilogy of books with The Ancient Legacy.
David Anthony
If you ever wondered what happened in Oz once Dorothy left, you’re not alone. And you don’t have to wonder any longer, as that’s what you’ll find in David’s book In Search of Dorothy.
Richard Hatch
Battlestar Galactica is soon to be presented to us all in mini-series form, and Richard is involved (but not as Captain Apollo).
David Lee Summers
David joins us to speak on Vampires of the Scarlet Order, his latest book which deals with vampire mercenaries.
Interview: We’re happy to welcome back L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (we call him Lee) as he talks about Ordermaster, his 13th title in the “Saga of Recluse” series.
Interview Michael Pederson is the brain behind “Nth Degree – the Fiction and Fandom ‘Zine” (nthzine.com). They’ve been publishing for three years now, focusing on new fiction and news from the fandom world (as you might gather from the title.)
Interview: Science fiction author and fellow blogger John Scalzi joins us to talk about his newest novel, Old Man’s War.
Interview: Alma Alexander joins us to talk about The Secrets of Jin-Shei, an historical fantasy tale which has been called many other things.
Gwyneth Jones
A fictional account of a scientist would truly be science fiction, right? That’s what you’ll find in Gwyneth’s newest book, Life
Vijaya Schartz
Vijaya is the president of the Arizona Authors Association and joins us to talk about her newest book, White Tiger.
Tee Morris
Tee’s got a new book out, a tale of a dwarven detective in Capone-era Chicago called Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword.
Jon O’Bergh
Interesting sounds from dreamy and floating to driving with intensity. A few tracks are sampled in our interview with Jon. His CD is entitled Songs from Other Planets.
Greg Bear
We just had to get Greg on the show again when we found out that the SciFi Channel was developing his novels Darwin’s Children and Darwin’s Radio. Additionally, Dead Lines, a high-tech ghost story is out in stores. Fans of Greg’s hard-science fiction will be intrigued by his treatment to ghost stories.
James K. Burk
Jim has released High Rage, a fantasy novel, as well as several chapbooks of the magical realism genre.
Margaret Weis
The Dragon’s Son is the sequel to the popular Mistress of Dragons.
Kody Chamberlain
Kody draws horror comic books and 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales is his latest.
