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Conversations with Authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Connie Willis
Passage is a book about near-death experiences. But unlike most of the “factual” tales, Connie wrote this with science fiction in mind. It’s not an examination of the truth, but an exploration of how sci-fi might explain it.
Lynn Terelle
Lynn tackles the moral challenges of cloning in her book, The Book of Daniel. In this book, cloning is both responsible for a global apocalypse and our species only salvation.
Interview: William C. Dietz writes military sci-fi, and his latest book For More Than Glory continues to be in this vein. Think French foreign legion, complete with cyborgs, aliens and planetary confederations
Interview: R. A. Salvatore’s latest featuring everyone’s favorite dark elf, Drizzt, is The Lone Drow. Bob has big hopes for this book
Spider Robinson
His latest book is Callahan’s Con, the next in a series of science fiction books Spider has been writing for over thirty years. If your unfamiliar with the “Callahan” series, it centers around a bar in Key West populated with aliens, time travelers… and in this book, a wanna-be gangster– from outer space.
Wil Radcliffe
Wil’s debut novel is called Noggle Stones, a young adult fantasy. This book takes place in the late 1800’s in America, but gets blended with faeries and goblins!
Margaret Weis
The Annotated LegendsThe Annotated Legends is the latest fantasy book in the Dragonlance series. Think “directors commentary” on a DVD and you’re right on track for this book. Margaret and Tracy give you a glimpse inside the creative process when writing one of the most successful fantasy series of all times.
Joe Murphy
Curious what it takes to write a good review? Joe spills the beans about his approach, how he got involved with The Dragon Page, and also why every book has it’s good points and bad points. When it comes to science fiction and fantasy reviews, Joe is quickly making a name for himself.
Scott Nicholson
Scott is always a welcome edition to our show, and returns to speak about The Harvest, his latest “Appalachian Gothic” novel. Referred to as Deliverance meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, it deals with the encroachment of modern technology and civilization into the pristine and native environment.
Justin Gustainis
Sometime science doesn’t go quite the way you want it to. In The Hades Project, innocent diddling with the space/time continuum opens up a gate to hell.
Interview: L.E. Modesitt, Jr. has been described as writing “fantasy with rivets.” That comment comes from the incredible amount of realism and attention to details not often found in fantasy literature.
Interview: Tee Morrisjoins us live in the studio! Visiting for the recent CopperCon, Tee talks a bit about a new book to which he contributed called The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy.
Andrew Fox
Andrew’s latest book is Fat White Vampire Blues. Not your typical vampire novel to come out of New Orleans– this one is much more funny!
Ivan Lourie, Editor of Gateways Books
Do you wonder what happened to the great science fiction and fantasy of yesteryear? If so, you’re looking for Retro SF, and the great folks at Gateway Books is bringing it back to you in modern print.
Michael A. Stackpole
Michael’s latest book is When Dragons Rage. Of course, that makes our Michael happy as we’re talking about dragons on The Dragon Page!
Mike writes all over the spectrum, dealing with the Star Wars universe as well as Battle Tech. With a background in gaming, Mike has extensive knowledge in building wide and expansive worlds in which to enact his tales.
Rick Loomis of Flying Buffalo
Have you ever had the urge to play a strategy game by mail? How about playing a card game where the stakes are the eventual destruction of the earth in a fiery nuclear holocaust? If these thoughts sound intriguing, you should check out the board games offered by Flying Buffalo.
Interview: Jane Lindskold’s latest novel is The Dragon of Despair. Oddly enough, it isn’t really about dragons at all, but is a fantasy tale for wolf-lovers. This book is a standalone sequel to two other books penned by Jane, meaning you can pick up any of the three and not be lost. The book is an interesting insight into human politics from the point of view from a woman who was raised by wolves.
Interview: Howabout a fast paced, graphic and gory fantasy novel? David S. Watkins has one, and Michael has read parts of Gilbred Guteater, and reports it’s like reading a video game. Now that’s fast! Michael also suggests a new genera for the book– Gore Fantasy.
Rosemary Kirstein
The third book in a series, the Steerswomen acquire and disseminate information for the other inhabitants of their world. Kinda like the internet, only slower! It sounds like fantasy, but Rosemary tells us it’s really more science fiction.
Susan Kay Behm
Children being used in armed conflict might not come as a huge surprise to most of us, but Susan’s book Civilized Savages, brings it into new light.
Interview: Kevin J. Anderson is without a doubt one of the hardest working authors in science fiction and fantasy. This guy just won’t quit! His latest effort is A Forest of Stars, part of the “Saga of Seven Suns”.
Interview: Want a bit of humor tossed in with your fantasy/sci-fi? Nick Pollatta is the man for you. We were excited to have him on the air, as humor is so often overlooked in this genre.
Brian Herbert.
Brian Herbert‘s new book is Dreamer of Dune. Brian has penned six original “Dune” novels that serve as prequels to his fathers work.
Robert D. Miles.
“Do you have the spirit of adventure? Are you willing to work? Come sail with us!” That’s an ad that gets characters involved in Robert D. Miles‘ latest work, SafeSpace. Humans wrecking the planet, aliens trying to save it, other aliens trying to hasten the fall– Robert covers it all in his book.
Gabriel Benson of Beckett Comics
Terminator fan? Then you’ve got to check out the comic prequel called “Terminator 3: Before the Rise”. It fills in nicely some of the holes necessary to get a movie under 120 minutes.
Judy Galardi
Fantasy and sci-fi, with a bit of teen-aged self-discovery and personal triumph are all a part of Judy’s latest book called Return to Thrae.
Mark Tiedemann
When Mark Tiedemann sets out to do something, he makes it big! He created an entire universe to set the Secantis Sequence in, so that he’d have plenty of material!
Tee Morris.
The self-described “guest that wouldn’t leave”, Tee Morris joins us to catch up and to rant a little more about the Farscape cancellation.
Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell.
Boris and Julie join us once again to catch up over the past year. They were one of our firsts guests and we’re happy to have them back on the show.
L. Marie Wood
Her latest book is called Crescendo, a story of psychological horror and suspense. It’s L. Marie’s first full-length novel, and her background is in (oddly enough) poetry, short stories and screen plays. Don’t get scared off about the horror title, for it’s not your basic slasher story.
