Interview: Michael, Summer, Brian and Michael talk with Patrick Rothfuss, the hottest new fantasy author out there, and his debut novel, The Name of the Wind. Brian’s book review reflects his appreciation of the story-telling style in this book, and has been anticipating this chat for quite some time.
Cover to Cover #257: Mur Lafferty
Interview: Michael, Summer and Michael talk with super-busy author and podcaster Mur Lafferty about her latest shows and books.
“Geek Fu Action Grip” is the home of her serialized fiction stories, “Heaven”, it’s sequel “Hell”, and it’s upcoming continuation “Earth”. She’s still writing the popular and humorous essays there as well. I Should Be Writing is still going strong, with author interviews and writing tips
Joe Murphy Tribute
A tribute to Joe hosted by Michael, Evo, Mur, Charlie the Beer Guy, Chris the Wingin’ It Chef, Debbie from East Mesa, Brian, Tim, Sheila, and Lorrie, featuring clips from “Wingin’ It” episodes gone by.
Raise a root beer in memory of Randy Innuendo.
Song: “Mason Rocket” by Beatnik Turtle
Cover to Cover #256: Tad Williams
Interview: Michael, Brian and Michael talk with acclaimed fantasy author Tad Williams, whose latest novel Shadowplay (Book 2 of Shadowmarch) hit bookstores on March 6, 2007. Amusingly enough, most of the discussion is focused on Tad’s work on and approach to comic books. He’s currently writing for Marvel’s DC’s “Aquaman”, and the first issue of his run hit stores March 21, 2007. Good stuff.
Cover to Cover #255: Tee Morris
Interview: Tee Morris joins Michael, Summer and Brian live in-studio to talk about his latest projects: podcasting Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword, and how much fun he’s had getting guest voices for the story. Will we soon see a podcast of Legacy of Morevi?
Morevi started it all, and Tee holds a number of “firsts” for The Dragon Page, before it’s evolution into Cover to Cover. This is why he’s the guest that never goes away!
Cover to Cover #254: Scott Sigler
Interview: Scott Sigler joins us to talk about his latest endeavor, pimping the print version of Ancestor. In a drive to rise to #1 on Amazon, he’s embarked on an web and podcasting push to get everyone who wants a print copy of the book to order it from Amazon starting at 9am Pacific on Sunday, April 1.
Cover to Cover #253: Catherynne M. Valente
Interview: Michael, Summer and Michael talk with Catherynne M. Valente about her latest book, The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden, a collection of fairy tales told in a unique narrative inspired by The Arabian Nights. No one can ever say that Cat writes “typical” fantasy novels, and this book has lush prose and wondrous imagery.
The conclusion, The Orphan’s Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice, is due out in October 2007.
Cover to Cover #252: Glenn Yeffeth
Interview: Mike Stackpole and Summer talk with Glenn Yeffeth of BenBella Books, and creator of the intriguing and entertaining Smart Pop Books collection. Glenn tells us how their pop culture series got it’s start, and how the interests of the fans and their passion for the topics they love guide BenBella’s choices of topics to publish a collection about. He also tells about how they find contributors to their varied collections, and how future technologies affect publishing and communications, and the working the international markets for certain fandoms.
Cover to Cover #251: Todd McCaffrey
Interview: Michael, Summer and Michael talk Todd McCaffrey about many things, including following in the footsteps of his mom, who just happens to be a Grand Master of the genre, and how to play and how not to play in the universe she created, and the pressures that come with the expectations of the name “McCaffrey”.
Cover to Cover #250: Robert J. Sawyer
Interview: Robert J. Sawyer joins Michael, Summer and Michael to talk about Rollback, the full novelization of the serialization that appeared in Analog throughout 2006. He tells us about his affection for serializations and his habit of collecting top genre awards, and gives us the rundown on the storyline and characters in Rollback, and a quick snippet on his next trilogy project.
Print Book Reviews Harder to Find?
Interesting. I only just today saw this Editor and Publisher article: AP to Discontinue Book Review Package By Dave Astor Published: February 02, 2007 NEW YORK — The Associated Press is ending its book review package. “This is a sad turn of events for book reviews. AP reviews, even small, ran far and wide, and […]
Cover to Cover #249: Neal Asher
Interview: Neal Asher joins Michael, Summer and Michael to talk about Brass Man, his latest to come out in the US (it’s been available in the UK for a few months already). We talk about his wordcounts, which perplex editors and publishers on both sides of the pond, and his incredible proliferation of novels. We also go over the various stories in the Polity that are available from Tor and Night Shade Books, and more.
Cover to Cover #247: Charlie Huston
Interview: This week, crime thriller author Charlie Huston drops by the studio to talk with Michael, Summer and Tim about the second of his vampire noir novels, “No Dominion” (also see our review of “No Dominion”). The highly regarded sequel to “Already Dead” continues the story of vampyre PI Joe Pitt, and our immersion and discovery of a world containing a new vampyre mythology.
Cover to Cover #246: Peter S. Beagle
Interview: This week, we talk to Peter S. Beagle and Connor Cochran about his writing work and his writing process, as well as Connor’s dedicated work in pursuing monies still owed Peter from old contracts not being honored by film companies, and Connor’s work in getting many of Peter’s wonderful but previously unpublished stories. Many of these new novellas and short stories are coming out in anthologies and individual publications all over.
Cover to Cover #245: David Louis Edelman
Interview: This week we have a solo-shot interview for you. Evo talks to new author David Louis Edelman about Infoquake, a novel about corporate intrigues and rivalries, nanotech bio/logic human upgrades, government agencies and marketing strategies. Infoquake is the first in a trilogy, and Evo and David talk about technology, science fiction and where we might be moving towards in the real world.
