Interview: We talk with Tobias S. Buckell about his book Crystal Rain. Tired of the Anglo-european centric books? Then Crystal Rain may be for you. Scifi Fantasy set in the Caribbean!
Cover to Cover #205: Tim Pratt
Interview: We talk with Tim Pratt about his book The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl. If you like tales that step away from the norm, then this is the book for you.
Cover to Cover #204: Tee Morris
We talk with Tee Morris about his books including Legacy of Morevi. A recurring guest, Tee lets us in on what is going on in this exciting series.
Cover to Cover #203: David Marusek
Michael and Evo talk to David Marusek about his first novel, Counting Heads. David is a short story writer that is taking his first steps into novel writing. A good conversation with an author working his way into bigger things.
Cover to Cover #202: John Scalzi
This week Michael and Evo talk to John Scalzi about his new book, The Ghost Brigades. This book continues on from Old Man’s War, but is written as a stand-alone book, so you do not need to go back and read the first book to enjoy this latest offering.
Cover to Cover #201: Matthew Wayne Selznick
This week Michael & Evo talk with Matthew Wayne Selznick about Brave Men Run. This is not a book, but a podcast novel. Tune in to hear about what makes this book so great, and how to find out for yourself how good audio drama can be.
Cover to Cover #200: Scott Sigler
This week Evo is back from vaction and we get Scott Sigler on the phone to tell us about his podcast book, Earthcore. Blood and gore galore! Scott has some very exciting things happening, including a new novel, print versions of his work, and exploring avenues in Hollywood.
Cover to Cover #199: Crazee Comics / Frederik Pohl
Next, the gang talks to master author Frederik Pohl. A man that has been writing science fiction longer that most of us have been reading it. His latest book, Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories, is one to check out if you want a sample of his work. Don’t miss this interview with a true master.
News: New York Public Library starts lending digital formats
The NYPL is going digital
Cover to Cover #170: Catherynne M. Valente / Gary Wassner
This week everyone’s in the studio to talk with Catherynne M. Valente about her latest book, The Labryinth, and her upcoming works, Yume No Hon: Book of Dreams and Oracles: A Pilgrimage. It’s a lively conversation with a very talented writer.
After that, Summer and Michael chat with Gary Wassner. Gary is writing “GemQuest”, a series whose first three books, The Twins, The Awakening, and The Shards, were released simulatneously earlier this year, and we learn all about this new fantasy epic in the making.
Cry Foul, and let slip the rage of fans
[ This is my commentary on the Enterprise finale. Spoilers may ensue. ]
Finally watched the series finale of Enterprise.
Well. How was I ripped off by that? Let me count the ways?
okay, Shakespeare mode off.
I was only a casual viewer of the show, and I still felt horribly ripped off. I can guess how the die-hard fans feel.
Why couldn’t they have done that same story in ?real-time?, instead of in flashback mode 200 years later with the Pegasus fluff built as its framework? It cheapens the finale, and to me, also cheapens what really happened in that TNG episode so many years ago.
We could have seen everyone preparing to say their farewells to each other as they moved on to new assignments; they could have actually shown a little more emotional impact at Trip’s death still reverberating through the crew as Archer prepares for the announcement and speech, and dammit, we’d get to hear at least some of this supposedly historical speech.
Correct me if I’m wrong, because I really didn’t follow this season as I had the first two, but didn’t they spend more time building up storylines and the ?human drama? between characters? And they did all of that, set that course for the season, only to NOT explore that last bit of human drama in the final episode?
?To boldly cop out where few cop outs have gone before? wasn’t supposed to be the show’s final note. It’s not very supportive, and to me, it doesn’t respect the fans in any way, shape or form.
Review: “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” by Matthew Stover
The opening of the final chapter of the Star Wars Saga begins on a fast-paced note, and rarely slows down until the very end. All of us old-time Star Wars fans know exactly how things turn out, but what we’ve never known was how events progressed in that direction; until Episode II, we never knew just how much of the bigger picture was manipulated by Darth Sidious.
In this story, we learn how much has been manipulated, how long the pieces have been in play, and how they all come together in the end.
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.
Review: “Seven Seasons of Buffy”
I try to avoid reading books out of order, and while it usually wouldn’t matter in this case, my having read Five Seasons of Angel before this one brings a couple of things to mind… the foremost being that while editor Glenn Yeffeth obtained fewer essays for the Angel collection, he also seems to have obtained more highly engaging essays for the it than for the Buffy collection. While that may sound like a minor slam of the Buffy collection, it’s not… it’s a big time golf-clap salute.
