ThrillerFest V was held this past weekend in New York City, and the winners of the 2010 Thriller Awards were announced
Review: “The First Rule” by Robert Crais
I made a careless mistake, sitting on my sofa at around 1:30am… I picked The First Rule off the daunting TBR stack in my living room and began reading, fully intending to read just the first couple chapters, then get in bed.
Somewhere around 6:30am, with the morning sky already bright, and my eyes burning from lack of sleep, I forced myself to stay awake and finish the book. I absolutely refused to put the book down with so few pages left, and pushed my way through to the end.
Cover to Cover #415A: Tracy Hickman
Interview: Tracy Hickman joins Mike and Mike this week to talk about his many varied projects. His most recent book is Song of the Dragon, the first in a new trilogy, “The Annals of Drakis”, being published by Daw Books.
Cover to Cover #414A: C. J. Cherryh
Interview: CJ Cherryh joins us this week! Her most recent book is Deceiver, the 11th book in the Foreigner series, and she explains how the original trilogy continued to grow and expand, and breaking the series down into sub-trilogies in order to make it easier for new readers to jump in.
She also talks about the Closed Circle Project, a collaborative venture with authors Lynn Abbey and Jane Fancher, where they are putting their own backlist works back in print electronically
Cover to Cover #413A: Larry Doyle
Interview: Larry Doyle joins us this week to discuss his latest project, Go Mutants!, a satirical comedy that examines a world where the aliens from 1950s “B” movies actually arrived on Earth, and they and their families have been integrated into human society.
Larry talks about his writing career, going from magazines to animated television to screenplays, and how the process of writing novels differs from writing for television or film.
Cover to Cover #411A: Dan Wells
Interview: This week, Dan Wells joins us to talk about his new novel, I Am Not A Serial Killer, a story about a 15-year-old sociopath who worries that he’s becoming a serial killer, and the lengths he goes to to stop a real serial killer.
Cover to Cover #410A: Lou Anders
Interview: Lou Anders, Editorial Director for Pyr, joins us to talk about Pyr SF’s ventures into electronic publishing.
Lou talks about how the iPad has shifted his reading preferences recently, and despite his deep and continuing love for physical books themselves, he can see where his future book buying may go the way his music buying went after iTunes became more widely used.
Cover to Cover #409A: Brandon Sanderson
Interview: Brandon Sanderson joins us this week with much to talk about! He tells us about working on finishing “The Wheel of Time” series, and having to look at the story in a different light from when he was a fan reading the stories.
Brandon also talks about the Writing Excuses podcast, about some of his own projects that will be coming along soon, and the evolution of his own writing ever since his first book was published.
Cover to Cover #408A: Mike Resnick
Interview: This week, Mike and Mike chat with Mike Resnick about his “Starship” series, his short-stories, and about some of his inspirations for different story ideas.
He also talks about where the publishing industry may be headed with respect to electronic publishing and international markets, especially with the resurgence of the short story markets because of the Internet.
Cover to Cover #407A: Charlaine Harris
Interview: This week, Mike and Mike chat with Charlaine Harris about Dead in the Family, the tenth novel in her Sookie Stackhouse series.
Charlaine talks about the challenges of maintaining continuity and even fixing previous errors, the impact of HBO series True Blood and how the fans are reacting to the deviation of the TV series from the written series, and more.
Cover to Cover #406A: Jim Butcher
Interview: This week, Mike Mennenga talks with Jim Butcher about the latest story in the Dresden Files series,Changes.
Jim talks about the new set of upheavals in Harry’s life, the pacing of the stories — and the news about the long-awaited Dresden Files Role Playing Game coming out soon (pre-orders are now available from Evil Hat Productions).
Cover to Cover #405A: George R. R. Martin
Interview: This week, Mike and Mike talk with GRRM about the anthology Warriors, about how much fun he has with fiction anthologies, and his hopes for more core genre anthologies.
George also talks about the latest updates on his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, including the progress on A Dance with Dragons, how his working pace contrasts with the impatience of his more ravenous fans, the development of the series on HBO and his gratitude about the show being done by HBO, and more.
Cover to Cover #404A: Douglas Clegg
Interview: This week, Mike and Mike talk with Douglas Clegg about his latest novel, Neverland.
Doug talks about how much his growing up in the 1960s influenced many of the elements of the story, including the impacts of family secrets and the dark undercurrents that kids experience but don’t fully understand.
Cover to Cover #403A: Gregg Olsen
Interview: This week, Mike and Mike talk with Gregg Olsen about his latest true crime story, A Twisted Faith. Gregg talks about the elements of this crime that drew him to want to tell the story, uncovering the feelings and beliefs driving the people involved, and the aftermath and recovery process for those involved.
Cover to Cover #401A: Nathan Lowell
Interview: Nathan Lowell answered the call for authors who’ve embraced the non-traditional paths for publishing their work.
He was inspired by Dragon Page several years ago and wrote his story geared towards release on Podiobooks, starting with Quarter Share, and continuing with Half Share, Full Share, Double Share, Captain’s Share, and will conclude with Owner’s Share.
