Interview: Michael, Brian and Michael talk with the force of nature that is JC Hutchins, and the upcoming third volume of his 7th Son Trilogy, debuting on July 7, 2007. The guys talk about how 7th Son became a podcast, and how the promotional monster combination of Hutch and Sigler was borne and grew into the cosmic force that it is today.
"Cover to Cover" Episodes
The archives of the seminal book talk show, and one of the oldest podcasts on the internet.
Cover to Cover #267: Kelley Armstrong
Interview: Michael, Summer, Michael and Brian chat with Kelley Armstrong about her latest Otherworld novel, “No Humans Involved”, and her interpretation of necromancer as Jaime Vegas takes the forefront in her own story this time around.
Kelley also tells us about her other book coming out later this summer, “Exit Strategy”, a crime thriller featuring a female law enforcement officer turned hitwoman, with not one speck of paranormal to be found anywhere in the story.
Cover to Cover #266: John Klima
Interview: Michael, Summer, and Michael chat with John Klima, editor of the short story collection Logorrhea, a bold play on storycrafting where he sent a list of Scripps Spelling Bee winning words to a select list of authors and asked them to write a story based on and inspired by the word they picked in addition to incorporating the word into the story.
Cover to Cover #264: Charlaine Harris
Interview: Michael, Summer, Brian and Mary welcome Charlaine Harris to the studio, since she’s stopped in Phoenix during the book tour for All Together Dead, the latest in her Southern Vampire series.
Charlaine tells us how she moved from writing conventional mysteries to writing what she calls rural fantasy, the building of the universe that Sookie inhabits, and working with the characters Sookie Stackhouse and Harper Connelly.
Cover to Cover #262: John Scalzi
Interview: Michael and Summer welcome John Scalzi into the studio, since he’s stopped in Phoenix during his whirlwind book tour to promote The Last Colony, following the protagonists, John and his wife Jane, after they’re asked by the Colonial Union to lead the establishment of a brand new colony, and the ulterior motives they uncover along the way.
Cover to Cover #261: K. A. Bedford
Interview: Michael, Summer, Brian, Michael and Tim talk with award-winning Australian author Adrian Bedford about his latest book, “Hydrogen Steel”, which Tim eagerly read through for review.
Adrian tells us all about creating the universe of “Hydrogen Steel”, and creating the characters that live there as the story flows back and forth between a detective mystery and a hard scifi story, and about the award nominations it’s garnered so far.
Cover to Cover #260: Jim Butcher
Interview: Michael, Summer, Brian, and Evo are joined in studio with Jim Butcher, the New York Times best-selling author of the hot Dresden Files series, and the Codex Alera series. The newest Dresden files book is “White Night”, and the newest Codex Alera book is “Cursor’s Fury”.
Jim tells us all about what inspired him to create the Dresden Files series, and we have Laurell K. Hamilton, Cast A Deadly Spell, and the first season of “Buffy” to thank for these. We also talk about the television series adaptation aired on SciFi Channel, and the impressions made by rushing the show into and through production, and Jim talks about his hopes for a season 2
Cover to Cover #259: Patrick Rothfuss
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.
