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" Episodes
The archives of the seminal book talk show, and one of the oldest podcasts on the internet.
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.
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contracts not being honored by film companies, and Connor’s work in getting many of Peter’s wonderful but previously unpublished stories.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.
Cover to Cover #244: Cover to Cover 2.0
“Cover to Cover” is branching out. We’ll still talk to the authors we all want to hear from, but we’ll also be expanding those interviews to include discussion from publishers, agents, and others about the business of writing, and methods to improve your own writing.
So many aspects of storytelling to cover, so little time.
Cover to Cover #243: Paranormal Romance
Paranormal Romance: An Interview with Paula Guran and Elizabeth Bear
This week, we present the last of a series of interviews conducted at World Fantasy 2006.
Summer sat down with Paula Guran, editor of Juno Books, and author Elizabeth Bear to talk about paranormal romance, and the wide variety of story themes and components that make up this undefinable but easily recognizable genre.
Cover to Cover #242: Vampire Powerhouse
This week, we present a World Fantasy Convention 2006 panel on vampire fiction.
Paula Guran, editor of Juno Books, is the moderator, and the panelists are Dean Anderson, P. N. Elrod, Charlaine Harris, Suzy McKee Charnas, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
Cover to Cover #241: K. D. Wentworth and Illustrators of the Future
This week, we present another World Fantasy Convention roundtable where Summer talks to Writers of the Future former winner and current judge K. D. Wentworth (an active SF writer and two-time Nebula Award finalist), Illustrators of the Future winner Laura Jennings, and Writers of the Future winner Diana Rowland.
Cover to Cover #240: Tim Powers and Writers of the Future
This week we have a roundtable discussion from this year’s World Fantasy Convention. It’s a chat that spans everything from Tim’s new book, Three Days to Never, his involvement as a judge of the Writers of the Future contest, a little detail on what finalists go through at their “bootcamp”, and more. Just remember, it’s always about the pneumatic tubes.
Cover to Cover #239: Steve Alten
Interview: Michael and Summer talk with Steve Alten about Resurrection, the second book in his “Domain” trilogy. Steve’s a busy author with so many monsters to juggle, and he tells us all about the mythology behind the “Domain” trilogy, and how he has woven a story around the Mayas and the prophecies surrounding their eerily accurate calendar, which ends without explanation on December 21, 2012, and it’s implication that humanity, or life as we know it, will end in the near future, makes for an irresistible tapestry to wrap around a mystery.
Cover to Cover #238: Scott Lynch
Interview: Michael, Evo and Summer talk with Scott Lynch about his debut novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora. “Lies” is the first in a seven book epic, “The Gentleman Bastards” sequence, and the story of how the book came to be published is just as interesting as the story itself.
Cover to Cover #237: Scott Sigler
Interview: Podcast novelist Scott Sigler joins Michael and Evo to push, er, discuss his latest audio drama addiction.
THE ROOKIE is set amongst a lethal pro football league 700 years in the future. Aliens play positions based on physiology, creating receivers that jump 25 feet into the air, linemen that bench-press 1,200 pounds, and linebackers that – literally – want to eat you. Organized crime runs every franchise, games are fixed and rival players are assasinated.
Cover to Cover #236: Writers of the Future 2006
The 22nd Annual Writers of the Future Awards Ceremony was held on Aug 18, 2006 at the Balboa Park Air & Space Museum in San Diego, and Michael and Summer talk with the quarterly winners and the Grand Prize winner of the 2006 Writers of the Future contest
