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Conversations with Authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy
The archives of the seminal book talk show, and one of the oldest podcasts on the internet.
Interview: Terry Pratchett’s fantasy/science fiction series “Discworld” is a global bestseller and fan favorite, and the latest book in the series is A Hat Full of Sky. Terry’s series (easy to jump in anywhere, by the way) should be required reading for all kids and most adults.
Interview: Today, we’re talking with Timothy Zahn about his young adult series, “The Dragonback”, and the first book in this new series, Dragon and Thief.
Gregory Benford
Gregory works in the far-future, hard science fiction realm. His latest work is Beyond Inifinty, dealing with the evolution of the human race one billion years in the future.
Gene and Grayson Steinberg
This father and son writing team wrote the novel Attack of the Rockoids, exploring the love between an alien and a human.
Interviews with Michael Stackpole, Robert E. Ferrell, and Janeen O’Kerry
Interview: David Drake’s new book, The Far Side of the Stars, is a “space opera” and is filled with action and adventure as well as telling a great story. But don’t pigeon-hole him into this sub-genre of sci fi.
Interview: Donato Giancola was the artist guest of honor at LepreCon.
Interview: The new book from Eric Van Lustbader is Mistress of the Pearl. It’s the third book Eric’s epic science fiction series, “The Pearl Saga”.
Interview: In Steven Barnes’ Zulu Heart, we find an alternate history where Africa, rather than Europe, colonized the world. It’s a whole new take on things!
Thomas Harlan
Tom deals with an alternate history which brings about an alternate future in his book, House of Reeds.
Wesley Lowe
The Griffin’s Gauntlet covers one of the classic themes of fantasy, where a normal girl finds herself questing in a magical world, encountering fantastical creatures in her journey to defeat the evil king.
Marcos Donnelly
Marcos has just released his new novel, Letters from the Flesh, an interesting alternate past/present (yes, that’s an odd way to say it…) science fiction novel released under the new imprint, Robert J. Sawyer Books.
Robert J. Sawyer
Speaking of Robert J. Sawyer Books, Rob himself joins us to talk about his new imprint, Red Deer Press.
Interview: Joe R. Lansdale is the author of the original short story from which the movie Bubba Ho-Tep was made. No, Elvis didn’t die. Yes, JFK had his brain stolen and his skin dyed black. And both of them team up to fight an evil soul-sucking mummy feeding off the elderly resident of a rest home. Strange, wild stuff.
Interview: Let’s carry the Bubba Ho-Tep theme forward for just a bit. Best known for the cult classics Phantasm and
Interview: (Gotta love these in-studio interviews!) Timothy Zahn’s latest “Star Wars” novel is Survivor’s Quest, which takes place about 18 years after Return of The Jedi and follows the life of Luke and his new wife.
Richard K. Morgan
Richard’s latest book is Broken Angels, his second book following Takeshi Kovacs.
Anne Harris
Inventing Memory is the most recent book written by author Anne Harris. It’s an extrapolation of ancient Sumerian mythology transposed on modern American teenagers.
Dungeons & Dragons 30th Anniversary Special!
With Dave Arneson, Ed Stark & Bill Slavicsek from Wizards of the Coast, and Michael Stackpole
Ray Bradbury
Legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury joins us on the show this week! Let me repeat that. Ray Bradbury is on the show! Sixty years of writing, and the man is still going strong. Would you believe he has a new collection coming out this summer! Ray talks about The Cat’s Pajamas, his well-received television series… and how modern science fiction and fantasy stacks up against his generation.
Howard V. Hendrix
Break out your thinking cap people, as we talk with Howard about his latest book, The Labyrinth Key. It’s hard science fiction, mingling quantum computing and alternate universes with global espionage. Howard like to make sure the science in his work matches the real science happening in the real world today– and pushing that envelope up a few notches.
Bob Salvatore
Bob’s new book is The Highwayman an uncharacteristic stand-alone novel. The master of fantasy series has tried something new, and that is writing one book. That’s it!
Theresa Chaze
Debut novelist Theresa Chaze offers Dragon’s New Home, a modern-fantasy tale of wiccan-style witchcraft.
Megan Morrison Megan is the co-founder of The Sugar Quill, a fanfic site dedicated to the works of JK Rowling. Many of you will need a definition for the word fanfic, or the term fan fiction. We cover that and many of the issues and controversies surrounding this growing phenomenom. Yes, we know many of […]
Charles de Lint
Spirits in the Wires is part science fiction, part fantasy and all about discovering the true nature of identity. People cast off from childhood, others created out of cyberspace… and creatures of myth and magic.
Lisa Smedman
Extinction is the latest by Lisa Smedman. It’s book four of a six book series, “War of the Spider Queen”, and set in the Forgotten Realms universe,
