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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.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke
In between us two geeks slobbering all over ourselves, we manage to ask Sir Arthur a few germane questions about his new book, Time’s Eye, written with Stephen Baxter
Robert J. Sawyer
Not only is Rob an award-winning science fiction author, but he’s also a raging Arthur C. Clarke fan just like the two of us! We talk about how influential Sir Arthur has been in this profession, as well
Robert Jordan
Fantasy legend Robert Jordan joins us to speak about his new book in The Wheel of Time series. It’s called New Spring: The Novel and is a prequel to his ground-breaking and required reading series.
Vernor Vinge
Keeping with our promise to bring you the best authors this month, we’ve got three time Hugo award winning author Vernor Vinge. His latest released book (which Evo highly recommends) is The Peace War, which was written years ago but has been re-released.
Interview: Is there evidence of intelligent life on Mars? Other than our unfortunate probes, that is. That’s the topic of discussion in Gary’s new novel, The Orion Protocol. Government corruption, espionage, intrigue… all are part of thriller novel with a science fiction element. And maybe, just maybe, it might be true.
Philip Baruth The X President is Philip’s latest book. Yes, there are elements of science fiction in this book, so you can all relax. Can you picture Bill Clinton traveling through time to save the world? Philip can, and he took that imagination to come up with a 109 year old Bill, a combination of […]
Sean Jordan
Sean is the Managing Editor of Dabel Brothers Productions. They produce graphic novels (you might call them comics) from classic fantasy books.
Dawn Rivers Baker
Dawn is a new author of science fiction and fantasy, penning her first novel, The Rise of the Phoenix.
Michael Romkey Michael returns to the show to talk about his next book due in March of ’04, American Gothic. We think vampire novels fit in the Fantasy literature realm, and Michael agrees. This book covers a wide scope of time: from the Civil War to the present. Hey, time flies when you’re undead… Michael’s […]
F. Paul Wilson
Paul’s latest book is Gateways, the latest in his Repairman Jack series. Paul’s books span many generas (and is now in sci-fi) with the same main character – Repairman Jack. What started in 1984 has continued through seven books… and keeps picking up fans along the way.
George Beahm
Are you a Lord of the Rings fan? Looking for that last special piece to finish off your collection of Frodo figurines? You’ll need to get George’s latest book, The Essential J.R.R. Tolkien Sourcebook: A Fan’s Guide to Middle-earth and Beyond.
Interview: We’re talking about (and with) actor & author Richard Hatch, from (among many things) “Battlestar Galactica”!
While he was not involved with the latest SciFi Channel mini-series of the same name, Richard has written seven “Battlestar Galactica” books, carrying the theme and storylines from the original series. His latest book you can buy is Paradis, with another due next spring. We’ll talk about what was, what is and what could have been with Battlestar and many other great sci-fi.
Interview: Robert Reed’s latest book, Sister Alice, asks What would the universe be like if mankind achieved technological advances that made us no less than gods? What started as a simple novella turned into wonderful tale of epic hard science fiction.
Interview: Do you like spy novels? Like fantasy? Michelle Welch’s new book Confidence Game is just what you are looking for. It’s her debut novel, and is filled with political intrigue, preindustrial (sort of) con artists and an interesting take on “magic”.
John Shirley
John joins us to speak about his new book, Crawlers. Call it a fusion of sci-fi and horror, as most of John’s work crosses generas and often defines a few.
Bill Pottle
For hist first novel, Bill chose the traditional fantasy line of a quest.
Mike Brotherton Mike is a professor of astronomy and has taken his passion, wrapped it up and put it in a book. His debut novel is called Star Dragon, and it gets a big thumbs up from Evo, who read the book in a single one-day sitting. Fans of hard sci-fi are going to enjoy […]
Interview: Michael flies solo on this in-studio conversation with James Luceno, sci-fi author of Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force. Fans of the classic Star Wars will enjoy seeing their favorite characters return in a big way. In addition, new characters have been introduced who will take the series into several new iterations.
Connie Willis
Passage is a book about near-death experiences. But unlike most of the “factual” tales, Connie wrote this with science fiction in mind. It’s not an examination of the truth, but an exploration of how sci-fi might explain it.
Lynn Terelle
Lynn tackles the moral challenges of cloning in her book, The Book of Daniel. In this book, cloning is both responsible for a global apocalypse and our species only salvation.
Interview: William C. Dietz writes military sci-fi, and his latest book For More Than Glory continues to be in this vein. Think French foreign legion, complete with cyborgs, aliens and planetary confederations
Interview: R. A. Salvatore’s latest featuring everyone’s favorite dark elf, Drizzt, is The Lone Drow. Bob has big hopes for this book
Spider Robinson
His latest book is Callahan’s Con, the next in a series of science fiction books Spider has been writing for over thirty years. If your unfamiliar with the “Callahan” series, it centers around a bar in Key West populated with aliens, time travelers… and in this book, a wanna-be gangster– from outer space.
Wil Radcliffe
Wil’s debut novel is called Noggle Stones, a young adult fantasy. This book takes place in the late 1800’s in America, but gets blended with faeries and goblins!
