Steven Piziks
Steven Piziks, writing under the double-top-secret code name of Steven Harper, released recently his latest work Nightmare. In Steven’s own words, “it’s a serial-killer science-fiction novel!”
"Cover to Cover" Episodes
The archives of the seminal book talk show, and one of the oldest podcasts on the internet.
Cover to Cover #64: Richard Purtill / Lynn Terelle
Richard Purtill
Now here’s an interesting concept. Take an author who wrote a book 30 years ago under a traditional publishing house and find a way to re-release the book without a massive run. That’s what Richard Purtill did with The Golden Gryphon Feather.
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.
Cover to Cover #60: Greg Bear
Greg Bear.
Greg joins us to speak about his latest book, Darwin’s Children, an interesting interpretation of the future of mankind and the possibilities in store when evolution makes a big leap forward — rather quickly! It’s the sequel to Darwin’s Radio, where Greg first started talking about the changes possible now that we better understand the genetic sequence of mankind.
Cover to Cover #59: Michael Romkey / Elizabeth Merz
Michael Romkey
Michael’s new book is The Vampire’s Violin. Music lovers will enjoy this book as well. Michael does a fascinating job of describing the intricate details of the creation and crafting of violins in this book.
Elizabeth Merz
Talk about an ambitious project for a relatively new writer! Elizabeth is working on a seven book series! The first title is Betnoni’s Prophecy, chronicling the history and political intrigue of another world.
Cover to Cover #58: Kathleen H. Nelson / John F. Nienstedt
Kathleen H. Nelson
Kathleen’s new book is The Dragon Reborn, an ambitious project and sequel to Daughter of Dragons. Similar to another author we know, Kathleen deals with dragon/human relations and gives us another perspective on these magical creatures.
John F. Nienstedt
We speak with John about his latest book, See The Monkey: A Tale of Two Evils. His book deals with conversations between a columnist and a disembodied voice of evil.
Cover to Cover #57: Troy Denning / Aaron Dean Hall
Troy Denning
Troy Denning’s latest book is Tatooine Ghost. This book is a classic bridge novel, which ties the original set of movies to the latest prequels. Han and Leia are married and return to Tatooine to discover a diary left by Leia’s grandmother.
Aaron Dean Hall
Aaron is a new author, and his first offering is The Sorceress of Atunluck. A tale of fantasy and magic on a war-ravaged isle called Atunluck. Aaron wrote the book based on his time teaching school in a small town in Alaska.
Cover to Cover #56: Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks joins us to talk about his latest book, Sometimes the Magic Works. It’s a great book that explores the complete craft of writing– Terry Brooks style. As one of the most prolific and well-known fantasy authors, these tips comes straight from the heart!
Cover to Cover #55: Ann Tonsor Zeddies / Justin Hinks
Ann Tonsor Zeddies
This week Ann Tonsor Zeddies joins us to talk about her book Steel Helix, a book about genetics and the future.
Justin Hinks
Justin Hinks is a new author who published a book called Talismans of Puissance. Justin is attending the University of Illinois, and tells us what it is like trying to write a book while working as a full time student.
Cover to Cover #54: Stan Lee / Tee Morris
Stan Lee! (Yes, THE Stan Lee!)
This was a true treat for both of us, as like most kids of the 70’s and 80’s, we grew up on Spiderman and other Marvel comics.
If we’ve ever recorded a show you don’t want to mis, it’s this interview with Stan Lee. Lie, cheat, play hookey… do what ever you must, but do not miss this interview with the legend Stan “The Man” Lee.
Cover to Cover #53: Scott Nicholson
Scott Nicholson hails from North Carolina and weaves the legends and mysteries of the Appalachian mountains into his tales. His latest book, The Red Church, tells the story of a haunted church and a young man forced to question his faith.
Cover to Cover #52: Tony Ruggiero
Interview: Tony Ruggiero joins us to talk about his latest book, Get Out of My Mind, a political book with a slight science fiction twist. Set around the presidential election of 2000, we get a glimpse of both human as well as alien politics.
Cover to Cover #50: Mitchell Graham
Mitchell Graham.
Mitch joins us to talk about his book, The Fifth Ring, recently released by Harper Collins. It’s the first book in a trilogy and regardless of what you might think from the title, it hasn’t a thing to do with any of Tolkiens works.
The Fifth Ring is Mitch’s first work as a novelist, bringing in many aspects of his past as a collegiate fencer, attorney and neuropsychologist. Now that sounds like an interesting back ground that would make anyone a fantasy author!
Cover to Cover #49: Michael Moorcock
Interview: Michael Moorcock is here, talking with us about his latest book, The Skrayling Tree. If you’ve followed Elric over the years, you might find him in an odd place, dealing with Nazis and Native Americans! Yes, Stormbringer is still around, so old hats won’t be disappointed.
Cover to Cover #47: Cory Doctorow
Interview Cory Doctorows’s latest book, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is out and doing very well on Amazon.com. However, Cory has also made the novel available for you, free to download under a Creative Commons license (and also at Project Gutenberg).
Cover to Cover #46: Greg Keyes
Interview: Greg Keyes is a New York Times Bestselling author, with several other novels to his credit, including a Star Wars book he’s currently working on. With a solid background in Anthropology, Greg’s fantasy novels have an interesting historic twist.
Greg’s latest work, The Briar King, is due to release January 19th, so it should be in stores shortly after that.
