Interview: Rob Sawyer, possibly one of the most heavily grounded in “science” authors of science fiction we’ve ever talked to, joins us to discuss his latest series of books dealing with Neanderthals and Human evolution. The first book, Hominids, is out in paperback and the next book, Humans, will be out in hard cover very soon. Following quickly on their heels will be Hybrids, the conclusion (?) of the series.
"Cover to Cover" Episodes
The archives of the seminal book talk show, and one of the oldest podcasts on the internet.
Cover to Cover #44: Terry Bisson
Interview: Nebula and Hugo Award winning author Terry Bisson spoke with us today.
Terry has been writing for years. His latest book, The Pick-up Artist deals with an issue Michael and I talk about nearly every show… too many books! He also has a great collection of short stories, In the Upper Room is also available.
Cover to Cover #43: Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote, star of film and stage, just happens to be an author as well! His book, sleeping where I fall (case intentional), is a personal memoir of his life and times spent with an amazing radical street group called The Diggers. Peter takes some time to explain the basic premise to the book to us, which has enticed both of us to rush out and get a copy!
Cover to Cover #42: Piers Anthony
No kidding, kids! We’ve got one of Michael and Evo’s favorite authors on the show this week. Piers is one of the most prolific authors of today (or anytime, for that matter) with over 120 books to his credit.
With Piers we cover the full gambit, from his new erotic novel work The Magic Fart, a sequel to his popular Pornucopia, to how Hollywood cuts the best parts of their own works!
Cover to Cover #41: Victoria Strauss
Interview: Victoria Strauss has penned many great Sci-fi/fantasy books in the past, and we talk to her about her latest one, The Garden of the Stone from Eos.
She is also the owner/moderator of Writer Beware, a site dedicated to shedding light on shady agents, publishers, and editors out to take advantage of new authors.
Cover to Cover #40: Dave Rineberg
Dave Rineberg is a fascinating person with amazing accomplishments. As a tennis pro and hitting coach for none other than Venus and Serena Williams, he’s written three books on his time in the trenches with this powerful and controversial family.
Dave has also penned his first fantasy novel, In Search of Dorothy, due out sometime in the summer of 2003. This book takes us 20 years after Dorothy’s return to Kansas and asks a simple question: what if it wasn’t a dream? Dave weaves in concepts from both the orginal book as well as the movie The Wizard of Oz
Cover to Cover #38: Tee Morris and Lisa Lee
Tee Morris and Lisa Lee: Co-authors of Morevi
We first interviewed Tee Morris a few weeks ago, and since that time, both Michael and Evo (plus Michael’s wife and a few others) have read the book, Morevi – And we all loved it!
Cover to Cover #37: Jonathan Fesmire
Interview: An interesting talk with Jonathan Fesmire, author of Seeds of Vision and Children of Rhatlan. Jonathan started out with an e-book publisher and has migrated over to conventional print via Crystal Dreams Publications. Give a listen to see what he has to say about the difference between “e” and print.
Cover to Cover #36: R. A. Salvatore
R. A. Salvatore – New York Times best selling author – many times over – talks with us about his latest book The Thousand Orcs. The first in the Hunter’s Blades trilogy, published by Wizards of the Coast.
We talk about his writing, and exciting opertunities with The Demon Wars, his Star Wars books, movie participation, and other upcoming book deals.
Cover to Cover #35: Greg Burke
Greg Burke is the author of Alien Earth, a near-future novel about… aliens and the earth! (Go figure.) In a nutshell, everything you’ve heard about aliens is true. Now how do we react as a species? Gotta read it to find out!
Greg also writes technical manuals for… beer? Now come on. We’ve drank enough beer to know that it’s not that technical. But it does make for a funny story!
Cover to Cover #34: Alan F. Troop
Interview: We interview Alan F. Troop, author of The Dragon DelaSangre, a fantasy/horror book dealing with dragons in a contemporary setting. This book was recently nominated to the Top 10 Horror Novels by Booklist.
Cover to Cover #33: Diane Hundertmark
Interview: Diane Hundertmark writes books about dragons, which makes Michael very happy! Her book, The Dragon and The Rose, features a dragon that was once a human? who can transition from human to dragon and gets to pick the ruler of their world.
Cover to Cover #31: Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Interview: Danielle Ackley-McPhail wrote the book Yesterday’s Dreams, a fantasy book dealing with the things we acquire and how as those things depart from us, they take our impressions with them as well.
The interview gave some great insight to a first time author, and tells her almost unbelievable tale of getting published.
Cover to Cover #29: Paul Sams, Blizzard Entertainment
Interview: Paul Sams, Sr. VP of Business Development for Blizzard Entertainment joins us in the studio to talk about the company’s newest and hottest selling title, WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos.
Paul gives us some insight to the world of PC gaming and how Blizzard interacts with it all. Interesting topics that you might not know about the company come to light.
Cover to Cover #28: Weslynn McCallister
Interview: Weslynn McCallister, author of Prophecy Of The Ancients and the sequel The Sorcerer’s Android.
