The Dragon Page "Cover to Cover"
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: This week, Mike Mennenga talks with Jim Butcher about the latest story in the Dresden Files series,Changes.
Jim talks about the new set of upheavals in Harry’s life, the pacing of the stories — and the news about the long-awaited Dresden Files Role Playing Game coming out soon (pre-orders are now available from Evil Hat Productions).
Interview: This week, Mike and Mike talk with GRRM about the anthology Warriors, about how much fun he has with fiction anthologies, and his hopes for more core genre anthologies.
George also talks about the latest updates on his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, including the progress on A Dance with Dragons, how his working pace contrasts with the impatience of his more ravenous fans, the development of the series on HBO and his gratitude about the show being done by HBO, and more.
Interview: This week, Mike and Mike talk with Douglas Clegg about his latest novel, Neverland.
Doug talks about how much his growing up in the 1960s influenced many of the elements of the story, including the impacts of family secrets and the dark undercurrents that kids experience but don’t fully understand.
Interview: This week, Mike and Mike talk with Gregg Olsen about his latest true crime story, A Twisted Faith. Gregg talks about the elements of this crime that drew him to want to tell the story, uncovering the feelings and beliefs driving the people involved, and the aftermath and recovery process for those involved.
Interview: Nathan Lowell answered the call for authors who’ve embraced the non-traditional paths for publishing their work.
He was inspired by Dragon Page several years ago and wrote his story geared towards release on Podiobooks, starting with Quarter Share, and continuing with Half Share, Full Share, Double Share, Captain’s Share, and will conclude with Owner’s Share.
Interview: Jack: Secret Circles, the latest novel in the YA series about Repairman Jack’s teen years, is out and F. Paul Wilson drops by “Cover to Cover” to talk about Jack’s journey, and focusing on building up the foundation events that influenced young Jack to become the Repairman Jack we all know and love.
Interview: Connie Willis’ latest novel is Blackout, and it’s actually just the first half of the story. All Clear is the concluding volume, and is due out in October 2010.
Connie tells the guys about some of the little-known stories that came out of the London Blitz, how she prefers to examine the human elements surrounding the disaster stories throughout history, and how she prefers science fiction over historical fiction as a platform to tell these tales.
Interview: Lee Modesitt joins us to talk about the 16th book in his “Saga of Recluce” series, Arms-Commander, and the world that the epic is set in.
He talks about how he grew this world after initially never intending to go beyond the first story, by taking the threads of the back story and world history that were dropped along the way and tying them together and expanding them as he wrote more and more stories in the setting.
Interview: Canadian SF author Nina Munteanu drops by today to talk about writing!
Her latest book is a writer’s guide, The Fiction Writer: Get Published, Write Now!, and Nina talks about the obstacles (real and imagined) facing new writers today, teaching writing, the possibilities on the direction of the future of storytelling, and more.
Interview: Our guest today is acclaimed Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Samuel R. Delany.
He is currently a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University, and his most recent book is the revised edition of The Jewel-Hinged Jaw, published by Wesleyan Press.
Discussion: Daniel Suarez, author of Daemon and Freedom (TM), joins Mike and Mike for the entire show!
Beyond talk about writing stories that resonate with technology professionals and defense strategists alike, the discussion ranges from social networking, potential uses and abuses of Internet technologies, the ever-evolving (and now impossible to eradicate) sophistication of spam and bots, transhumanism, gene mods and the law, and more.
Interview: Gail Z. Martin, author of “The Chronicles of the Necromancer” series, revisits the Dragon Page to chat about the most recent volume Dark Lady’s Chosen.
Gail also talks about the social networks surrounding her books and universe, and about her spring Con and Festival travel schedule… if you drop by, tell her you heard her on The Dragon Page!
Interview: Jake Black, co-author of The Official Ender Companion, joins Mike and Mke to chat about the definitive encyclopedia of the Ender universe. Jake talks about his introduction to and immersion into the stories and characters of the “Ender’s Game” universe, the process of making sure all of the facts and data were accurate and complete, and more.
Interview: This week, Kris Rusch joins Mike and Mike to talk about her newest book, Diving into the Wreck, just out from Pyr Books. This book grew from a series of space adventure novellas that had previously been serialized in Asimov’s.
Discussion also includes Kris’ Freelancer’s Survival Guide, and some chat about the multimedia influence on the evolution and revolution of news and writing.
Interview: This week, Lou Anders, Editorial Director at Pyr, joins Mike and Mike to talk about some of his many projects coming up: With Great Power… is an anthology of superhero stories; Swords and Dark Magic which is a major swords & sorcery anthology co-edited with Jonathan Strahan
