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, Michael, Michael and Summer talk with author Raymond Benson about his two latest books, A Hard Day’s Death and Metal Gear Solid.
Raymond was the fourth official writer of the James Bond 007 novels, and wrote the Bond novels that came out between 1996-2003, writing 6 original novels, 3 movie novelizations and 3 short stories.
Interview: Michael, Summer and Michael talk with Peter David about his latest novel, Tigerheart, which is a fairy tale written in the spirit of J. M. Barrie, but not directly about Peter Pan.
Peter also talks about the Barrie legacy, and about how many more stories about Peter Pan may be coming out since the story and characters have now moved into public domain.
Interview: Michael, Summer, and Michael talk with Rob Kutner about his new book, Apocalypse How. Rob is an Emmy Award-winning staff writer for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and he uses that blend of sharp and scathing humor to bring us a guide that outlines the 9 apocalyptic scenarios most likely to come to pass, and not only how to survive those events, but how to thrive in the aftermath.
The section covering zombies is a must-read.
Interview: Michael, Summer, Michael and Lorrie welcome Laurell K. Hamilton to the studio to talk about, Blood Noir, the 16th book in the best-selling Anita Blake series, and her 27th book overall.
This episode is all interview, and covers almost everything, so sit back, listen, and enjoy!
Interview: Michael, Summer and Michael talk with Maria V. Snyder about, Fire Study, the third book in her very popular “Study” series. The series follows Yelena, who starts out as a slave who’s been condemned to death, but is offered a chance for reprieve by becoming a commander’s food taster.
It’s full of mystery, magic, intrigue and romance that grows from Poison Study, and follows through Magic Study and now into Fire Study.
Interview: Michael, Lorrie and Michael welcome Charlaine Harris to the studio, to discuss the newest in her Sookie Stackhouse series, From Dead to Worse. Lorrie has become newly addicted to the series, and Charlaine tells us about creating a world that melds real people with supernatural beings and abilities so smoothly.
We also hear a little about the upcoming HBO series based on the books, “True Blood”, and the excitement about the cast and filming is high.
Interview: Michael and Michael talk with Tim Lebbon aboutFallen, the latest book in the land of Noreela, taking place about 4000 years before the events of the first two books, Dusk and Dawn.
Interview: Michael and Summer talk with Gail Z. Martin about The Blood King, Book 2 of The Chronicles of the Necromancer, and the developments around her series since we talked to her last year.
Hear about the epic series Gail has planned, the renaissance fair book signing tour, and more!
Interview: Lee Modesitt, Jr joins Michael and Michael to discuss Viewpoints Critical, his long overdue collection of short stories, about his prolific writing output over the years, and everything in between.
Interview: Mike, Summer and Mike talk to 17-year-old Isamu Fukui about his first SF novel, Truancy. He wrote a 100,000 word novel in a summer vacation… don’t hate him, take it as inspiration!
Interview: Michael and Michael are bored because Summer isn’t around. So they decided to call up Tracy Hickman and cause a ruckus.
“The Lost Chronicles” is the final series in the vast expanse that is the Dragonlance sequence that Tracy is writing with Margaret Weis.
Interview: Just about every show member who’s local to Phoenix dropped by for this one, because Jim Butcher came into town for a book signing. A very well-attended book signing at The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, since he was delayed there an extra hour signing books for folks.
Mike M, Summer, Mike S and Brian chat with Jim about the tests and trials poor Harry Dresden’s been put through, and possible expectations of future adventures in the wringer for Harry.
Interview: This week, Justin Gustainis joins us to chat about his new dark fantasy novel Black Magic Woman. He tells us about Quincey Morris and Libby Chastain, and the investigation of an ancient curse on a family, and the larger scope that the story takes on as it progresses.
Interview: Illustrator and author James A. Owen joins us in studio, in the midst of his school and library tour to talk about The Search for the Red Dragon, the second book in the “Imaginarium Geographica” series.
The stories and the artwork in this series are wonderful, with the grand scope of history, geography, literature and mythology that are intertwined. Now, combine this with the 7-book “Mythworld” series that will eventually tie into the 7-book “Imaginarium” series, plus a tie-in with the “Starchild” graphic novels, and you’ve got a truly rich world that needs it’s own book of footnotes just to keep track of all of the references.
Interview: New Media Rockstar Scott Sigler joins Mike, Summer and Mike to chat about his newest hardcover release, INFECTED. He talks about the interest of Crown Books in experimenting with using free content to promote sales of the print version, with free e-book version available for a few days prior to the print release, as well as the podcast version of the book being released again.
