Interview: Mike and Mike talk with Naomi Novik about the Temeraire series, the latest volume of which is Tongues of Serpents. She talks about her research into the Napoleonic Wars and her travel to Australia, some of her work process, those 3am story ideas that get her out of bed to write, and more.
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Cover to Cover #398A: Connie Willis
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.
Cover to Cover #223: Harry Turtledove
Interview: This week, Michael and Evo talk with Harry Turtledove, the “Master of Alternative History”, about his latest novel, The Grapple, third book in the Settling Accounts series, and about alternate history, young adult fiction, and future projects.
Cover to Cover #112: Thomas Harlan / Wesley Lowe
Thomas Harlan
Tom deals with an alternate history which brings about an alternate future in his book, House of Reeds.
Wesley Lowe
The Griffin’s Gauntlet covers one of the classic themes of fantasy, where a normal girl finds herself questing in a magical world, encountering fantastical creatures in her journey to defeat the evil king.
