Interview: This week, we talk to Peter S. Beagle and Connor Cochran about his writing work and his writing process, as well as Connor’s dedicated work in pursuing monies still owed Peter from old contracts not being honored by film companies, and Connor’s work in getting many of Peter’s wonderful but previously unpublished stories. Many of these new novellas and short stories are coming out in anthologies and individual publications all over.
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Cover to Cover #243: Paranormal Romance
Paranormal Romance: An Interview with Paula Guran and Elizabeth Bear
This week, we present the last of a series of interviews conducted at World Fantasy 2006.
Summer sat down with Paula Guran, editor of Juno Books, and author Elizabeth Bear to talk about paranormal romance, and the wide variety of story themes and components that make up this undefinable but easily recognizable genre.
Cover to Cover #236: Writers of the Future 2006
The 22nd Annual Writers of the Future Awards Ceremony was held on Aug 18, 2006 at the Balboa Park Air & Space Museum in San Diego, and Michael and Summer talk with the quarterly winners and the Grand Prize winner of the 2006 Writers of the Future contest
Cover to Cover #233: Prime Books “SF Best of the Year”
This week, Joe Murphy joins Michael in studio for a bit of book discussion.
Next, Michael and Evo chat with Rich Horton, editor of Prime Books’ Science Fiction: The Best of the Year 2006 anthology.
Cover to Cover #207: Larry Niven
Interview: We talk with Larry Niven about his new book The Draco Tavern. A compilation of stories that span Larry’s long writing career.
Cover to Cover #197: Joe Haldeman / Kit Reed
This week we talk to Joe Haldeman his book Old Twentieth. A book that tells us that living forever is a bit boring. Immortals casting themselves off into space for a 1000 year journey. Fun stuff.
Next up, We talk to Kit Reed about Dogs of Truth. A good collection of stories that you may enjoy.
Review: “Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories”
I’d never read Pohl before dipping into Platinum Pohl, but now I find myself eager to expand my Pohl-ian horizons. This is Grand Master science fiction at its finest. Each one of the stories in here is a gem, a well-crafted little machine.
Cover to Cover #196: Writers of the Future 2005
This week we talk to three authors whose work is featured in the new book L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 21. A book that is the 21st volume in the anthology series sponsored by Hubbard’s Writers of the Future program.
Cover to Cover #176: Gregory Frost / Fiona Avery
First up this week is Gregory Frost and his book Attack of the Jazz Giants Gregory’s book is a collection of short stories and he tells us how they came about. Even though it sounds like a tribute to music, the scifi is rich.
After that, Fiona Avery is back to tell us about The Crown Rose. (XM listeners, you have a chance to get a free book. Tune in!)
Review: “Phoenix Tales” by Gregory Bernard Banks
I’ve heard it said that the fear of death so permeates us as a species that all of our endeavors serve as distractions intent on keeping us from thinking about our eventual deaths.
Sometimes, when the clock clicks over at two thirty in the morning, and I can’t sleep, I wish I could come up with more distractions.
Some people apparently decide that rather than distract themselves from thoughts of death, they will turn a brave face into the wind and speculate on the landscape of the undiscovered country.
Cover to Cover #156: Ellen Datlow / Craig Spector
Interviews with Ellen Datlow (Faery Reel) and Craig Spector (Underground)
Classic Review: “Minority Report and Other Short Stories” by Philip K. Dick
I drive a lot. So I’m always on the lookout for free or cheap-ass audio books of great SF. A few days ago I stumbled across Philip K. Dick’s Minority Report and Other Stories narrated by actor Keir Dullea, the perfect mind-escape from the four-hour drive back from Vegas over the holiday weekend. And what a ride.
Cover to Cover #105: Ray Bradbury / Howard V. Hendrix
Ray Bradbury
Legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury joins us on the show this week! Let me repeat that. Ray Bradbury is on the show! Sixty years of writing, and the man is still going strong. Would you believe he has a new collection coming out this summer! Ray talks about The Cat’s Pajamas, his well-received television series… and how modern science fiction and fantasy stacks up against his generation.
Howard V. Hendrix
Break out your thinking cap people, as we talk with Howard about his latest book, The Labyrinth Key. It’s hard science fiction, mingling quantum computing and alternate universes with global espionage. Howard like to make sure the science in his work matches the real science happening in the real world today– and pushing that envelope up a few notches.
