I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a techo thriller with near future sci-fi thrown in. It is a well written and enjoyable tale that is full of the flavor of India, its culture and people, from a forward looking perspective.
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Cover to Cover #237: Scott Sigler
Interview: Podcast novelist Scott Sigler joins Michael and Evo to push, er, discuss his latest audio drama addiction.
THE ROOKIE is set amongst a lethal pro football league 700 years in the future. Aliens play positions based on physiology, creating receivers that jump 25 feet into the air, linemen that bench-press 1,200 pounds, and linebackers that – literally – want to eat you. Organized crime runs every franchise, games are fixed and rival players are assasinated.
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.
Review: “Woken Furies” by Richard K. Morgan
Waiting to meet a friend for lunch the other day, I stood outside a restaurant in Manhattan’s TriBeCa with my face buried in Woken Furies, the latest book from Richard K. Morgan. The restaurant manager spotted me reading and approached me eagerly: “Is that the new Takeshi Kovacs?” The funny part is, this was the second time I’d been approached by a rabid fan while reading one of Morgan’s books.
Cover to Cover #222: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Roundtable
This week the guys talk to a roundtable of Edge Publishing authors, K.A. Bedford and his Hydrogen Steel and Eclipse, Rebecca Rowe with Forbidden Cargo, and Lynda Williams with Righteous Anger and Courtesan Prince.
Conjuring Omens in Autumn Twilight: An Interview with Storm Constantine
Storm Constantine is an imaginative and prolific writer. But don’t just take my word for it. Michael Moorcock hails her as a “goth rock and roll queen and a writer of fine literary fantasy” and Neil Gaiman stated that he “wouldn’t swap her for a dozen Anne Rices.” You can also keep Terry Pratchett as well, for my money no one can beat either Nalo Hopkinson or Storm Constantine for creative genius in the speculative fiction world.
Cover to Cover #218: James Patrick Kelly
On the show this week James Patrick Kelly talks about his book Burn. This is a far-future story about an Amish-like civilization living on a planet in the midst of being terraformed. Check it out.
Cover to Cover #217: J. C. Hutchins
On the show this week, the guys interview J. C. Hutchins, author of 7th Son. This podcast novel tells the story of clones – unaware of being clones – all coming together to aide in the capture of the original genetic code donor. Talk about a twisted story that will make your head swim. Don’t miss it.
Cover to Cover #215: Greg Van Eekhout
This week we talk with Greg Van Eekhout. A writer that has had a lot of his work spotlighted on Escape Pod. Greg was in the Draco Vista Studios to tell us about what it’s like being a short story writer struggling to break into the world of novels. Good information here for new writers.
Cover to Cover #214: George Zebrowski
Interview: George Zebrowski talks about Macrolife. If you remember, this was the book that Evo thinks would “change your life.” We now get the man on to tell us more about this amazing look at life, the universe and the future. (Like, end of the world, future.)
Review: “Light” by M. John Harrison
What makes Light so special, and so very much worth your attention, is that no matter how “far out” Harrison takes things—very far out indeed, if you’re wondering—he remains primarily concerned with human stories, human dilemmas. There are three main characters in this book who (almost) never interact in the course of the story, though their lives are all intertwined and eventually come together.
Cover to Cover #209: Peter F. Hamilton
Interview: We talk with Peter Hamilton about his new book Judas Unchained. A high science fiction book about a future universe where you take a train to other worlds. Amtrak was never this cool.
Cover to Cover #208: Octavia Butler
A few weeks back we had the pleasure of interviewing Octavia and talking about her latest book Fledgling. Soon after that we learned that Octavia passed away.
Because of her untimely death we were left unsure of what to do with the conversation where she talks about her work, her life, and her failing health. After speaking with several of her fans (including ourselves), we have decided to present the interview as it happened in this special tribute.
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.
Review: “The Plot to Save Socrates” by Paul Levinson
Levinson, author of The Silk Code and The Consciousness Plague, among others novels, brings us one of the more peculiar time travel books I’ve read. In it, a group of time travellers brought together by forces unknown—and you never really find out whom—conspire to rescue Socrates from hemlock poisioning at the hands of the Athenian democracy, bringing him to the future for the benefit of all mankind.
