Interview: We talk with Tobias S. Buckell about his book Crystal Rain. Tired of the Anglo-european centric books? Then Crystal Rain may be for you. Scifi Fantasy set in the Caribbean!
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Cover to Cover #203: David Marusek
Michael and Evo talk to David Marusek about his first novel, Counting Heads. David is a short story writer that is taking his first steps into novel writing. A good conversation with an author working his way into bigger things.
Cover to Cover #201: Matthew Wayne Selznick
This week Michael & Evo talk with Matthew Wayne Selznick about Brave Men Run. This is not a book, but a podcast novel. Tune in to hear about what makes this book so great, and how to find out for yourself how good audio drama can be.
Cover to Cover #200: Scott Sigler
This week Evo is back from vaction and we get Scott Sigler on the phone to tell us about his podcast book, Earthcore. Blood and gore galore! Scott has some very exciting things happening, including a new novel, print versions of his work, and exploring avenues in Hollywood.
Cover to Cover #199: Crazee Comics / Frederik Pohl
Next, the gang talks to master author Frederik Pohl. A man that has been writing science fiction longer that most of us have been reading it. His latest book, Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories, is one to check out if you want a sample of his work. Don’t miss this interview with a true master.
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 #194: Richard K. Morgan / Alison Baird
In the past, Richard K. Morgan has joined us to talk about every book he has written. So when his new book Woken Furies was released, we had to get him on to talk about it as well.
Next, Alison Baird joins us to talk about The Archons of the Stars, part of the “Dragon Throne” series. Fantasy, dragons, and a good story. What else could you want?
Review: “Ilium” by Dan Simmons
This is an odd book. Simmons envisions a solar system several thousand years in the future. Earth is practically uninhabited—a few hundred thousand “old-style” humans are all that is left of us. So-called “post-humans” left the planet long ago for cities built on asteroids in orbit. The “old-style” humans are each allotted one hundred years of life, at which point they are faxed (quantum teleported) to the rings to live forever with the post-humans. Or so the ordinary humans believe.
Review: “Earthcore” by Scott Sigler
I’m not even really sure where to begin with this review. I, along with 6,000 of Sigler’s closest friends, let Scott Sigler pull me around like fish on on an angler’s line for 20 some-odd weeks as he released this fast-paced, bloody mosh-pit of a book in audio form, one chapter at a time.
So yeah, I wanted to kill him on a weekly basis. But back to the story.
Cover to Cover #192: Robert J. Sawyer / Kevin J. Anderson
Robert J. Sawyer was in town for a local convention and we got him in studio to talk about his new book Mindscan. Rob also talks to us about science and science fiction writing.
Next, Kevin J. Anderson joins us to talk about The Road To Dune. Kevin originally talked to us in our room at Dragon*Con, but Kevin and Michael found a bar later and that interview disappeared. Kevin was good enough to redo the interview from a convention in Portland.
Review: “Counting Heads” by David Marusek
Marusek has envisioned his world so clearly and carefully that the technical details feel like afterthoughts. References are made subtly and in passing, the way any of us would refer to a ubiquitous convenience like a cellphone or digital camera, and it takes you many pages to get a full glimpse of how this future society truly differs from our own, while remaining completely human and recognizable.
Cover to Cover #190: George R. R. Martin / Terence West
You’ve asked for it, we have been promising it, now we finally deliver! The amazing George R. R. Martin is our guest this week and he tells us about his long awaited book A Feast For Crows. He tells us what took so long, and gives us insight into the next book coming out soon.
Next up Terence West joins us to talk about Fallen Angels. A book about Area 51, alien abduction, and lots of government intrige.
Review: “Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town” by Cory Doctorow
This is a book that will appeal mostly to geeks, both because it’s SF and because it dwells so enthusiastically on the topic of wireless connectivity and networks and all that. But above and beyond those trappings, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is about family and society: fitting in, feeling left out, struggling for acceptance, struggling for independence.
Cover to Cover #184: Sara Douglass / Maureen F. McHugh
First up is Sara Douglass telling us about Darkwitch Rising and the “Troy Game” series from her home in Australia. Listen to a top-selling fantasy writer delve into the realms she’s created.
We then talk to Maureen F. McHugh about her short story collection Mothers and Other Monsters, and her desire to jumpstart a new subclass of family-themed and mother-focused science fiction.
