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Conversations with Authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy
On the phone this week is Kate Wilhelm telling us about her book Storyteller: 30 years of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop. Great stories of what it is like to be part of this prestigious writing college. Not to mention the squirt guns. (You have to listen now.)
We then talk to Gregory B. Banks about his book Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life. The book was reviewed by our own Joe Murphy and because of the glowing report, we had to get him on.
Joining us on the phone this week, Karl Schroeder tells us about his latest book Lady of Mazes. Exploring the world of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is what this book delves into.
More from WesterCon 58. This time we bring you Bruce Taylor and his new book Kafka’s Uncle & Other strange Tales. The book is due out soon, and Bruce tells us what to expect.
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!)
First up this week is Wil McCarthy telling us about his book, To Crush The Moon. Wil’s book tells us a story of how future man will shrink the moon so that it can hold an atmosphere. Sounds impossible, but Wil is a hard science kind of guy and assures us that the book’s concepts are possible. Tune in and hear the details.
After that, Tom Piccirilli takes us down south for some good old-fasioned horror in November Mourns. (And you thought that the south was already scary.)
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.
First up this week is Neal Asher talking about his book, Cowl. Great conversation about time travel and the future.
After that, Jayme Lynn Blaschke gives us a look at Voices of Vision, a book filled with interviews from some very big names in Scifi/Fantasy.
This week Joe joins us in the studio to talk with Marc D. Giller, author of Hammerjack. Cyberpunk has made its way back on the scene in this book and we are very happy to see it. Find out what has everyone talking.
We then make a long distance Skype call to talk with Paul Story about his podcast novel Tom Corven. Paul talks to us from an internet cafe in split Croatia.
This week we talk with Cory Doctorow about his new book, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, and his work with EFF. (The Electronic Frontier Foundation.)
After that we talk with Steve Eley of Escape Pod. This is a cool converstation that you won’t want to miss.
This week Michael, Summer & Joe in the studio to talk with Kevin J. Anderson about his new book, Scattered Suns, latest in his “Saga of Seven Suns” series.
After that, Summer and Michael fire up Skype for an international call to Gerard Readett. Gerard’s new book is called Roadworks, and deals with a futuristic world where traffic is taken over by computers.
This week we talk with Chris Roberson his new book Here, There & Everywhere. A great conversation about his book and the source of his inspiration to write it.
Mur Lafferty (“Geek Fu Action Grip”) joins us on Cover to Cover to tell you about writing in the gaming world. (And how she got this dream job!)
This week we talk with Sci-fi legend Ben Bova about his books Powersat and Mercury. A great conversation with a man that has been writing great sci-fi for a long time.
We then talk with Mark Jeffery about his book The Pocket and the Pendant. Mark has been turning his work into a Interviews with Kage Baker (The Life of the World to Come) and later, Wil Radcliffe (Noggle Stones) The opening of the final chapter of the Star Wars Saga begins on a fast-paced note, and rarely slows down until the very end. All of us old-time Star Wars fans know exactly how things turn out, but what we’ve never known was how events progressed in that direction; until Episode II, we never knew just how much of the bigger picture was manipulated by Darth Sidious. In this story, we learn how much has been manipulated, how long the pieces have been in play, and how they all come together in the end. Interview Interview: Minister Faust has written the definitive novel for all fan boys, The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad. Poor SF/F geeks battle rich used-to-be SF/F geeks, with some SF-ish drug dealers and some sort of Ethiopian demi-god thrown in to boot. Minister describes the book as “The Catcher in the Rye meets Repo Man, or Harry Potter on Heroin”. Yeah, that pretty much sums it up.Cover to Cover #164: Kage Baker / Wil Radcliffe
Review: “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” by Matthew Stover
Cover to Cover #159: Robert J. Sawyer
Robert J. Sawyer talks about MindscanCover to Cover #155: Minister Faust
