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Conversations with Authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Terry Goodkind
The “Sword of Truth” series has been going strong and is up to the ninth book, with Chainfire. Now Terry offers a new novel of Richard and Kahlan, the beginning of a sequence of three novels that will bring their epic story to its culmination.
c.c. dust
Mr. Blur is the first offering by c.c., and is difficult to sum up in a short paragraph. Think cyberpunk and film noir wrapped around horror and mystery and you’re getting close.
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.
Gwyneth Jones
A fictional account of a scientist would truly be science fiction, right? That’s what you’ll find in Gwyneth’s newest book, Life
Vijaya Schartz
Vijaya is the president of the Arizona Authors Association and joins us to talk about her newest book, White Tiger.
Do I have an agenda in reviewing this highly anticipated and primarily fan-promoted mini-series Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars? Perhaps. Am I a fan of Farscape? The answer is “Frel, yes!” Does this mean that if The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark produced a four-hour epic-size crap sandwich, I’d be happy regardless?
I hate to disappoint you all out here, but no. If anything, my expectations were completely out-of-bounds and over-the-top. I don’t think I was alone on Sunday night in my outlandish and outrageous expectations. And with what was riding on this mini-series, the Farscape crew had a lot to face and even more to overcome.
Terry Brooks
Terry took time out from a busy book tour to chat with us about High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil.
Nancy Kress
Crucible is Nancy’s follow-up book of hard science fiction.
Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Brian and Kevin are on tour with their new book The Battle of Corrin, which wraps up the “Legends of Dune” series.
Peter W. Prellwitz
Peter is one of the finest “new” authors around, and anyone who is a fan of hard science fiction is going to be completely sucked in to Horizons, this tale of action and mystery wrapped in a hard sci-fi cover.
Usually, as I’m reading a novel, I get an idea of how I’m going to start off the review. Usually a theme coalesces and is fully formed by the time I reach “The End.” But with The Luck of Madonna 13, by E. T. Ellison, I honestly have no idea where to begin, other than to say that this is easily the weirdest book I have ever read. Which must be a good thing, as I whole-heartedly believe that was one of the author’s intentions.
Robert Newcomb
Robert has released the third book in his ground-breaking high-fantasy series, The Scrolls of the Ancients. You won’t believe the story behind the book.
Adam Connell
Adam is making quite a name for himself in the science fiction world with Counterfeit Kings.
Gregory Benford
Gregory works in the far-future, hard science fiction realm. His latest work is Beyond Inifinty, dealing with the evolution of the human race one billion years in the future.
Gene and Grayson Steinberg
This father and son writing team wrote the novel Attack of the Rockoids, exploring the love between an alien and a human.
Robert J. Sawyer’s Far-Seer tells the story of Afsan, an apprentice astrologer who takes his first pilgrimage: a long and dangerous ocean voyage to find the face of god. Hungry and thirsty for knowledge, Afsan is blessed on this voyage. The ship’s captain owns a far-seer; a new invention made of lenses and tubes that enables its user to see far off objects in great detail.
Interview: The new book from Eric Van Lustbader is Mistress of the Pearl. It’s the third book Eric’s epic science fiction series, “The Pearl Saga”.
Interview: In Steven Barnes’ Zulu Heart, we find an alternate history where Africa, rather than Europe, colonized the world. It’s a whole new take on things!
Marcos Donnelly
Marcos has just released his new novel, Letters from the Flesh, an interesting alternate past/present (yes, that’s an odd way to say it…) science fiction novel released under the new imprint, Robert J. Sawyer Books.
Robert J. Sawyer
Speaking of Robert J. Sawyer Books, Rob himself joins us to talk about his new imprint, Red Deer Press.
Robert J. Sawyer is one of the Dragon Page’s best friends. Besides the fact that he writes ridiculously good science fiction, he has been generous with his time and has given us several great interviews and plugs. Which is why I’m trying to rehydrate my parched lips as I type. I’m giving the first title from his new line of books a thumbs down.
Interview: (Gotta love these in-studio interviews!) Timothy Zahn’s latest “Star Wars” novel is Survivor’s Quest, which takes place about 18 years after Return of The Jedi and follows the life of Luke and his new wife.
Richard K. Morgan
Richard’s latest book is Broken Angels, his second book following Takeshi Kovacs.
Anne Harris
Inventing Memory is the most recent book written by author Anne Harris. It’s an extrapolation of ancient Sumerian mythology transposed on modern American teenagers.
