Adventures in SciFi Publishing
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AISFP 204 – Michael Underwood, Part 1
Michael Underwood, Marketing Director for Angry Robot Books, discusses the science of selling a book, among other topics.
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AISFP 203 – Jessica Steiner
Jessica Steiner joins us to discuss altering the laws of physics, the first works of science fiction, indie publishing, Star Trek and much more.
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AISFP 202 – Myke Cole, Scott Lynch, Jean Johnson,...
Apocalyptic natural disasters, hungry zombies, devastating plagues. These are all mainstays of SF&F stories. The federal government has real National Incident Management System (NIMS) for dealing with them. How would NIMS react to some science fictional scenarios? What would the response look like?
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AISFP 201 – Barnes and Noble slides; Amazon Grips Tightly
Shaun and Moses discuss a variety of publishing news topics. We recorded this several weeks ago, so we confess that these stories may have been updated since then. Also, Moses answers a question about dictation.
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AISFP 200 – Lou Anders
In this episode, we take a drive down memory lane. Then we update some of the past "big topics" covered on the show, including: The Death of Short Fiction, the Rising Paradigm of Publishing, the dangers of Indie Publishing, the hottest sub-genres of science fiction and fantasy, space travel allergies, and more.
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Episode 199 – Sean Williams
Before we replay a classic interview, Sean Williams joins us to discuss his latest projects, experimental sleep deprivation, and Writers of the Future, among other topics.
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AISFP 198 – Kevin J. Anderson, Part 2
Kevin J. Anderson is back to discuss being a writer with no future, Patrick Rothfuss, being an overnight success in 20 years, one of his favorite works, writing by dictation, wordfirepress.com, and more!
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AISFP 197 – Kevin J. Anderson, Part 1
Kevin J. Anderson joins Moses to discuss this year's Superstars Writing Seminar, HELLHOLE: AWAKENING, zombie private detectives, continuing THE SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS, doing horrible things to imaginary friends, the business of publishing, and much more.
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AISFP 196 – R.S. Belcher, Part 2
R. S. Belcher returns to discuss Place as Character, characters of THE SIX GUN TAROT, unexpected characters, stealing from H.P. Lovecraft, and more.
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AISFP 195 – R.S. Belcher, Part 1
R.S. Belcher joins us to discuss the freshening of oldplot lines his former stint on Occult Crimes Task Force in Virginia, trying to time the market, and Stephen King’s Secret Mutant Super Power.
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AISFP 194 – Small Press VS. Independent Press
Bryan Thomas Schmidt joins us to discuss publishing via small press versus independently publishing your own work. He and Moses touch on RayGun Chronicles, military fantasy, the demise of short fiction (?), the health of original anthologies, controlling pricing, the benefit of having a staff handle production of a book and more.
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AISFP 193 – Saul Garnell and David Bischoff, Part 2
Star Hounds, the classic space adventure series in print once again after more than 25 years. And for the first time, all three original novels in one single omnibus, plus a new forth book that continues the adventure into the new millennium! This collection includes THE INFINITE BATTLE, GALACTIC WARRIORS, THE MACROCOSMIC CONFLICT and THE [...]
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AISFP 192 – Saul Garnell and David Bischoff
The men behind Hotspur Publishing, David Bischoff and Saul Garnell, discuss book deals in Irish Pubs, what they have learned since founding Hotspur, Voodoo Robot Chili, and much more.
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AISFP 191 – BN Downsizing, Dragoncon Controvery, and the...
Shaun and Moses discuss Barnes and Noble downsizing, boycotts of DragonCon, and a David Brin essay on the society of idiots.
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AISFP 190 – James Enge, Part 2
James Enge joins us to discuss his signature character, Morlock Ambrosius, epic magic systems, sword and scorcery, the borderland between matter and soul, WRATH BEARING TREE, J.R.R. Tolkien's use of theology rather than religion, why his dragons horde wealth and much more.
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AISFP 189 – James Enge, Part 1
James Enge joins us to discuss Jack Vance, writing political fiction without pushing political agendas, how his University colleagues view his novels, writing "Philosophical romance shot through with elements of horror and morbidity," the potentially negative impact of higher education on imagination, writing for popular appeal and much more.
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AISFP 188 – Eric Griffith, Part 2
Eric Griffith, author of Beta Test and Kali and feateres ditor at pcmag.com, discusses publishing, the value of writing conferences, in particular Viable Paradise, guilt inducing science fiction conventions and writing short fiction.
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AISFP 187 – Eric Griffith, Part 1
Brent sat down with Eric Griffith, author of the novels BETA TEST and KALI and features editor at PCMags, to discuss downsizing the human race, among other topics: super-hero ghost girls, alien gaming platforms, being prolific and more.
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AISFP 186 – John Anealio
John Anealio, science fiction musician and co-host of the Functional Nerds, joins Moses to discuss his work, podcasting, following his muse, feverishly moisturizing, Sam Sykes, and Laser Zombie Robot Love.
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AISFP 185 – Kelley Armstrong
New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong joins us to discuss her work, handling emails from young readers, violence vs. sex in novels and writing your passion.
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AISFP 184 – The Bright Light of New Possibilities
Moses, Sandra and Shaun discuss what they've been up to, our goals for 2013, recently received books, helping Jay Lake, Moses's new podcast and more.
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AISFP 183 – Matthew D. Jordan, Part 2
Matthew D. Jordan returns for part two of our discussion on Tincture. In this episode we delve into Stephen Kings the Dark Tower, the effects of increasing entropy and the unreliable nature of guns and horses.
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AISFP 182 – Matthew D. Jordan, Part 1
Matthew D. Jordan, author of TINCTURE, a new podcast novel, joins us to discuss his post-apocalyptic world where Tanker Men walk the dusty plains and the walls of reality are a bit too thin for anyone's comfort
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AISFP – State of the Pod – 2013
In which I put to the audio the sentiments and master plans first revealed HERE.
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AISFP 181 – Jack McDevitt
Brent Bowen sat down with Jack McDevitt at Worldcon to discuss why one should never compare oneself to Charles Dickens, working with Mike Resnick, career choices for authors, and much more.
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AISFP 180 – Jason Denzel
In this episode, we're joined by Jason Denzel, founder of Dragonmount.com, the biggest Wheel of Time fan site in the known universe. Moses chatted with Jason about his deep involvement with the Wheel of Time series. Jason is one a small number of people who has already read A Memory of Light, the final installment in the Wheel of Time. We asked him for his review of the book. We also discussed Jason's other projects, including his own writing and Dragonmount's ebook store.
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AISFP 179 – Mark Teppo
Mark Teppo joins Moses to discuss the expanding MONGOLIAD universe, raising half-a-million dollars for his forthcoming video game, the business of making franchises across multiple media types, saber rattling in publishing and much more!
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AISFP 178 – Tina Connolly
Brent Bowen chats with Tina Connolly about her debut novel, IRONSKIN, as well as her Parsec Award winning podcast Toasted Cake. Both deserve your attention!
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AISFP 177 – Travis Heermann
Travis Heermann, author of ROGUES OF THE BLACK FURY, discusses his new fantasy novel set in a Renaissance setting because he likes guns! Well, there is more to it than that.
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AISFP 176 – Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton
Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton sat down with Brent Bowen and Bryan Thomas Schmidt at Conquest to discuss the state of science fiction and fantasy publishing.
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AISFP 175 – D. B. Jackson
D.B. Jackson, author of THIEFTAKER, joins us to discuss real life thieftakers from times long past, complicated magic systems, the accessibility of dialogue in epic fantasy, urban fantasy VS epic fantasy, how a Ph.D. has helped him create political and economic systems, and his work as David B. Coe.
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AISFP 174 – Adam Christopher
Adam Christopher, author of EMPIRE STATE and the new SEVEN WONDERS, joins us to discuss his love for superheroes, his literary inspirations, science fiction period pieces and why superhero literature has not kept pace with superhero film.
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AISFP 173 – Glen Cook
Glenn Cook, author of The Black Company and Dread Empire series, discusses his first novel, living with Fritz Leiber and his journey in writing.
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AISFP 172 – Walter Jon Williams, Nancy Kress and Michael...
Michael J Winegar discusses the groundbreaking Kickstarter book TOME OF IDEAS FOR WRITERS AND ROLEPLAYERS. Walter Jon Williams and Nancy Kress talk writing, genre and how one can be taught to write.
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Clarkesworld Fiction Special
Mur Lafferty and I performed Rolling Steel: a Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story, by Jay Lake and Shannon Page for Clarkesworld Magazine. Music by Chris Armstrong from the album, A.I. Awakens. Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post on Google Buzz Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Tweet This! Share this [...]
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