Today Joanne C. Hillhouse joins us to talk about her new novel, Musical Youth. Here is the publisher’s description: Can one summer make the difference of a lifetime? Zahara is a loner. She’s brilliant on the guitar but in everyday life she doesn’t really fit in. Then she meets Shaka, himself a musical genius and the […]
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Today Terry Jackman joins us to talk about her new novel, Ashamet, Desert Born. Here is the publisher’s description: “Headstrong was the least I knew they said about me. Unpredictable, a wicked sense of humour? Gods, I hoped so.” A desert world. A population of 100 males to every female. And for Ashamet, its prince, a suddenly
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Yep. Tor Books and Tor.com have arranged an Author Drinkup at Geek Bar Chicago in conjunction with the Nebula Award Weekend. You know you want to come hang out, talk fiction, and drink beer, or cocktails, or soft drinks, or whatever you prefer. With whom? Me, John Joseph Adams, Greg Bear, Tobias Buckell, Ellen Datlow,
Want to hear me talk in depth about Of Noble Family? AND you can read an excerpt that we talk about on the podcast. We actually talk mostly about the worldbuilding so while there is a spoiler warning, there aren’t many actual plot spoilers. If you haven’t read Mary’s latest novel, Of Noble Family, this
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In part one of a two-part interview, Brent and Kristi talk with Hugo Award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal about her efforts to facilitate conversation about fandom with a Hugo supporting membership drive and her interests in the Caribbean, specifically a recent Steampunk Cruise where she often is a guest (interview begins at about 11:30). For part two, which will be episode 302,
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Yes. I mean 250 words. Contractually required to be that short. Really. Here’s the first paragraph as a teaser. Albina sat crosslegged on the polished reclaimed bamboo floor of her condo, with the SmartMortar gripped between her thighs. Leaning into the motion, she ground the pestle over the corn with soothing clockwise motion. Want to
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Peter Orullian joins us today to talk about his new novel, Trial of Intentions. Here is the publisher’s description: The gods who created this world have abandoned it. In their mercy, however, they chained the rogue god–and the monstrous creatures he created to plague mortalkind–in the vast and inhospitable wasteland of the Bourne. The magical Veil that
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I wrote this essay in a moving van as we were relocating from Portland to Chicago. It appeared in Smart Pop Book’s Ender’s World which was a series of essays looking at the novel Ender’s Game from different perspectives. Here’s a teaser. In 2005, I was fortunate enough to attend Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp. I
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Today Sally Kilpatrick joins us to talk about her new novel, The Happy Hour Choir. Here is the publisher’s description: From debut author Sally Kilpatrick comes a hopeful tale of love and redemption in a quiet Southern town where a lost soul finds her way with the help of an unlikely circle of friends. . . Life
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Let me start by asking bluntly, and then I’ll give details. My friend Nora and her husband Bob were in a horrific car accident. Horrific. As in, there seems to be an actual miracle involved in the fact that they are alive. This is the link to a fundraiser to help cover their medical expenses beyond what insurance will cover.
While on book tour (you are coming out to see me at Borderlands tonight, if you’re in SF, right?) I finished a short story. It’s 6700 words and I’m on a sort of tight turnaround on it. If you have time to read it tonight, will you drop your name in the comments and I’ll
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Today Chrysoula Tzavelas joins us to talk about her new novel, Citadel of the Sky. Here is the publisher’s description: A Dark Lord is rising. Again. But hey, that’s what the royal family is for, right? Kicking butt in nice dresses: a new epic tradition. Her (not very) Serene Highness Princess Tiana tries her best not to think
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I was supposed to have done this weeks ago, but I am a slothful and distracted person. I appreciate her patience and the opportunity to share the opening stage of this painting with her readers. So slothful and distracted am I that I still have yet to read one of her books! Historical fiction is
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Eli K.P. William is joining us today with his novel Cash Crash Jubilee. Here’s the publisher’s description. In a near-future Tokyo, every action—from blinking to sexual intercourse—is intellectual property owned by corporations, who take it upon themselves to charge licensing fees for your existence. Amon Kenzaki is a Liquidator for the Global Action Transaction Authority.
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I’m over on Goodreads answering questions. Because you can mark spoilers, that means you can ask me ANYTHING you want. Anything. I might lie to you, but I’ll answer it. Go to: Goodreads | Mary Robinette Kowal (Author of Shades of Milk and Honey)
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