AISFP 210 – Jo Walton on WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK SO GREAT

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Enjoy Brent Bowen‘s interview with Hugo and Nebula Award winning author of Among Others, Jo Walton. What if fairies were real and they were in the industrial ruins? Brent’s interview with Jo Walton explores this “what if” in her book, Among Others. She built a magic system where things came alive because you used them. [...]

AISFP 209 – Zachary Jernigan and Nick Sharps, Part 2, NO RETURN

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Timothy C. Ward’s debut show as executive producer brings back reviewer, Nick Sharps, and author, Zachary Jernigan, to discuss Zach’s debut novel, NO RETURN, and how the MFA program at Stonecoast helped him write it. As we transition into Tim’s taking over the show, we are once again looking for sponsors. Send an email to [...]

AISFP 208 – Make it So

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After more than six years at the helm of AISFP, Shaun is stepping down from the Captain’s chair. But the show goes on. Warp speed ahead!

AISFP 207 – Zachary Jernigan and Nick Sharps, Part 1

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Tim Ward returns with a fantastic 3-part discussion with author Zachary Jernigan and reviewer Nick Sharps on the topic “Education Paths for Science Fiction Fans and Writers”.

AISFP 206 – Stina Leicht

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Brent Bowen returns and he is triumphant! Loading us all into his Way-Back machine, we present an interview with Stina Leicht from last year’s WorldCon. Hey, some things are worth waiting for!

AISFP 205 – Michael R. Underwood, Part 2

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Michael R. Underwood joins us again to discuss writing great fight scenes and “hot pants” fantasy.

AISFP 204 – Michael Underwood, Part 1

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Michael Underwood, Marketing Director for Angry Robot Books, discusses the science of selling a book, among other topics.

AISFP 203 – Jessica Steiner

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Jessica Steiner joins us to discuss altering the laws of physics, the first works of science fiction, indie publishing, Star Trek and much more.

AISFP 202 – Myke Cole, Scott Lynch, Jean Johnson, Eightball and Marie Bilodeau

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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?

AISFP 201 – Barnes and Noble slides; Amazon Grips Tightly

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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.