When Roen Tan, stereotypical IT tech, wakes up one morning hearing voices he naturally assumes he’s gone crazy. Sadly, he hasn’t.
AISFP 198 – Kevin J. Anderson, Part 2
February 21, 2013 By 2 Comments
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 181 – Jack McDevitt
December 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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 171 — Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
July 26, 2012 By 9 Comments
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller chatted with Brent at ConQuest. They discuss recent, big news that all 15 books in the Liaden Universe® will be released at Audible, other upcoming projects — including more Liaden books — and boxed wine.
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AISFP 170 – Bryan Thomas Schmidt
July 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Bryan Thomas Schmidt joins us to discuss several new projects, particularly his second novel in the Saga of Davi Rhii THE RETURNING.
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Is Critical Thinking a Dying Art?
May 26, 2012 By 11 Comments
This is how we descend into a new techo-dark age, that is paradoxically driven by an over infusion of information that’s not be processed by people because they have lost that ability to make value judgments. This is a world in which a richness of technology and knowledge gets lost in the shuffle of our inability to access and apply it.
The Importance Of Keeping An Open Mind To The Fiction Of Ideas
March 26, 2012 By 14 Comments
They say “speculative fiction” is the fiction of ideas. Ever heard that? . . . But the more I read and get to know the speculative fiction community, the more I’ve discovered a closed mindedness that seems to be the antithesis of the cliché.
The Importance Of Faith As An Element In Realistic SFF Worldbuilding
February 28, 2012 By 22 Comments
It’s a topic that comes around time and again: Religion and Science Fiction. While some argue the two are antithetical, others, even Atheists, strongly disagree. SFSignal had such a case in their Mind Meld on the subject in which such known Agnostics and Atheists as Mike Resnick, Ben Bova, Michael A. Burstein and L.E. Modessit, Jr. argue that the two are not antithetical.
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