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Tim Ward’s Top 5 SF Reads of 2013
Here’s my Top 10 from 2012, and for 2013, I’m cutting it to a top 5. I’m not one of those 100+ books a year readers. I only read like 35 books last year, but I only finish about one in ten that I start, some going as far as sixty seventy percent before putting […]
Audiobook Review: 11/22/63 by Stephen King, Narrated by Craig Wasson
Like many authors, Stephen King has his hits and misses. This one started off strong, but then had a kind of bloated middle. I wasn’t sure I’d finish, and thought I’d have been okay not to, but I am so glad I did. I can’t remember the last book that made me cry. The ending, […]
AISFP 142 – Steven Gould
Steven Gould sat down with Brent to discuss fried clams, 7th Sigma, all-consuming robotic bugs, the roll ebooks are playing in saving publishing and magazines, Viable Paradise and more. Also, we talk books and tease about new, forthcoming segments.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 57:50 — 39.8MB)
AISFP 140 – Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge’s new novel is CHILDREN OF THE SKY, the direct sequel to the 1992 Hugo winning novel A FIRE UP ON THE DEEP. In the interview we discuss the timing of this sequel, new future SF, Zones of Thought, keeping the Singularity at arms-length, writing teenagers, Group Mind, and much more.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 50:53 — 35.1MB)
Books Received for September 2011
We neglected the Books section this past year, and we are committed to correcting that error. Now, here is a look at the books we looked at in September. To learn more about the books sent to use by publishers this past month, simply click on the image to open the Amazon page for that […]
AISFP 100 – Kij Johnson
Kij Johnson joins us from the Campbell Conference to discuss the possible evolution of the short story, her own recent award-winning Spar — 2009 Nebula Award Winner, 2010 Hugo Award Nominee, and 2010 Locus Award Finalist — and this Midwest gem called the Center for the Study of Science Fiction.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04:56 — 44.7MB)
A Report for WorldCon
Pointing out the trend towards fast, dramatized dialog, Stan made the case that modern SF panders itself to the less knowledgeable reader, and takes the genre away from its literary roots.
World Fantasy Convention
The 2009 World Fantasy Convention recently concluded in San Jose, California, and we were there.