The Genre Traveler Podcast Snippet No24, Ira Nayman
To listen to the full podcast episode, go to Humor and Science Fiction.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Podcast Episode 28: Alternate Alaska
The Genre Traveler chats with Lauri Owen about her Embers series of novels set in an alternate Alaska where decadent mages rule and shape-shifters, indigenous to the land, are their slaves. Topics we touch on include the rural nature of Alaska, the nature of villains, good vs. bad in a cultural context and the advantages […]
The Genre Traveler Podcast Snippet, No. 23, Beau Nelson & Alex Ballar
To listen to the full podcast, visit Podcast Episode 23: Zombie Drugs.
Texas Frightmare Weekend Has First Time Stateside Guest
Japanese actress and director Eihi Shiina (Audition, Tokyo Gore Police and Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl) will be making her first time appearance here in the States at Texas Frightmare Weekend, April 29-May 1). Also from Japan will be special effects artist Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police, Machine Girl and Mutant Girls Squad). “Texas Frightmare […]
Shore Leave 33 Confirms Guest Roster
You still have time to register for Shore Leave 33, taking place in the Baltimore area July 8-10. Rarly registration is being taken until June 15 and gets you nice discount. Confirmed guests include: John de Lancie Q from the modern Star Trek franchise series Colonel Simmons from Stargate SG-1 I saw him speak at […]
Podcast Episode 27: Vampires and Technoculture
What happens when you write a novel that isn’t purely cyberpunk science fiction but also isn’t purely vampire horror? According to this week’s guest Gabrielle Faust, you end up in the dark fantasy or urban fantasy section. Gabrielle is the author of the post-apocalyptic, techno-horror vampire series Eternal Vigilance, as well as an illustrator and […]
The Genre Traveler Podcast Snippet, No. 22, Joan Marie Verba
To listen to the full episode, visit Go Thunderbirds!
Design a Giskin Anomaly Detector
Balboa Park is the home of an interactive cellphone game called Giskin Anomaly. Started in November 2010, the game lets visitors to Balboa Park follow in the footsteps of Drake and Pandora, two amateur sleuths. While listening to their intensely personal stories interwoven with key points in the park, players get to live moments from […]
The Genre Traveler Podcast Snippet, Episode 21, Joseph Picard
For the full podcast episode, visit Attack of the Nanite Zombies.
Travel Reads: Visions of Tomorrow
Can science fiction stories predict the future? With Visions of Tomorrow: Science Fiction Predictions That Came True, editors Thomas A. Easton and Judith K. Dial gathered tales by such science fiction luminaries as H.G. Wells, Charles Sheffield, Gregory Benford and Murray Leinster that all have one thing in common … they (in some way or […]