In this podcast snippet, you’ll get a peek into why Darren Campo chose Pluto as the focus of the first Alex Detail novel. For the full podcast, including info on the second novel, visit The Adventures of Alex Detail and His Author.
On Jan. 3, 1892, JRR Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. To celebrate this event, The Tolkien Society invites Tolkien fans around the world to raise a glass and toast the birthday of this much loved author at 9pm your local time. The toast is “The Professor.” And for those unfamiliar with British toast-drinking […]
In this snippet, you’ll learn a bit about what lies behind Chris Berman’s two science fiction novels The Hive and Red Moon. For more of the conversation, visit the full podcast, Alien Invasions and other Fun Things.
This basic guide to all things zombie in fiction, film and other media, is part of the Complete Idiot’s Guide series of books. It is a thin, easy-to-read volume written by the same person who brought you The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Werewolves and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Paranormal – Nathan Robert Brown. […]
In episode 14, the last episode of 2010, The Genre Traveler chats with author (and TV producer) Darren Campo about his books in the Alex Detail series. Along the way we discuss the virtues of Pluto, colonizing Venus, utopian vs. dystopian science fiction, how working in television can help you write a novel, adding plausibility […]
What’s so cool about science fiction horror from the 1980s? In this snippet, Donna Shannon shares her experience growing up a science fiction and horror fan, and her thoughts on what made Alien and The Terminator so special. To listen to the complete Episode 12, go to Podcast Episode 12: Fandom and Life Lessons.
Wishing you and yours a warm and wonder-filled holiday season!
What happens when two science fiction fans get together for a podcast? What if one of them is also an emerging rock star? Find out by listening to Episode 11 of The Genre Traveler Podcast.
I just learned of a convention that is about a one-hour, 20 minute train ride from my home and I’m thinking of going. What: Los Angeles Comic Book & Sci-Fi Convention Where: Shrine Hall 700 W. 32nd Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Across from the USC campus, off of Figueroa Street. When: January 16th, 2011 10am […]
For the full interview with Frank Fiore about his novel Cyberkill, to to Podcast Episode 10: Can artificial intelligence become self aware?