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Catherine Asaro discusses The Vanished Seas, an entry in the Major Bhaajan science fiction mystery series set in the world of Asaro’s Skolian Empire. Asaro talks about the characters and the deep history of her setting, the city of Cries on the planet Raylicon—a city stratified by an opulent metropolis on the surface with a hardscrabble underground section below called the Undercity—and the manner in which her private investigator is able to bridge both worlds; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 21.
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Charles E. Gannon discusses At the End of the World, a novel set in the world of John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising series. In the book, a sailing ship filled with teenagers on a science voyage to the South Seas is caught in the midst of an eat-your-neighbor plague that hits the world and causes the collapse of civilization. There’s a whip-smart young narrator from a disadvantaged background, and a crusty, ghoul-faced adult sea captain leading and teaching them who may be more than he at first seems. Chuck Gannon discusses the creation of the book, the characters, and the plot; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 20.
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Christopher Woods, Jody Lynn Nye, David B. Coe, and Les Johnson on Give Me Libertycon edited by Christopher Woods and T.K.F. Weisskopf. This is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy featuring stories by David Weber, David Drake, Larry Correia and Timothy Zahn and many more, including editor Christopher Woods, Jody Lynn Nye, David B. Coe, and Les Johnson. Woods, Nye, Coe, and Johnson discuss their stories in the book, the excellence of the small Chattanooga SF convention Libertycon, which is put on in the spirit of the great, convivial cons of old, and the legacy of Libertycon founder, Richard T. Bolgeo, known to all as Uncle Timmy. A portion of the sale of Give Me Libertycon goes to Libertycon’s annual charity and to support a young scientist fellowship to attend the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop, founded by NASA scientist Les Johnson; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 19.
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Peter J. Wacks and Eytan Kollin on Caller of Lightning. This is the third entry in the Arcane America series. It’s a flintlock fantasy/alternate history featuring Benjamin Franklin in a magically charged America and Europe. In Caller of Lightning, Ben Franklin discovers an inherent magic within himself connected to the key he electrified in his kite experiment. The novel then details Franklin’s coming into his own as a wizard of power, working for the incipient America coming into being; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 18.
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David Weber and Phillip Pournelle discuss Mamelukes, by Jerry Pournelle. When the late, great Dr. Jerry Pournelle passed away, he left behind the nearly completed manuscript for science fiction novel Mamelukes. Now Pournelle’s son, Phillip Pournelle, and Honor Harrington series creator David Weber have completed the book. This is an entry in Jerry Pournelle’s legendary Janissaries series; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 17.
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David Weber and Phillip Pournelle discuss Mamelukes, by Jerry Pournelle. When the late, great Dr. Jerry Pournelle passed away, he left behind the nearly completed manuscript for science fiction novel Mamelukes. Now Pournelle’s son, Phillip Pournelle, and Honor Harrington series creator David Weber have completed the book. This is an entry in Jerry Pournelle’s legendary Janissaries series; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 16.
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David Weber and Phillip Pournelle discuss Mamelukes, by Jerry Pournelle. When the late, great Dr. Jerry Pournelle passed away, he left behind the nearly completed manuscript for science fiction novel Mamelukes. Now Pournelle’s son, Phillip Pournelle, and Honor Harrington series creator David Weber have completed the book. This is an entry in Jerry Pournelle’s legendary Jannis Janissaries series; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 15.
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Lois McMaster Bujold and Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf discuss Bujold’s book Penric’s Travels. This is a fantasy novel featuring deceptively mild-mannered sorcerer Penric set in Bujold’s Five Gods fantasy world. This is part two of a two-part interview; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 14.
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Lois McMaster Bujold and Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf discuss Bujold’s book Penric’s Travels. This is a fantasy novel featuring deceptively mild-mannered sorcerer Penric set in Bujold’s Five Gods fantasy world. This is part one of a two-part interview; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 13.
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Eric Flint and Dave Freer discuss The Shaman of Karres, the fourth entry in the Witches of Karres science fiction adventure series. This is a storyline finale novel, with young super-science witch The Lewitt coming of age as she, Paussert and Goth from the previous books fight against a vast interstellar slaving operation; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 11.
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Dr. Robert E. Furey discusses his Baen.com web site article “The Bridge of Sighs: Are We What Might Have Been?” which asks the question of whether we are living in a simulation created by our descendants. It seemed like a trivial idea to Furey at first, but upon consideration, he became convinced the possibility that we are part of a nested simulation might very well approach 100 percent. Rob Furey is a biologist specializing in social spiders, and Professor of Integrative Sciences at Harrisburg University, and serves as assistant provost there; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 10.
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Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf on reading and the current Great Hunkering Down happening at the moment. She also discusses Baen Books’ response with a new Baen Virtual Roadshow, and other initiatives. Weisskopf also talks about being art director at Baen, and some of the decisions that go into creating the covers. Finally, Weisskopf discusses Give Me Libertycon, a new anthology she has edited with Christopher Woods filled with Baen authors contributing stories in honor of fan legend Timothy Bolgeo; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 9.
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Thomas Kidd, Susan R. Matthews, and Christopher Ruocchio discuss Overruled, a science fiction anthology with a law and order theme. It’s lawyers in space, as artist and author Tom Kidd talks about his story of a star-traveling artist in the dock for murder represented by an annoying, but humorous, robot barrister, Susan R. Matthews discusses an arbitration proceeding in the far reaches of the Gonebeyond Space of her Under Jurisdiction series that’s on the verge of turning a riot, and Christopher Ruocchio, who is coeditor of the volume, talks about a tale set in a far-future Roman-Empire-like setting featuring a witch trial for a cyborg; and David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor, Part 8.
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In these somewhat uncertain days, there’s nothing like reading a good book to give you a mental break, lift the spirits, and even inspire you. And if you can’t make it to a print bookseller, we’ve got you covered with these tips for some great science fiction and fantasy ebook reading.
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In these somewhat uncertain days, there’s nothing like reading a good book to give you a mental break, lift the spirits, and even inspire you. And if you can’t make it to a print bookseller, we’ve got you covered with these tips for some great science fiction and fantasy ebook reading.
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In these somewhat uncertain days, there’s nothing like reading a good book to give you a mental break, lift the spirits, and even inspire you. And if you can’t make it to a print bookseller, we’ve got you covered with these tips for some great science fiction and fantasy ebook reading.
- Se mer
