Invaders From Planet 3
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Welcome to Invaders From Planet 3, the podcast where we talk about science fiction, fantasy, and all points in between.
Each episode we'll talk with authors and others connected to speculative fiction about the books, short stories, movies, TV shows, radio plays, or comics that made them fall in love with the genre. We'll also discuss their approach to their craft, what's good in sf today, and a galaxy of other topics.
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Ep 54 - Kelly Robson's Top 10
August 17, 2020 03:22 - 4 minutes - 8.23 MBThis is it: the final episode of the special bonus season of Invaders From Planet 3! I hope you've enjoyed hearing these mini interviews with some of our previous guests over the past few months as we've shuffled through the strange days of the pandemic. I'm going to be taking a little break, but stay tuned for a regular season of full-length episodes in a few months with a new batch of guests. And, by all means, go back and re-listen to some of our classic episodes. But for now, author ...
Ep 53 - Joe Haldeman's Favourites
August 04, 2020 03:55 - 10 minutes - 20.2 MBIt's been a while, but now that my B.Ed program has wrapped up, Invaders From Planet 3 is back on the air! (Congratulations to all of my fellow rookie teachers from the UBC B.Ed program of 2020!) We're down the second-last episode of the show's bonus season, and this time, I've unearthed a mini interview I did with author Joe Haldeman a few years ago at VCon. He shares some of his favourite works of sf by other writers from over the years, with a special emphasis on comics. Bear in mind ...
Ep 52 - Sebastien de Castell's Top 5
June 27, 2020 04:03 - 7 minutes - 14.5 MBWe're counting down towards the end of our special bonus season of Invaders From Planet 3 with just three mini episodes to go — this time with the return of author Sebastien de Castell! An extensive search of the archives in the Lair of bloginhood (currently located beneath a concession stand in an abandoned Japanese theme park) has yielded a previously-unaired interview where Sebastien shares his Top 5 list of some of his favourite speculative fiction stories by other writers. This con...
Ep 51 - Kristi Charish's Top 5
June 24, 2020 03:41 - 8 minutes - 15.6 MBIt's been a while, but we're back! The Invaders From Planet 3 bonus season continues with the return of author Kristi Charish! In this previously-unaired mini interview, Kristi shares her list of her Top 5 favourite speculative fiction movies. Keep in mind, it's been a couple of years since we had this conversation, so Kristi's favourites may have changed since then. But they're certainly worth searching for on your favourite streaming service. Meantime, be sure to visit your local boo...
Ep 50 - Robert Charles Wilson's Top 5
June 04, 2020 03:43 - 3 minutes - 6.25 MBAuthor Robert Charles Wilson returns to the show as our bonus season continues! I've recovered a previously-unaired mini interview with Bob that was lying around in the archives of the Lair of bloginhood (currently located aboard a houseboat adrift on a methane lake on Saturn's moon Titan). In it, he shares his Top 5 list of his favourite speculative fiction stories by other writers. Keep in mind, our conversation took place a couple of years ago, so his favourites may have changed. But ...
Ep 49 - Minister Faust's Top 5
May 31, 2020 06:15 - 11 minutes - 21.5 MBIt's a pretty terrible weekend with all that's going on in the world, but I've given it a lot of thought, and I think it's valid that the bonus season continue. The people who make the speculative fiction stories we love show us new perspectives, through their own work, as well as when they share their recommendations for stories by others. It seems that the world is seriously in need of different perspectives and understanding right now, so the show's going on. If nothing else, some listene...
Ep 48 - Alyx Dellamonica's Top 5
May 27, 2020 03:01 - 6 minutes - 11.3 MBThe bonus season of Invaders From Planet 3 continues, this time with the return of author Alyx Dellamonica! My excavations of the archives in the Lair of bloginhood (currently located in a porch swing converted to a blanket fort, somewhere in Waterloo) have uncovered a previously-unaired mini interview with Alyx, where she shares her Top 5 list (and more!) of her favourite speculative fiction stories by other writers. Keep in mind, this conversation took place a couple of years ago, so h...
Ep 47 - David Nickle's Top 5
May 24, 2020 05:15 - 2 minutes - 4.97 MBAuthor David Nickle returns to Invaders From Planet 3 as our bonus season continues! I've recently returned from an expedition into the vaults beneath the Lair of bloginhood (finally able to cautiously skip across dimensions to its new current location beneath the ruins of an old cannery pier in the Fraser River near Steveston), where I've uncovered a previously-unaired mini interview with David where he shares a Top 5 list of speculative fiction stories worthy of attention. Keep in mind...
Ep 46 - Matt Ruff's Top 5
May 20, 2020 03:03 - 4 minutes - 8.47 MBOur special bonus season of the show continues! Even though the coronavirus restrictions are slowly starting to ease in some places, life still isn't back to normal, and the lockdown continues for some people, so I'm continuing to post mini episodes. This time, I've combed through the archives in the Lair of bloginhood (still currently located in a fort made of old, half-used rolls of Christmas wrapping paper in your great-aunt Tilly's basement closet because social distancing lockdown rul...
Ep 45 - Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Top 5
May 17, 2020 05:16 - 2 minutes - 5.38 MBThe bonus season of the Invaders From Planet 3 podcast continues with another mini episode. This time, I've returned from the vaults deep beneath the Lair of bloginhood (still currently located in a fort made of old, half-used rolls of Christmas wrapping paper in your great-aunt Tilly's basement closet because social distancing lockdown rules prevent the Lair from shifting across space as it normally does) with a previously-unaired conversation with author Silvia Moreno-Garcia. In it, Sil...
Ep 44 - John Jantunen's Top 5
May 09, 2020 03:10 - 2 minutes - 5.15 MBAfter a two-week hiatus, the bonus season of Invaders From Planet 3 is back! Miss me? Probably not — you were probably too busy 3-D printing your own custom-made set of The Starlost action figures. But we're back anyway! This time, I've returned from the vaults deep beneath the Lair of bloginhood (still currently located in a fort made of old, half-used rolls of Christmas wrapping paper in your great-aunt Tilly's basement closet because social distancing lockdown rules prevent the Lair fro...
Ep 43 - Melinda Snodgrass' Top 5
April 26, 2020 05:33 - 2 minutes - 4.7 MBOur special bonus season of the Invaders From Planet 3 podcast continues, this time with author Melinda Snodgrass as our guest. I've journeyed deep into the catacombs beneath the Lair of bloginhood (still currently located in a fort made of old, half-used rolls of Christmas wrapping paper in your great-aunt Tilly's basement closet because social distancing lockdown rules prevent the Lair from shifting across space as it normally does) and discovered a previously unaired mini interview with M...
Ep 42 - Robert J Sawyer's Top 5
April 23, 2020 02:32 - 7 minutes - 13.4 MBIt's time for another episode of the bonus season of Invaders From Planet 3! This time, I've uncovered an interview with author Robert J. Sawyer in the stockpile of previously-unaired extra audio buried deep in the vaults beneath the Lair of bloginhood (still currently located in a fort made of old, half-used rolls of Christmas wrapping paper in your great-aunt Tilly's basement closet because social distancing lockdown rules prevent the Lair from shifting across space as it normally does). ...
Ep 41 - Alex Renwick's Top 5
April 18, 2020 04:14 - 2 minutes - 5.11 MBAnother deep dive into the vaults beneath the Lair of bloginhood (still currently located in a fort made of old, half-used rolls of Christmas wrapping paper in your great-aunt Tilly's basement closet because social distancing lockdown rules prevent the Lair from shifting across space as it normally does) has yielded more buried treasure for our bonus season of Invaders From Planet 3. This time, we have a previously unaired short interview with author Alex Renwick (a.k.a. Alexandra Renwick,...
Ep 40 - Claude Lalumiere's Top 5
April 15, 2020 03:59 - 4 minutes - 8.14 MBOnce again I've been digging through the Invaders From Planet 3 archives deep beneath the lowest cellars of the Lair of bloginhood (still currently located in a fort made of old, half-used rolls of Christmas wrapping paper in your great-aunt Tilly's basement closet because social distancing lockdown rules prevent the Lair from shifting across space as it normally does) to find another previously unaired interview for our special bonus season. This time, author Claude Lalumiere (our first g...
Ep 39 - Bonus Season - The Top 5 of Kit Reed
April 11, 2020 02:52 - 5 minutes - 10.9 MBIt's the springtime of coronavirus and everyone's got the quarantine doldrums. What to do? I recently recalled that I've got a bunch of unused interview material that I've been sitting on for a couple of years, buried deep in the archives here in the Lair of bloginhood (currently located in a fort made of old, half-used rolls of Christmas wrapping paper in your great-aunt Tilly's basement closet). So, to give you something to listen to during the lockdown — and to give me something to do —...
Ep 38 - Naomi Novik
March 24, 2020 05:01 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBAuthor Naomi Novik joins us for the season 4 finale of Invaders From Planet 3! Naomi tells us how her love of fantasy and science fiction was born when her mother read Polish fairy tales to her, such as Agnieszka "Piece of the Sky". At the same time, her parents were reading the Disney picture book version of Peter Pan to her, along with Tolkien's The Hobbit, and other works. She tells us how the Polish stories helped create a bond between her and her mother's past, and how her love of Dis...
Ep 37 - Dublin Worldcon Voice of the Fans 3
March 18, 2020 05:21 - 45 minutes - 63 MBJust in time for St. Patrick's Day, it's this season's third and final Voice of the Fans episode, recorded at the 2019 Worldcon in Dublin, Ireland! The quartet of commentators in this episode includes: Author Daniel Bensen www.thekingdomsofevil.com Reviewer Carien Ubink www.mcpigpearls.blogspot.com Academic and author Dr. Tiffani Angus www.tiffani-angus.com And aspiring writer and Glasgow Worldcon bid volunteer Robin Duncan Stay tuned for more regular-length interviews with aut...
Ep 36 - Walter Jon Williams
February 15, 2020 06:58 - 46 minutes - 64.6 MBAuthor Walter Jon Williams joins us in this episode! We talk about his first loves in science fiction, including Heinlein's Have Spacesuit — Will Travel and John Schealer's Zip-Zip Goes to Venus. And Walter tells us about his evolution as a writer: from feeling the compulsion to write at age 3, to getting a rejection letter from the editor of The New Yorker, to writing historical fiction novels, to getting into sf. He also reflects on the nature of his compulsion to write, including finding ...
Ep 35 - Diane Walton
January 18, 2020 05:29 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBOn Spec Magazine Managing Editor and Sunburst Award Board of Directors Chairperson Diane Walton joins us for this episode. She talks about her first love in science fiction, Andre Norton's novel The Stars Are Ours!, and reading everything in the genre she could get her hands on, including the works of Clifford Simak and James Blish. Diane also shares the story of how an Alberta writers' group gave rise to On Spec Magazine (one of Canada's major speculative fiction magazines), and how she e...
Ep 35 - Diane Walton
January 18, 2020 05:29On Spec Magazine Managing Editor and Sunburst Award Board of Directors Chairperson Diane Walton joins us for this episode. She talks about her first love in science fiction, Andre Norton's novel The Stars Are Ours!, and reading everything in the genre she could get her hands on, including the works of Clifford Simak and James Blish. Diane also shares the story of how an Alberta writers' group gave rise to On Spec Magazine (one of Canada's major speculative fiction magazines), and how she e...
Ep 34 - Dublin Worldcon Voice of the Fans 2
December 29, 2019 05:33 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBThe Invasion takes us back to Dublin for the second Voice of the Fans episode recorded at the 2019 World Science Fiction Convention! Joining us to share their stories about their first loves in sf are: Performer and artist Galina Rin of Death Ingloria www.deathingloria.com www.Facebook.com/deathingloria Author D. A. Lascelles https://dalascelles.co.uk Author Kim ten Tusscher www.kimtentusscher.com Author J. Sharpe www.jsharpebooks.com and Author and narrator R. B. Watkinso...
Ep 33 - Cory Doctorow
December 18, 2019 06:13 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBAuthor, editor, blogger and activist Cory Doctor joins us for this episode. Cory shares his thoughts on speculative fiction that made an impression on him at an early age, including Doctor Who — and specifically, TV Ontario's presentation of Doctor Who episodes along with introductions by sf legend Judith Merril (who, along with Tanya Huff, would later become one of Cory's mentors) — and Star Wars. He also discusses his ongoing love of the works of Stephen Brust. We also talk politics, fro...
Ep 32 - War of the Worlds - Reports from the Frontlines
December 12, 2019 08:21 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBI'm doing something a bit different in this episode: instead of the usual interviews with authors, editors, performers, artists, fans and others, I'm posting a short radio play I've put together with some friends. Why? As some of you know, I'm currently taking a Bachelor of Education degree, and one of my course assignments is to write something and publish it. Last summer, a friend and I were kicking around the possibility of doing a radio play. We talked about doing a take on HG Wells'...
Ep 31 - Dublin Worldcon Voice of the Fans 1
November 01, 2019 01:51 - 32 minutes - 45.4 MBSeason 4 of Invaders From Planet 3 launches with an all-new "Voice of the Fans" episode, recorded at the Dublin Worldcon this summer. In fact, there were so many fans who came out to share their stories about their first loves in science fiction, fantasy, comics and all points in between, that I had to expand it to three "Voice of the Fans" episodes! In this first instalment, we'll hear from Ed Beecher, Dr. Wanda Kurtcu, Scott "Kludge" Dorsey, and Octocon co-chair Janet O'Sullivan. Stay ...
Ep 30 - Minister Faust Returns
March 25, 2019 05:48 - 1 hour - 130 MBAuthor and podcaster Minister Faust returns to lead the Invasion once again in the season 3 finale of Invaders From Planet 3! We talk about The Coyote Kings vs. the Myconauts of Plutonium City — his new, serialized novel — and his plans to unite all of his stories within the single, overarching MFU (the Minister Faust Universe). As part of this, we also discuss why he decided to keep this instalment in the adventures of the Coyotes in the 1990s, rather than bringing our heroes up to date. ...
Ep 29 - Dan Schoening
March 10, 2019 01:52 - 22 minutes - 42.1 MBComic book artist Dan Schoening joins us for this episode of the Invasion. Dan talks about some of his genre first loves that influenced his decision to become an artist, including the 1980s video game Dragon's Lair, Disney's Alice in Wonderland, and various Saturday morning cartoons. He discusses how he initially studied animation before turning to comic artistry, and how a project with Cereal Geek Magazine's James Eatock that ultimately didn't pan-out opened the door for Dan to work with...
Ep 28 - Farewell to the Herald of the Invasion, Mike Cleaver
February 16, 2019 05:58 - 5 minutes - 11 MBSad news: Mike Cleaver, a veteran broadcaster and the man who provided the opening voiceover for the Invaders From Planet 3 podcast — becoming the herald for our Invasion — died on Sunday, February 10, 2019. In this episode, we pay tribute to a good friend.
Ep 27 - Nalo Hopkinson
January 19, 2019 05:21 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBAuthor, editor and professor Nalo Hopkinson joins us for our first episode of 2019. Nalo talks about her first loves in speculative fiction, including Harlan Ellison's "Shattered Like a Glass Goblin", Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain, and Kurt Vonnegut's "Welcome to the Monkey House". And she shares what it was like having the freedom to read what she wanted when she was growing up, with her library technician mother loaning Nalo her library card and letting her explore the stacks at ...
Ep 26 - Charles Stross
December 23, 2018 08:04 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this episode, we're joined by author Charles Stross who talks about discovering his love of sf when he was 5 and started reading Andre Norton's books at his local library. By the time he was 15, he'd read everything in the genre. Charlie also reflects on how growing up in Britain of the 1970s — a place he describes as a "malfunctioning society" — affected his perception of the American speculative fiction he read. He also discusses the shift that took place in British culture in the 80s,...
Ep 25 - Matthew Hughes
December 15, 2018 04:13 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBWe're joined by author and editor Matthew Hughes in this episode. Matt talks about his first love in sf: Jack Vance's "The Dragon Masters", as well as Galactic Derelict by Andre Norton, along with his discovery of Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury and AE van Vogt. He also discusses some of the historical fiction novelists who influenced him, such as Geoffrey Trease, Henry Treece and Rosemary Sutcliff. Matt talks about being "a guy just passing through" as he shares stories from his early years, s...
Ep 24 - James Alan Gardner
November 10, 2018 04:32 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBAuthor, editor and kung-fu mathematician James Alan Gardner joins us in the latest episode of the podcast! Jim starts off by talking about how comics were his first speculative fictional love, especially Marvel's The Avengers and DC's Crisis on Earth One! and Crisis on Earth Two!, leading eventually to science fiction like Heinlein's juveniles, and later, in university, to fantasy by Tolkien and Stephen R Donaldson, and horror by Stephen King. We talk about his decision to study Math at un...
Ep 23 - Mark Barrowcliffe
October 27, 2018 04:33 - 1 hour - 124 MBAuthor Mark Barrowcliffe (also known under his pen names MD Lachlan and Mark Alder) joins us in this episode. Mark tells us about his first loves in sf, including Alan Garner, Ursula K Le Guin's Earthsea series, Tolkien, Moorcock, and Andre Norton. He talks about his enjoyment of Tolkien and Garner injecting mythology into their fantasy, and Moorcock's ability to challenge his readers by posing difficult questions. When discussing his own writing, Mark reflects on the exhilaration of let...
Ep 22 - Sean Cullen
October 13, 2018 03:56 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBComedian, author, podcaster and performer Sean Cullen joins the Invasion for this episode. Sean talks about how his love for speculative fiction started with works such as Tolkien's The Hobbit, Mr Bass's Planetoid by Eleanor Cameron, Stephen R Donaldson's Lord Foul's Bane, and Asimov's Foundation and Robot stories. We discuss the ups and downs of following a series, especially a long-running collection. And he talks about what makes a good story. Sean and I dissect the Star Wars franchise,...
Ep 21 - Chris Beckett
September 29, 2018 04:40 - 41 minutes - 57.7 MBAuthor Chris Beckett joins us in this episode, where he talks about his first loves in sf, including Heinlein's Starman Jones, CS Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and CM Kornbluth. He describes the importance of being able to explore his father's book collection and coming from a family with a scientific background, and what his father thought of his eventual decision to become a writer. We also chat about how Chris' career as a social worker has in...
Ep 20 - Voice of the Fans 2
September 15, 2018 06:25 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBThe Invasion has resumed! Season three of the Invaders From Planet 3 podcast kicks off with a new Voice of the Fans episode, where I interview a group of fans about their first loves in science fiction, fantasy, video games, comics, movies, TV — whatever! My guests include Ryneld Starr, Sarah Corbeil, Jose Palacios, and Sam McCreath. Our interviews took place over the summer of 2018 via Skype calls between their homes and my studio in the Lair of bloginhood, currently located in a pillow f...
Ep 19 - Spider Robinson
January 01, 2018 00:41 - 27 minutes - 49.9 MBFor the final episode of season 2 of Invaders From Planet 3 (posted on the final day of 2017) we're joined by author, editor, columnist, podcaster and musician Spider Robinson. As we jump into our conversation, already in progress, Spider shares his thoughts about the loss of his wife and sometime collaborator, Jean; the passing of his daughter; and facing one's own mortality. He recounts his experience of dealing with a medical condition in his youth that caused his lungs to collapse freq...
Ep 18 - John Jantunen
December 06, 2017 03:56 - 1 hour - 91.2 MBWe're joined by author John Jantunen in this episode. John starts off by telling us about his early influences, including David Gerrold's War Against the Chtorr series, Stephen King, old Hammer horror vampire films starring Peter Cushing, and post-apocalyptic movies like The Road Warrior, Escape from New York, A Boy and His Dog, The Quiet Earth, and Night of the Comet. We also talk extensively about John's love for the works of Philip K Dick, especially Counter-Clock World; Valis; A Scanne...
Ep 17 - Alyx Dellamonica
October 11, 2017 03:44 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MBAuthor Alyx Dellamonica joins us in this episode of the podcast. She tells us about her first loves in the genre, including Spider-Man comics, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, and Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man. We'll also talk about how she grew up in a home where, from a very young age, she was free to read anything, from children's books like Island of the Blue Dolphins, to more adult fare like Jaws. We'll also talk about her development as a writer, starting with her first at...
Ep 16 - Kelly Robson
September 05, 2017 03:07 - 48 minutes - 67.3 MBIn this episode, we're joined by author Kelly Robson. We talk about her first love in the genre, Star Wars — how it was big, exciting and sexy, but also an escape from family drama at home; and what it's like to look back on the movie now as an adult and a professional speculative fiction writer. We talk about other early sf pleasures, like the original Battlestar Galactica; books by Piers Anthony, Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, and others; and the genre magazines of the 70s and ...
Ep 15 - David Nickle
August 18, 2017 03:17 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBAuthor and editor David Nickle joins us for this episode. He tells us about works of speculative fiction that influenced him early on, including the TV series Lost in Space (and what it has in common with Larry Niven's Ringworld), Lester del Rey's novel The Runaway Robot, and the stories of Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Shirley Jackson, Harlan Ellison, and Stephen King. On the subject of enjoying King, David talks about how he and his wife, author and editor...
Ep 14 - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
July 15, 2017 05:42 - 32 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this episode, we're joined by author and editor Silvia Moreno-Garcia. She tells us how HP Lovecraft and Peter S Beagle were among the English language authors who made an early impression on her. Silvia then goes on to discuss what it was like coming back to Lovecraft while doing thesis work, analyzing the attitudes towards race and sex in his stories, and how some of her own works have responded to him. She also shares the importance of Silvina Ocampo, one of the few female authors writi...
Ep 13 - Matt Ruff
May 23, 2017 08:21 - 39 minutes - 55 MBAuthor Matt Ruff joins us in this episode, where he talks about how books like Bertrand R. Brinley's The Mad Scientists' Club made him fall in love with scientific thinking and science fictional ideas. He also tells us how being given a box of Robert A. Heinlein's adult books at the age of 9 got him thinking critically about stories, and how they could be written better. And he discusses other influences over the years, such as Stephen King, John Crowley's Little, Big, Neal Stephenson, and W...
Ep 12 - Robert Charles Wilson
May 15, 2017 02:30 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBIn this episode, we're joined by author Robert Charles Wilson, who tells us about how he fell in love with speculative fiction — including stories such as Louis Slobodkin's The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree, the Mushroom Planet books by Eleanor Cameron, and Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time — as soon as he learned to read. We'll learn how sf's juxtaposition of the ordinary with the extraordinary fascinated him, and how exploring the genre and its ideas was a reaction to growing up in ...
Ep 11 - Sebastien de Castell
April 22, 2017 00:40 - 1 hour - 124 MBSebastien de Castell, author of the Greatcoats fantasy series, joins us in this episode. We talk about how his love of fantasy started with CS Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and the importance of the story to him at a time when he was dealing with one of the toughest experiences a child can face. As well, he shares his thoughts about fantasy's role in highlighting the wonder of the real world, rather than just being a means of escape. Sebastien then discusses how a rainy ...
Ep 10 - Voice of the Fans
April 13, 2017 00:48 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MBThe invasion resumes! In this episode, bridging season 1 and 2, we hear from a group of fans about their first loves in science fiction and fantasy. Our guests include the owners of Vancouver's White Dwarf science fiction bookstore, Jill Sanagan and Walter Sinclair; Vancouver film critic Thor Diakow; and fans-about-town Geordie Howe and Brandon Wong. Some of the interviews were conducted around Greater Vancouver (accounting for the non-stop construction noise in the background), while ot...
Ep 09 - Minister Faust
May 07, 2016 08:56 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBIn this episode, we're joined by author, podcaster, and video game dialogue & plot writer Minister Faust. Minister tells us how his love of speculative fiction started with the original Star Trek series and Robert A. Heinlein's Red Planet. We also talk about Frank Herbert's Dune as one of his early influences, along with the merits and faults of the various incarnations of Dune over the years. Also of particular interest are Minister's reflections on the significant role his mother played ...
Ep 08 - Kit Reed
April 23, 2016 09:48 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MBIn this episode, we're joined by author Kit Reed, who tells us how the Oz books — the ones penned by Ruth Plumly Thompson, rather than the originals by L. Frank Baum — were her gateway to speculative fiction. She'll talk about other early influences, like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, and John Collier, and how her reading continues to range across a wide variety of genre and non-genre authors and subjects. We'll hear how being the child of a navy officer who moved a...
Ep 07 - Joe Haldeman
April 09, 2016 09:08 - 36 minutes - 51 MBIn this episode, we'll chat with author Joe Haldeman. We're also joined by Joe's wife, Gay — and the resident murder of crows at the hotel hosting the convention. Joe shares some of his early sf favourites with us, including Lester del Rey's Rocket Jockey, Robert A Heinlein's Red Planet, and the TV series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. He talks about meeting some of the science fiction authors that influenced him during his youth. And he'll tell us about his enjoyment of the Year's Best antholo...
Ep 06 - Kristi Charish
March 26, 2016 09:18 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBIn this episode, we're joined by author, podcaster and scientist Kristi Charish, who tells us about how important the Indiana Jones movies were to her as a young fan — especially The Temple of Doom — and why they still resonate so powerfully in pop culture and sf. She'll talk about reading Heinlein and Asimov, and some of her favourite Marvel Comics series over the years, including Excalibur and Ultimate Avengers. She'll also tell us about her love of video games, especially Dragon Age, Unch...