Geek Speaks Fiction: Learning You’ve Grown Up
This week on Geek Speaks… Fiction!, fantasy author Gregory A. Wilson joins us to talk about what made him geek out when writing his latest epic fantasy novel ‘Grayshade’!
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What’s in a Name? Amber Bird Geeks Out
Science fiction author Amber Bird has been making some waves lately with her debut novel, ‘Peace Fire.’ Ernest Cline, the bestselling author of ‘Ready Player One,’ calls her book “A smart, fun, fierce tale of geek revolution and high-stakes adventure.” This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction!, Amber tells us what made her geek out while writing it!
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Love Your Tropes: Geeking Out With Marc Tassin
Today on Geek Speaks…Fiction! we are welcoming a different sort of fiction writer. Marc Tassin writes fictional stories, but he also has created an entire fantasy world called Aetaltis, which provides the backdrop for fiction, games, and more!
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Girls, Boys, Robots: Everyone Is Welcome Here
This week Geek Speaks… Fiction! welcomes Corie Weaver, the editor of the ‘2017 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide,’ an anthology for younger readers that focuses on science fiction, diversity, and representation.
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The Geeky Gems of Book Research
Please welcome award winning science fiction and fantasy author Emma Newman to Geek Speaks… Fiction!
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The Cauldron, the Geek, and the Mechanized Marine
This week on Geek Speaks… Fiction!, we welcome science fiction author W.C. Bauers. His ‘Chronicles of Promise Paen’ series features a strong heroine, mech, space action, and has been lauded as Katee Sackhoff’s Starbuck meets ‘Starship Troopers’ with a dash of ‘Firefly.’
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Geeking Out Over ‘Mechanical Failure’
This week we welcome author Joe Zieja to Geek Speaks…Fiction! Barnes and Noble has compared Joe’s new novel, ‘Mechanical Failure,’ to Douglas Adams’s ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,’ a fun mix of science fiction and humor. Be sure to check it out!
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Author Sarah Kuhn Geeks Out About Superhero Fashion
This week, author and essayist Sarah Kuhn joins us to talk about a subject near and dear to my heart: superhero fashion! Check out her new novel, ‘Heroine Complex,’ now available in bookstores everywhere.
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‘Sharkasaurus’ Creator Geeks Out With Faith, Facts, and Fins
This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction!, our guest Tereasa Maillie tells us what made creator Spencer Estabrooks geek out while he made his new comic ‘Sharkasaurus,’ now on Kickstarter!
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Geeking Out When Kickstarting a Fantasy Anthology
Adrian Collins joins us today to tell us five things made him geek out while he was working on the Kickstarter for ‘Evil Is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists,’ a new grimdark fantasy anthology from his magazine, ‘Grimdark Magazine,’ currently on Kickstarter!
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Taking a Fresh Perspective on a Familiar World
In fantasy author Gail Z. Martin’s latest release, ‘The Shadowed Path,’ she returns to the world of her first series, The Chronicles of the Necromancer. Please welcome her to GeekMom as she tells us about her experience!
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Geeking Out Over New Tech Leads to ‘Jacked’
This week, author Kirk Dougal tells us what inspired him to write his new science fiction YA thriller, ‘Jacked’!
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Five Things That Inspired ‘Company Town’: Madeline Ashby
What do you get when you cross a hard-boiled noir thriller with a post-human science fiction novel with a Korean drama? You get my new novel, Company Town, which takes place on an oil rig off the coast of Newfoundland.
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Not-So-Civil War, or Embracing Polyfanory
As far as geeks go, Anton Strout is one of the biggest I know, and it turns out, he has a few things to say on the subject. Please welcome Anton as our guest to GeekMom, where he basically geeks out about…geeking out!
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Author Peter Tieryas Geeks Out About Mecha!
This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction! we welcome science fiction author Peter Tieryas! Peter’s new book The United States of Japan from Angry Robot is quickly becoming a fan favorite, combining alternate history, tech, and of course, mecha!
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How Nikola Tesla’s Theories Unleash M.G. Buehrlen’s Inner Geek
This week we welcome YA author M.G. Buehrlen to Geek Speaks…Fiction! M.G. tells us all about why Nikola Tesla’s theories make her geek out, and how they helped inspire her new book, ‘The Untimely Deaths of Alex Wayfare.’
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Geek Speaks Fiction… by Jon McGoran!
Today’s guest on Geek Speaks Fiction… is Jon McGoran. His new book, ‘Dust Up’, is recently out from Tor/Forge Books.
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Fighting the Voices in My Head
This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction!, fantasy author Melanie R. Meadors (that’s me!) tells us about how she fought the voices (of the characters) in her head…and lost.
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Cirque du Soleil and the Longest Fall: Guest Gregory A. Wilson
Gregory A. Wilson is a man who wears many hats. Not only is he a fantasy author, but he is a college professor, one of the hosts of the science fiction and fantasy podcast Speculate!, and a TwitchTV channel host! His latest endeavor as author is the upcoming graphic novel ‘Icarus,’ an epic fantasy about a pair of unlikely heroes who are bound together by their quest to free an entire people from slavery. This week, Greg tells us what made him geek out while writing ‘Icarus.’
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Geeking Out About Giant Robots and City Smashing Kaiju
Nick Sharps (N.X. Sharps) is the editor of the acclaimed anthology, ‘Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters’ from Ragnarok Publications. This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction! Nick tells readers about his latest anthology, ‘MECH: Age of Steel,’ and how it made him geek out!
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