With four previous novels based on the Halo games under her belt, it’s not surprising that writer Kelly Gay’s newest, Halo: Epitaph (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), would connect to the other novels she’s written about the titular sci-fi shooter series.
But as she explains in the following email interview, this installment is actually more connected to someone else’s Halo novels than her own.
Back in the ’90s, there were a string of action films that could be described as “Die Hard on a….” There was “Die Hard on a bus” (Speed), “Die Hard on a boat” (Under Siege), and even “Die Hard on a famous plane not a lot get to go on” (Airforce One).
But Joe Pitkin’s new sci-fi thriller novel Exit Black (paperback, Kindle, audiobook) is one upping them all — well, with the movie references, anyway — by being “Die Hard on a space hotel…with Knives Out.”
To find out how, and why, as well as the who, what, and a more specific where, check out the following email interview.
Don’t you hate it when you’re wrongly convicted and sent to space prison, only to have your escape plans altered by zombies?
While this has happened to most of us, it can still be interesting to read how other people handled this predicament.
Which brings me to author S.A. Sidor, who, in the following email interview about his new zombie-infested space prison novel Zombicide Invader: Death System (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), explains what inspired and influenced this sci-fi horror story, as well as how it connects to both the titular board game and the other novels its inspired.
To hear writer Michael Swanwick talk about his fantasy-flavored science fiction novel Stations Of The Tide, you’d think he wrote it last week and then rushed it into bookstores.
But Stations Of The Tide actually came out in 1990, when it was first serialized in Asimov’s Science Fiction, and then released in hardcover a year later.
It’s because of its continued relevance — and its contunuing popularity — that Tor have decided to release a new version of Stations Of The Tide as part of their “Tor Essentials” series (paperback, Kindle, audiobook).
In the following email interview, Swanwick talks about what originally inspired and influenced this novel, as well as how it fit into his oeuvre.
With Beggar’s Sky (hardcover, Kindle), writer Wil McCarthy is once again exploring the completely fictional, and downright outlandish idea, of what might happen if the super rich took over the space race. Like that would ever happen,
In the following email interview, McCarthy discusses what inspired and influenced this hard sci-fi space opera/ political spy thriller.
Science fiction has often explored the subjects of slavery and servitude, and in unique ways.
In Mark Morton’s new novel The Headmasters (paperback, Kindle), some people have survived an apocalypse…only to find themselves enslaved by creatures who not only control their bodies, but their memories as well.
In the following email interview, Morton discusses what inspired and influenced this dystopian sci-fi story.
Surviving combat requires a great many things: the right equipment, good leadership, a lot of luck. But soldiers also rely on their compatriots.
In the new military science fiction novel Beyond Enemies (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), writer Marisa Wolf introduces us to two soldiers who couldn’t be any closer. And no, I don’t mean that in a romantic way.
In the following email interview, Wolf discusses what inspired and influences this story, as well as why she chose to give it a snarky tone.
Love…it’s exciting and new. Or at least it can be if you’re caught in a time loop.
Which brings me to Mike Chen’s new romantic science fiction novel, A Quantum Love Story (paperback, Kindle, audiobook).
In the following email interview, Chen discusses what inspired and influenced this time loop love story, as well as how lovey it gets for those of us who are romantically challenged.
As you can tell from the full title, Joel McKay’s first collection of short stories, It Came From The Trees And Other Violent Aberrations (paperback, Kindle), is obviously a collection of warm and fuzzy fairy tales for little kids.
And if you believe that, I have a very nice bridge in Brooklyn available for a low, low price.
In the following email interview, McKay discusses what went into this story collection, which includes a science fiction thriller, a grimdark fantasy story, and a Lovecraftian adventure tale.