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Exclusive Interview: Orbital Cloud Author Taiyo Fujii

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date April 17, 2017
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Two years ago, Haikasoru — a division of Viz Media that translates and publishes English-language versions of Japanese science fiction novels — issued Fujii Taiyo’s 2013 debut novel, Gene Mapper, marking both it and Fujii’s debut in the United States. With Haikasoru’s version of Taiyo’s second novel, Orbital Cloud (paperback, digital), recently released in the U.S., I sent a bunch of questions to Taiyo via email, hoping that my inquiries into this books’ origins and influences would translate as well.

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Exclusive Interview: Come Home, We Love You Still Author Justin Grimbol

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date April 17, 2017
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Justin Grimbol Come Home, We Love You Still

In Minivan Poems, writer Justin Grimbol did indeed put together an entire book of poems about his minivan. But in his newest collection Come Home We Love You Still (paperback), Grimbol not only compiled a book of poems with a similar narrative theme, but a structural one as well.

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Exclusive Interview: The Scarlett Letters Author Jenny Nordbak

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date April 13, 2017
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In writing The Scarlett Letters: My Secret Year Of Men In An LA Dungeon (hardcover, digital, audiobook), former dominatrix Jenny Nordbak could’ve easily penned a salacious tell-all with more celebrities than an awards show. But in talking to her about this confessional tome, she explained why The Scarlett Letters was never going to be a name-dropper, why it’s not a snarky look at the life, and how she wasn’t the only professional whip swinger thinking of writing a book.

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Exclusive Interview: Smells Like Finn Spirit Author Randy Henderson

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date April 6, 2017
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With Smells Like Finn Spirit (hardcover, digital, audiobook), writer Randy Henderson concludes the funny, off-beat fantasy trilogy he began with 2015’s Finn Fancy Necromancy and continued with 2016’s Bigfootlose And Finn Fancy Free. But while Smells Like Finn Spirit may be the end of this story cycle, it may not be the end of this series, as Henderson explained when I queried him about this “final” chapter.

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Exclusive Interview: Dope Tits Author Bix Skahill

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date March 20, 2017
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I don’t think sex sells. I just don’t. But I think sex gets your attention. Nobody buys a car or a beer because there’s a sexy lady in the commercial; but that sexy lady does make people watch that ad. It is with this thought in mind that I present the following interview with writer Bix Skahill about his provocatively-titled novel, Dope Tits (paperback, digital). A title that alone won’t make you want to read it, but I bet it caught your attention.

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Exclusive Interview: Dragonwatch Author Brandon Mull

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date March 13, 2017
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One of the things writers face when they create a rich fantasy world is that their readers don’t always want to leave once the main tale has been told. And, let’s be honest, some of the writers don’t want to leave either. But if you happen to be a fan of Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven saga, there’s good news: You don’t have to. Well, not yet, anyway. With the publication of Dragonwatch (hardcover, digital, audiobook), Mull is returning to the realm he created for what he says is the first of many new adventures.

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Exclusive Interview: All Our Wrong Todays Author Elan Mastai

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date March 10, 2017
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Since the election and the inauguration, Amazon and other booksellers have reported that there’s been an uptick in the sales of such dystopian novels as George Orwell’s 1984 and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. But if you’ve already read those novels and need something both dark and light to read, I’d like to suggest Elan Mastai’s new sci-fi novel All Our Wrong Todays (hardcover, digital, audiobook), a tale of time travel that may resonate if you’re thinking there’s something off about the world today, that it’s not the way it’s supposed to be. Or you’re just looking for a fun sci-fi novel to read.

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Exclusive Interview: The Erstwhile Author B Catling

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date March 9, 2017
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When B Catling’s fantasy novel The Vorrh was published in 2015, it came with a blurb from none other than Watchman and Jerusalem author Alan Moore, who declared it, “Easily the current century’s first landmark work of fantasy.” He wasn’t kidding. Having just release The Erstwhile (paperback, digital) the second book in this series, I spoke to B Catling about its origins, where this series is going, and the impact Moore and his quote had on this second novel.

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Exclusive Interview: “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Long Mirage” Author David R George III

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date March 8, 2017
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David R George III Star Trek Deep Space Nine The Long Mirage

It was recently reported that while Paramount released both Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray, the same will never be said of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Which is a real bummer for those of us who feel that, after TOS, Deep Space Nine was the best Star Trek show. But while we may not be getting those classic stories in high-def, we are getting new ones courtesy of such writers as David R George III, whose latest novel, Star Trek Deep Space Nine The Long Mirage (paperback, digital) — in the grand tradition of the show — builds upon some plot points from earlier episodes, I mean novels.

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