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Exclusive Interview: “Hot Moon” Author Alan Smale

July 28, 2022July 31, 2022 Paul Semel 0 Comments Alan Smale, Alan Smale Author, Alan Smale Blog, Alan Smale Books, Alan Smale Facebook, Alan Smale Goodreads, Alan Smale Hot Moon, Alan Smale Hot Moon Interview, Alan Smale Instagram, Alan Smale Interview, Alan Smale Twitter, Alan Smale Website, Alan Smale Wiki, Alan Smale Wikipedia, Alan Smale Writer, alt-history, Author Interview, Books, hard sci-fi, hard science fiction, reading, Sci-Fi, sci-fi books, science fiction

As the sci-fi loving son of a grade school science teacher, I’ve long lamented that our missions to the moon ended after only six trips. And no, not just because I’d love to eat a breakfast burrito while hopping ...CONTINUE

Exclusive Interview: “That Was Now, This Is Then” Author Michael Z. Williamson

December 8, 2021February 24, 2022 Paul Semel 0 Comments Author Interview, Books, hard sci-fi, Michael Z. Williamson, Michael Z. Williamson A Long Time Until Now, Michael Z. Williamson Author, Michael Z. Williamson Blog, Michael Z. Williamson Books, Michael Z. Williamson Facebook, Michael Z. Williamson Goodreads, Michael Z. Williamson Instagram, Michael Z. Williamson Interview, Michael Z. Williamson That Was Now This Is Then, Michael Z. Williamson That Was Now This Is Then Interview, Michael Z. Williamson Twitter, Michael Z. Williamson Website, Michael Z. Williamson Wiki, Michael Z. Williamson Wikipedia, Michael Z. Williamson Writer, military sci-fi, reading, Sci-Fi, sci-fi books, science fiction, science fiction books, SFF, SFF Books

As someone who lives near where the sinkhole opens in the new time travel sci-fi TV show La Brea (as well as where everyone’s on a paleo diet), I’ve been a little on edge lately when it comes to ...CONTINUE

Exclusive Interview: “In The Company Of Others” Author Julie E. Czerneda

September 22, 2021 Paul Semel 0 Comments Author Interview, Books, hard sci-fi, Hard Sci-Fi Books, Julie E. Czerneda, Julie E. Czerneda Author, Julie E. Czerneda Blog, Julie E. Czerneda Books, Julie E. Czerneda Facebook, Julie E. Czerneda Goodreads, Julie E. Czerneda In The Company Of Others, Julie E. Czerneda In The Company Of Others 20th Anniversary Edition, Julie E. Czerneda In The Company Of Others 20th Anniversary Edition Interview, Julie E. Czerneda In The Company Of Others Interview, Julie E. Czerneda Instagram, Julie E. Czerneda Interview, Julie E. Czerneda Twitter, Julie E. Czerneda Website, Julie E. Czerneda Wiki, Julie E. Czerneda Wikipedia, Julie E. Czerneda Writer, reading, Sci-Fi, sci-fi books, science fiction, science fiction books, SFF, SFF Books

In the twenty years since she released her hard sci-fi novel In The Company Of Others, Julie E. Czerneda has written more than a dozen novels, novellas, and short stories. But in the following email interview about the ...CONTINUE

Exclusive Interview: If Tomorrow Comes Author Nancy Kress

March 8, 2018April 15, 2020 Paul Semel 1 Comment Author Interviews, Books, hard sci-fi, hard science fiction, Nancy Kress, Nancy Kress If Tomorrow Comes, Nancy Kress If Tomorrow Comes Interview, Nancy Kress Terran Tomorrow, Nancy Kress Tomorrow's Kin, Nancy Kress Yesterday's Kin, Nany Kress Interview, reading, Sci-Fi, science fiction, space opera

Last year, when I interviewed sci-fi writer Nancy Kress about her then new book Tomorrow’s Kin, she explained that this epic science fiction story was an expansion of 2014 novella, Yesterday’s Kin, one that had grown to ...CONTINUE

Eric Klein The One

Exclusive Interview: The One Author Eric Klein

March 6, 2018 Paul Semel 0 Comments Author Interviews, Books, Eric Klein, Eric Klein A Cruise Through The Solar System, Eric Klein A Cruise Through The Solar System Interview, Eric Klein Interview, Eric Klein The One, Eric Klein The One A Cruise Through The Solar System, Eric Klein The One A Cruise Through The Solar System Interview, Eric Klein The One Interview, hard sci-fi, hard science fiction, reading, Sci-Fi, science fiction

In Eric Klein’s new hard sci-fi novel The One (paperback, Kindle), B.J. Armstrong wins the lottery and gets a free trip to outer space. Which makes it rather fitting that Klein’s book benefitted from him being a ...CONTINUE