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UPDATE: Andrew, Eric and myself discuss all the Wizarding World developments on Episode 180 of MuggleCast. We recommend subscribing to the show through iTunes. If you're already subscribed, just simply update your feed. Other options include listening to the show in your browser live on...

Scottish author Iain Banks talks to Max Walker about the reception of The Wasp Factory, obsessive fans and writing novels that you can't read in the bath

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By trhickman Tracy Hickman hosts Curtis Hickman and Howard Tayler (co-author and illustrator of the new XDM: Xtreme Dungeon Mastery book) to join him in this hour-long gathering with DragonHearth listeners. This presentation was recorded live in the Westin Hotel Capital III room at 2:00 pm on Augus...

By harrypotterprogs@yahoo.com (Harry Potter Prognostications) Listen to Greg’s guest spot on the live Hogs Head PubCast from Azkatraz. They talked about Harry Potter as Legitimate Lit. Make sure to let us know what you thought of the Half Blood Prince! You can listen to the podcast using the player below, or download it directly as an mp3.

By Summer Brooks Listener Review: Andryuk brings us a Dramatic Review of Bones of the Dragon by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman FarPoint Forums: Head on over to the FarPoint Forums and join in the discussions on Dragon Page topics, and for most of your favorite FPM shows!

By George Not surprisingly, authors who have more willingly entered the 21st century, such as Cory Doctorow, John Scalzi, Neil Gaiman, and Wil Wheaton, have attacked Blount’s argument with gusto. Wil even provides an amusing side-by-side audio comparison (MP3) of himself and the Mac’s “Alex” v...

By Chris Meadows And there were so many ficlets that many of them went without getting responses entirely. The problem was exacerbated by the way ficlets tended to get pushed off the front page by more ficlets, but paradoxically the ficleting community may just not have been large enough to support all pos...

By Virginia As an added bonus, Andrew Gelos did a little research and found the song that Robert Jordan had in mind for the song Dance with Jak o’the Shadows, which often figures prominently in the sections about Mat and the Band of the Red Hand. A sample is included in this podcast. Dovie’andi se tovya sag...

Stepping away from his Discworld universe, Terry Pratchett has written a children's book that will appeal to both kids and adults. When a mile-high tidal wave crashes through the South Seas, 13-year year old native islander Mau and 13-year-old English castaway Daphne believe they are t...

Could Hammurabi have written the laws to prevent the Enron scandal? J. Storrs Hall, scientist and author Of Beyond AI, poses this question to demonstrate the near impossible challenge confronting scientists in the current discussion of machine ethics. The future of AI envisions machin...

What do you know, Joe? Lord of the Rings Gandalf was played by Sir Ian McKellen Who turned down this role? â

By frank 733 (Wednesday, August 27, 2008 / 59:00 / 54.1 MB / theovernightscape.com) - Tonight’s subjects include: Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball, watching the premiere of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” at the college rec center, quick movie reviews (”Star Wars: The Clone Wars”, “Star W...

By Virginia Padan Fain pops up from the very first book, The Eye of the World, and as the series progresses he evolves from a seemingly harmless peddler visiting the Two Rivers to an increasingly powerful and deadly antagonist to Rand, Mat and Perrin. Please join us as we discuss this most unusual chara...

By Casey Interview: Mur Lafferty (Playing for Keeps). Topics: Stargate Atlantis, The Hobbit, Nightmare Before Christmas, Robert Heinlein. Knight Rider Thank you for listening to our audiocast. This is show number 66 on the feed August 22nd, 2008. I’m going to call Mur Lafferty in just a minute to ta...

By nobody@utterli.com (JDCartee) I've had an Amazon Kindle for a few weeks now but I've just recently begun to really put it through its paces. I wanted to finish a paper book that I had been working on and I didn't want to spend the money on a digital copy. I finished that book about a week ago and I downloaded a couple of books from o...

By trhickman PORT OF CALL: “Dragons of an Hourglass Mage” Publication Announced We are pleased, in a joint press release by Wizards of the Coast with Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, to announce that the third book in the ‘Dragonlance Lost Chronicles’ trilogy now has a publication date set in 2009.

Orson Scott Card joins the Mighty Marvel Podcast crew to talk about the upcoming adaptation of his epic novel, "Ender's Game."

By Michael Zenke Filed under: World of Warcraft, Podcasts, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Star Wars Galaxies, Massively SpeakingMassively Speaking Episode 12 runs down news and features from Massively.com for the week of June 25th - July 1st. This week Colin Brennan and Adrian Bott up the respectabi...

By Jef Menguin J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivers her Commencement Address, "The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination," at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. - Copyright of JK Rowling, June 2008

By fredsolo@live.com (The Fourth Wall) May 25, 2008 Featuring Jesse, Art, and Freddie with special guest Seth COMICS Captain America #38 Ghost Rider #23 Amazing Spiderman #560 Dead, She Said # 1 Gutwrencher The End League The Walking Dead #1 (SE) Mark Millar’s Fantastic Four #557 Neil Gaiman’s The Facts in the Case of the Depar...

By Casey Topics: Speedracer, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible, Atlantis, Cloverfield, Fashion On the show: Casey Vince Stephanie Jeromy John Casey: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi Vince: Speedracer Talk Casey: SciFi Finder Application Casey: SFS Beta Dollhouse Trailer Updated Source Whedon’s “D...

Eric Asimov is the Chief Wine Critic for the New York Times. Although he formerly edited the renowned paper's "Living" and "Style" sections, he is most known for his reviews of all types of New York City restaurants, ...

By Casey The Council of Great Relevance. Topics this week: Harry Potter Movies, Religion in Speculative Fiction, “Old Man’s War” by John Scalzi, Superman Movies, Farscape Webisodes. This weeks Council Members: Casey, Vince, Jenica, Mark, Randy, Jeromy If you would like participate in the Coun...

It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment -- find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!

By listenerservices@wnyc.org (Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich) It might seem hyperbole to claim, as many Wagnerites do, that The Ring Cycle is "The Greatest Work of Art Ever." But the grandeur and power of this monumental work have permeated our culture from Star Wars to Bugs Bunny to J.R.R. Tolkien.

By Dirk Gently In which a young Zaphod Beeblebrox arrives somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere with some perhaps unsound Safety Officers to inspect a perhaps unsafe wreckage... This is a one off special as an interlude to our DGHDA series. It is a radio adaptation of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy shor...

X Minus One is widely considered among the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio. The first 15 episodes were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations of newly published science fiction stories by leading writers in the field, including Is...

An mp3 audio interview with author Guy Gavriel Kay at The Writer's Cafe about The Last Light of the Sun: a novel

He tells us that without a vision, great minds can go to waste; and how high-fidelity wireframes can help communicate a simple vision. Jason's blog is 'the architecture of everything'. (jasonfurnell.wordpress.com) The William Gibson book is 'Spook Country'. (tinyurl.com/2a7mf9)

By fader6818 The podcast team has recorded a special episode to honour and remember Robert Jordan. Everyone is also invited to call 1-888-333-7690 and participate in our fan feedback project. Call this number and leaving a message about Robert Jordan, his impact on your life, or simple well-wishes fo...

Talented author spoke to me at Icon convention about his career and works. We cover his start and his writing of novel adaptation novels for Alien, Star Wars A New Hope plus the Star Wars sequel, Splinter Of The Mind's Eye. We also cover his treatment for Star Trek: Motion Picture. Some great in...

A new chat with Kevin J Anderson discussing his latest collaboration with Brian Herbert, Sandworms Of Dune, which concludes the Dune saga started by Frank Herbert. We also preview the prequel novel, Paul Of Dune. Kevin has also written The Last Sun Of Krypton which tells the back story of th...

From a 1996 broadcast, Nebula and Hugo Award winner, Lois McMaster Bujold joined Ernest Lilley and I to discuss her latest Miles Vorkosigan adventure, Memory. The author gave Ernest and I some great insights into Miles and what could possibly lie ahead for him. Music is by the Brobdinagian...

By Kevin Kelly Filed under: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comic/Superhero/Geek, ComicConGiven the fact that everywhere you turn at this year's Comic-Con you see something else with Neil Gaiman's name on it, it's surprising that I was able to corner him for an interview with Cinemat...

Parties across the Valley celebrate the latest and final book in the Harry Potter series.

A look behind the scenes of this Philip K Dick adaptation from 2002 with Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg. Highlights include discussion of the future world of 2054, scrubbing the image and their first collaboration. A movie that seems to get better with time. Special thanks to 20th Century F...

This noted author joined Ernest Lilley and I after the release of his novel, Sundiver which is part of his Uplift Saga. We chatted about his writing and the then upcoming movie based on one of his novels, The Postman starring Kevin Costner. Our conversation hinted at that movie's doom. A engag...

With the release date of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows announced, SpellCast has recorded a special news episode in which the hosts give their thoughts on the sudden release of the last book in the series and interview George Beahm, author of the highly acclaimed book on J.K. Rowling a...

By Dirk Gently In which Gordon Way has a nasty surprise, Professor Chronotis has a nasty shock, and a glass of port has a nasty affair with the floor. Based on the novel by Douglas Adams. This series is a collaborative, strictly non-profit amateur production. All performers are members of the Douglas Adams...

News: Doctor Who on the Weakest Link, Christopher Eccleston in Heroes, Doctor Who on BBC America, etc. Features: Joey Reynolds interviews Dan Harris, organizer of the Doctor Who Sea Cruises, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Whoverse, Russel Hale reviews Tooth and Claw .

Concluding the series of interviews with the authors of the Dune prequels and sequels, I chat with Brian Herbert who gives me a personal tour of the Dune universe. A candid conversation on his father, Frank Herbert who created the world of Dune plus his views of the books and Dune's impact.

The classic tale of a time where firemen burn books and the people who love reading are fugitives in a media saturated, brain-washed world.

Thud is the sound made by a heavy troll club when it comes in contact with the head of a very unfortunate dwarf. Or at least, that's the rumor on the streets Ankh-Morpork as dwarves become incensed at the murder of one of their own. And it's exactly what Commander Vimes and the City Watch does not...

By briefglimpses@gmail.com Welcome to the first ever podcast of Brief Glimpses of Somewhere Else! What's in the show? Introduction Japanese Word of the Day Cool Stuff Review of "The Outstretched Shadow" by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory Original Fiction: "Reality Hackers Part 1" Let me know what you think!