Hang on... before we start... let us just fill you in on a very exciting evening happening on Monday the 6th of July, in Alton, Hampshire.
At 8pm in the lovely Goldfinch Books on Alton High Street, we are doing our first ever proper LIVE podcast.
Our guest will be the fabulous Costa-Novel-Prize-Winning Claire Fuller. We'll be talking about her brilliantly unsettling new book Hunger & Thirst and asking her all the questions you want to know the answers to but don't want to sound stupid. Whereas - we don't mind. We're used to it.
So come and join us in the flesh! I promise it's gonna be a reet proper laugh, as well, obviously, as being incredibly, edifyingly educational!
Right... on with the show...
Do you love sci-fi?
We love sci-fi.
Sometimes I think we forget how much we love sci-fi.
Why do we like sci-fi?
well let's explore that for a moment.
Hmmmmmm.
I think it's because sci-fi is all about human possibility. About the extrapolation of all our greatest qualities.
And yes, of course, our absolute worst.
Sci-fi gives us a glimpse into the future of the human race.
And none more so than Joseph Eckert's brilliant new book The Traveler.
A sort of family drama / sci-fi mashup that brings some big emotional hits and meanwhile taps into our deep curiosity about where this strange and wonderful species we call Homo Sapiens are heading.
We talk to Joseph about time travel, about where the stunning concept for his novel came from, about movie options, spending years trying to get a publishing deal, and about how you fit in writing when you have a full time job!
Then we check out another sci-fi novel! In our HYPEWRITER feature, we're celebrating David Deane Haskell's latest work of science fiction: Solarian Deep.
A first contact, distant-future, flooded-planet, techno-mermaid story, which sounds great. In fact we strongly advise you to take the plunge and buy a copy!
Right... I think's that's all the admin done.... now... on with the show...
Do you love sci-fi?
We love sci-fi.
Sometimes I think we forget how much we love sci-fi.
Why do we like sci-fi?
well let's explore that for a moment.
Hmmmmmm.
I think it's because sci-fi is all about human possibility. About the extrapolation of all our greatest qualities.
And yes, of course, our absolute worst.
Sci-fi gives us a glimpse into the future of the human race.
And none more so than Joseph Eckert's brilliant new book The Traveler.
A sort of family drama / sci-fi mashup that brings some big emotional hits and meanwhile taps into our deep curiosity about where this strange and wonderful species we call Homo Sapiens are heading.
We talk to Joseph about time travel, about where the stunning concept for his novel came from, about movie options, about spending years trying to get a publishing deal, and about how you fit in writing when you have a full time job.
Then we check out another sci-fi novel! In our HYPEWRITER feature, we're celebrating David Deane Haskell's latest work of science fiction: Solarian Deep.
A first contact, distant-future, flooded-planet, techno-mermaid story, which sounds great. In fact we strongly advise you to take the plunge and buy a copy!
Wait a minute...
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