Reality Break Podcast

Keith R.A. DeCandido Live Interview at Dragon*Con

dave — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:33:15 +0000

Reality Break will be at Dragon*Con this Labor Day weekend. Again this year, we have a slot on the podcasting track to record an episode live in front of an audience. That will be Sunday at 10 PM, and the scheduled guest is author Keith RA DeCandido. Keith is the current author of the Farscape series of comics from BOOM! Studios. He has written novels in the Buffy universe and the novelization of the Serenity film. Keith is also a long time member of SF fandom, having been involved for almost two decades with the program The Chronic Rift as a cable access show and as a podcast (much like present program’s journey from radio to podcast).

Please come and be a part of the taping of the episode. There will be questions taken from the floor and possibly dancing. I guarantee it will be a good time for all!

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Reality Break Podcast Episode 8 – William Shunn

dave — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:30:51 +0000

Our guest this episode is author William Shunn. This interview was recorded in 2007 but is newly relevant as he is once again podcasting his unpublished memoir The Accidental Terrorist. As a science fiction writer, his 2006 novella “Inclination” was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Later this year his collaboration with author Derryl Murphy, the novella Cast a Cold Eye will be published by PS Publishing.

Quote from the show: “My newest story is set aboard a space station. For some reason I can’t explain, I seem to be setting a lot of my stories on space stations lately.”

You can listen to the episode here, in the flash player below or you can subscribe in iTunes or directly via RSS and get every episode. If you’d like to discuss this episode, you can talk about it in the Reality Break forum.

Thanks for listening!

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Balticon

dave — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:35:51 +0000

It’s been a long hitch in the production schedule, but I am currently at Balticon, doing interviews, lining more up and getting the pipeline filled again. Look for more episodes Really Soon Now, friends and netizens. Much SF interview goodness will grace your earbuds shortly. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

New Shows Shortly

dave — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:40:56 +0000

Never fear, true believers. There will be new episodes of Reality Break posted shortly. An unusually high impact fall caused a hitch in the production schedule that ended up lasting months, but starting this weekend the pipeline will begin flowing again. Thanks for your patience. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Reality Break Podcast Episode 7 – Tobias S. Buckell

dave — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:34:05 +0000

Our guest this episode is author Tobias S. Buckell. This interview was recorded at the most recent Dragon*Con in Atlanta GA. Tobias is the author of Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin and his most recent novel Sly Mongoose. He is an exemplar of the next generation of science fiction writer, and a writer of works that are both simultaneously rich satisfying science fiction and cracking good adventure yarns.

Quote from the show: “When someone like Charles Stross says something like ‘Maybe man isn’t meant to go to space’ I at age 29 think he might be right or might be wrong. It’s not important to the core of what I think is science fiction. Judging by our track record so far, maybe homey’s got a point.”

Thanks for listening!

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Reality Break Podcast Episode 6 – Mur Lafferty

dave — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:12:18 +0000

Our guest this episode is author and podcaster Mur Lafferty. This interview was recorded at the most recent Dragon*Con in Atlanta GA in front of a live audience. Mur is the author of the several novels that she has chosen to publish as podcast originals including her novel Heaven.

We mostly discuss her post-modern superhero novel Playing For Keeps which she originally published as a podiobook and which was recently republished by Swarm Press. We discuss in depth the world she built as well as the morality and ethics of superheroics.

Quote from the show: “Look at the Justice League – they have a space station! I mean, Batman is rich but seriously, who is paying for this?”

Thanks for listening!

Mur Lafferty links:

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Reality Break Podcast Episode 5 – Bruce Sterling

dave — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:27:01 +0000

Our guest this episode is author, futurist and design professor Bruce Sterling. This interview was recorded in February 1997 around the release of his novel Holy Fire. He has written ten novels, dozens of short stories, multiple books of essays on futurism and design theory, and the only book on cybercrime from one of the canonical cyberpunk writers, The Hacker Crackdown: Law And Disorder On The Electronic Frontier. He and William Gibson are widely regarded as kickstarters of the modern “steampunk” movement with their novel The Difference Engine. His most recent novel is The Zenith Angle and his next novel The Caryatids will be published next spring.

Thanks for listening!

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Mur Lafferty Interview Live at Dragon*Con

dave — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:11:13 +0000

Reality Break will be at Dragon*Con this weekend, doing promotion and conducting interviews. We have a slot on the podcasting track to record an episode live in front of an audience. That will be Friday at 10 PM, and the scheduled guest is author Mur Lafferty. Mur is a podcaster in her own right and the author of Playing For Keeps, which is currently part of a coordinated sales campaign to get it up the Amazon.com sales charts. It is working, it was in the single digits at points yesterday.

Come by and see us Friday at 10 PM. There will be swag to give away and fun to be had. You too can be a part of it!

Update: The room we will be in is the Rockdale room in the Hilton, unless of course it changes.

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Reality Break Episode 4 – Kelley Eskridge

dave — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:25:43 +0000

Our guest this episode is speculative fiction author Kelley Eskridge. This interview was recorded in May 2007 following the release of her short story collection Dangerous Space. She has been published in such venues as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Century, Pulphouse, the anthology Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, and Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times. Her story “Alien Jane” was adapted for television on the series Welcome to Paradox. Her debut novel Solitaire was published in 2002 and was a New York Times Notable Book, a Borders Books Original Voices selection, and was nominated for the Nebula, Endeavour and Spectrum awards.

Thanks for listening!

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Reality Break Episode 3 – Robert Jordan

dave — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:48:17 +0000

Our guest this episode is the late Robert Jordan. This nterview was recorded in Atlanta GA in October 1994, when he was on book tour with Lord of Chaos, the sixth Wheel of Time book.

Robert Jordan was most well known for his Wheel of Time novels, but he also wrote seven Conan novels which were collected in The Conan Chronicles and The Further Chronicles of Conan. The Wheel of Time series began with The Eye of the World and the most recently published book is the eleventh volume Knife of Dreams . The Wheel of Time series has always been published by Tor books. The twelfth and final volume of the series is scheduled to be published in 2009 and will be completed by fantasy author Brandon Sanderson.

Thanks for listening!

Robert Jordan links:

Dragonmount, a Wheel of Time community
The Dragonmount hosted Robert Jordan blog
Tor Book’s Robert Jordan site

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Reality Break Episode 2 – Cory Doctorow

dave — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:55:22 +0000

Our guest this episode is Cory Doctorow. This is the first interview recorded for this program back when this project was first coming together. I sat down with Cory at Orycon 2006 and we discussed fandom and his upbringing in it, the intersection of SF and cyberculture, and how fantastic literature has become the new mainstream and influenced the world we live in.

Cory Doctorow is one of the co-editors of Boing Boing. He has published the novels Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Eastern Standard Tribe, and Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town – all from Tor Books. He has also published the story collections a Place So Foreign from Four Walls Eight Windows and Overclocked from Thunder’s Mouth Press. IDW Publishing has put out the comic book adaptation series Cory Doctorow’s Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now, and his newest book is the young adult novel Little Brother from Tor books.

Thanks for listening!

Cory Doctorow links:

Cory Doctorow’s personal site
Cory’s Little Brother page

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Reality Break Episode 1 – Will Eisner

dave — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:52:42 +0000

Welcome to the first episode of Reality Break! In order to make this a special one, our premier interview is with a giant in the field of graphic literature who sadly is no longer with us. In 1998 I interviewed Will Eisner on his then current graphic novel A Family Matter . I consider this one of the high points of the series and of my interviewing career as a whole. Even though I felt like a scared kid who had no business in this conversation, Mr. Eisner was very kind and easy to talk to. As a teenager I had met Mr. Eisner at a comic convention in 1984 and he must have talked to me for 10 minutes, telling me jokes and flipping through my stack of Will Eisner’s Quarterly issues and pointing out things he particularly was proud of. He was a true class act and is deeply missed by everyone.

Will Eisner was one of the true founders of the comic book industry. He created or co-created many Golden Age characters such as Blackhawk, Doll Man, Lady Luck and Mr. Mystic but his most enduring creation is the Spirit. Currently a feature film of the Spirit is in production, being directed by Frank Miller. Later in his career, Will Eisner pioneered the graphic novel format and in fact he coined the term to describe his 1978 book A Contract With God. He was active in graphic literature up until his death in 2005, producing such notable work as Last Day in Vietnam, The Dreamer, and The Plot.

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First Show: Will Eisner

dave — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:35:40 +0000

After many delays for reasons large and small, the Reality Break podcast will be launching this weekend! We are not fooling around here so the first show will be a huge one, featuring an archive interview with the late great Will Eisner. The show will be published over the weekend, so if you want to get ready for that you can subscribe now either in iTunes or directly via RSS. I couldn’t be more excited about this, so welcome aboard as this train leaves the station!

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Episode 0 – The Introduction

dave — Wed, 28 May 2008 04:36:07 +0000

This is a brief introductory episode to explain what the program is about, the history of Reality Break as both a radio show and a podcast, and what to expect from upcoming shows. Thanks for checking it out. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Reality Break Promo

dave — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:14:24 +0000

Here is a promo about the new program with the theme music and full production. It is reasonably short at 1:07 and anyone that wants to play it in their show is certainly welcome to. This promo as a whole is licensed Creative Commons. You are, of course, free to play it in your show (that’s, like, the point of it) and I’m willing to beg you to do so. Thanks!

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.

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