Beyond The Trope

In week three of our Denver Comic Con 2016 coverage, we're talking to the amazing Judy Burns, Kevin Hearne, and Amalie Howard. Thanks, again, to Pop Culture Classroom!

In week two of our Denver Comic Con 2016 coverage, we're talking to the AMAZING Patrick Hester, the founder of Player Two, a bar for nerds in the planning stages for the Denver area, and Hilly and Hannah Hindi of The Hillywood Show! All thanks to Pop Culture Classroom.

Our coverage of Denver Comic Con 2016 begins today with great interviews from Ann Stampler, Cat Staggs, and Terry Brooks. It's a fantastic beginning to an amazing year, all thanks to Pop Culture Classroom.

This week we're talking horror with Shannon Lawrence. A bit out of our comfort zone, but that's why we brought in an expert.

Mentioned in this episode:
Mile Hi Con
Anomaly Con
IT CAME FROM THE BLUE SLUDGE by Shannon Lawrence
Devolution Z (Magazine)
SOUTHERN FRIED RAT by Daniel Cohen
Pikes Peak Writers Conference
Scream (Movie
Silent House
Dakota Fanning
Elle Fanning
Olsen Twins
Alien (Movie)
Cabin in the Woods (Movie)
Tremors (Movie)
Lake Placid (Movie)
Shaun of the Dead (Movie)
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Nightmare Magazine
THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood
THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR (Annual Short Story Collection)
Ellen Datlow
Patrick Hester
WATCHMENT by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
V FOR VENDETTA by Alan Moore, David Lloyd, and Tony Weare
http://thewarriormuse.com
KITSUNE TALES by Emily Kay Singer https://www.amazon.com/Kitsune-Tales-Two-Short-Stories-ebook/dp/B01BSZ3RKU/

This week we're talking to author, Aimie K. Runyan, whose debut novel, PROMISED TO THE CROWN is available NOW wherever fine books are sold.

Mentioned in this episode:
PROMISED TO THE CROWN by Aimie K. Runyan
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
Pikes Peak Writers
Rachel Caine
DUTY TO THE CROWN by Aimie K. Runyan (Available Oct. 2016)
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver
http://aimiekrunyan.com
http://twitter.com/aimiekrunyan

Dan Koboldt returns this week to talk about pitching contests.

Mentioned on this episode:
Query Kombat
Michelle Hauck
Pitch Wars
Brenda Drake
#PitMad
#SFFPit
LES MISERABLES (Book) by Victor Hugo
QueryTracker
THE ROGUE RETRIEVAL by Dan Koboldt
http://dankoboldt.com
http://twitter.com/DanKoboldt

Putting the science back in science fiction is a subtle art. To help guide us through some techniques to make this happen we brought in author Dan Koboldt.

Mentioned in this episode:
Harper Voyager
Kindle Scout
Susan Spann
THE ROGUE RETRIEVAL by Dan Koboldt
THE BUILD A DRAGON COMPANY (Working Title) by Dan Koboldt
The Human Genome Project
JURASSIC PARK by Michael Crichton
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelly
Crispr Cas9
Gattaca (Movie)
Meradeth Houston
Lydia Kang
UPDRAFT by Fran Wilde
THE GRACE OF KINGS by Ken Liu
A MEMORY OF LIGHT by Robert Jordon and Brandon Sanderson
http://dankoboldt.com

We're diving into another trunk novel, this one a much more recent project that Giles abandoned a few years ago.

Mentioned in this episode:
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (Book) by Cressida Cowell
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Movie)
The Last Samurai (Movie)
Fuller House (TV Show)
KITSUNE TALES (Short Story Collection) by Emily Kay Singer https://www.amazon.com/Kitsune-Tales-Two-Short-Stories-ebook/dp/B01BSZ3RKU/

This week, we're talking about Tesla and how his inventions can be adapted for great sci-fi writing.

Mentioned in this episode:
Batman
The Joker
DC Comics
Thomas Edison
J.T. Evans
AC/DC
Monty Phython
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE (Movie)
One Republic
Google
Megamind (Movie)
STARDUST by Neil Gaiman
Tesla Memorial Society of New York ( http://teslasociety.com )
THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF SPRING HEELED JACK by Mark Hodder
Teslapunk (Video Game)
KITSUNE TALES (Short Story collection) by Emily Singer ( https://www.amazon.com/Kitsune-Tales-Two-Short-Stories-ebook/dp/B01BSZ3RKU/ )
GLITTER BOMB (Upcoming Short Story) by Emily Singer

It's episode 100! And this week

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