Fantasy Talks Live

In this episode I am joined by professor of social philosophy and author Tom Grimwood to talk about his book Vanisher: Chronicles of the Warren. We discuss the personal events that led to the writing and publication of the book, plot twists vs subversion of expectations and heist movies.

You can find out more about Tom and his work over at his Cumbria University site: https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/study/academic-staff/all-staff-members/tom-grimwood.php

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In this episode I am joined by long time friends of the podcast, Ian Porter and Susana Imaginário, to discuss Disquiet Gods, book 6 in the Sun Eater series with Christopher Ruocchio himself and his editor and patron saint of this podcast, David John Butler.

You can check our previous conversation with Christopher in episode 25 of this podcast as well as my interview with David about the role of the edior in episode 14.

You can check out Ian's Youtube channel over at: https://www.youtube.com/@bnbbooks1794

You can find out more about Susana and her work over at: www.susanaimaginario.com

In this episode I get to quizz Dr Goodwyn about several mental conditions and their portrayal in the media. We discuss psychopathy, gender disforia, multiple personality disorder and electroshock therapy.

We also talk about the difference in male and female brains and how these differences manifest themselves in personal interests and patterns of behaviour.

You can find out more about Dr Goodwyn and his work over at www.erikgoodwyn.com and his Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@theimaginarium

You can find out more about Susana and her work over at: www.susanaimaginario.com 

In this episode, past guest Jared Michaud comes back to talk about his work, the woes and tribulations of the indie author and I learn about the Authors in Grocery Stores program.

We also talk about matters of faith, the state of current pop culture and the innate human need for belonging to a group.

You can find out more about Jared and his work over at: https://jarednmichaud.com/

In this episode I talk to the author of the Fall of Emros fantasy series, ex punk-metal singer, foundry worker and all round cool guy, Thomas J. Devens.

We talk about his interest in fantasy, his writing process and his very casual approach to dishing out death of characters in his novels. Certainly some unexpected twists in this conversation.

You can find out more about Thomas and his works over at: https://fallofemros.blogspot.com/

In this episode I am joined by journalist and author John Houlihan. John has been a long time games journalist, he is also the author of the Mon Dieu Cthulhu! book series and a game designer of the Achtung Cthulhu! role playing game.

We discuss the evolution of the computer games industry and then delve into our love of H. P. Lovecraft's work and John's involvement in the rpg world.

You can find out more about John and his work over at www.john-houlihan.net

Due to some unforseen technical issues, there are some sound problems that I have tried to correct as much as possible during post production. I profusely apologise for these.

In this episode, I am joined by German born Australia based author Dirk Strasser. We talk about his career in writing and editing sci-fi & fantasy magazines, his latest novel Conquist and the differences between novel writing and screen play writing.

You can find out more about Dirk and his work over at www.dirkstrasser.com

In this episode I am joined by friend and fellow podcaster, community manager and all round nice guy Steve from the PageChewing.com forums.

I ask Steve about his experience creating a fabulous online community for fellow book lovers and the trials and tribulations of creating online content, why we do it, what is the point of it all and the impact it has had in our lives.

You can find out more about Steve and the wonderful online community he has created over at www.pagechewing.com

In this episode I talk to author and Disney Star Wars animator Nathan R. Allen. First, Nathan very kindly answers my questions about working for Disney and the present day status of Disney Star Wars before diving into his first novel The Heretic, his writing process and the drive to write it.

You can find out my review of his novel over at my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/vnm6dHCrL9o

You can also find out more about Nathan and his work over at his website: www.nathanrallen.com

In this episode I am joined by Canadian comic book artist Sam Beck. We talk about her journey into comics, influences and even touch on the ever controversial topic of the place of AI on the creative arts.

You can find out more about Sam and her work over at www.sambeck.ca