Sci-Fi Saturday Night

We here at Sci Fi Saturday Night love comic books.  We started with superhero stories with their caped protagonists fighting the forces of evil.   Our tastes over time broadened to comics set in fantasy and science fiction.  Follow that...

TalkCast 535 – Remembering The Dome

Shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased. Thus do we all refute entropy. — Spider Robinson Tonight we’ve gathered as many podcast family members as possible to host a tribute episode for The Dome.  Kriana, Captain Cam, Illustrator X, Dead...

TalkCast 534 – Duatero’s Just Another Word For Nothin’ Left To Lose

Brad C. Anderson In this show we get the chance to talk with world builder Brad C. Anderson and how he used the meta-concept of a “generation ship” to help propel a wonderful new novel about lost pasts and new futures,...

TalkCast 533 – The Gods Suck (Or So I Am Told)

Miles Cameron Of all the things you can say about a book by Miles Cameron, it is NEVER boring and this is no exception. Against All Gods is a magnum opus encompassing continents and characters and events that is breathtaking in...

TalkCast 532 – Can I Offer You A Root Beer?

In the land of snarky comic science fiction there is a place where you go and someone yells out “NORM!!!!” or perhaps in this case “VANCE!!!”, as in this ‘Cast we are once again joined by C.T. Phipps and his...

TalkCast 531 – Just Like Jack Vance, Only Spicier?

Who are “The Paladins of Vance”? Well, this ‘Casts guest, Matthew Hughes most certainly is. So, what does it mean, what do they do? We talk with Matthew about this and his amazing book Barbarians of The Beyond. It turns...

TalkCast 530 – They Call it Plastic City, Bubba

It’s Keith In this ‘Cast, we speak with Keith Gleason, the guy with many hats. We talk about his podcast Indie Comics Relay with Johnny C (LOVE YOUR COFFEE, man) and we spend some time talking about his own personal comic...

TalkCast 529 – Anthropodermic Bibliopegy for Beginers

In this “Cast we get to talk with old friend Mark Leslie and new friend Julie Strauss. Why are they on together? Well, they have collaborated on the newest book in the Canadian Werewolf series, “Lover’s Moon. This book is...

TalkCast 528 – Do You Even Know What A Red Shirt Means or More Quantum Nonsense?

C.T. Phipps Welcome to 6 Degrees of Kelvin Bacon Grease by way of Vance Turbo and his ragtag crew of intergalactic misfits brought to you by the keenly twisted mind of our good friend and wonderful guest C. T. Phipps who...

TalkCast 527 – Area 51 – The Helix Project Episode 5 Kickstarter

In tonights ‘Cast we get to spend some quality time with old friend Trevor Fernandez-Lenkiewicz just prior to the kickoff of the Kickstarter of Issue Five of Area 51 – The Helix Project. This is the ongoing project that we...

TalkCast 526 – What Can Be Said About Dr. Jekyll Alien Hunter?

Official Five Timer’s Club Member As it turns out, quite a bit.  We got to learn about this project about 8 months ago from Dr. Bruce when he dropped the title talking about another project in Talkcast 503. So now we...

TalkCast 525 – I Get It, The Earth Is A F**ked Up Place

It’s a funny thing about wars in space. Just when you think you know who you’re fighting, you learn you just might be mistaken. This is kind of where we pick up the narrative with David E. Kelly, author of...

TalkCast 524 – It’s Sherbet Night and Richard’s Here

Official Five Timer’s Club Member On the ‘Cast tonight is a great friend and wonderful writer, Richard Paolinelli, here to talk about book two in the Starquest 4th. Age Adventure Series: Galen’s Blade. This book has everything a reader wanted in...

TalkCast 523 – The Middling Affliction & Cthulhu and You

Our first guest is Alex Shvartsman here to talk about his first  book in “The Conradverse”, The Middling Affliction. This book is a kind of interweaving urban fantasy which is based in New  York City and emcompasses mythos, monsters, various...

TalkCast 522 – We’re Going To Talk To This Guy….

In tonight’s ‘Cast, we get a surprise guest and get to spend the time with Mickey Mikkelson, Owner and Operator of Creative Edge Publicity, a company that Sci Fi Saturday Night has forged at strategic alliance with over the past...

TalkCast 521 – Kwelengsen Storm by David M. Kelly

In this ‘Cast we get to talk with David M. Kelly about a spin off from a series of his Joe Ballen books. The first book in the Logan’s World series (see above) continues on worldbuilding in a near future....

TalkCast 520 – Best Use Of A Goblin…Evah!

In this ‘Cast we talk with Richard H. Stephens about his Soul Forge Universe series of books spannings, at this point at least four different series of books, to talk about book one in his latest series Keeper of The...

TalkCast 519 – The Spark Behind The Writing of Pat Daily

So, what do we know about Pat Daily? He is an enigma on social media, so hiswebsite mirrors his facebook which mirrors his twitter account and all of which has very minimal background information about him. Here’s what we do...

TalkCast 518- Dreamforge Magazine And The Dignity Of Humanity

There is a joy in speaking with people who create something that works.  Creating a magazine is tough enough in this day and age and watching it morph into what has become Dreamforge Anvil has been wonderful indeed. In this...

TalkCast 517 – Eternity’s Well

In this episode we get to talk with Zachary Hagen about book one of 5 in the Eternal Chronicles Series, Eternity’s Well. This first book in the series is , for him, a work which in many ways parallels many...

TalkCast 516 – Vlada

In this episode, we speak with Christopher Denmead about his “graphic Novella Vlada: A Dracula Tale, which is  beautifully illustrated by Ken Hunt. Chris talks about the amazing intricacies of  how this book came about and the trials of production...

TalkCast 515 – SHAPERS OF WORLDS VOLUME II

Edward Willett In this “Cast we talk again with Edward Willett and touch upon a number of subjects. Among them were his anthologies, Shaper of Worlds, where they came from, his podcast his publishing company and how in the heck he...

TalkCast 514 – The Truth About Canadian Werewolves

Mark Leslie In this episode, author Mark Leslie returns and  talks about his latest book in the Canadian Werewolf series Fright Nights, Big City, reintroducing us to Michael Andrews and his cast of intriguing characters in the continuing story of fighting...

TalkCast 513 – What’s New Ceara Comeau?

In tonight’s ‘Cast we take a moment to check in with one of our friends, Ceara Comeau and ask the musical question, “Sup?” (which is not in fact a musical question at all). We  talked about what it’s been like...

TalkCast 512 – The Color Cyan, Just Because

Mandy Eve-Barnett In this episode, we get a rare glimpse into the mind of a very diverse writer Mandy Eve-Barnett. We got the chance to talk with her about to of her very interesting novellas The Rython Kingdom and the Rython...

TalkCast 511 – Fast Times At Hemophilia High

Rich Davis Welcome to another snappy title to an absolutely oddball  ‘Cast. Today/tonight/whenever we are proud to present Rich Davis, creator of Rise of Dracula. On the surface  this comic series is, as he puts it, gore porn and if you...

TalkCast 510 – It’s A Candy Mint, No, It’s a Breath Mint!

…and that’s right, yet another culturally obtuse ‘cast title as we bring two guests to you, one of whom is kinda a newcomer, the other has been with us since TalkCast 37(for those of you keeping score, that was June...

TalkCast 509 – Best Book Featuring A Zombie Named Cameron

Kristi Charish In this ‘Cast we welcome back Kristi Charish to talk about her new zombie series which begins with the book, The Voodoo Killings, get an introduction to her latest protagonist Kincade Strange and talk about the setting for this...

TalkCast 508 – You Had One Job

Mercedes Lackey In this “Cast we got the rare opportunity to speak with a Grand Master of the genre and holy crap was it fun. As a writer of well over 150 book Mercedes Lackey continues to have an amazing career,...

TalkCast 507 – White Ops In Spaceeeeeee

Declan Finn In this Cast we talk with the prolific Declan Finn about his newest “Space Opera” White Ops. This is a project that he began  long ago and discarded and reworked many times. The pandemic gave Declan the chance to...

TalkCast 506 – Nel Bently’s Earth

V.S. Holmes In this first ‘Cast of 2022 we get to talk with one of our favorite author friends, V.S. Holmes. It is always wonderful to welcome Them home and catching up with one of our oldest author friends and oner...

TalkCast 505 – Meet The Smormans

Paul Bahou So, there  was this guy, a more eclectic guy you are never going to meet, I think. His name is Paul Bahou and , among other things , he is a writer and judging from his book, Sunset Distortion:...

TalkCast 504 – Irrational Numbers for Rational Science Fiction

Edward M. Lerner When you read science fiction or fantasy or for that matter anything within the entire collective mish-mash genre, as a reader you tend to “give up” certain things; you simply accept  “givens”. Lobsters from Andromeda speak with English...

TalkCast 503 – A walk In Other Universes

Dr. Bruce Olav Solheim Having been on the ‘Cast a number of times, Dr Bruce Olav Solheim joins us again, this time to talk about UFO’s, life in the universe and his unique and personal perceptions of the paranormal which began...

Special Edition Talkcast – Skyraiders of Abarax Kickstarter

Tracy and Laura Hickman In this very special edition we get the chance to reconnect with dear friends Tracy and Laura Hickman as they are in the middle of their phenomenal Kickstarter, a simply amazing new game which was funded in...

TalkCast 502 – The Princess and The Pauper (updated version)

Thor Nesch Thor Nesch is by any definition multifaceted . The many styles of books as well as his other endeavours makes him “interesting” to say the least. When you have a writer, who amongst his many offerings has books that...

TalkCast 501 – Sex And The Single Werewolf or Agatha Christie And The Buckets Of Chum

Melissa Yi After a few weeks on hiatus for a number of issues, we’re back, and this ‘casts guest is just wonderful. Melissa Yi is a gifted writer and if that was all she was it would be plenty,,,,but she is...

TalkCast 500 – The Long Strange Trip Thusfar

Tonight we take a look back with some of our friends. In a very special  episode we reminisce with Zombrarian, Kriana, Illustrator X and Commander Cam and talk about some off their memories of the past 500 episodes: the good,...

TalkCast 499 – Plato’s Republic On the Moon and DragonCon

Garon Whithed One might reasonably ask what these two things have in common?  The quick answer is of course Garon Whited. The not so quick response is also Garon Whited. Garon and The Commander talk about one of his hard SF...

TalkCast 498 – Once Upon A Time In Dystopia

Dan Abella joins us once again to talk about the Philip K Dick Science Fiction FIlm Festival to be held at the Producers Club Theater and Cinema In New York City on September 17,18 and 19. As usual we have...

Talkcast 497 – GraniteCon 2021 Preview & WL Hawkin Returns

What Do GraniteCon and Paranormal Romance Have In Common? Why, it’s Sci Fi Saturday Night , of course! New England is so very lucky to have a Granitecon this year. We get a few moments to talk with Chris from...

TalkCast 496 – More Tales From The Haunted Bank

Kathrin Hutson What a pleasure it is to have Kathrin Hutson back with us again. She returns to talk about book two in her Accessory to Magic series, The Cursed Fae. When last we spoke with her is was to kick...

TalkCast 495 – A Cat On The Cover Always Sells Books

In this Cast we get to again speak author Edward Willett about his latest “juvenile” SF thriller Star Song; the adventures of Kriss, a young orphan boy, his off-worlder girlfriend Tevera and his touchlyre. One might rightfully ask , just...

TalkCast 494 – Not To Be Confused With Garfunkle and Oats

Angela Yuriko Smith Never in the course of a Cast  have I ever said “can I say something about that ” Scot Noel more times that in this episode and I’m not sure why other that I think Commander Cam and I adore...

TalkCast 493 – Vampires in Australia?

Anna J. Walner In this episode we get to meet author Anna J. Walner as she introduces her new series, Garkain, Book One of the Ulura Legacy. In this first book we meet Amelia, a woman of extraordinary gifts who is...

TalkCast 492 – Deus Ex Machina For Beginners

Garon Whited In this Cast we bring you the very funny and interesting author Garon Whited to talk about his very odd and interesting book, Dragonhunters. Garon not only proved to be an interesting conversationalist but was just fun to talk...

TalkCast 491 – Delta Variant Pez Dispensers for Jennifer Anne Gordon

Jennifer Anne Gordon Photo by Max Stark The key phrase in tonight’s show seems to be ‘My Banter is Bad” as we talk about Jennifer’s latest “horror”book Pretty/Ugly and peoples attempt to pigeonhole the genre. We also got the chance to...

TalkCast 490 – Smart Writing for Smart Readers

Kristi Charish In this episode we talk about opening back up of conventions, Northeast Comicon, Gay Somers, Blind Boxes. The blind box analogy referred to Kristi Charish and her newest book, Owl and the Japanese Circus which is book four in...

TalkCast 489 – An Exciting New Universe Begins… Section 4

Richard Paolinelli Sound confusing? Sure it does! It wouldn’t be Richard Poalinelli if it wasn’t, but god it was great to have him back on the show for appearance number 5 which makes him the newest  official member of The Five...

TalkCast 488 – Long Walk Into The Wasteland

Jenna Greene joins the Commander and I as we talk with her about book two in her Reborn Marks Series, Renew, to continue the tale of Lexil and Finn and the story of their plight. We get the chance to...