Sci-Fi Saturday Night

Tonight’s guest is Sue Soares, the publicist for Rhode Island Comic Con, which will be held Nov. 3-4, 2012 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. Sue told us about the exciting guest lineup, which includes a BSG reunion, several Star Trek cast members, Walt Simonson, Billy West, and many, many more! We also talked about the after-parties (there are several!) and some of the great panels and events that are planned. Tickets are $25 per day or $35 for a weekend pass, and there are several VIP passes available as well as a less expensive pass that grants access to just the gaming tournaments. We hope to see you there!

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We start with a quick shout-out to Rock and Shock 2012, where we had a great time!

And then, we move directly into our conversation with tonight’s guest, Spider Robinson. Spider is an author, musician, podcaster, gentleman, and scholar. (I may have added those last two…) Tonight he’s here to talk to us about many things, but the most important of them is his daughter, Terri, and her blog, Graceful Woman Warrior. Terri is battling Stage IV breast cancer, and the blog follows her struggles and triumphs.  If you are inspired by Terri’s blog, and you would like to help out, there is an auction benefitting Terri. If you are a collector or a creator and you would like to donate to these auctions, contact Jan at [email protected].

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Tonight’s guest is Sara Mayhew: mangaka, skeptic, and TED Fellow. Her manga series is called Legend of the Ztarr, and we discussed the ways she combines an art form that is usually fantastical with science and critical thinking. We also discussed TED conferences and her TED Talks. If you’re interested in what Sara has to say on the show, check out her upcoming appearances to see her live!

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Tonight’s guests are the cast of the hit FearNet show Holliston! Adam, Joe, Laura, and Corri give us the scoop on the upcoming Season 2 and tell us some great tidbits from Season 1, which will be available on DVD October 9. You can also catch the Holliston cast AND the SFSN cast at Rock and Shock in Worcester, MA on October 12-14.

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This week’s special surprise guest is Kristie Petersen Schoonover. Kristie has lots of exciting news for us:  she just got back from her honeymoon, she has a new book coming out soon, and she’ll be appearing at Rock and Shock as well as Rhode Island Comic Con!

We’re also celebrating the 30th anniversary of Banned Book Week. We discussed some of our favorite banned and/or challenged books from the Top 10 Banned/Challenged Books List for 2011 and the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books List for 2000-2009.  Remember to go out this week and thank someone who helps to keep these awesome books available!

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Yael Goldstein Love

Yael Goldstein Love is  an editor and co-founder of Plympton, a literary studio that uses electronic distribution for both new and established writers of serial novels. As a writer, her first book, “The Passion of Tasha Darsky” (2007), garnered wonderful reviews with the New York Times saying that her work showed “signs of brooding genius”.  She has also taught fiction writing at Grub Street, Boston’s center for creative writing, and served as publishing assistant at The Paris Review.

Plympton’s Kickstarter page details all the wonderful plans they have as well as their current 3 books  that are currently available:

The Many Lives of Lilith Lane

Hacker Mom

Love is Strong as Death

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L.L. Soares

Tonight’s guest is L.L. Soares, whose work we featured earlier this week in our Fiction Friday post. He told us about his new book, Life Rage, which will be released soon. We also discussed In Sickness: Stories from a Very Dark Place, the book he wrote with his wife, Laura. Soares is a member of the New England Horror Writers, and is a contributor to Cinemaknifefight.com.

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This week’s guest is author Joe Tripician, whose books include My Night With Sarah Palin, Balkanized at Sunrise, and The Official Alien Abductee’s Handbook. (That last link will bring you to a free downloadable version of the book.)  We also discussed his new dystopian book, Immortality Wars, which explores what would happen if we were granted immortality, but it keeps everyone at the age they are now…forever.

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