The Legendarium

T. Kingfisher (aka Ursula Vernon) stops by the show to talk to Craig about a favorite childhood book of hers: Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams.

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Craig chats with guest Adam Ross of First Fantasy Books to talk about his quest to improve child literacy through fun, simple worldbuilding.

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Craig sits down for a fun, free-ranging discussion with one of the most interesting people ever to appear on the show. SL Huang is a Hugo-winning and Amazon-bestselling writer. The author of the Cas Russell series from Tor, starting with Zero Sum Game, and the fantasies Burning Roses and The Water Outlaws, Huang is also an MIT graduate, stunt person, and firearms expert.

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James Kennedy returns! This time, he joins Craig and Drew McCaffrey to discuss G.K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday, a truly bizarre and classic detective story. For those who think Craig talks too much...you're in luck! Because he knows just how out of his depth he is here and lets the smart people do more of the talking.

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Todd, Kenn, and Stephanie sit down for yet another discussion of James SA Corey's The Expanse. This time they finish up Tiamat's Wrath, the eighth book in the series.

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Craig, Ryan, and Kenn sit down to discuss the second half of Before They Are Hanged, the second book in Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy.

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Kent Lester joins Craig to talk about his journey from writing non-fiction to writing sci-fi thrillers like The Seventh Sun. A quick warning: We struggled with some tech stuff during this recording, so if it sounds like the ending is a bit abrupt...well, that's only because it was.

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Craig, Ryan, and Kenn sit down to discuss the first half of Before They Are Hanged, the second book in Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy.

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Mary Rickert (aka M. Rickert) stops by to chat with Craig about the art of the short story. What are the strengths and weaknesses of short fiction? Why did Mary get drawn to this particular form? What can readers gain by digging into short stories? And where should they start?

Check out M. Rickert's newest (short) book, Lucky Girl

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Author Brian Evenson stops by to talk with Craig about The Fifth Head of Cerberus, the second novel by Gene Wolfe. And what a novel it is! Without spoiling any of the surprises, the two dig into what makes Gene Wolfe special, and why Brian wanted to write the introduction for a new edition of the book.

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