What The SFF?!

Welcome to the latest episode of What the SFF?! The Angry Robot Podcast as we welcome authors Stephen Deas (The Moonsteel Crown, The Memory of Flames, Thief-Takers Apprentice and Silver Kings series) and Robert V.S. Redick (Master Assassins, The Cathrand Voyage series)!

Hosted by head robot Eleanor Teasdale, listen in to this illuminating discussion about writing in different genres, what you can learn about writing by teaching it, and the perils of adapting a book from a D&D campaign!

Guests

Stephen Deas: 

Twitter 

Website 

Stephen's Infamous Gazeteer

The Moonsteel Crown Out Now

I Know What I Saw Out Now

Robert V.S. Redick: 

Website

The Master Assassins Out Now

Sidewinders Out June 2021

Books/TV/Games Mentioned

Books:

The Devil's Blade by Mark Alder

The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson

A Lush and Seething Hell by John Hornor Jacobs

TV Shows: 

No Offence

Vikings

Engrenages/Spiral

Call My Agent

Lupin

Games:

Assassins Creed Valhalla

In the latest episode of What the SFF?!, join Tim Pratt, author of the Axiom trilogy and Doors of Sleep, and Molly Tanzer, author of the Diabolist's Library trilogy and weird-Western Vermillion, as they chat with Head Robot Eleanor Teasdale!

Listen in as they discuss how authors can use Patreon to showcase their writing (or their cats), the trials and tribulations of crowdfunding, and the singular joys of working on Mario manga.

Our Guests

Tim Pratt

Twitter

Patreon

Books by Tim

Doors of Sleep

The Alien Stars and Other Novellas

The Axiom Trilogy

Antiquities and Tangibles

The Marla Mason Series

Molly Tanzer

Twitter

Website

Molly (and Toad's) Patreon

Books by Molly

The Diabolist's Library Trilogy

Vermillion

Super Mario Manga Mania

Other Books/Links Mentioned

The Merry Blacksmith Press

The Whole Picture by Alice Procter

Road out of Winter by Alison Stine

Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Talented Miss Farwell by Emily Gray Tedrowe

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy

Welcome back to What the SFF!?, presented by Angry Robot Books.

In this episode, we welcome Aussie SFF writers Amanda Bridgeman (whose The Subjugate and The Sensation are out now from Angry Robot), and Amie Kaufman (NYT bestselling co-author of young adult series including The Illuminae Files and Aurora Cycle, and of middle grade series The Elementals)!

Listen in as they join chief robot Eleanor Teasdale to talk about writing series, the trials and tribulations of co-authoring, how to unwind at the end of the writing day, and all the fantastic writing coming out of the Australian SFF scene!

Our Guests

Amanda Bridgeman

Website 

Twitter

Buy The Subjugate 

Buy The Sensation

Preorder Pandemic: Patient Zero

Amie Kaufman

Website

Twitter

Buy Aurora Rising 

Buy Aurora Burning 

Buy The Other Side of the Sky

Buy Elementals: Ice Wolves

Authors/Books/Resources Mentioned on the Podcast

The Aurealis Awards (Australia's most prestigious SFF awards)

The Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson

Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller

In the Dark Spaces by Cally Black

Sam Hawke

Devin Madson

Lynette Noni

Justin Woolley

Nathan M. Farrugia

Amanda Pillar

Welcome back to What the SFF?!, the Angry Robot podcast, as we kick off a new season of brilliantly bookish explorations into all things AR!

This month we were delighted to release CAPTAIN MOXLEY AND THE EMBERS OF THE EMPIRE by Dan Hanks and THE PHLEBOTOMIST by Chris Panatier, two very different but equally fantastic debut novels, and we were lucky enough to be joined by both Dan and Chris for a live-streamed launch event on September 8th. 

But if you missed the fun, never fear, because we recorded the whole thing! 

Listen in as they chat with Robot Overlord Eleanor Teasdale about challenging colonialism in adventure fiction,  how to craft a dystopia while living through one, and learning how to write in a pandemic.

Check out Dan Hanks on Twitter and his Website

Buy CAPTAIN MOXLEY AND THE EMBERS OF THE EMPIRE 

Check out Chris Panatier on Twitter and his Website

Buy THE PHLEBOTOMIST

Angry Robot managing director Etan Ilfeld  interviews Francois Ducet.

Francois is a professional board game developer at Space Cowboys--a leading French publisher. He was one of the top Diplomacy Players in the world, regularly plays D&D, and has been involved in developing  award-winning board games including Splendor. In this interview, we discuss worldbuilding, time travel, and the cross-over from games into fiction.

https://www.spacecowboys.fr/our-board-games

Time Stories on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/146508/time-stories

Stranger Things Bible: http://www.zen134237.zen.co.uk/Stranger_Things/Stranger_Things_-_Bible.pdf

In the latest episode of What the SFF?!, Angry Robot overlord Eleanor Teasdale is joined by authors Myke Cole, whose AR debut Sixteenth Watch is out now, and Dan Moren, author of The Bayern Agenda, and its soon-to-be-released sequel The Aleph Extraction! Listen in as they discuss their tips for Life in the Time of Corona, their tips for books, films, and boardgames to help get you through lockdown, and the best piece of writing voice you've ever heard: you have to want it more than the video games.

Find this episode's guests here:

Myke Cole Twitter Instagram Website

Dan Moren Twitter Instagram Website 

And get their books here:

Sixteenth Watch 

The Bayern Agenda

The Aleph Extraction

Further fun:

Sea of Thieves

Pike and Shot

Kingdom Death Monster

In this episode of What The SFF?!, we're joined by two of Angry Robot's newest authors: Rob Greene, writer of just-released debut The Light Years, and Ginger Smith, whose first novel The Rush's Edge  will be out later this year! Listen in as they chat to junior robot Sam McQueen about researching sci-fi, what they've learned about the art of writing from the art of teaching, the trials and tribulations of collecting typewriters and toys, and a very expensive way of getting rid of a body...

Find this month's guests here:

Rob Greene

https://twitter.com/rwwgreene

https://www.instagram.com/rwwgreene/?hl=en

https://www.rwwgreene.com

Ginger Smith

https://twitter.com/GSmithauthor

Buy their books here:

The Light Years: https://smarturl.it/TheLightYears

The Rush's Edge: https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/shop/year/2020/the-rushs-edge/

Further reading/watching/listening here: 

Bloodchild by Octavia Butler: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781583226988

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143128793

Stories From the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781490423913

Neuromancer (Book 1 of the Sprawl Trilogy) by William Gibson: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780441569595

Rob's piece on his typewriter collection from Mary Robinette Kowal's My Favourite Bit blog: http://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-r-w-w-greene-talks-about-the-light-years/

The Mars Foundation http://www.marsfoundation.org/

Roadhouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film)

To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar: https://open.spotify.com/album/7ycBtnsMtyVbbwTfJwRjSP

The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd: https://open.spotify.com/album/4LH4d3cOWNNsVw41Gqt2kv

The Beatles (aka The White Album) by The Beatles: https://open.spotify.com/album/1WMVvswNzB9i2UMh9svso5

The Lord of the Rings/Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Sorry, never heard of them, you're on your own there...

Kameron Hurley (The Worldbreaker Saga) and Madeline Ashby (The Machine Dynasty) join our resident host and overlord, Eleanor Teasdale, to chat all things series-writing and how it's both wonderful and sucky at the same time. Some great tips also on tools to use in your own writing, as well as some – possibly spoilerish – discussion on the new Netflix show, The Witcher. Agree? Disagree? Let us know!

Find this month's guests on Twitter: Kameron Hurley: @KameronHurley | Madeline Ashby: @MadelineAshby | Eleanor Teasdale: @Eteasdale 

And their amazing books here:

Kameron Hurley – https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/our-authors/kameron-hurley/

Madeline Ashby – https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/our-authors/madeline-ashby/

In our final episode for 2019, Robot Overlord Eleanor Teasdale is joined by Dan Abnett (author of Triumff, Embedded, and too many comic books and Black Library novels to count) and Jen Williams (author of The Copper Cat Trilogy and two-time BFS Best Fantasy Novel Award-Winning The Winnowing Flame trilogy, and the upcoming thriller debut Dog Rose Dirt) to finish the year with a bang! Join them as they discuss the delicate art of writing genuinely funny fiction, the pleasures and challenges of working across diverse genres, and why the most importance lesson you can learn as an author is 'don't be like Enya'.

Find this month's guests on Twitter:

Dan Abnett: @vincentabnett

Jen Williams: @sennydreadful

Eleanor Teasdale: @Eteasdale

And their books here: 

Triumff by Dan Abnett: https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/shop/year/2009-year/triumff-her-majestys-hero-dan-abnett/

Embedded by Dan Abnett: https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/shop/year/2011-year/embedded-dan-abnett/

The Copper Cat Trilogy by Jen Williams: https://sennydreadful.co.uk/the-copper-cat-trilogy/

The Winnowing Flame Trilogy by Jen Williams: https://sennydreadful.co.uk/the-ninth-rain/

Further reading:

Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saxon_Stories

Slow Horses by Mick Herron: https://www.amazon.com/Slow-Horses-Slough-House-Herron/dp/1616954167

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon: https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Adventures-Kavalier-Clay/dp/0812983580

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber: https://www.amazon.com/Crimson-Petal-White-Michel-Faber/dp/0156028778

Jack Vance's Dying Earth Series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying_Earth

So you've written a book for NaNoWriMo...but what do you do next? 

This month on a supersized What the SFF?!, our Editorial Director Eleanor Teasdale is joined by literary agent Sara Megibow and Angry Robot's newest author Dan Hanks to talk about just that! Listen in as they discuss everything you've ever wanted to know about the book industry but haven't had a chance to ask, from what an agent does, to the secret to tackling a towering TBR pile, and why publishing is a lot like a duck. 

Eleanor Teasdale would be delighted to answer your listener questions about publishing - just tweet her at @ETeasdale!

This month's guests:

Eleanor Teasdale: @ETeasdale

Sara Megibow: @SaraMegibow

Dan Hanks: @dan_hanks

Further reading:

Shrouded Loyalties by Reese Hogan: https://smarturl.it/ShroudedLoyalties

A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darker-Shade-Magic-V-Schwab/dp/1783295406

The Sea of Adventure by Enid Blyton: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sea-Adventure-Enid-Blyton/dp/1447262786/