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Author Josh Reynolds joins Van this week to talk about the publishing phenomenon that is the Black Library's dystopian and ultra-violent Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000 Universe.   Beginning as a British tabletop game, BL has become the 5th largest SF publisher in the world, attracting great authors like Dan Abnett, Graham Mc Neill--and Josh!  So load your bolter, take your oath of moment, and get ready for tons of fun with the eldar, Tyranids, and lots and lots of Chaos daemons!

The JJ Abrams Star Trek movies are the topic as Midnight Entertainment's Jim Yelton beams aboard the White Rocket show. Are they good movies? Are they good Star Trek? How do they stack up to the originals? And what's that little alien with Scotty all about?  Engage!

This week Van is a guest at the 2013 Alabama Phoenix Festival and spends some time with several other notables in attendance--Bobby Nash, Sarah White, Sean Taylor, Doc Osborn, Mike Gordon, and David Wright-- discussing what they're up to and what they think about the Festival. A good time is had by all! So load up on Zaxby's and grab a seat in the Cahaba Center--good times await!

AUDIOBOOK SPECIAL:  This week Van continues his occasional series of readings, with an excerpt from his popular and critically acclaimed SF/Fantasy novel, LUCIAN: DARK GOD'S HOMECOMING.  A novel in the spirit of Roger Zelazny's AMBER series, LUCIAN is available on the Kindle and in paperback via our main site, http://www.whiterocketbooks.com.

This week Van is joined by Keith RA DeCandido, famed author of many STAR TREK (and other movie/TV) novels and comics, to walk down memory lane--or rather to walk through the Hyatt Regency, Marriott Marquis, and Peachtree Street--as they recount their favorite DragonCon memories.

So put on your best Stormtrooper armor, share a hotel room with twelve other people, and enjoy!

Keith can be found at http://www.decandido.net

Brought to you as always by www.whiterocketbooks.com and the Earth Station One Network!

This week, the tables are turned as Van himself is interviewed by Dr Art Sippo, Ric Croxton and Bruce Rosenberger of the Book Cave Podcast.  This episode presents excerpts from that interview, discussing Van's latest SENTINELS novel, METALGOD, as well as his new Military SF novel series.

The Book Cave can be found at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com

Many thanks to Art, Ric, and Bruce for making this audio available to White Rocket.

Award-winning author Bobby Nash joins Van this week to discuss the hit FX TV series, JUSTIFIED! It's an hour of Raylan, Art, Boyd, Ava, Tim, Rachel, and a holler full o' hillbillies, moonshiners and drug smugglers!  The question is-- will Van and Bobby get out of Harlan alive??

Author Ian Thomas Healy joins Van this week for the third installment in the "Superheroes in Novels and Beyond" series, discussing Ian's "Just Cause" superhero novels and numerous other works. The conversation also touches upon small press and e-book publishing and marketing.

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Great Maker!! Babylon 5 is now twenty years old, and the White Rocket Podcast marks the occasion by with special guest Bobby Politte joining Van beyond the Rim to reminisce about the show, the characters, the story arc, and the story behind the scenes of the greatest SF TV series of all!

Avengers is SF, but Spidey is Fantasy?! And where's the good Captain Carter??  Bobby Politte drops in this week to discuss the ins and outs of the Oscars, Saturn Awards, Nebula Dramatic Presentation Award, and even the Pulp Factory Awards with Van.