the book pile

Reading books without pictures? Yup, the to read pile is large and to read pile is larger, mostly filled with speculative fiction.

Getting in Trouble with Kelly Link – My Chat w/ a Pulitzer Prize Finalist. She Was Cool.

I told Kelly that her stories were on the level of Ted Chiang. Future me typing this can say I was right.
Sharing Words with Gregory Frost on Shadowbridge – Interview

A nice chat about his new series Shadowbridge, the great Roger Zelazny, and writing.
Watch the Thrones – My George R. R. Martin Interview

The one where I plead for Bronn.
In Ambergis for a Chat with Jeff VanderMeer

I talk to the guy who wrote Annihilation.
A Chat with Catherynne Valente in Which Flowers Are Defended

On deadlines, writing style, and flower power.
Love for Lynch’s Locke Lamora

Part heist, part fantasy, part swashbuckle, all the fun.
Interview – Kicking the Shift with Steph Swainston

A chat with Steph Swainston in this, The Year of Our War.
Before The Expanse – The Daniel Abraham Interview

Before he co-created The Expanse he had a pretty awesome and underrated fantasy series.
A Garrista to Garrista Sit Down with Scott Lynch – Interview

Scott Lynch, king of all gentlemen and bastards sits down with me.
On Summer Isle with Ian R. Macleod – Interview

Read this guy’s short fiction.
Rolling Six Duchies With Robin Hobb – Interview

Talking Soldier Son with the author of the Farseer trilogy.
From Dungeons to Singularity – My Chat with Charles Stross

Did you know that early on Charles Stross created sweet Dungeons & Dragons monsters? You’re welcome.
Sarah Monette Before Ascending to Goblin Emperor as Katherine Addison – Interview

Sarah Monette before she took the goblin throne as Katherine Addison.
Jeffrey Ford, Emperor of Ice Cream – Interview

That’s kind of like the best empire ever?
Godslaying with Jacqueline Carey – Interview

The author of the iconic Kushiel series chats with me about dark lords.
K.J. Bishop, Guitar Hero of Etched City – Interview

A lovely chat with Kirsten was my first interview.