ANNOUNCING: SFF Addicts Podcast LIVE at Seattle Worldcon 2025!!!

We are so excited to announce that SFF Addicts Podcast, in collaboration with Dragonsteel Books, will be hosting a LIVE panel episode of the show at Seattle Worldcon 2025! Not only that, SFF Addicts co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson, M.J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly will be joined on stage by five incredible fantasy authors to discuss the topic of “The Shifting Landscape of Epic Fantasy”.

And those guest authors? None other than George R.R. Martin, Brandon Sanderson, Robin Hobb, Rebecca Roanhorse and Ryan Cahill! We’re beyond ecstatic to discuss this topic with some of the best epic fantasy writers in the industry, and below is a rundown of what we’ll be covering:

The panel will explore the ways in which epic fantasy has evolved into the 21st century, from its mainstream explosion through TV and film adaptations to the surge in new voices and perspectives across the literary world. Epic fantasy is selling huge numbers in both traditional and self-publishing markets, and once marginalized authors are bringing fresh cultural and historical influences to the genre, opening the doors for new readers to fall in love with characters and worlds that speak to them. So, what do these shifts say about the epic fantasy landscape, from the past to the present and going forward?

For Seattle Worldcon 2025 attendees, the panel will take place on Aug. 15 at 3pm Pacific time in Ballroom 2. It will also be available to watch live online with a virtual convention membership.

As well, for anyone who is unable to attend in-person or virtually, the entire panel will be recorded in audio/video! It will then be published and available for FREE in early September on the SFF Addicts podcast feed, as well as in full video on the FanFiAddict YouTube channel and Brandon Sanderson’s YouTube channel.

A NOTE ABOUT OUR PATREON: If you become a $10+ patron on the SFF Addicts Patreon, we will be releasing a post later this month where you can submit questions to our incredible panelists (with the chance that we’ll ask them during the Q&A portion of our live panel).