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SFF Addicts Ep. 142: Mythological Retellings with Gourav Mohanty (Writing Masterclass)

February 18, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on Mythological Retellings with author Gourav Mohanty. During the episode, Gourav delves into humanity’s ancient relationship with mythology, including why mythology has appealed to us across time, the popularity of mythological retellings, how to choose which myth to retell, pairing a myth with a genre/theme, reframing ancient stories for modern audiences, expectations and how close to stick to the original, bringing your voice to established stories, the sustainability of mythological retellings and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Dance of Shadows, Gourav Mohanty, Greta Kelly, Head of Zeus, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, Sons of Darkness

SFF Addicts Ep. 141: Gourav Mohanty talks Dance of Shadows, Grimdark, Stand-Up Comedy & More

February 11, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they chat with author Gourav Mohanty about his new novel Dance of Shadows, The Raag of Rta series, grimdark and the Indian SFF market, the influences of both A Song of Ice & Fire and Toni Morrison, being a writer, lawyer and stand-up comedian, storytelling across career types, his sense of humor and Indian politics, writing a large cast of characters, showing world and setting through characters, the challenges of writing a sequel, depictions of violence, action scenes and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Dance of Shadows, Gourav Mohanty, Greta Kelly, Head of Zeus, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, Sons of Darkness

SFF Addicts Ep. 134: Consequences in World Creation with Adrian Tchaikovsky (Mini-Masterclass)

December 10, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Consequences in World Creation with award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. During the episode, Adrian confronts the many consequences of worldbuilding, including establishing a logical fictional “reality”, the depths and possibilities of world creation, being flexible with your world and its consequences, immersion and logical inconsistencies, mapping out consequences and knock-on effects, organizing story/world information, how characters test the limits of your world, fixing bad worldbuilding choices and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, alien clay, City of Last Chances, Days of Shattered Faith, Head of Zeus, M. J. Kuhn, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Tyrant Philosophers, Tor Books

SFF Addicts Ep. 133: Adrian Tchaikovsky talks Alien Clay, Days of Shattered Faith, TTRPGs & More

December 3, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky about his new novels Days of Shattered Faith and Alien Clay, growing up on Doctor Who, how TTRPGs inspire him, ideation and the strangeness of nature, empathizing with aliens and non-human characters, creativity and limitations, authoritarianism and bureaucracy in The Tyrant Philosophers series, experimenting with multiple POVs and vignettes, colonialism, symbiosis and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, alien clay, City of Last Chances, Days of Shattered Faith, Head of Zeus, M. J. Kuhn, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Tyrant Philosophers, Tor Books

SFF Addicts Ep. 114: Deep Worldbuilding with Paolo Bacigalupi (Mini-Masterclass)

July 23, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Deep Worldbuilding with award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi. During the episode, Paolo delves deep into worldbuilding, laying out how to create immersive worlds, his worldbuilding process, deep vs. broad worldbuilding, keeping track of details, lived-in worlds, worldbuilding in YA and short stories, “stacking” world/plot/character and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Ad Astra, Adrian M. Gibson, Head of Zeus, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Navola, Paolo Bacigalupi, Podcast, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Water Knife, The Windup Girl

SFF Addicts Ep. 113: Paolo Bacigalupi talks Navola, The Windup Girl, Burnout & More

July 16, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi about his new novel Navola, his breakout hit The Windup Girl, Renaissance Italy, languages and cultural immersion, reading resonance and education, near-future settings and climate fiction, research and lived experience, transitioning into fantasy, burnout, discovery writing and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Ad Astra, Adrian M. Gibson, Head of Zeus, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Navola, Paolo Bacigalupi, Podcast, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Water Knife, The Windup Girl

Review: Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

October 25, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

The cover for Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

Okay so this one had me hooked from the start and not for the reasons I expected. The synopsis talks of a vampiric figure called ‘The Low Man’ who seems to be murdering people in town, which was the main reason I wanted to read this. Going in The Low Man is actually mentioned way less than I expected, but what I did get was a dark, atmospheric story filled with vampire vibes and a love interest who is heavily influenced by Edward Cullen (but just the darker side of him…)

Filed Under: Reviews, Thriller Tagged With: Aries Books, Ashley Winstead, Head of Zeus, Midnight is the Darkest Hour

Review: In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

September 18, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

The cover for In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

For the first 100 pages or so I was a bit worried that In My Dreams I Hold a Knife was going to be your average thriller, good but nothing to write home about. However something managed to really catch my attention and from then on I couldn’t put it down. The back and forth between the university years and the reunion started to really ramp up and I genuinely didn’t guess who the killer was.

Filed Under: Reviews, Thriller Tagged With: Ashley Winstead, Head of Zeus, In My Dreams I Hold a Knife, Thriller

Review: Quantum Radio by AG Riddle

March 1, 2023 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis At CERN, a scientist has just made an incredible discovery – a breakthrough that may answer the deepest questions about human existence. But what he’s found is far more dangerous than he ever imagined. Dr. Tyson Klein is a quantum physicist who has dedicated his entire life to his research. At CERN, he analyses […]

Filed Under: Alt History, Dystopian, Reviews, Science Fiction, Soft SciFi, Time Travel Tagged With: Head of Zeus, Science Fiction

Review: City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky

December 13, 2022 by Tom Bookbeard Leave a Comment

The City of Last Chances, was carved out of granite by an industrial literary automaton. Everything has been precisely placed to full effect. Its demon-powered factories belch black infernal smoke to power the prose as burn you through the pages.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Head of Zeus

Author Chat: Lavie Tidhar

November 8, 2022 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and award-winning author and editor Lavie Tidhar for a chat about his new releases Neom and The Best of World SF Vol. 2, growing up in Israel, writing about the Middle East, international sci-fi, tackling challenging themes with humor, robots and Asimov’s ‘Three Laws of Robotics’, L. Ron Hubbard, messiahs and much more.

Filed Under: Author Chat, Blog Posts, Book Tube, Interview Tagged With: Author Chat, Central Station, Head of Zeus, Interview, Lavie Tidhar, Neom, Tachyon Publications, The Best of World SF

Blog Tour Review: Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs #1) by Dan Jones

September 13, 2022 by chilcottharry 2 Comments

Essex Dogs is a triumphant novel, full of moments, people and ideas that will stick with me for a very long time.

Filed Under: Blog Tour, Fiction, Historical, Historical, Reviews Tagged With: Aries Fiction, Dan Jones, Essex Dogs, Head of Zeus

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