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SFF Addicts Ep. 145: John Scalzi talks When the Moon Hits Your Eye, Publishing, Luck & More

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

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling, award-winning author John Scalzi about his new novel When the Moon Hits Your Eye, luck and career longevity, major changes in the publishing landscape, Old Man’s War book 7 and writing without pressure, fandom and avoiding burnout, turning the moon into cheese, using the lunar cycle as a story structure, writing dozens of POV characters, cheese science, research, touring and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Greta Kelly, Interview, John Scalzi, M. J. Kuhn, Old Man's War, Redshirts, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, Starter Villain, The Kaiju Preservation Society, Tor Books, When the Moon Hits Your Eye

Review: Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

February 27, 2025 by Paige Leave a Comment

Shroud Adrian Tchaikovsky

This is Adrian T doing what Adrian T does best. Writing stories that’ll make you sympathise with the aliens.

Filed Under: Aliens, First Contact, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Shroud, Tor Books

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

January 10, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis From the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain comes an entirely serious take on a distinctly unserious subject: what would really happen if suddenly the moon were replaced by a giant wheel of cheese. It’s a whole new moooooon. One day soon, suddenly and without explanation, the moon as we know it […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: Book Review, Science Fiction, Tor Books

REVIEW: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

December 30, 2024 by Seanchalant Leave a Comment

SYNOPSIS A brand-new epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie, featuring a notorious band of anti-heroes on a delightfully bloody and raucous journey Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds. Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Action Fantasy, Adventure Fantasy, Comic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Horror Fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Alternate History, Book Review, Fantasy, Joe Abercrombie, The Devils, The First Law, Tor Books, Vampire, Werewolves, wizard

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. 127: Convincing Details & Descriptions with Nghi Vo (Mini-Masterclass)

October 22, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join Adrian M. Gibson and guest co-host Greta Kelly as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Convincing Details & Descriptions with award-winning author Nghi Vo. During the episode, Nghi gets into the nitty gritty of details, exploring what details/descriptions can do for readers, how to approach details in your writing, delivering effective details, setting expectations for your descriptive style, description in short vs. long form fiction, surface detail vs. hyper detail, describing characters, character actions, world details, plausibility and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Greta Kelly, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, Nghi Vo, Podcast, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, Siren Queen, The Chosen and the Beautiful, The City in Glass, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Tor Books

SFF Addicts Ep. 126: Nghi Vo talks The City in Glass, Love, The Great Gatsby & More

October 15, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join Adrian M. Gibson and guest co-host Greta Kelly as they chat with award-winning author Nghi Vo about her new novel The City in Glass, The Singing Hills Cycle (The Empress of Salt and Fortune and its sequels), Siren Queen and Hollywood history, The Chosen and the Beautiful and reimagining The Great Gatsby, cities and evocative settings, vibes vs. plot, angels, demons and love, change, character growth and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Greta Kelly, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Nghi Vo, Podcast, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, Siren Queen, The Chosen and the Beautiful, The City in Glass, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Tor Books

SFF Addicts Ep. 125: Omniscient Narration & POV with Cat Rambo (Mini-Masterclass)

October 8, 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 Omniscient Narration & POV with award-winning author Cat Rambo. During the episode, Cat lays out all there is to know about omniscient narration, exploring what it is and when to use it, the benefits and challenges of an omniscient POV, finding a narrative voice, how to transition between characters, internal vs. external characterization, experimenting with POV styles, the viability of omniscient stories with agents/editors and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Cat Rambo, Devil's Gun, Disco Space Opera, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, Podcast, Rumor Has It, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, Tor Books, You Sexy Thing

Book Review: Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim

October 7, 2024 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: Compelling, colorful, and complex. Epic storytelling that sinks into your bones and keeps you turning pages. Synopsis: Powered by the corpses of sorcerers, the Empire has conquered the world. It claims to have brought peace and stability to its conquered lands, but some see that peace for what it is—a lie—and will give […]

Filed Under: Asian Inspired, Dragons, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Tor Books

Book Review: Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

October 6, 2024 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: High on the steam, spice, and sass. An insightful exploration of the burdens of duty and the cost of desire. Synopsis: Low stakes. High heat. Sharp steel. Mattinesh Jay, dutiful heir to his struggling family business, needs to hire an experienced swordsman to serve as best man for his arranged marriage. Sword-challenge at […]

Filed Under: High Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Romantasy, Tor Books

SFF Addicts Ep. 124: Cat Rambo talks Disco Space Opera, SFWA, Teaching & More

October 1, 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 Cat Rambo about their new novel Rumor Has It, the Disco Space Opera series, writing in different formats and genres, working as an editor, teaching and paying it forward, SFWA and the SFF community, found family, subverting tropes, writing a long series, cooking, foodie culture (in space!) and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Cat Rambo, Devil's Gun, Disco Space Opera, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Podcast, Rumor Has It, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, Tor Books, You Sexy Thing

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