Best David Agranoff Podcasts (2024)

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Cut for Time - Frank's Story - Puttering About in a Small Land 54:19

37m ago54:19

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Here is the intro slash bio slash interview with PKD collector and scholar Frank Hollander from our discussion of Puttering About in a Small Land. He asked if we wanted the long version and I'm glad we said we did. Enjoy.•Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed•Electric Larryland Discord ►► https://discord.com/channels/557458722268643…

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Episode# 144: Josh Malerman on Spin a Black Yarn 1:35:49

8d ago1:35:49

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Returning for his fourth appearance on the podcast Bird Box author Josh Malerman is back! This time we talk about Josh’s five-novella collection Spin a Black Yarn. To me, there is no more consistent voice in horror. An outside observer who doesn’t actually read his work and judges by the mainstream -meme culture of Bird Box might not have any idea …

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Interview #32 - Reggie Herbert & Victoria Stewart - 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick 1:18:52

1M ago1:18:52

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800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick is a play about the last few days of Philip K. Dick's life and supposes the internal worlds he might have lived in since the VALIS incident or maybe even his whole life. All three DickHeads Podcast hosts made it to this interview with the playwright, Victoria Stewart, and Reggie Herbert, the co-direct…

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Episode#143: SF Hall of Fame Stories Discussion Panel #5 Microcosmic God (W Cora Buhlert, Bill Higgins & Gary Wolfe) 1:27:15

1M ago1:27:15

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Support the show here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidAgranoff In 1970 Avon Books published a landmark anthology “Science Fiction Hall of Fame” featuring 16 classic short stories that represent landmark tales of the genre. The stories were voted on by the members of the new (at the time in the late 60s) organization Science Fiction Writers of Am…

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Episode 141: The Tusks of Extinction with Ray Nayler 1:07:24

2M ago1:07:24

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In this episode, I welcome back The Mountain in the Sea author Ray Nayler for his second time on the show. He is my reigning Top Read of the Year author and he is back with another Banger. This novella packs more ideas and character-rich philosophical Sci-fi into 100 pages than most novels three times the length. We talk a little bit about the cont…

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Episode 140: Lavie Tidhar Author of Neom & The Circumference of the World 1:00:33

3M ago1:00:33

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In this episode, we talk with the author of one of my favorite new novels of last year and one that will probably top my list next year. Lavie Tidhar is the World Fantasy Award winning author of Osama (2011), Seiun nominated The Violent Century (2013), the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize winning A Man Lies Dreaming (2014), the Campbell Award, Neuko…

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Episode# 139: Interview with prolific Star Trek author David Mack about Picard:Firewall 1:16:55

3M ago1:16:55

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When Star Trek Voyager’s popular character Seven of Nine returned to the franchise in the first season of Picard it was a closely guarded secret in that first episode back Seven mentioned years spent being a frontier law enforcer with an outfit called the Fenris Rangers. My guest in this episode is prolific Star Trek author David Mack. When he hear…

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Episode 138 Sci-Fi Hall of Fame Stories Discussion Panel #4 The Roads Must Roll by Robert A. Heinlein 1:22:05

3M ago1:22:05

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Support the show here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidAgranoff In 1970 Avon Books published a landmark anthology “Science Fiction Hall of Fame” featuring 16 classic short stories that represent landmark tales of the genre. The stories were voted on by the members of the new (at the time in the late 60s) organization Science Fiction Writers of Am…

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Episode #49 - The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike 2:10:58

3M ago2:10:58

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Hello PKD fans. A land deal goes south, and someone has to take the fall. Revenge is the name of the game in this cat-and-cat thriller set in a small coastal town in Northern California. Who will win the neighborhood, their pride, and possibly even the water company in this battle of wits—even more importantly—what do three DickHeads think of all t…

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Episode# 137: Interview W/ Lucy A. Synder on Sister, Monster, Maiden 1:15:05

3M ago1:15:05

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Lucy A. Snyder is the six-time Bram Stoker award-winning author of Sister, Maiden, Monster. It is a science fiction novel. In the tradition of Weird Tales where the line between SF, Fantasy, and horror is thin I call on the admins to expand not narrow how they define Science Fiction. This novel uses dynamic and character work to blend emotional hea…

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Episode#136: Sci-Fi Hall of Fame Stories Discussion Panel #3 Helen O’Loy by Lester Del Rey (featuring Brian Collins & Robin Murphy) 1:37:15

4M ago1:37:15

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Support the show here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidAgranoff In 1970 Avon Books published a landmark anthology “Science Fiction Hall of Fame” featuring 16 classic short stories that represent landmark tales of the genre. The stories were voted on by the members of the new (at the time in the late 60s) organization Science Fiction Writers of Am…

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Interview #31 - Bill Sarill - VALIS: An Opera 48:25

4M ago48:25

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Back in September of last year there was a single weekend run of VALIS: An Opera at the MIT Theater Arts Performance Space in Cambridge, MA. While the Dickheads weren't lucky enough to bag tickets, one of the OG Dickheads was. And in this interview, Bill Sarill discusses said opera, his thoughts on the production, and some aspects of his longtime f…

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Episode # 135 Stanley Wiater Author of Dark Dreamers and Dark Visions 1:18:47

4M ago1:18:47

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Support my show with tip on https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidAgranoff One of the biggest inspirations for my career was the two volumes published by Avon Books in the early 90s from author and interviewer Stanley Wiater. The books Dark Dreamers Conversations with the masters of Horror, and Dark Visions: Conversations with the masters of the Horror…

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Episode 134: Cody Goodfellow on his new novel Vertical 1:16:27

4M ago1:16:27

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https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidAgranoff Author Cody Goodfellow two episodes in a row! Cody Goodfellow is the author of more than a dozen books but he is here to talk his new thriller from Titan books Vertical. It is one of my top reads of the year. WE have some general talk and the start and then get into the new book. I assumed once the secret …

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Episode #133 Recorded Live at Verbatim Books- 2024 New Year’s Reading Resolution Event!!!! 1:06:34

4M ago1:06:34

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https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidAgranoff San Diego’s 2024 New Year’s Reading Resolution Event Recorded live at Verbatim Books. (so the sound is not the best sorry) Join members of the San Diego Horror Writers Association in an event to promote reading in 2024 and kick off the countdown to StokerCon, the international gathering of the Horror Write…

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Episode 132: Favorite Reads of 2023 with Judge Marc Rothenberg 3:10:35

5M ago3:10:35

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This year I read 111 books, novelettes, graphic novels, or SF magazines, with a total of 29,784 pages. It was a good year for new releases, and I intend to focus on retro reads next year. Joining for the third annual Favorite Reads podcast is Judge Marc Rothenberg. We finally got on board with reading some of the same books so this is a long one. I…

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Episode 131: Thumbnail Reviews of all 108 books I read this year! 1:40:32

5M ago1:40:32

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Simple episode. I do short reviews of every book I read this year. Stayed for an episode talking about my favorite reads of 2023 with Marc Rothenberg. In January I will post a list of all the books. My blog has complete reviews of course. www.davidagranoff.blogspot.com I spent many hours working on book reviews and podcasts this year and don’t make…

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Episode 130: Favorite movies of 2023 W/ Issa Diao & Anthony Trevino 2:31:53

5M ago2:31:53

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Get out your notebooks! Or get ready to add some movies to your watch list on Letterboxd or IMDB! In this episode I invited two of my biggest movie nerd friends to talk about our year in movies. This is a two-hour discussion on our favorite movies of 2023. We each have very different tastesAnthonythree-hour so there will be lots of movie talk no sp…

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Episode#129: Sci-Fi Hall of Fame Stories Discussion Panel #2 Twilight by John W. Campbell (featuring Alec Nevala-Lee & Kate Heffner) 1:21:06

5M ago1:21:06

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In 1970 Avon Books published a landmark anthology “Science Fiction Hall of Fame” featuring 16 classic short stories that represent landmark tales of the genre. The stories were voted on by the members of the new (at the time in the late 60s) organization Science Fiction Writers of America. In this series, I will be joined by a panel of different gu…

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Episode #128: Interview W/ Philip Fracassi Author of Boys in the Valley 1:27:20

5M ago1:27:20

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Philip Fracassi is a novelist and screenwriter most known for his hard-hitting traditional horror fiction but is branching out into Science Fiction and historical novels. He is the author of the award-winning story collections, Beneath a Pale Sky and Behold the Void. His novels include Don’t Let Them Get You Down (Zagava Press), A Child Alone with …

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Episode#127: Sci-Fi Hall of Fame Stories Discussion Panel #1 Martian Odessey by Stanley G. Weinbaum 1:35:46

6M ago1:35:46

1:35:46

In 1970 Avon Books published a landmark anthology “Science Fiction Hall of Fame” featuring 16 classic short stories that represent landmark tales of the genre. The stories were voted on by the members of the new (at the time in the late 60s) organization Science Fiction Writers of America. In this series, I will be joined by a panel of different gu…

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Episode #126 Interview with MR Carey author of Infinity Gate and The Girl With All the Gifts 1:01:25

6M ago1:01:25

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Mike Carey is a writer I have been a fan of since long before he was writing novels. His run on Hellblazer made me a fan instantly. Creator of Lucifer the Sandman spin-off he made his name in comics. Under his own name, he wrote an excellent series of novels about an exorcist named Felix Castor. It wasn’t until he published under a thinly veiled pe…

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Episode 125 Star Trek Lower Decks S4 Roundtable with Issa Diao & Sara Lynn Michener 1:43:13

6M ago1:43:13

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After every season of Star Trek, I gather a panel of nerds together and we talk about the highs and lows of the season that just ended. This time we talk about the fourth season of Star Trek Lower Decks. Returning for our 9th episode breaking down a completed season of Trek. Joining me as always are my bridge crew vocal Star Trek fan Sara Lynn Mich…

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PFDW#124 Shane Hawk Co-Editor of Never Whistle at Night recorded live at Mysterious Galaxy 54:50

7M ago54:50

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In this special episode of Postcards from a Dying World we are talking about the international bestselling anthology Never Whistle at Night co-edited by Shane Hawk. Never Whistle at Night is the type of anthology like Dark Forces, Revelations, or Dark Matter that will live on for Generations. Fans of short horror fiction should not miss this collec…

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Episode #48 - The Transmigration of Timothy Archer 2:27:34

7M ago2:27:34

2:27:34

Hello PKD fans. Published the month after his death Philip K. Dick's, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer distinguishes itself in several ways. It is a straight novel, a semi-biography of Bishop James Pike, as well as being the final book in his VALIS trilogy. See what the two David's and a Langhorne think of this departure from Dick's usual writi…

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Episode #123 The Last Night to Kill Nazis roundtable w/ Desmond Reddick & Zachary Rosenberg 1:49:37

7M ago1:49:37

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In this special episode of Postcards from a Dying World, we cover the book I have been talking about for two years now. My WW II vampire novel has finally hit the streets. You can order from anywhere that carries books and Barnes and Noble with soon carry it coast to coast. If you want a signed copy order it through here in San Diego at Mysterious …

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Episode #122 Interview with John Shirley author of Suborbital7 1:09:53

7M ago1:09:53

1:09:53

Episode 122 of Postcards is a special episode featuring the return of one of my favorite authors. Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, and horror legend John Shirley is most famous as one of the screenwriters of The Crow. He is the author of several dozen novels and multiple award-nominated and acclaimed short story collections including the award-winning B…

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Episode #121 Interview with Writer/Director Izzy Lee! House of Ashes Kickstarter Campaign! 54:32

8M ago54:32

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Joining me on this episode of PFDW is writer and film director Izzy Lee who is promoting her Kickstarter campaign to film her first feature-length film! Izzy Lee was named as one of A.V. Club's 10 female filmmakers to hire, a director on the rise. Her award-winning tales have screened at major international genre festivals such as Fantasia, Overloo…

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Interview #30 - Lord Running Clam - Pink Beam 1:18:02

8M ago1:18:02

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Ganymedean slime mold, festival organizer, chronicler, and ultimate PKD fan Lord Running Clam, stopped by to chat with our two Davids about his history, where PKD fandom is now, and where it might lead as we look into the future.Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweedElectric Larryland Discord ►► https://discord.com/channels/557458722…

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Episode# 120 Interview w Cliff Jones Jr. Author of Dreck 59:05

9M ago59:05

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In this episode, my guest is Dreampunk author and editor Cliff Jones Jr. whose new novel Dreck is Part Surreal, Part humor, part science fictional material… all the taste and appearance of a PKD nightmare all wrapped into a unique and modern voice. Cliff is a serious Philip K. Dick nerd and the vanguard of a new surreal subgenre Dreampunk. In this …

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Ep# 119: Interview with author, professor and Improv artist Samuel Jaye Tanner (The Person on The Other Side of This Book) 1:07:14

9M ago1:07:14

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Each and every book we read and consume is a relationship between two people on each side of the book. The time you really get a feeling for that is when you personally sell books at book signings and talk directly to that person. You can’t help but think about that when you are reading a book with a title like this one. Such is the theme of this s…

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Episode #118 Star Trek Strange New Worlds S2 Roundtable w/ Issa Diao, Sara Lynn Michener & Desmond Reddick 2:36:58

9M ago2:36:58

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After every season of Star Trek, I gather a panel of nerds together and we talk about the highs and lows of the season that just ended. This time we talk about the third season of Star Trek Strange New Worlds. Returning for our 8th episode breaking down a completed season of Trek. Joining me as always are vocal Star Trek fan Sara Lynn Michener, Mus…

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Interview #29 - Keith Giles - The Gospel of Philip K. Dick 1:01:18

10M ago1:01:18

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The two Davids chat with the exceedingly busy and prolific Keith Giles about the many projects he has going on right now, including his new book, Sola Deus: What If God Is All of Us?, his introduction to and publishing of a series of Philip K. Dick short story collections, Sci-Fi Lullabies Volumes 1-3, and his upcoming 28-lesson class on PKD's phil…

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Ep # 117: The Dirty Dozen/ Cross of Iron discussion (WW II mission movie mini-series #4) 1:36:30

10M ago1:36:30

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Hey there listeners. In this episode, we continue a mini-series of panelsdiscussing WW II mission movies that inspired my upcoming novel The Last Night to Kill Nazis from Clash books. The novel comes out next month, during the pre-order period (You can get it from the Clash site, Amazon, Barnes, and Noble, or basically any indie bookstore) we will …

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Episode #47 - The Divine Invasion 2:35:07

10M ago2:35:07

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Editor's Note: We recommend you check out our interview with Judaic scholar, Aharon Varady, before listening to this episode.•Interview #28 - Aharon Varady - PKD & Judaism ►► https://soundcloud.com/dickheadspodcast/interview-28-ahjaron-varady-pkd-judaismHello PKD fans. Welcome to a brand new episode with a brand new cohost. The book: The Divine Inv…

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Interview #28 - Aharon Varady - PKD & Judaism 1:17:50

10M ago1:17:50

1:17:50

With The Divine Invasion lurking in the shadows of our near future, David figured it might benefit all who are interested in a deeper understanding of the novel to speak to a religious scholar. Aharon Varady is just that person. Recommended by friend of the podcast David Gill, Aharon is not only well-versed in the Jewish faith's writing, history, a…

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Episode 116: 5 Graves to Cairo/ Army of Shadows discussion (WW II mission movie mini-series #3) 1:38:23

10M ago1:38:23

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Hey there listeners. In this episode, we continue a mini-series of panels talking about WW II mission movies that inspired my upcoming novel The Last Night to Kill Nazis from Clash books. The novel comesout next month, during the pre-order period (You can get it from the Clash site, Amazon, Barnes, and Noble, or basically any indie bookstore) we wi…

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Episode # 115 Interview with John Bukowski Guitarist/Vocalist of Ebony Sorrow & host of A Dangerous Meeting 1:02:12

11M ago1:02:12

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Since 2000 one of the most extreme metal in Syracuse New York, a city known for brutal hardcore is the band Ebony Sorrow. Most of that time John Bukowski has been sharing the guitar playing and vocalist duties. I met John went I lived in Syracuse during the 90s and we bonded on our shared love of Mercyful Fate and King Diamond. I have always known …

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Dick Adjacent #18 - Dick Adjacent - Hugo Winners 1966 & 68 - Roger Zelazny - with Mark Conlan 43:01

10M ago43:01

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Hello Zelaznuts and DickHeads alike. Here at last, after three and a half years of gathering dust on the shelf, is the final episode in David's Hugo Winners of the 1960s series. Frequent guest Mark Conlan joins him to discuss the pluses and minuses of Roger Zelazny's This Immortal (Hugo Award for Best Novel 1966)and Lord of Light (Hugo Award for Be…

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Episode #114 interview with Astronomer Sean Raymond 1:13:54

11M ago1:13:54

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Sean Raymond is a Science Fiction loving American astrophysicist living in Bordeaux France. I have been a longtime fan of his blogPlanetPlanet. He studies the formation and evolution of planetary systems and has created a system for modeling fictional solar systems, which I enjoy as he blends imagination with hard science. On his blog he also evalu…

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Episode #113 The Best Science Fiction Novel of 1968 w/ Brian Collins and Lisa Yazsek 1:40:52

11M ago1:40:52

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If there is a cursed episode of this podcast it is this one. Sparked by an argument on Twitter started when I declared John Brunner’s Stand on Zanzibar the bestSF novel of the 20th century. Multiple people responded saying it wasn’t their favorite of the year. I invited all the people who weighed in and trying to schedule 4 time zones and five peop…

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Episode #112 interview with Ray Nayler author of The Mountain in the Sea 1:34:15

11M ago1:34:15

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One of the most talked about Science Fiction novels of the last year is the debut novel of Ray Nayler. Born in Quebec and raised in California, Ray Nayler lived and worked abroad for two decades in Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, and Kosovo. A Russian speaker, he has also learned Turkmen, A…

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10 Weird Philip K. Dick Technologies That Became Real. 26:26

12M ago26:26

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In 30 or more Science Fiction novels and countless short stories from the 1950s till his death in 1982 Philip K. Dick envisioned many wild futures. In this videoDickheads podcast co-host David Agranoff breaks down 10 examples of weird technology that PKD envision and has become real. For morePKD podcasts: www.soundcloud.com/dickheadspodcast PKDhead…

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Episode#111: Interview w/ Lisa Yaszek editor of The Future is Female Vol 1 &2 1:47:40

12M ago1:47:40

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Lisa Yaszek is one of my favorite interviews but her appearances with me have all to this point been on the Dickheads podcast. She is the Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. She is the author of Galactic Suburbia: Recovering Women’sScience Fiction co-editor of Sisters o…

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PFDW Bonus episode 7 Can't Miss Books by Cyberpunk Legend John Shirley 14:30

1y ago14:30

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No regular show this week, but how about a bonus episode! John Shirley was part of the vanguard of the Cyberpunk literary movement, this came after he help break the ground for punk rock in Portland Oregon. He is my one of my favorite living writers and I wanted to do a short bonus video about 7 books by John Shirley that you cannot miss.•You can f…

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Episode# 110 Interview w Paul Tremblay Author of Pallbearers Club 1:06:14

1y ago1:06:14

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The first time I interviewed Paul was 88 episodes ago for his new at the time novel Survivor Song, since then he joined us for a panel about basketball with Josh Malerman and Stephen Graham Jones. Lots has happened in Paul's life including a major studio motion picture based on his novel "The Cabin at the End of the World" called Knock at the Cabin…

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PFDW Bonus episode Six Reasons You Should Read F. Paul Wilson(author of Repairman Jack) 21:25

1y ago21:25

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I was sad to learn that NY Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson suffered from a stroke. He is working to get back to health, but in my attempt to send healing vibes, I made a 20-minute bonus video with six reasons why you should be reading F. Paul Wilson. Paul was on the podcast twice, although he also appeared once on Dickheads for a panel abou…

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Episode # 109 Star Trek Picard Season Three Roundtable w/ Issa Diao, Sara Lynn Michener and John Ordover 2:02:13

1y ago2:02:13

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After every season of Star Trek, I gather a panel of nerds together and we talk about the highs and lows of the season that just ended. This time we talk about the third season of Star Trek Picard. Returning for our 7th episode breaking down a completed season of Trek. Joining me as always are vocal Star Trek fan Sara Lynn Michener, Musician, and f…

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Episode 108: Where Eagles Dare/Kelly’s Heroes discussion panel (WW II mission movie mini-series #2) 1:27:50

1y ago1:27:50

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Hey there listeners. In this episode, we start a mini-series of panels talking about WW II mission movies that inspired my upcoming novelThe Last Night to Kill Nazis from Clash Books. My novel comes out this summer, during the pre-order period (You can get it from the Clash site, Amazon,Barnes, and Noble, or basically any indie bookstore) we will c…

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Episode #107 Guns of Navarone/ Force 10 discussion panel (WW II mission movie mini-series #1) 1:43:34

1y ago1:43:34

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Hey there listeners. In this episode, we start a mini-series of panels talking about WW II mission movies that inspired my upcoming novel The Last Night to Kill Nazis from Clash books. My novel comes out this summer, during the pre-order period (You can get it from the Clash site, Amazon, Barnes, and Noble, or basically any indie bookstore) we will…

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