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Insightful discussion of science fiction, fantasy, and comic books (mostly) and other media.
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In the long and storied history of science fiction podcasts, never had the powers-that-be deigned it safe to allow John H. Stevens, Fred Kiesche, and Jeff Patterson to appear on the same panel discussion. “It would be worse than crossing the streams,” they said. “Violent weather would sweep the land, and cicadas emerge from the depths!” Okay—it’s more like visiting three cranky uncles in a run-down retirement home…
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Your Intrepid Heroes, Paul Weimer and Fred Kiesche, discuss ReaderCon, Gene Wolfe, blogging and podcasts. With a hat tip to our mentor of erudite tomes, John Stevens and to Jeff Patterson (who, sadly, had to miss the conversation due to that silly “work” thing). Boston Beans! Fred Kiesche with Paul Weimer Show Notes & Links Paul Weimer Paul Weimer’…
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Your Intrepid Heroes, Paul Weimer and Fred Kiesche, discuss ReaderCon, Gene Wolfe, blogging and podcasts. With a hat tip to our mentor of erudite tomes, John Stevens and to Jeff Patterson (who, sadly, had to miss the conversation due to that silly “work” thing). Boston Beans! Fred Kiesche with Paul Weimer Show Notes & Links Paul Weimer Paul Weimer’…
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Your Intrepid Heroes, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche, discuss books. So many books! With a hat tip to our mentor of erudite tomes, John Stevens. Books! Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson Show Notes & Links Links from Jeff Patterson Chuck Wendig: Wanderers—A Novel Book Nook, Decatur GA McKay’s Books, Chattanooga TN Remembering Johns…
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Your Intrepid Heroes, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche, discuss books. So many books! With a hat tip to our mentor of erudite tomes, John Stevens. Books! Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson Show Notes & Links Links from Jeff Patterson Chuck Wendig: Wanderers—A Novel Book Nook, Decatur GA McKay’s Books, Chattanooga TN Remembering Johns…
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In this episode of The Three Hoarsemen, your Intrepid Heroes, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche, swelter under bubbles of heated air of dubious quality and discuss…comics! The sad thing is at least one of them actually remembers when comics cost a dime. How old are these guys, anyway? With a hat tip to our mentor of comics trivia, John Stevens. Hey K…
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In this episode of The Three Hoarsemen, your Intrepid Heroes, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche, swelter under bubbles of heated air of dubious quality and discuss…comics! The sad thing is at least one of them actually remembers when comics cost a dime. How old are these guys, anyway? With a hat tip to our mentor of comics trivia, John Stevens. Hey K…
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And we are back (so soon?, the plaintive cries arise) with a look at the ultimate science fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, as a result of Fred’s multi-volume dive into various behind the scenes looks at the film, as well as a biography of Sir Arthur C. Clarke and some side jaunts into interests inspired by Clarke. Along the way we also delve in…
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And we are back (so soon?, the plaintive cries arise) with a look at the ultimate science fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, as a result of Fred’s multi-volume dive into various behind the scenes looks at the film, as well as a biography of Sir Arthur C. Clarke and some side jaunts into interests inspired by Clarke. Along the way we also delve in…
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Who are these guys again? Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson, that’s who! Roll credits…after too long a break… At the start of the long hot summer of 2019... Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Fred Kiesche and Jeff PattersonBy The Incomparable
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Who are these guys again? Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson, that’s who! Roll credits…after too long a break… At the start of the long hot summer of 2019... Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Fred Kiesche and Jeff PattersonBy The Incomparable
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50: "...And With Strange Aeon's Even Death Can Die..."
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And we’re back! Did you miss us? Feels like we were just here with you all! Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche (sadly, John Stevens could not make it) continue their conversation with Paul Weimer and Patrick Hester. Culture is consumed. Much culture. Much consumption. Hang on to your wallets and your eyeballs. Part two of a two-part epic duology! Beca…
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50: "...And With Strange Aeon's Even Death Can Die..."
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And we’re back! Did you miss us? Feels like we were just here with you all! Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche (sadly, John Stevens could not make it) continue their conversation with Paul Weimer and Patrick Hester. Culture is consumed. Much culture. Much consumption. Hang on to your wallets and your eyeballs. Part two of a two-part epic duology! Beca…
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49: "...That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie..."
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Two out of three Hoarses ain’t so bad! Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche struggle to find something to talk about without the help of the absent John Stevens and turn to returning guests Patrick Hester and Paul Weimer to catch up on their doings and to discuss in Part Two…Culture Consumed! Part one of a two-part epic duology! Because we don't have en…
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49: "...That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie..."
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Two out of three Hoarses ain’t so bad! Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche struggle to find something to talk about without the help of the absent John Stevens and turn to returning guests Patrick Hester and Paul Weimer to catch up on their doings and to discuss in Part Two…Culture Consumed! Part one of a two-part epic duology! Because we don't have en…
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48: Leaven My Nerd Rage (Hosts Only)
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Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche are joined by returning no returning Hoarse thanks to a life well-examined. Plague! Famine! Pestilence! None of these kept us from the microphone for our final episode of 2017. Sit back, close your eyes and keep your hands on your wallet. Content warning: We’re old and we’re cranky. It shows this month.…
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48: Leaven My Nerd Rage (Hosts Only)
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47: Travels with Blackthorne (Stina Leicht)
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Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche are joined by returning Hoarse Stina Leicht to discuss Blackthrone, martial arts, Hurricane Harvey, women writers and selling a series and more! Author Stina Leicht returns! Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Stina Leicht Show Notes & Links Stina Leicht’s blog (I particularly recomm…
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47: Travels with Blackthorne (Stina Leicht)
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Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche are joined by returning Hoarse Stina Leicht to discuss Blackthrone, martial arts, Hurricane Harvey, women writers and selling a series and more! Author Stina Leicht returns! Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Stina Leicht Show Notes & Links Stina Leicht’s blog (I particularly recomm…
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46: A Marvel-ous Talk (with Saladin Ahmed)
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Come along with Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche as they they discuss fantasy, writing, all things Marvel in general and all things Black Bolt in particular with Saladin Ahmed! Talking Black Bolt and More with Saladin Ahmed Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Saladin Ahmed Show Notes & Links Saladin Ahmed’s Patreon …
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46: A Marvel-ous Talk (with Saladin Ahmed)
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Come along with Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche as they they discuss fantasy, writing, all things Marvel in general and all things Black Bolt in particular with Saladin Ahmed! Talking Black Bolt and More with Saladin Ahmed Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Saladin Ahmed Show Notes & Links Saladin Ahmed’s Patreon …
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45: Fun with C4, AI and QRF's! (with Linda Nagata)
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Join Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche as they they discuss military fiction, self-publishing and reinventing yourself (multiple times) with Nebula Award nominated author Linda Nagata! Linda Nagata! Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Linda Nagata Show Notes & Links Linda Nagata’s Website Linda Nagata at ISFDB The La…
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45: Fun with C4, AI and QRF's! (with Linda Nagata)
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Join Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche as they they discuss military fiction, self-publishing and reinventing yourself (multiple times) with Nebula Award nominated author Linda Nagata! Linda Nagata! Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Linda Nagata Show Notes & Links Linda Nagata’s Website Linda Nagata at ISFDB The La…
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44: Fantastic Defenders of the Guardians of the Galaxy
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Join Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche as they once again venture into the void and tangle with technology! In tonight’s podcast, between three hosts and three guests: microphone, Skype & recorder issues. Two internet outages. Two power outages. Several crossed wires. But…We are joined by Donna Royston, David Keener and Martin Wilsey to…
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44: Fantastic Defenders of the Guardians of the Galaxy
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Join Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche as they once again venture into the void and tangle with technology! In tonight’s podcast, between three hosts and three guests: microphone, Skype & recorder issues. Two internet outages. Two power outages. Several crossed wires. But…We are joined by Donna Royston, David Keener and Martin Wilsey to…
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43: Vactioning at the End of the World
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Jeff Patterson, John E. O. Stevens and Fred Kiesche welcome back Jesse Willis of the SFF Audio Podcast to discuss Alan Moore’s epic graphic examination of H.P. Lovecraft. We talk about The Courtyard, Neonomicon and Providence, by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows. Here There Be Spoilers! Everything's Coming Up Octopoid Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens an…
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43: Vactioning at the End of the World
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Jeff Patterson, John E. O. Stevens and Fred Kiesche welcome back Jesse Willis of the SFF Audio Podcast to discuss Alan Moore’s epic graphic examination of H.P. Lovecraft. We talk about The Courtyard, Neonomicon and Providence, by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows. Here There Be Spoilers! Everything's Coming Up Octopoid Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens an…
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Jeff Patterson, John E. O. Stevens and Fred Kiesche welcome back Kate Sherrod and Jonah Sutton-Morse to discuss Jose Luis Borges! Perhaps optimistically, we “assigned” four stories: Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius; The Circular Ruins; The Library of Babel; The Garden of Forking Paths—and ended up only really scratching the surface of one! It is clear th…
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Jeff Patterson, John E. O. Stevens and Fred Kiesche welcome back Kate Sherrod and Jonah Sutton-Morse to discuss Jose Luis Borges! Perhaps optimistically, we “assigned” four stories: Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius; The Circular Ruins; The Library of Babel; The Garden of Forking Paths—and ended up only really scratching the surface of one! It is clear th…
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Scurrying from rotating work schedules and expanding projects, John E.O. Stevens, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche convene in the tubes that make up the internet as well as the tubes that make up Ceres Station to discuss the second season of The Expanse, Lois McMaster Bujold, hermetic poetry and more! The Expanse: Season 01 Amazon Prime DVD The Expa…
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Scurrying from rotating work schedules and expanding projects, John E.O. Stevens, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche convene in the tubes that make up the internet as well as the tubes that make up Ceres Station to discuss the second season of The Expanse, Lois McMaster Bujold, hermetic poetry and more! The Expanse: Season 01 Amazon Prime DVD The Expa…
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40: The Comforting Glow of the Vacuum Valve
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The old year departs, the new year arrives. John E.O. Stevens, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche gather around the warm glows of their ham radio rigs and warm their hands over the vacuum tubes to discuss the best of 2016, what they are looking forward to in 2017 and culture consumed. Also…why do so many Russian sites feature the works of Samuel R. De…
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40: The Comforting Glow of the Vacuum Valve
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The old year departs, the new year arrives. John E.O. Stevens, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche gather around the warm glows of their ham radio rigs and warm their hands over the vacuum tubes to discuss the best of 2016, what they are looking forward to in 2017 and culture consumed. Also…why do so many Russian sites feature the works of Samuel R. De…
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In this episode, The Three Hoarsemen continue their fine tradition of helping you to empty your wallet! To do so we have the help of returning guest Patrick Hester, along with his Functional Nerds associate John Anealio to pick what you would like to see under the tree (whether it be for you or for somebody you know). Afterwards, Jeff Patterson and…
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In this episode, The Three Hoarsemen continue their fine tradition of helping you to empty your wallet! To do so we have the help of returning guest Patrick Hester, along with his Functional Nerds associate John Anealio to pick what you would like to see under the tree (whether it be for you or for somebody you know). Afterwards, Jeff Patterson and…
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38: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND! with Jonathan Strahan
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System crashes, Skype issues, tablets bursting into metaphorical flame, microphones that won’t cooperate and more fail to keep The Three Hoarsemen, Fred Kiesche, Jeff Patterson and John E.O. Stevens from being joined by returning guest Jonathan Strahan, editor of many anthologies, reviewer and editor of Locus, editor at Tor, and podcaster (along wi…
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38: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND! with Jonathan Strahan
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System crashes, Skype issues, tablets bursting into metaphorical flame, microphones that won’t cooperate and more fail to keep The Three Hoarsemen, Fred Kiesche, Jeff Patterson and John E.O. Stevens from being joined by returning guest Jonathan Strahan, editor of many anthologies, reviewer and editor of Locus, editor at Tor, and podcaster (along wi…
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37: The Unmentionable Brightness of Bacon
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Battling issues with Skype, microphones, tablets and more, The Three Hoarsemen, Fred Kiesche, Jeff Patterson and John E.O. Stevens are joined by returning guest David Annandale (“…that’s Professor Annandale to you…”) who has taken a break from his regular appearances on The Skiffy & Fanty Show and Totally Pretentious to discuss horror in this vague…
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37: The Unmentionable Brightness of Bacon
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36: The Ladies That Sailed Our Souls
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With a (hurricane) (tropical storm) (tropical depression) threatening, The Three Hoarsemen batten down the hatches, throw bars across window shutters, and get pails ready for bailing. Fred Kiesche, Jeff Patterson and John E.O. Stevens are joined by returning guest Karen Burnham to discuss the life and works of Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (a.k.a.,…
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36: The Ladies That Sailed Our Souls
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With a (hurricane) (tropical storm) (tropical depression) threatening, The Three Hoarsemen batten down the hatches, throw bars across window shutters, and get pails ready for bailing. Fred Kiesche, Jeff Patterson and John E.O. Stevens are joined by returning guest Karen Burnham to discuss the life and works of Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (a.k.a.,…
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35: The Life of Brian, John, Jeff and Fred
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Staggering like a phoenix that has consumed too much coffee and cigarette butts, The Three Hoarsemen come at you with our first episode since the sad demise of our former home, the much-loved SF Signal. We discuss SF Signal, how we met in cyberspace and meatspace, our lives since the site closed. Hard to believe that we have collectively spent one …
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35: The Life of Brian, John, Jeff and Fred
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Staggering like a phoenix that has consumed too much coffee and cigarette butts, The Three Hoarsemen come at you with our first episode since the sad demise of our former home, the much-loved SF Signal. We discuss SF Signal, how we met in cyberspace and meatspace, our lives since the site closed. Hard to believe that we have collectively spent one …
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As the cruelest month crawls to a close, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson ponder the works of upcoming Damon Knight Grand Master C. J. Cherryh. For this task they have engineered the return of their first guest Hoarseman, the illustrious Paul Weimer. The discussion includes their first exposures to the Mri, Morgaine, and the Chan…
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As the cruelest month crawls to a close, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson ponder the works of upcoming Damon Knight Grand Master C. J. Cherryh. For this task they have engineered the return of their first guest Hoarseman, the illustrious Paul Weimer. The discussion includes their first exposures to the Mri, Morgaine, and the Chan…
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As March winds down and Spring arrives, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson gather for a guestless episode to catch up on assorted pursuits and distractions. John talks about participating in the Grumptroll annual March Madness Flash Fiction contest. Jeff wades into he Up & Coming anthology and finds it a great utility. Fred and fam…
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As March winds down and Spring arrives, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson gather for a guestless episode to catch up on assorted pursuits and distractions. John talks about participating in the Grumptroll annual March Madness Flash Fiction contest. Jeff wades into he Up & Coming anthology and finds it a great utility. Fred and fam…
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32: An Interview with Joelle Presby and David Weber (Part 2)
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In Part Two, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson continue their talk with Joelle Presby and David Weber about The Road to Hell. The discussion covers killing characters, the cost of war, and wrapping up franchises. The Hoarsemen also talk about culture consumed, the state of Marvel, revisiting Watership Down, and their reading plans…
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32: An Interview with Joelle Presby and David Weber (Part 2)
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In Part Two, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson continue their talk with Joelle Presby and David Weber about The Road to Hell. The discussion covers killing characters, the cost of war, and wrapping up franchises. The Hoarsemen also talk about culture consumed, the state of Marvel, revisiting Watership Down, and their reading plans…
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31: An Interview with Joelle Presby and David Weber (Part 1)
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As February wraps up, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson convene with Joelle Presby and David Weber to talk about the collaboration process on their new book The Road to Hell. The talk was substantive enough to necessitate splitting it across two episodes. Part one of the discussion includes the challenges of stepping into an exist…
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31: An Interview with Joelle Presby and David Weber (Part 1)
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