Join host Adrian M. Gibson and speculative fiction author Victor Manibo for a chat about his debut novel The Sleepless, hyperinsomnia as a story concept, his law career, writing a queer Filipino protagonist, capitalism, pharmaceutical companies, corporate media, pandemics, hopes for the future of humanity and much more. They also touch on the inevitable question: would Victor choose to be sleepless? EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Victor Man...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and award-winning author Tasha Suri for a chat about her love of history, the importance of research in worldbuilding (and when to ignore it), writing as part of the South Asian diaspora, sapphic romances, magic systems, her new book The Oleander Sword and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tasha Suri is the award-winning author of The Books of Ambha duology and the epic fantasy The Jasmine Throne, book one...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr
Join host Adrian M. Gibson for a special SFF Addicts one-year anniversary extravaganza (streamed live on YouTube), where he reminisces on the past year of podcasting, chats with friends and catches up with past guest authors like Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Anthony Ryan, K.S. Villoso, Andrea Stewart, Dyrk Ashton, Michael R. Fletcher, Krystle Matar, Ryan Cahill, Matt Kressel and more. Plus, three LIVE READINGS , from authors Connor M. Caplan, Tori Gross and Adrian M. Gibson himself. EMAIL US...
Aug 09, 2022•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 24
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and award-winning author Sam J. Miller for a chat about community and the Clarion workshop, tattoos, queer history, genre-bending, comparing narrative forms (novel, novella, short story, etc.) to dating and relationships, his new releases Boys, Beasts & Men and Kid Wolf & Kraken Boy and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sam J. Miller is the Nebula-award winning author of Blackfish City, The Blade B...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors/hosts of Wizards, Warriors & Words podcast Jed Herne , Dyrk Ashton , Michael R. Fletcher and Rob J. Hayes for a special crossover episode focused on SFF podcasting. Utter chaos ensues as they discuss the origins of both WWW and SFF Addicts, the ins and outs of running a podcast, what podcasting has given them personally and as writers, advice on getting started with your own podcast, ordering alcohol on Amazon UK, making beeswax candles, fanboying, fame...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 23
Welcome to our first new TV Club bonus episode in a while! Join host Adrian M. Gibson and guest authors J.S. Dewes , J. Dianne Dotson and Patricia A. Jackson as they review the Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries, the new Star Wars TV show starring everyone's favorite Jedi Master. During the panel they discuss their relationships with the Obi-Wan character, first impressions after seeing the show, character portrayals and storylines, hopes for a potential second season, Darth Vader, Princess Leia, Inquisi...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 38 min
Join FanFiAddict's Frasier Armitage and Chris Porter and Jenny Curtis , creators and directors of the sci-fi audiodrama SOLAR starring Stephanie Beatriz, Helen Hunt, Alan Cumming and Jonathan Bangs, for a chat about their hit new show. They delve into the inspiration behind and creation of the audiodrama, the recording process and working with the voice actors, the importance of music and audio design and much more. We've also included a handful of clips from the show, sprinkled throughout the i...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors C. L. Clark , Ryka Aoki , Khan Wong and Al Hess as they explore the intersection of queerness, gender and sexuality in sci-fi and fantasy. During the panel they discuss what queerness means to each of the participants, their personal journeys with sexuality and gender, why sci-fi and fantasy are so well-suited for queer stories, the supportive nature of the SFF community, sensitivity readers, romance and much more. IMPORTANT NOTE: Unfortunately, we had nume...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 22
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and award-winning author Becky Chambers for a chat about fictional comfort foods, her journey writing the Wayfarers series, transitioning to the Monk & Robot novellas, tea, video games, hopeful science fiction and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Becky Chambers is the author of the Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series, which includes The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet , A Closed and Common Orbit , R...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and author Alex Jennings for a chat about his new novel The Ballad of Perilous Graves, his long journey towards publication, participating in Clarion West, meeting his literary idols, New Orleans and jazz culture, the magic of music and much more. NOTE: Apologies for the background noise on Alex's audio. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alex Jennings is a writer, editor, teacher and poet living in New Orleans, a dev...
Jun 23, 2022•58 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and award-winning author Robert Jackson Bennett for a chat about The Divine Cities and The Founders Trilogy, how he got into writing, infusing history, politics and religion into his fictional worlds, creating interesting magic systems, cyberpunk-as-fantasy, wrapping up another trilogy and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robert Jackson Bennett is the award-winning author of The Divine Cities Trilogy, The...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and author Samit Basu for a chat about his new novel The City Inside, how he got into writing, screenwriting and filmmaking, comic books and superheroes, surveillance and technology, the current state of South Asian fantasy and science fiction, representing India and New Delhi in his work and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Samit Basu is an Indian novelist, film director and screenwriter. His written wor...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 17 min
THIS IS A SPECIAL SFF ADDICTS ANNOUNCEMENT: We'll be taking a short break from now until mid-July 2022, but we've got some amazing author chat bonus content to tide you over until we return with our next numbered episode. Give this short recording a listen for more details. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Book Blog Discord Twitter Instagram MUSIC: Intro: " FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version) " by Astronoz Interlude 1: "The Wind" by A...
Jun 07, 2022•3 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Nicholas Eames , J. S. Dewes , Austin Grossman , Ciel Pierlot and Ron Walters as they take a deep dive into the virtual worlds of video games. During the panel they discuss the intersection between video games and SFF, the creative feedback loop between gaming and writing, incorporating games into book narratives, book-to-game adaptations and vice versa, developing and writing for video games and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffad...
May 31, 2022•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 21
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Anthony Ryan , Krystle Matar , Michael R. Fletcher , Jessica Moon and Ben Galley as they compare and contrast traditional, indie and self-publishing. During the panel they discuss the viability of each publishing avenue, misconceptions about them, finding an agent, cover art and design, the editing process, distribution and marketing and much more. DISCLAIMER: This discussion is specifically about fantasy and sci-fi publishing. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS ...
May 17, 2022•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 20
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and author Adrian Tchaikovsky for a chat about his long writing journey, the galactic worldbuilding, politics and characters of The Final Architecture series, his personal history with biology and zoology, creating strange alien races and writing empathetic aliens, the contrast between writing fantasy and science fiction, how he approaches research and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Adrian Tchaikovsky i...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Fonda Lee , K. S. Villoso , Alexander Darwin and Sam Hawke as they grapple with the topic of martial arts in sci-fi and fantasy. During the panel they discuss incorporating martial arts into fictional stories, what it can add to pacing, characters and worldbuilding, the spiritual and holistic sides of combat sports, the growing mainstream popularity of martial arts and much more. Also, if you're interested, you can check out my one-on-one interview with Fon...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and author/actor Luke Arnold for a chat about his new book One Foot in the Fade, worldbuilding, characters and more in The Fetch Phillips Archives, Raymond Chandler and other noir influences, morally grey characters (and worlds), balancing acting and writing and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Luke Arnold is an actor and fantasy author. As the former, he performed the role of Long John Silver in the Star...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and FanFiAddict book bloggers Tori Gross , Benny , Naty and Sean for a new FanFiAddict family panel, where they share their favorite fantasy books and series. During the panel they each share two of their top picks for fantasy books or series (for a total of ten), as well as reflecting on what the fantasy genre means to them, the current state of the genre and what their hopes are for its future. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOU...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 18
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and FanFiAddict's Tori Gross and Connor M. Caplan as they play the beginning of Siege of Treboulain live with its author Jed Herne . They had a great time experiencing the game together, crafting a consistent main character and making decisions as a team (with the occasional inconsistent decision to throw gasoline on the fire). Jed also answered some questions about the game's worldbuilding, character progression and more. This live playthrough is also a companion to a...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 32 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and author/podcaster Jed Herne for a chat about his new epic fantasy interactive fiction game Siege of Treboulain, his previous novels, the challenges (and benefits) of writing an interactive fiction game versus a novel, how he got started in podcasting, the beginnings of Wizards, Warriors & Words and what his hopes are for the podcast's future, finding a good creative/life balance and much more. This interview is also a companion to a live playthrough of Siege of ...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and author Chris Panatier for a chat about his new novel Stringers, his first novel The Phlebotomist, the biology of blood, string theory and quantum entanglement, research wormholes, humor and effective uses of footnotes in fiction, bug sex, art, tattoos, metal bands and much more. Also, thank you to Angry Robot for including SFF Addicts in the Online Tour for Stringers. #ImWithPatton EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHO...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 37 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Gareth L. Powell , Andrea Stewart , Dan Fitzgerald and E. G. Radcliff as they crack open the mysteries of writing sequels. During the panel they discuss what sequels can offer a story and its characters, what goes into planning a series, misconceptions about the dreaded "sophomore slump," series-related pitfalls, transitioning from one series to another and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: [email protected] ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Ga...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 17
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and author Nia "N. E." Davenport for a chat about her debut novel The Blood Trials, breaking into the SFF market, incorporating geopolitics, race and magic into her fictional world, writing an ass-kicking female protagonist, delivering tense, powerful action scenes and much more. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nia "N. E." Davenport is the author of The Blood Trials, her debut novel and the first book in The Blood Gift Duology. She is also an English and Biology teacher, striving to...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and author Gareth L. Powell for a chat about his new book Stars and Bones, its timely themes, the mentorship of Diana Wynne Jones and Helen Dunmore, paying it forward with a "field guide" on writing, the appeal of writing space opera and accessible sci-fi, social media and mental health and much more. About the Author: Gareth L. Powell is a BSFA award-winning author who writes science fiction about extraordinary characters wrestling with the question of what it means t...
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Evan Winter , Ryan Cahill , Quenby Olson , Brian Naslund and Kerstin Espinosa Rosero as they delve into the mysterious and magical world of dragons. During the panel they discuss their personal histories with dragons, fresh and modern representations of the creature, dragon tropes and motifs and much more. There was also a solid twenty minutes or so towards the end where each panelist offers up amazing writing advice for the aspiring and working authors out...
Mar 22, 2022•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 16
Join FanFiAddict's Tori Gross and author Megan Van Dyke for a chat about Megan's debut novel Second Star to the Left, romance in fantasy, where she got her start, a deep discussion of craft, what she does in her (limited) free time and more. About the Author: Megan Van Dyke is is a fantasy romance author with a love for all things that include magic and kissing, which both feature in her debut novel Second Star to the Left. Many of her stories also include themes of family (whether born into or ...
Mar 17, 2022•28 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and author Krystle Matar for a chat about her writing journey, Legacy of the Brightwash, themes of parenting, identity, corrupt institutions and colonization, the self-published fantasy community, their shared loves of both Anthony Bourdain and Michael Pollan and much more. About the Author: Krystle Matar is the author of the Tainted Dominion series, including her debut novel Legend of the Brightwash, which is a finalist for the seventh Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off ...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Fonda Lee , Gareth Hanrahan , Jadie Jang and Peter Hartog as they explore the urban sprawl of fictional cities. During the panel they discuss the distinctive character of both fictional and real-world cities, how to use a setting to enhance worldbuilding, character and plot, creating fictional cities from scratch compared to representing real cities, city-related tropes, worldbuidling advice for writers and much more. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Fonda Lee is the awa...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 15
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and bestselling author Daniel Abraham for a chat about his eleven-year journey co-writing The Expanse books with Ty Franck and working on the TV adaptation, saying goodbye to that series, creating the brand-new world of The Kithamar Trilogy and writing the first book, Age of Ash, the theme of grief, characters that come out of nowhere, challenging preconceptions of 'epic fantasy' and much more. About the Author: Daniel Abraham is a bestselling author, comic book writer...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 34 min
