BookBanter

Welcome to August 1st and the next episode of BookBanter.  In this episode I’ll be talking with bestselling author Douglas Preston, who is the author of a number of books, including Blasphemy, Tyrannosaur Canyon, and The Monster of Florence, as well as coauthoring with Lincoln Child books such as Relic, Reliquary, and Riptide.  Their latest book, Cemetery Dance, addresses the subjects of zombies, Obeah, and Vodou.  Douglas will be talking about how they came up with the idea for the book, the unique writing style that he and Child employ in collaborating, and their current, unusual research project for their next book.

If you’d like to purchase any of the books mentioned above, simply click on any of the covers below:

The interview will be followed by my reviews for the following books (again, click on the covers to purchase the books):

And be sure to keep listening until the end of the episode where you can hear a short sample of the new BookBanter theme song, currently in demo form.

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For any questions or comments, or have something you’d like to know about BookBanter, email me at alexctelander@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening to BookBanter and see you on August 15th for the next episode.

Keep reading!

Alex C. Telander

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Welcome to episode 9 of BookBanter and enjoy my lengthy interview with bestselling author James Rollins.  I had a chance to sit down and chat with James about his three books coming out this year: the first in his new children’s series, Jake Ransom and the Skull King’s Shadow (now available); The Doomsday Key (due out June 23rd); and Altar of Eden (due out October 27th).  We also talked about how he is also a bestselling science fiction author and how this whole thing happened, as well as many other interesting facts about his life.

If you’re interested in purchasing any of James Rollins’ new books, simply click on the book covers below:

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For any questions or comments, or have something you’d like to know about BookBanter, email me at alexctelander@gmail.com.

Thank you for listening and hopefully see you June 15th for Episode 10 with Michael J. Sullivan, author of the Riyria Revelations series, of which the first two books are now available: The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha.

See you next time!

Alex C. Telander.

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In Episode 8 of BookBanter, you can enjoy my interview with author Daniel Suarez, who wrote the science fiction thriller Daemon, all about what happens if a “daemon” was left to run loose when a specific person dies, and how it can bring about the end of the economy and society as we know it.

The episode begins with my review of Daemon, followed by the interview where Suarez talks a lot about of the book, his background and why he wanted to write the book, some of his favorite authors, and what you can do to protect yourself better when using the Internet.  Suarez will be following Daemon with a direct sequel, Freedom, due out in 2010.  Daemon is a combination of Michael Crichton and Neal Stephenson, all in a good way.  I recommend you check out the interview, which doesn’t give anything big away in the book other than a very brief summary about the beginning.

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For any questions or comments, or have an author you’d like to hear interviewed on BookBanter, email me at alexctelander@gmail.com.

Thanks once again for the great work and help of Mr. Emerson-Johnson.

Thanks for listening to BookBanter and hopefully see you June 1st for Episode 9 with James Rollins, author of a number of bestselling books including Jake Ransom and the Skull King’s Shadow and the forthcoming Doomsday Key.

See you next time!

Alex C. Telander.

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