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October is also Star Wars appreciation month . . . no, that’s not true. But there is, however, a new Star Wars book — a horror novel in fact — that was released on October 13: Star Wars Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber and I had a chance to interview Joe and talk all about how he ended getting to write a Star Wars book, what this whole process was like, what it was like writing some very familiar characters, as well as a some tough questions like: “What’s your favorite Star Wars movie?” and “If you could be a Star Wars character, who would you be?” Schreiber also has another book out simultaneously, an original horror novel called No Doors, No Windows, which is also reviewed in this episode. And since it was a pretty short interview, I was able to feature some other reviews in the episode: Distant Early Warnings: Canada’s Best Science Fiction edited by Robert J. Sawyer, Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and my two humorous reviews for Brandon Sanderson’s Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians and Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener’s Bones.

And here’s a photo of me and Joe at a recent signing:

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Otherwise, I’ll see you next time, on November 1st, where I’ll hopefully be interviewing author Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and we’ll also be talking about what else he’s working on.

Until then, keep reading!

Alex C. Telander.

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In episode 11 of BookBanter, listeners get to hear from the far north, as I interview multi-award-winning and bestselling Canadian author, Robert J. Sawyer.  Sawyer is the author of many books, including the trilogy Hominids,  Humans, and Hybrids, as well as Flashforward (which is currently being made into a TV series), and the first book in his new trilogy, Wake.  I got a chance to talk with Robert J. Sawyer about how he first became a writer, what his writing process is like, where he got the idea and how he researched Wake, as well as the scoop on Flashforward being made into a TV series which will be airing in the fall.

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Thanks for  listening and see you next time, on July 15th, when I’ll be interviewing bestselling prolific author Christopher Golden, who has collaborated with a number of authors including Amber Benson, Mike Mignola, and Tim Lebbon on the Hidden Cities books.  We’ll be talking about his latest book with Lebbon, The Map of Moments, as well as other books he has coming out this year, and much more.

For now keep up on your reading!

Alex C. Telander.

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In this new episode of BookBanter you can find out about author Michael J. Sullivan.  Sullivan has written and completed his six-book fantasy series, The Riyria Revelations, and is now publishing them in six-month intervals.  The first book, The Crown Conspiracy, came out last October, and the second, Avempartha, came out in April.  The third book in the series, Nyphron Rising, is due out in October 2009.  So sit back and relax and enjoy my reviews of The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha, and find out what it is that makes Michael J.  Sullivan want to write every day, how he came up with the series, why he wrote them all before he published them, and what he likes to do in his spare time.

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Thanks for joining me and listening and see you next time, on July 1st, where I’ll be talking with award-winning, bestselling author Robert J. Sawyer, one of the first science fiction authors to have a website.  We’ll be talking about his new book, WWW: Wake, the first in trilogy, how he published his first book, advice he has for future writers, and the new TV series coming out in the fall, Fast Forward, based on his book of the same now.

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Alex C. Telander.

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