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It is almost Balticon time again! But it isn’t too late for another Balticon 50 interview. Today I’m talking with the winner of last year’s Compton Crook Award, Alexandra Duncan. Alexandra is an author and a librarian. Her Young Adult Science … Continued
Interview time again! Next up, we have this year’s musical guests, filk artists Bill and Gretchen Roper. Bill has been active in writing, recording, performing, and publishing filk music for over 20 years. His particular sense of humor and his … Continued
Another busy week means… another reading! This time from yours truly. This episode features a reading from the first draft of my novel, The Perils of Prague, book 1 of the Adventures of Crackle and Bang. I’m sorry to say … Continued
And now, for something a little different. After so many panels, it is time for a reading! And we have a previously unreleased reading by Yoji Kondo, using a stunt reader. Mr. Kondo is an astrophysicist as well as a … Continued
This week it is time to take a look at copyrights. We’ll be joining John Taylor Williams, Thomas “Cmdline” Gideon, Suzanne Rosen, and panel draftee Randy Chirco as they look at what Copyright is, how it does and doesn’t apply to writing … Continued
Balticon 50 starts here! The first panel is over a month away, but we’re proud to get things started by brining you interviews with some of our returning guests of honor and other notables. First up in our hit parade … Continued
All has not been going smoothly over at Swimming Cat Studios, and I’m afraid that this week’s episode will be late. We apologize for the delay, and we want to assure you that the wayward episode will be out as soon as … Continued
Audience participation time! We’re going to take pieces of classic erotica, cut out the author’s carefully chosen words, and ask you to replace them with your own. Moderator: Patrick Scaffido Speakers: Starla Huchton; Doc Coleman
I mentioned several episode ago that there would eventually be changes in the podcast, and here is the first one. I’m changing the numbering convention used for the episodes. Up until now, the episodes were numbered this way: BC48.150 BC = … Continued
Home Brewing — How to get started and excel at making your own craft beer, wine, etc. “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” – Benjamin Franklin Our panel of novice and master home brewers … Continued
Learn to go from novice to hero using the WordPress content management system. Moderator: Terri “Flynnstress” Vernon Speakers: Chooch Schubert; Doc Coleman; Gary Lester
Glomp and squee over all your favorite New Media personalities as we judiciously round them up into one location with a tiny bottle neck cutting off all hope of their escape (to the bar). Moderator: Grig (Punkie) Larson Speakers: Trish … Continued
Listen as the Flying Island Press pirates plan their next mutiny and perpetrate their upcoming literary larcenies. Moderator: Scott Roche Speakers: Laura Nicole Spencer; Doc Coleman
A live recording of The Shrinking Man Project discussing the ins and outs of weight loss hosted by the Shrinking Man himself. “Inspiration. Finding it, and being it.” Where do you find inspiration to make change in your life? How does that … Continued
Finding the perfect accessories is vital to having the perfect steampunk costume: Find out the best places to get these accessories and tips and tricks to making your own. Moderator: Elektra Hammond Speakers: Janine K. Spendlove; Jared Axelrod; Doc Coleman; Rebecca K. … Continued
Today’s episode is from not one, but two podcasts recorded during Balticon 46:Nathan Lowell’s Talking on my Morning Walk podcast, also known as #tommw, and my own podcast The Shrinking Man Project. Joining us on our morning walk are Veronica Giguere, and … Continued
Rule 34 of the internet, If you can imagine it, there is porn of it. In this panel we examine the year’s releases in the new media world, and see which of them are in desperate need of dirty fanfic. Moderator: Nobilis … Continued
From werewolves of property to anti-zombie airship pilots, the Empire has struck back. Meet the writers of this Brave Old World as they discuss what Steampunk is, where it is going, and what are the essential elements of Steampunk. Moderator: … Continued
The Balticon Podcast is back! We’re sorry that it took so long, but we’ve finally got enough things under control to put out a new episode. We’re back, and new episodes will be coming out soon. Stay tuned folks.
Mark Van Name, the 2008 Compton-Crook award winner, reads from his 2012 novel, “No Going Back”. One of my favorite parts of a reading can be the audience interaction and the side stories and comments by the author. This session has both. … Continued
James Knapp won the Compton-Crook award in 2011 and is back to offer a reading of his first novel, STATE OF DECAY. After hearing Mr. Knapp’s reading during editing, I’ve added his “revivor“ series to my Goodreads list. I hope … Continued
The Drunken Comic Book Monkeys’ authors, Brian and Chris, are a unique pair of friends who somehow decided that capturing their snarky banter disguised as fiction would be a satisfying and entertaining endeavor. I believe that you will find they … Continued
A mega huge thank you to Bruce Lerner for doing all the heavy lifting on this episode. These two readings are by Emilie P. Bush recorded at Balticon 46. The first reading is from her second novel The Gospel According to Verdu, which … Continued
Sorry folks. Holiday pressures and Balticon 46 planning are too much. I need to step back and put the show on hiatus until mid to late January 2012. See you all back here then.
A reading from Paolo Bacigalupi’s upcoming novel The Drowned Cities. Find out more about Paolo at his website [ Text Corrected on 12/7/2011] [Audio patched on 12/8/2011]
Lazy Show Notes The James Stoddard Sample. Excerpts from his books and a forward from James about winning the Compton Crook award in 1999. Congrats to Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine on their award.
Science Fan Andrew Love gives part two of a science presentation: Using Larry Niven Stories to Teach Science.
Science Fan Andrew Love gives part one of a science presentation: Using Larry Niven Stories to Teach Science.
Announcement: Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine tied the knot on Saturday Oct 8th. The Pitch Workshop audio recorded at Balticon 45. Special thanks to Scott Roche for sending us a copy and agreeing to let us share it. The Pitch … Continued
These are the two readings from Nathan Lowell done at Balticon 45. Nate is just an all around great guy. His books are available at his website and Podiobooks.com as well as in dead tree and eBook versions at online … Continued
The Erotic Horror panel from Balticon 45 starring Helen E.H. Madden and Jahda Addams PROMO: Heat Flash Podcast WARNING: They use some nasty words in this audio. Listener discretion is advised.
Singer, song writer, John “George R.R. Martin is Not Your Bitch” Anealio entertains at Balticon 45. Sorry the video gets cut off after 35 minutes. Visit http://johnanealio.com/ for more great stuff like free songs and his album.
This is the audio from the Alien Sex panel from Balticon 45. More show notes to come. Panelists include: Beatrice Kondo Dr. John Cmar “Sci-Fi” Laura Burns Philippa Balantine Moderator Tim Livengood
The iPad as a productivity tool is led by Helen E. H. Madden, a.k.a. Cynical Woman. Joining her on the panel are: M.A. in PA Christiana Ellis Aisling Weaver Sara Nash Think the iPad is a toy? I did. … Continued
This is the geek parenting podcast from Balticon 45. Panelists: Helen E.H. Madden – a.k.a. Cynical Woman – podcast – web comic Nathan Lowell Marc “Grailwolf” Bailey PG Holyfield Vivid Muse Promo: Tumbler – podcast – novel Promo: Nobilis Erotica
2011 Compton Crook Award Winner James Knapp reads from his awesome debut novel State of Decay. More show notes after our air conditioner gets fixed.
This episode is an interview with Dave Slusher from Balticon 43. Dave is best know for his Evil Genius Chronicles podcast and blog. Dave and Paul talk about all sorts of things, as they usually do, but this time you … Continued
George Hrab talks about the many many many ways we know that the world is older than 6,000. In case you’re wondering why this is important, there is a minority of religious people in the USA who believe in a … Continued
Join the fun from Balticon 45 Improv panel. On panel were: Grig “Punkie” Larson Alex White Mark L. Van Name Eric “Drowemos” Kimball The panel is awesome and funny and I want to thank everyone who participated. The intro was recorded … Continued
What more is there to say. Chris Lester proposes to Dawn. Magic happens at Balticon 45.
Here’s an awesome piece for you. We’ve never done one quite like this before. This is a slide show with audio. The slides were prepared by Laura Burns and JR Blackwell. Our presenters, Jared Axelrod, Dr. John Cmar, and Arioch … Continued
The episode 100 extravaganza is original fiction by Christiana Ellis, Jared Axelrod, Steven H. Wilson, and Mur Lafferty. These are four of the original 10 podcasters from the first ever Podcasting Track at a sci-fi convention anywhere. I’m proud to … Continued
Lazy show notes. This episode is so late I just want to get it online. Pip’s website. Her books on Amazon.com. PROMO: The Last Guardians PROMO: The Shrinking Man Project MUSIC: Booty Voodoo by Lee Coulter
Greetings Listeners, This week we have another great Punkie intro as we bring you a blast from the past. This is our 2009 interview with author Mark Van Name. Mark is the author of a whole bunch of books, including … Continued
Back in April I ran into author L. Jagi Lamplighter at Ravencon. She wanted to pick my brain about the best way to enter social media and the best places to spend her time. As a mom with a passel … Continued
Punkie is back to intro this episode in which Paul interviews the award dominator himself, Paolo Bacigalupi. Paolo has won just about every award SF&F has to offer and the one’s he didn’t win he’s making room for on his … Continued
After much chasing, we finally pinned down the 2009 Compton Crook Award winner, Paul Melko for an interview. Paul is the author of the novels Singularity’s Ring and The Walls of the Universe. He is a multi-award winning author and a great … Continued
Balticon 44 Guest of Honor, Tanya Huff joins us for a discussion about writing, writing for TV, working on a TV show, being a working writer, Zombies, and so much more. PROMO: I Should Be Writing SONG: Happy Birthday Baby … Continued
Read it, share it, love it. Balticon 45 will be here before you know it. Highlights! Guest of Honor: Dr. Ben Bova Artist Guest of Honor: Vincent Di Fate Music/Filk Guests of Honor: Bill and Brenda Sutton Special Guest of Honor: Steve Geppi Fan … Continued
Howard Tayler (bio) is the creative genius behind the decade long web comic Schlock Mercenary. We talk about Baltimore, writing and doing comics full time, and much much more. Howard has some amazingly good advice for people looking to make … Continued
Dr. Tom Holtz Jr. is the Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Geology at University of Maryland College Park. He is also one of, if not the, world’s foremost authority on the T-Rex. And we talk all things dinosaurs. Dr. … Continued
Perennial New Media favorite and professional musician, George Hrab has a new album out. He has graciously allowed us to release Trebuchet to you for free. WHAT?!?! Is he crazy? No, not at all. Well, maybe. He hopes you like … Continued
Here’s all the fun you could ever fit in your pocket. The Balticon 44 Pocket Program is here. Start planning your weekend.
Friend of the show, Lawrence M. Schoen and I sat down at Balticon to talk about his Hugo Award nomination, traveling, how exercise effects writing, and much much more.
Hugo award nominee and friend of the show, Lawrence M. Schoen reads Sweet Potato Pie from his upcoming collection of short stories. Lawrence is nominated for the 2010 Hugo Award for his short story The Moment. His new collection will … Continued
This is our second interview with Gene Wolfe and I think the best interview we’ve ever published. This is due in large part to Jim Van Verth. When we published our first interview with Gene we received the normal amount … Continued
A day in the life of a sought-after commercial artist. It’s almost impossible to walk through a book store, game store, or computer game store without seeing cover art from Kurt Miller. Join us as we discuss how computers have … Continued
Scott Sigler’s Special Guest of Honor speech, The Changing Face of Content Delivery. As recorded at Balticon 43.
Guest of Honor Charles Stross talks about writing and his books. This is one of the more out there interviews as Charlie outpaces this poor interviewer mentally and verbally. The man has a keen whit. The good news for you, … Continued
Audio posted by Chooch Schubert for his Random Acts of Chooch Podcast. Quoting the original show notes: This is the audio from a panel I spoke on at Balticon 43 over Memorial Day weekend. A special thanks to my fellow … Continued
Audio posted by Chooch Schubert for his Random Acts of Chooch Podcast. Quoting the original show notes: This is the audio from a panel I spoke on at Balticon 43 over Memorial Day weekend. A special thanks to my fellow … Continued
We start off with a quick interview with author and project manager for Bookview Cafe, Sarah Zettel. Sarah talks about what readers and authors get from Bookview Cafe. Readers get DRM free eBooks from a growing collection of authors. Authors … Continued
Audio posted by Chooch Schubert for his Random Acts of Chooch Podcast. Quoting the original show notes: This is the audio from a panel I spoke on at Balticon 43 over Memorial Day weekend. A special thanks to my fellow … Continued
Video posted by Earl Newton for his Stranger Things Podcast. Quoting the original show notes: When their prize reality star goes missing, a monolithic network enlists the aid of the entire world to find him. Written and Directed by Earl … Continued
Audio posted by Chooch Schubert for his Into The Blender Podcast. Quoting the original show notes: We are proud to bring you our first live show! This was recorded over Memorial day weekend atBalticon 43. A special thanks to everybody … Continued
Audio posted by Michele White for her Galactica Quorum Podcast. Quoting the original show notes: This is our live panel discussion at Balticon 2009. We’re joined by best-selling horror/scifi author Scott Sigler to discuss the BSG finale and gauge people’s reactions to … Continued
Audio posted by George Hrab for his Geologic Podcast. Quoting the original show notes: The Show itself: L.Ron is in my sack Intro Dr. Manhattan’s Dick Mortimer calls in again once more again and also once more This Week’s Horror … Continued
One of our own recently passed. We remember Hal Haag: father, gamer, former Balticon chair, and a great friend. Rest in peace. The members of GCOM, BSFS, Alphabet Soup, and the RAH&FGP remember Hal. Hal, we all miss you. Wherever … Continued
Audio posted by Stephen Eley for his Escape Pod Podcast. Quoting the original show notes: By Charles StrossRecorded at Balticon 43, May 23, 2009Read by:Joe –Jared Axelrod (of The Voice of Free Planet X)Maddie – J.R. Blackwell (of Voices of Tomorrow)The Farm – Evo … Continued
Audio posted by Evo Terra for his Evo@11 Podcast. Quoting the original show notes: Recorded live at Balticon! With Patrick E. McLean, a bottle of Macallan 12-year-old scotch, Bill DeSmedt, Sheila Dee and P.G. Holyfield. It’s long. It’s wild. Kinda like me. Choice Bits … Continued
Audio posted by Chris Lester for his Metamor City Podcast. Quoting the original show notes: On Memorial Day Weekend 2009, it was my privilege to present an all-new Metamor City audio drama to a live audience at Balticon 43. With … Continued
Audio posted by Thomas “Cmdln” Gideon from the Copyright panel. Quoting the original show notes: This is a feature cast. In the intro a heart felt thank you to my good friend, Chris Miller, for his support and advice without which … Continued
Audio posted by Thomas “Cmdln” Gideon from the Copyright panel. Quoting the original show notes: This is a feature cast. In the intro a reminder that the 4th anniversary episode of the show is coming up, June 24th. Please send … Continued
Audio posted by Thomas “Cmdln” Gideon from the Copyright panel. Quoting the original show notes: This is a feature cast. In the intro a correction and a reminder about my upcoming 4th anniversary show. There is no listener feedback this … Continued
Part two of our sit down with Balticon 43 Special Guest of Honor, Scott Sigler. We talk about writing, new media, science, and so much more. PROMO: The Commandline Podcast PROMO: Nobilis Erotica PROMO: Tumbler, a podcast novel by Brand … Continued
We sit down with Balticon 43 Special Guest of Honor, Scott Sigler, to talk about writing, new media, science, and so much more. Promo: I Should Be Writing Promo: Prometheus Radio Theater Promo: Heat Flash Music: Perfect Day to Die … Continued
The Bad Astronomer himself, Dr. Phil Plait and Skepchick A Kovacs sat down with us at Balticon 43 to discuss science, skepticism, NASA, and social media. Dr. Plait is the president of the James Randi Educational Foundation a.k.a. The JREF. … Continued
It’s never too early to plan for Balticon 44. Now’s the time to take a peek at our first flyer for Balticon 44 and think about what you want to be doing on Memorial Day Weekend, 2010. We are proud … Continued
Balticon 41 (yes I made another mistake in the audio credits) Filk Guest of Honor, Maya Bonhoff reads a wonderful story about a magical detective agency.
Christiana Ellis has a new book available today. It’s her very first book. Nina Kimberly, The Merciless is available today on Amazon.com. Ms. Ellis has released this free PDF. If you like it, head over to Amazon or your local book … Continued
Thanks to Viv and Chooch from Into the Blender and the CoH Podcast for all their hard work.
Want to be in the next episode of Stranger Things? Send an email to: PutMeInTheShow@StrangerThings.tv Get your email in soon! The Singularity approaches! The Singularity will happen live at Balticon 43.
[ Correction: In the intro I say that Ms. Novik is reading from His Majesty’s Dragon. This is incorrect. The reading is from Empire of Ivory. – Paul ] This episode’s main feature is the author reading by Naomi Novik. … Continued
Stoked for Balticon 43 yet? No? Where have you been? Not only do we have Scott Sigler as a Guest of Honor. But now we’re pleased to announce the addition of two more of Podcasting’s greats to the Balticon 43 … Continued
Web Comic’s rock star Bryan Prindiville has created a series of web badges for Balticon 43. Get one for your website or blog. Or you can make your own. Alien art, author, filk, make your own, podcasting, science, web comics … Continued
Podcast listeners will delight in the Special Guest of Honor. You may have heard of him. His name is Scott Sigler.
Here is our first promo for Balticon 43. Balticon takes place Memorial Day weekend in the Hunt Valley Marriott. See the official Balticon website for more info. A higher quality version of this promo is available in AIF format as … Continued
This episode’s intro from Jon “The Vicar” Stallard, host of Geek Radio Daily. Jeri Smith-Ready reads excerpts from her new vampire novel, Wicked Game . Book Blurb: Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means … Continued
The wonderful and talented George Hrab plays his song, ‘Ya Famous? at Balticon 42 Opening Ceremonies. Our apologies to George. The recording started a few seconds into the song. The missing lyrics: (spoken) I sit in the park and play. … Continued
This episode’s intro from Thomas “Commandline” Gideon, host of The Commandline Podcast. Walter Jon Williams reads excerpts from his new cyberpunk novel, Implied Spaces. This is one of the best stories we’ve ever had the pleasure of presenting. Book Blurb: … Continued
This episode we are proud to present you with a short story by author Tom Doyle. Mr. Doyle’s work has appeared here before in episode 56. His story, The Garuda Bird, is a Bollywood style romp through Indian legend and … Continued
The Balticon 43 flyer is now available. Download it! Share it! Get ready for Balticon 43 now!
Urban Tapestry are a Toronto-based filk/folk trio consisting of Allison Durno, Jodi Krangle and Debbie Ridpath Ohi. They’ve performed all over the world and won several Pegasus awards. Discounting all that, they’re really a trio of talented, intelligent, and fun … Continued
This week we present an interview with Balticon 42 Art Guest of Honor, John Jude Palencar. Mr. Palencar is a world famous artist and illustrator who has been winning awards for his distinctive style of art for over two decades. … Continued
This week we bring you an interview with that most prolific and award winning author, Connie Willis. Ms. Willis was the Balticon 42 guest of honor and we had a great time talking to her about the craft of writing … Continued
Mur Lafferty has released her novel Playing for Keeps for free as a PDF. A free book? There’s no such thing as a free book! What’s the catch? No catch. It’s free. But, Mur asks that if you like it … Continued
Due to a problem with iTunes I have to put the link to Tee Morris’s book in a separate post. Please see the previous post for all the relevant info.
Authors Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine have released their latest novels as free PDFs. Tee Morris is the author of the novels Morevi: The Chronicles of Raif and Askana and The Case of the Singing Sword: A Billibub Baddings Mystery. … Continued
Paul and Martha reminisce about the coolest moments of Balticon 42. They are joined by special guest, Tee Morris. And have lots of call-ins from the new voicemail line, 1-206-666-2843. Paul needs to build a new intro and outro for … Continued
This episode is awesome. We talked with Matthew Wayne Selznick (WMS) at Balticon 41, back in May 2007, and we talk to him again in July 2008 to update the interview and discuss his Sovereign Summer Sunday, July 13, 2008. … Continued
It’s been a long time coming but we’re finally presenting our interview with Balticon 41 Guests of Honor Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. They’re latest collaboration is Inferno. Mark J. Gross, author of The Sci-Fi Scene column in Autograph Collector, … Continued
While we’re busy sifting through all the wonderful interviews, panels, and events that we captured at Balticon 42, we provide a little something to get your heart pumping and your blood racing. For the first time anywhere, Dave Williams reads … Continued
The Balticon 42 Pocket Program is now available. Get yours and plan your Balticon 42 experience early.
We welcome Earl Newton and Dave Kanter to the Balticon Podcast. Earl is the executive producer and Dave is the producer of Stranger Things. Stranger Things: The science fiction of human experience The first sci-fi anthology series in history to … Continued
Balticon 41 Special Guests of Honor, Michael R. Mennenga and Evo Terra talk about their past together in podcasting and the new directions they are pursuing. PROMO: Metamor City Memories of Balticon 41 Discussions about Sci-Fi cons, being panelists, being … Continued
We talk sex, erotica, families, and morals with Helen E. H. Madden and Nobilis. Helen Madden is the host of the Heat Flash podcast. Nobilis is the author and voice of Nobilis Erotica podcast. Dealing with turning yourself on, rejection, … Continued
Web Comics creator and Filk music star Rob Balder and Balticon filk track coordinator Gary Ehrlich join us in studio for fresh (live) and canned (pre-recorded) filk music. Also in studio: Janny, Rob’s girlfriend, assistant, and therapist. SONG: My Jalapeno Man written … Continued
Convention Chairman Greg Wright and I talk about what you’ll be experiencing at Balticon 42. Guests of Honor: Author Connie Willis Artist John Jude Palencar Filkers Urban Tapestry The Compton Crook Award Special Events Opening Ceremonies Concerts: Urban Tapestry, George … Continued
Mur Lafferty is a creative juggernaut. She has stormed the gates of the Internet with a relentless stream of awesome fiction and more. Her credits include: I Should Be Writing – A podcast by a wanna-be writer for wanna-be writers … Continued
Jared Axelrod is all things to all people, and he does a daily podcast. He makes things with his own hands, creates fiction, defends honor ANNNNNNDDDDD justice. He never gets mad nor will he ever start a fight. You should … Continued
Filk Guests of Honor Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff discuss their journey through the world of music, music technology, the joy of filk, and play some of their songs. Maya’s books on Amazon.com The Bohnhoff’s music available at CD Baby PROMO: … Continued
This week we present an interview with Balticon 41 Art GoH, Joe Bergeron. Joe is a renaissance man. He is mostly self taught and excels in such diverse areas as art, music, astronomy, writing, and producing DVDs. You’ll be amazed … Continued
The Balticon Pod Players present the first two acts in the on-going Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman! story. In this episode you get Lancelot Biggs and the Space Garbage, and Lancelot Biggs and the Pirates. Lancelot Biggs is adapted and performed with … Continued