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Adapting a Novel to a Podcast - Daniel J. Hogan & Mary Robinette Kowal

Recorded recently at the Science Fiction and Open Source convention, Penguicon, here is a panel about adapting a novel for podcast.
[via: Daniel J. Hogan's Magic of Eyri site]
[MP3]
Daniel says:
This is audio from a panel discussion at Penguicon 2010 … I really enjoyed this panel and Mary is just awesome. We approach podcasting from two [...]

Isaac Asimov interviewed by Bruce Coville in 1983

This was an interview for a magazine that was conducted in Isaac Asimov’s New York apartment. Interestingly it was conducted by popular YA author, Bruce Coville in 1983 when he was … well, not as well known. Also taking part in the interview is photographer Bettina Cirone.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
[MP3]

1977 - Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson - On Collaboration

Here’s an interesting panel discussion with two Science Fiction Grand Masters, Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson. They wrote some great books in collaboration with each other including the Starchild Trilogy and the under appreciated Saga of Cuckoo series. Fred Pohl collaborated with C.M. Kornbluth on the classic novel The Space Merchants as well as other [...]

Arthur C. Clarke, Alvin Toffler, and Margaret Mead on Man’s Future

What does the future look like from the past? This exciting program with three people that could not better represent the intelligentsia of futurism circa 1970. This recording is from a radio program called “Sound on Film”, a series on films and the people who make them. This episode is entitled “2001–Science Fiction or Man’s [...]

Cryptic ConFusion 2009 - Six new recordings!

Recorded early this year, we’ve got six vibrant panel discussions from ConFusion.
Cryptic ConFusion 2009 Jan. 23 - 25
[M] designates moderator
Sat Jan 24 10am
Plot: What turns great ideas into short stories or novels?
Description: We all know where ideas come from, don’t we? But what are we supposed to do with them after that? How do we [...]

Four recordings from Penguicon 2009

Here’s four recordings I made while at Penguicon. Listen and enjoy:
Copywhat Copyrights! Open Source Licensing in Literature
(Eric Raymond, Daniel Hogan, Rick Jackson)
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Or download the MP3.
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Creating a Wikinomic Online Community
(Sarah Elkins, Rick Jackson)
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
MP3
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Legal Issues and Podcasting
(Steve Eley, Rick [...]

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