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In this episode of Rocket Talk, we take a break to present an audio edition of “Six Months, Three Days,” an original story by Charlie Jane Anders—and winner of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novelette—as read by Emmet Asher-Perrin. Doug and Judy have both had a secret power all their life. Judy can see […] The post Rocket Talk Episode 30: “Six Months, Three Days” by Charlie Jane Anders appeared first on Reactor.

In this episode of Rocket Talk, Justin invites literary agents Lisa Rogers and Sam Morgan to the show to talk about Fox’s new series Gotham. It’s a cop show, but with Batman! The conversation covers the pilot episode, what’s working, what isn’t working, on why super hero shows are becoming more prominent. Sam even explains […] The post Rocket Talk Episode 29: Gotham and the Prominence of Superhero Shows appeared first on Reactor.

In this episode of Rocket Talk, Justin welcomes Nick Mamatas, author and editor, to discuss the newest anthology from Haikasoru: Phantasm Japan. Mamatas holds court on the subject of Japanese publishing, the nature of exported fiction, and how he functions as an editor of Japanese fiction without being able to read Japanese. Mamatas is the […] The post Rocket Talk Episode 28: Nick Mamatas appeared first on Reactor.

In this episode of Rocket Talk, Justin brings on Karen Lord and Tobias Buckell to discuss their most recent works, what they mean when they talk about Caribbean Science Fiction, and the challenge of reading western literature from a different point of view. Justin also manages to squeeze in some talk about how the two […] The post Rocket Talk, Episode 27: Karen Lord and Tobias Buckell appeared first on Reactor.

In this episode of Rocket Talk, we take a break to present “The Hanging Game,” an original audio story by Helen Marshall, as read by Emmet Asher-Perrin. Sometimes a game, even a sacred game, can have far-reaching consequences. In bear country young Skye learns just how far she is willing to go to play the […] The post Rocket Talk Episode 26: “The Hanging Game” by Helen Marshall appeared first on Reactor.