Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column
Episodes
107: A 2006 Interview with Jennifer Egan
09 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Unlocking the Depths of 'The Keep'
106: A 2006 Interview with Jeff VanderMeer
02 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Man Behind the Squid and Fungus
105: A 2006 Interview with Charles Stross
25 Sep 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Genre Ducking
104: A 2006 Interview With Naomi Novik
18 Sep 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Shortly Before Dragons Conquered the World
103: A 2006 Interview With David Louis Edelman
11 Sep 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Preparing for the 'InfoQuake'
102: A 2006 Interview With Keith Donohue
04 Sep 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Pulling the Wings From Disney's Fairies
101: Harlan Ellison Worldcon 200
27 Aug 2006
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING Potentially VERY offensive and very entertaining.
100: A Worldcon 2006 Report
27 Aug 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A collection of sounds.
099: A 2006 Interview With TC Boyle
21 Aug 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Balance and Flow
098: A 2003 and 2006 Conversation with Cory Doctorow
14 Aug 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Singularities Real and Imagined
097: A 2006 Conversation With Jenn Ramage and Julia Glass
07 Aug 2006
Contributed by Lukas
'The Whole World Over'
096: A 2006 Conversation With Vernor Vinge, Part 2
31 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Vernor Vinge Informs Us That 'Rainbows End'
095: A 2006 Conversation With Vernor Vinge, Part 1
23 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
If It Comes to Pass.
094: A 2006 Conversation With Steven Kotler
17 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Wave Theory
093: A 2005 Conversation with Jasper Fforde
10 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Fast Rewind.
092: A 2004 Conversation with Randall Sullivan
03 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The Miracle Detective.
091: A 2006 Conversation with James P. Othmer
26 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Talking to 'The (real) Futurist'.
090: A 2006 Conversation with David Sirota
19 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
How the corporations took over the government, how we can get it back.
089: A 2006 Conversation with Gary Shteyngart
12 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Hilarious and definitely explicit. Be warned!
088: A 2006 Conversation between Jenn Ramage and Peter Orner
07 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Namibia at the time of its independence.
087: A 2006 Conversation with Kim Newman
05 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
"Any kind of horror film that played on television, I watched."
086: A 2006 Conversation With Koji Suzuki, Part Two
29 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Japanese Culture and horror
085: A 2006 Conversation With Koji Suzuki, Part One
29 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Edge City, Singularity and Beyond
084: A 2006 Conversation With Laurie R. King, Morton Marcus and James Houston
25 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The Mystery of Writing
083: A 2006 Conversation With Laurie R. King
22 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A Mystery Fantasy Begins
082: A 2006 Conversation with Susan Straight and Jenn Ramage
15 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
'A Million Nightingales'
079: Report Number One from WHC Kim Newman and Jeremy Lassen, Dealers Room
12 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
New Newman story, Hugo noms, setting up WHC.
081: Report Number Three from WHC Opening Ceremonies
11 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Newman Brings down the opening house.
080: Report Number Two from WHC The Perfect Pitch Per Pelan
11 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The best of the John Pelan Perfect Pitch Panel.
078: A 2006 Conversation with David Mitchell Part Two
08 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Genre, humor and translating Cloud Atlas.
077: A 2006 Conversation with David Mitchell Part One
08 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Causality, Cloud Atlas, Music.
076: A 2006 Conversation with Harvey Pekar Part Two
01 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Letterman, celebrity and American Splendor.
075: A 2006 Conversation with Harvey Pekar Part One
01 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Jazz music and criticism, self-publishing.
074: A 2006 Conversation with Colson Whitehead
24 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Naming Names, Dropping Names, Picking them Out
073: A 2006 Conversation with Franz Wright and Kathryn Petrucelli
17 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
"Literature Will Lose"
072: A 2003 Conversation With Gregory Maguire
10 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
"There's Magic Still Afoot"
071: A Reading From 'Timothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile' by Verlyn Klinkenborg
03 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A Reading From 'Timothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile'
070: A 2006 Conversation With Verlyn Klinkenborg
03 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The Natural History of Selborne Re-Imagined
069: A 2006 Interview With Christopher Moore
27 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
"The world is so twisted that my stuff looks normal"
068: A 2006 Interview With Joshua Spanogle
20 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with the author of 'Isolation Ward'.
067: A 2006 Interview With Kim Stanley Robinson, Part 2
13 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with the author of 'Fifty Degrees Below'.
066: A 2006 Interview With Kim Stanley Robinson, Part 1
06 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with the author of 'Fifty Degrees Below'.
065: A 2006 Interview With Julian Barnes
27 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with the elegant and eloquent author of 'Arthur & George'.
064: A 2006 Interview With Charlie Huston
20 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Hopefully this will offend someone.
063: An Audio Review of 'Already Dead' by Charlie Huston.
20 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Hopefully this will offend someone.
062: A 2006 Interview With Heather Rogers
13 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The history of recent civilization as seen through our garbage and economic habits.
061: A 2005 Interview With Doctor Leslie Ellen Jones
06 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Warning Fictions and the chemistry of fear.
060: A 2005 Interview With Bill McKibben
30 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Science, science fiction, politics and global warming.
059: A 2005 Interview With Daniel H. Wilson
23 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
"Unfortunately for the hammer, it doesn't look like a cute little baby harp seal."
058: Mary Roach 'Spook' Reviewed by Rick Kleffel
18 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
An audio review of Mary Roach 'Spook' with comments from the author interview.
057: A 2005 Conversation with Tim Pratt: Keeping Santa Cruz Weird
16 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Tim Pratt author of 'Little Gods' and 'The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl'
056: Burying Freedom: A Remix of a 2003 Interview of Isabel Allende
13 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Interview of Isabel Allende by KUSP interviewer Kathryn Petrucelli Guitars by Billy C Reed and drums and production by Dan Ranalli
055: A 2005 Conversation With Richard Morgan
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
"The Haves Do Rather Well"
054: A 2005 Conversation With Mary Roach
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Spook, science and the afterlife, the state of science writing
053: A 2005 Conversation With Myla Goldberg
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
1918 Flu epidemic, the afterlife, history, memory, aging, Karl Capek
052: A 2005 Conversation With Aimee Bender
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Surrealism, fairy tales, minimalism
051: A 2005 Conversation With Jeffrey Ford
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Why SF and WorldCon MATTER, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, The Girl in the Glass
050: A 2005 Conversation With Chris Cleave, Part Two
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
London bombings, terrorism
049: A 2005 Conversation With Chris Cleave, Part One
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Eavesdropping on the bus, Incendiary
048: A 2005 Conversation With Elizabeth Kostova
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The Historian, history and armchair travel.
047: A 2005 Conversation With James Frey
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
My Friend Leonard, life as a bagman and in the world of Hollowood.
046: A 2005 Conversation With Andrew Vachss
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
His journey from US Public health Testing to Child-Defending attorney and writer
045: A 2005 Conversation With Mitch Cullin and Laurie R. King
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Sherlock Holmes in fact and fiction
044: A 2005 Conversation With Chuck Palahniuk
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Narrative, Shock value, horror
043: A 2005 Conversation With John Burdett
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Hong Kong turn-over to China, Buddhism, Bangkok's black economy
042: A 2005 Conversation With Kazuo Ishiguro
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction cinema, three kinds of storytelling, memory.
041: A 2005 Conversation With Stephan Zielinski
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Bad Magic and the San Diego Zombie
040: A 2005 Conversation With Steve Erickson
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Our Ecstatic Days, Chaos, order and apocalypse
039: A 2005 Conversation With Lucius Shepard
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A Handbook of American Prayer
038: A 2004 Conversation With Graham Joyce
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Hedgerow witches, midwifery, life in a coal-mining town and The Limits of Enchantment.
037: A 2004 Conversation With the Rolling Darkness Review
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Etchison, Peter Atkins and Glen Hirshberg discuss the dark.
036: A 2004 Conversation With Susanna Clarke
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Kingdoms of Faerie, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
035: A 2004 Conversation With Clive Barker Part Two
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Middles and Ends, Abarat, Tortured Souls, 500 Paintings in Beverly Hills
034: A 2004 Conversation With Clive Barker Part One
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Beginnings, Books of Blood, Hellraiser
033: A 2004 Conversation With Marcia Muller and Laurie R. King
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Women in mystery as characters and authors
032: A 2004 Conversation With Kem Nunn
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The maquiladoras, Garage-door Tijuana, Surfing
031: A 2004 Conversation With Catherynne M. Valente
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Classics, language, female quest stories, Alice in Wonderland
030: A 2004 Conversation With China Mieville
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Politics, Fantasy, Monsters, monsters.
029: A 2004 Conversation With Kim Stanley Robinson
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Environmental Politics and SF novels
028: A 2004 Conversation With Tom Perrotta
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
America the Petty, Perversion and Amororous doings in the 'Burbs.
027: A 2004 Conversation With Joe R. Lansdale
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Texas state of mind, comics, Bubba Ho Tep
026: A 2004 Conversation With Uglytown's Jim Pascoe and Tom Fassbender
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Making it as publishers, writers, and outsiders.
025: A 2004 Conversation With Richard Morgan
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Anger, violence, the future
024: A 2004 Conversation With George Pelecanos
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Positive characters and negative economics
023: A 2004 Conversation With Kate Christensen
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Rot, New York and deeply held anger
022: A 2004 Conversation With Scott Phillips
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Cottonwood, The West and Pulp Noirs
021: A 2004 Conversation With TC Boyle
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Drop City, utopia and literature
020: A 2003 Conversation With John Shirley
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The birth of cyberpunk and Jesus the Gnostic
019: A 2003 Conversation With Colson Whitehead
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Humor, journalism, TV, jazz writing New York
018: A 2003 Conversation With Terry Pratchett, Part 2
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Fantasy, Satire, sales Fanfic and marketing
017: A 2003 Conversation With Terry Pratchett, Part 1
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Fantasy, Satire, sales Fanfic and marketing
016: A 2003 Conversation With Win and Meredith Blevins
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Married writers, historical fiction
015: A 2003 Conversation With Jonathan Lethem
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The Fortress of Solitude and autobiographical fiction
014: A 2003 Conversation With Chuck Palahniuk
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Deciding to write horror, minimalism and Portland
013: A 2003 Conversation With Charles de Lint
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Music, horror, magic realism dark and light fiction
012: A 2003 Conversation With James Barclay
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Killing off the cast, brutal reality and fantasy economics
011: A 2003 Conversation With Mary Roach
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Weighing the human soul, heads in rotisserie pans
010: A 2003 Conversation With David Corbett
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Gentlemen Marijuana smugglers, Real estate development
009: A 2003 Conversation With Terry Goodkind
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Heading towards Iraq, virtuous fiction, and Ayn Rand
008: A 2003 Conversation With Dan Simmons
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction and literature