Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column

1329: A 2012 Interview With Carlos Ruiz Zafon

23 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...we create myths, we create religion, we create beliefs..."

1328: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 55: Carlos Ruiz Zafon

23 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Prisoner of Heaven

1327: SF in SF , June 21, 2012

18 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Robert J. Sawyer and Rachel Swirsky with Terry Bisson

1326: A 2012 Interview with Christopher Hayes

16 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"That elite failure has produced this sense of betrayal..."

1325: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 54: Christopher Hayes

13 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy

1324: SF in SF June 21, 2012

13 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Robert J. Sawyer Reads from 'Triggers'

1323: SF in SF June 21, 2012

11 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Swirsky Reads "Death and the All-Night Donut Shop"

1322: A 2012 Interview with Glen Duncan

09 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...the dark hilarity of not feeling the way one is supposed to be feeling..."

1321: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 53: Glen Duncan

07 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Talulla Rising

1320: SF in SF June 16, 2012

05 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

S. G. Browne and Lev Grossman Moderated by Terry Bisson

1319: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 52: Anthony Swofford

04 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Hotels, Hospitals and Jails

1318: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 51: Daniel H. Wilson

04 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Amped

1317: A 2012 Interview with Anthony Swofford

02 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

I was going to do the opposite of what my father had done."

1316: SF in SF on March 17, 2012

28 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Panel with Claude Lalumiere and Dick Lupoff

1315: SF in SF on March 17, 2012

28 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Dick Lupoff

1314: SF in SF on March 17, 2012

28 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Claude Lalumiere

1313: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 50: Peter Carey

27 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Chemistry of Tears

1312: A 2012 Interview with Daniel H. Wilson

25 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"We're not done with our civil rights movements, and I don't know that we ever will be."

1311: Live Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson at Capitola Book Cafe, June 16, 2012

21 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...it's a somewhat Utopian situation in space, and still a somewhat grim and screwed up situation on Earth..."

1310: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 49: Richard Ford

20 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Canada

1309: A 2012 Interview With Peter Carey

18 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...a story which was about the wild, wild, very beautiful thrilling inventions..."

1308: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 48: Leonard Mlodinov

13 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Text

1307: A 2012 Interview with Richard Ford

11 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"Every book just has to have some fun parts for the guy who writes it."

1306: Three Books With Alan Cheuse

07 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies ; Joseph Kanon, Instanbul Passage ; Paul Theroux, The Lower River

1305: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 47: Walter Mosley

06 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Gift of Fire

1304: A 2012 Interview with Leonard Mlodinow

04 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...so now, for the first time, you could look inside people's heads..."

1303: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 46: John Irving

30 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In One Person

1302: A 2012 Interview With John Irving

28 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"There ought to be something you're afraid of in every novel that you write."

1301: SF in SF on March 17, 2012: Claude Lalumiere

25 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Performances: The Book of Lost Pages

1300: SF in SF on March 17, 2012: Gregory Tiede and Lori Leigh Gieleghem and Richard Lupoff

25 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Performances: 12:03 PM

1299: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 45: Marika Blossfeldt

23 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

'Essential Nourishment: Recipes from My Estonian Farm'

1298: A 2012 Interview with Walter Mosley

21 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"It's us, the everyday people who change that world."

1297: A 2012 Interview with Mark Sundeen and Daniel Suelo

17 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"What would happen if we actually practiced this stuff?"

1296: Time to Read Episode 44: David Vann

16 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

'Firt'

1295: The Agony Column Live with T. M. Luhrman, Capitola Book Cafe, May 5 2012

16 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"It's a real experience."

1294: A 2012 Interview with Marika Blossfeldt

14 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...we tend to look for foods to fill the gap..."

1293: A 2012 Interview with Ross Jackson: 1

10 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Part One

1292: A 2012 Interview with Ross Jackson: 2

10 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Part Two

1291: A 2012 Phone Interview with Mark Sundeen

09 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...over the years, I had heard through my friends that he had stopped using money and was living in a cave..."

1290: Time to Read Epsiode 43: Christopher Mooore

09 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Sacre Bleu

1289: A 2012 Interview with David Vann

07 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"I don't view any of my characters as being crazy..."

1288: The Agony Column Live with S. G. Browne, April 27, 2012

04 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...the pug is going to steal the show..."

1287: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 41: T.M. Luhrman

02 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

'When God Talks Back'

1286: A 2012 Interview with Christopher Moore

30 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...it often isn't efficient to tell a story in chronological order..."

1285: SF in SF from February 11, 2012: Panel Discussion

27 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Panel Discussion Moderated by Terry Bisson with Rudy Rucker, K. W. Jeter, and Jay Lake

1284: SF in SF from February 11, 2012: Rudy Rucker

27 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Rudy Rucker

1283: SF in SF from February 11, 2012: K. W. Jeter

27 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with K. W. Jeter

1282: SF in SF from February 11, 2012: Jay Lake

27 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Jay Lake

1281: Time to Read Episode 041: Richard Zacks and Gregg Jones

25 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

'Island of Vice' and 'Honor in the Dust'

1280: A 2012 Interview with Tanya Luhrman

23 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...good candidates for being thoughts from god..."

1279: A 2012 Interview with Gregg Jones

19 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"The Philippinos would welcome us with open arms and greet us as liberators."

1278: Time to Read Episode 040: Ben Marcus and Heidi Julavits

18 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Flame Alphabet and The Vanishers

1277: A 2012 Interview with Richard Zacks

16 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"Roosevelt and Riis were out looking, and if they did find a cop, he was talking to a streetwalker."

1276: Three Books with Alan Cheuse

12 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

'The Wolf Gift' by Anne Rice, 'Arctic Rising' by Tobias Buckell and 'The Third Gate' by Lincoln Child

1275: Time to Read Episode 038 Whitley Strieber

11 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Solving the Communion Enigma: What is to Come

1274: A 2012 Interview with Heidi Julavits

09 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...wouldn't it just be way easier to be a dead person these days?"

1273: A 2012 Interview with Tim Dorsey

06 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"This wacky, off-center sub-genre was being generated by real events."

1272: Time to Read Episode 038 C. J. Box and Tim Dorsey

04 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Force of Nature and Pineapple Grenade

1271: A 2012 Interview with C. J. Box

02 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"..it's hard to legitimately isolate characters..."

1270: Terry Bisson in Conversation with Karen Joy Fowler

29 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

'Any Day Now' at Capitola Book Cafe

1269: Time to Read Episode 37: Matt Ruff and Alex Gilvarry

28 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Mirage and From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant

1268: A 2012 Interview with Matt Ruff

26 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...one somewhat tortured soul to be the center of the novel..."

1267: K. W. Jeter Reads at SF in SF on February 11, 2012

23 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...a group of heavy hitters..."

1266: Jay Lake Reads at SF in SF on February 11, 2012

23 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...a group of heavy hitters..."

1265: Rudy Rucker Reads at SF in SF on February 11, 2012

23 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...a group of heavy hitters..."

1264: Rudy Rucker, Jay Lake and K. W. Jeter Read at SF in SF on February 11, 2012

23 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...a group of heavy hitters..."

1263: Time to Read, Episode 36: Kim Harrison

21 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A Perfect Blood

1262: A 2012 Interview with Kim Harrison

19 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"I plan an hour to two hours every day, talking with the readers."

1261: A 2012 Interview with Vincent P. Barabba

16 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...you're more interested in how these parts interact..."

1260: Ian Shoales, in Cooperation with KQED

16 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Walking Dead

1259: Ryan Boudinot Interviewed at SF in SF on January 28, 2012

15 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"I really love that idea of playing with cluelessness."

1258: Ayize Jama-Everett Interviewed at SF in SF on January 28, 2012

15 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"Most people would be surprised what they are willing to do."

1257: Time to Read, Episode 35: William Landay

14 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Defending Jacob

1256: A 2012 Interview with Whitley Strieber: Updated Sound Analysis and New MP3 File

13 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...you could hear it, but Whitley and Anne couldn't. Pretty clever..."

1253: A 2012 Interview with Whitley Strieber:Complete

12 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"We find ourselves grappling daily at every level with questions we can neither bear nor answer."

1255: A 2012 Interview with Whitley Strieber:Part Two

12 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"We find ourselves grappling daily at every level with questions we can neither bear nor answer."

1254: A 2012 Interview with Whitley Strieber:Part One

12 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"We find ourselves grappling daily at every level with questions we can neither bear nor answer."

1252: A 2012 Interview with Val McDermid and Laurie R. King

09 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"I grew up thinking that all adult books had to have dead bodies in them."-Val McDermid

1251: Ian Shoales, in Cooperation with KQED

09 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Debaptism

1250: Time to Read, Episode 34: Anne Rice

07 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Wolf Gift

1249: A 2012 Conversation with William Landay

05 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"How far would you go to protect your children?"

1248: Ian Shoales, in Cooperation with KQED

03 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Arizona

1247: A 2012 Interview with Alex Gilvarry

03 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"I would check the Home Security Website a few times a week."

1246: Time to Read, Episode 33: Michael Gazzaniga

29 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain

1245: A 2012 Interview with Anne Rice

27 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"..the potential for tragedy, the potential for redemption..."

1244: SF in SF Panel discussion with Terry Bisson Moderating Ayize Jama-Everett and Ryan Boudinot, January 28, 2012

25 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"I'm always trying to find a place in-between."-Ryan Boudinot

1243: Ian Shoales, in Cooperation with KQED

25 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Artist

1242: Ian Shoales, in Cooperation with KQED

25 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Cheetah

1241: A 2012 Interview with Adrian Bejan

25 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"Ignorance is an asset in the mind of the creative."

1240: Time to Read, Episode 32: Thomas Frank

22 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right

1239: A 2012 Interview with Ben Marcus

20 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"I like the idea of making the religious transaction more difficult."

1238: Ian Shoales, in Cooperation with KQED

17 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Bebe

1237: Ryan Boudinot Reads at SF in SF, January 28, 2012

17 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

'Blueprints of the Afterlife'

1236: Ian Shoales, in Cooperation with KQED

16 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Bible

1235: Ayize Jama-Everett Reads at SF in SF on January 28, 2012

16 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

'The Liminal People'

1234:Time to Read, Episode 31: Eric Weiner

15 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Man Seeks God

1233: Podcast Update: Thomas Frank Reads from AudioBook 'Pity the Billioinaire'

13 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

More's the Pity

1230: A 2012 Interview with Christopher Renstrom

13 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"...anything that is born into time has a natal horoscope..."

1232: A 2012 Interview with Thomas Frank

13 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

"You can spend a lot of money on a watch."

1231: Ian Shoales, in Cooperation with KQED

10 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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