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Gareth Edwards Interview | Monsters

On August 8 By Elena Nola In Interviews, Movies & TV

This guy directed Star Wars Rogue One!

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Guy Gavriel Kay Interview – Ysabel

On July 26 By Justin In Interviews

This week our featured author  is critically acclaimed, award-winning writer Guy Gavriel Kay, author of the soon-to-be released novel Ysabel, and many other historical fantasies including The Last Light of the Sun and Tigana. A …

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Zoran Živković Interview + Seven Touches of Music + Steps Through the Mist Review

On July 22 By Matt Denault In Book Reviews, Interviews

This week our guest is World Fantasy Award winning author Dr. Zoran Živković. Publishers in the UK and USA have snapped up Živković’s stories, written in his native Serbian, in English translation at an ever-increasing …

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Aaron Dembski-Bowden Interview – Warhammer 40K

On July 11 By Phillip Sobel In Interviews

Aaron Dembski-Bowden is a new author for The Black Library, Games Workshop’s publishing arm. Though only three novels into his Black Library writing career, he has fast developed a devoted following of both die-hard Warhammer …

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Michael Cisco Interview

On July 9 By Lawrence In Interviews

First off, I’d like to thank Michael Cisco for agreeing to this interview and welcome him as our guest at Boomtron. Michael Terry Cisco is an American writer and teacher. He currently resides in New …

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Joe Abercrombie Interview

On June 29 By Jay In Interviews

Joe Abercrombie is the author of the First Law trilogy and Best Served Cold.  I have been a fan since the first book in the First Law found me in a bookstore, so I was …

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Patrick Rothfuss Interview – Kingkilling It

On June 18 By Sarah Sommer In Interviews

Patrick Rothfuss is a new author who has generated lots of buzz in the last couple of months, and now he’s  on Boomtron. His debut novel, The Name of the Wind, is the first installment …

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Mark Charan Newton Interview – The Legends of the Red Sun

On June 10 By Phillip Sobel In Interviews

Mark Charan Newton is an urban fantasy author who’s currently two novels into his writing career and, judging by the sheer tonnage of critical acclaim which now includes a place in Library Journal’s top 5 …

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Dan Abnett Interview -In the Black Library

On June 9 By Phillip Sobel In Interviews

For me this is the interview to end all interviews. It’s not often one gets to interview a personal hero; I suspect this is mostly because heroes don’t enjoy mopping up fanboy drool, and frankly, …

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Charlie Adlard Interview – Portrait of the Artist as a Walking Dead Man

On June 4 By Stefan Petrucha In Books & Comics, Interviews, Movies & TV

Back in the nineties, I had the pleasure of working with Charlie Adlard on Topp’s The X-Files comic.  Ages later, the man who draws The Walking Dead was kind enough to spend some time catching …

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Jessica Bendinger Interview – Bringing It On

On April 1 By Elena Nola In Interviews

A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Jessica Bendinger, screen writer, director, and now author.  Her best-known work, at least in my age demographic, is writing Bring It On.  Jessica also wrote …

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Michelle Page Talks Acting and Inspirations | Interview

On September 12 By Sarah Sommer In Interviews, Movies & TV

Boomtron recently got the chance to interview up and coming actress, Michelle Page. At age 24, she has gotten many great performances under her belt with more on the way. She talked about being an …

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Charlie Adlard Interview – Portrait of the Artist as a Walking Dead Man

On September 8 By Stefan Petrucha In Comics, Interviews

Back in the nineties, I had the pleasure of working with Charlie Adlard on Topp’s The X-Files comic.  Ages later, the man who draws The Walking Dead was kind enough to spend some time catching …

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Hannah Marks Talks Necessary Roughness | Interview

On August 1 By Sarah Sommer In Interviews, Movies & TV

We recently interviewed Hannah Marks, the young star currently portraying Lindsay Santino on the new USA show Necessary Roughness. We talked about her previous acting gigs and new starring role.

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The Devil Colony | James Rollins Interview

On June 24 By Douglas Cobb In Books & Comics, Interviews

The extremely talented author James Rollin is with me today to talk about his latest Sigma Force novel, the 7th in the series, The Devil Colony. Was America originally supposed to have 14 instead of …

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James Rollins Interview – The Devil Colony

On June 24 By Douglas Cobb In Interviews

The extremely talented author James Rollin is with me today to talk about his latest Sigma Force novel, the 7th in the series, The Devil Colony. Was America originally supposed to have 14 instead of …

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Enuka Okuma – “Cookie” – Interview

On June 3 By Elena Nola In Interviews, Movies & TV

Enuka Okuma is a young actress and now a director.  She will be back on ABC June 16th for season 2 of the summer series Rookie Blue “as the tough talking rookie cop, Traci Nash, that has …

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Have a Drink on Ali Liebert on Harper’s Island – Interview

On May 16 By Elena Nola In Interviews, Movies & TV

I recently had the pleasure of putting some questions to Canadian actress Ali Liebert, who I (and my long-time Boomtron followers) know best as “Nikki the bartender” from Harper’s Island.  We talk about what her current …

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Lynn Kurland Interview – Romancing the Nine Kingdoms

On February 23 By Elena Nola In Interviews

Lynn Kurland is the author of the Nine Kingdoms romantic fantasy series, as well as a best-selling romance author.  For all my love of dark, bloodspurting, knights who say–er, frak–fantasy, I also love the lighter …

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Justin Isis Interview On Manga Cafes, Convenience Stores, and the Taste of Human Flesh

On February 9 By Brendan Connell In Interviews

Justin Isis. He’s like Jonathan Franzen if Jonathan Franzen was better looking and could write. Like Paul Leppin meets Kawabata in an empty brothel with cold tile floors. His just-published book, I Wonder What Human …

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L.E. Modesitt Jr. Interview + Imager Review

On February 6 By Elena Nola In Book Reviews, Interviews

L.E. Modesitt, Jr., is the best-selling author of several fantasy and science fiction series, and a name you can’t get through any bookstore’s SFF section without encountering.  I am only familiar with his work on the Imager …

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A Marjorie Liu Interview – Dirk, Steele, and X-23

On December 6 By Lexie C In Comics, Interviews

Recently I was given the chance to have a phone chat with best-selling author Marjorie M. Liu, author of the “Dirk & Steele” paranormal romance series and “Hunter Kiss” urban fantasy series; Marjorie is also …

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Sharon Shinn Interview – Writing, Fantasy, and Troubled Waters

On November 16 By Elena Nola In Interviews

Sharon Shinn is the author of nearly two dozen fantasy novels, including the bestselling Twelve Houses and Samaria series.  She has won the William C. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer and was twice …

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Jodelle Ferland Interview | Mum on Cabin in the Woods

On July 24 By Elena Nola In Interviews, Movies & TV

Joss Whedon is a man of many secrets, and one of them is the precise nature of the threats or coercions he clearly uses to keep the cast of his latest project, The Cabin in …

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Shana Abé Interview + The Treasure Keeper + The Time Weaver Review

On July 20 By Elena Nola In Book Reviews, Interviews

Shana Abé is a bestselling author normally found in the Romance section, but whose latest books are fantasy (or at least fairy tale) crossovers.  She’s also a personal favorite of mine–verify on our favorites page, if you …

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Robert Freeman Wexler Interview | The Painting and the City

On July 7 By Brendan Connell In Interviews

Robert Freeman Wexler’s latest novel is The Painting And The City, out from PS Publishing, and it was recently named one of the top 10 science fiction novels of 2009 by Booklist. He has also …

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Twilight with Jodelle Ferland | Interview

On June 30 By Elena Nola In Books & Comics, Interviews, Movies & TV

Jodelle Ferland is the young actress playing Bree Tanner in Twilight: Eclipse.  She’s got a resume a mile long already, even though she’s not even sixteen, and it includes working with heavyweights like Terry Gilliam …

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Kit Reed Interview | Enclave

On June 28 By Douglas Cobb In Interviews

We are pleased that Kit Reed, the author of Enclave, has agreed to be interviewed for us. She is also the author of many other books, many of which are mentioned in this interview, like The Midnight Children, Thinner …

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Adam Rex Fat Vampire Interview

On June 22 By Elena Nola In Interviews

Adam Rex is an amazingly talented children’s illustrator, as well as being an author of both children’s and YA novels.  I had the pleasure of meeting him in person last month at BEA, and I …

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David Moody Interview – Hater

On June 21 By Douglas Cobb In Interviews

Author David Moody created an online sensation when he published his horror novel, Autumn, via the Internet, racking up more than half a million downloads and spawning a series of sequels. When he published Hater, …

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Cassandra Sawtell on Harper’s Island and Gilliam| Interview

On April 1 By Elena Nola In Interviews, Movies & TV

Actress Cassandra Sawtell, whom we hear at the empire know from Harper’s Island, has been nominated for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) at the 2010 Young Artist Awards for her work on the show. …

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Adam Bertocci Interview

On January 13 By Elena Nola In Interviews, Movies & TV

Sunday morning I brought the internet gem that is Two Gentlemen of Lebowski to your attention.  Now I’ve got the man of the hour himself here to explain what possibly prompted him to combine Shakespeare and the Dude, …

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Coffee and Conversation with Hegel and Manfried Grossbart – Jesse Bullington Guest Blog

On November 16 By Jesse Bullington In (special) Guest Blogs, Interviews

Jesse Bullington – Good morning, and thank you for agreeing to this interview. Hegel: [Mutters something incomprehensible to Manfried] Manfried: [Mutters back. This goes on for some time, until:] Uh huh. Mornin. Hegel: Sure. Good …

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Tiffani Thiessen Interview – White Collar

On November 13 By Damon Cap In Interviews, Movies & TV

So I got a chance to join a conference call where we asked Tiffani Theissen some questions, mostly focusing on her role as Elizabeth Burke on the USA Network Show White Collar.

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World’s Worst Interview with Victor Gischler

On November 12 By Keith Rawson In Interviews

In case you haven’t noticed, over the past few weeks Boomtron has been republishing Victor Gischler’s World’s Worst Interview series, which he conducted on his old blog at the end of 2004 through the middle of …

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Brent Weeks Interview + The Way of Shadows Review

On November 5 By Damon Cap In Book Reviews, Interviews

Our guest this week is Brent Weeks, author of The Night Angel Trilogy, recently published by Orbit Books.  Unless something changes in the next few weeks before the end of the year, The Way of …

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30 Rock – Interview: Savanna Samson on Her Appearance

On October 23 By Damon Cap In Interviews, Movies & TV

Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.  The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the …

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The 7-part Interview Series with R.A. Salvatore continues

On October 13 By Damon Cap In Interviews

When you think of the most popular character from the Wizards of the Coast stable, I do not think there is much debate. Drizzt Do’Urden leads the pack. Today we have R.A. Salvatore answering some questions we had …

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Gabrielle Faust Interview

On July 4 By Elena Nola and Jay Tomio In Interviews

Elena recently caught up with Gabrielle Faust, author of the Eternal Vigilance series, to talk about inspirations, favorite vampires, and what happened to Texas’s football stadium when Austin got bombed in the apocalypse.  Read on …

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Craig McDonald Interview – Rogue Males

On May 30 By Brian Lindenmuth In Interviews

With Art in the Blood Craig McDonald wrote one of the indispensable non-fiction books of the the mystery/crime fiction genre. How does one follow that up? First, by starting what is shaping up to be, …

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Chris Dane Owens | Interview

On April 6 By Elena Nola In Interviews

I am delighted to bring you a BSC exclusive interview with Chris Dane Owens!  Chris has recently created one of the most magical and fabulous fantasy videos of all time to accompany his new single, “Shine …

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Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman of Dragonlance – Interview

On January 14 By Damon Cap In Interviews

Boomtron is proud to introduce the Bestselling author tandem of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.  They were kind enough to answer some questions after just releasing their new book Bones of the Dragon (Dragonships of …

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Patrick O’Leary Interview + Door Number Three Review

On November 1 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews, Interviews

Behind Door Number Three is The Gift of The Impossible Bird… When I decided to re-read Patrick O’Leary’s novels to see if they were as good as I remembered them to be I also set …

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James P. Blaylock Interview – Where in the World is William Ashbless?

On August 9 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

James P. Blaylock was one of the writers, along with Jonathan Carroll, that was at the forefront of reeducation of what Fantasy was or rather could entail, and it was work like The Paper Grail …

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Ekaterina Sedia Interview and The Alchemy of Stone Review

On June 22 By Craig_Gidney In Book Reviews, Interviews

Ekaterina Sedia’s second novel, The Secret History of Moscow, has made her a new author to watch. It has garnered critical praise, from no less than Neil Gaiman and is selling quite well. The novel …

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Lou Anders Interview – Pyr Editing

On June 7 By Elena Nola In Interviews

This one’s for those of you who like to know what goes on before the book falls off the bookstore shelf into your hands.  Lou Anders is the editorial director of Pyr books, as well …

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David J. Williams Interview – Mirrored Heavens

On May 25 By Craig_Gidney In Interviews

The Mirrored Heavens by debut author David J. Williams is described by Stephen Baxter as “Tom Clancy interfacing Bruce Sterling.”  Williams combines future technology and espionage with a richly imagined political climate, with action and …

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Zombie Stripper | a Shamron Moore Interview

On April 15 By Damon Cap In Interviews, Movies & TV

I am very happy to introduce Shamron Moore who has a lead part in the new film Zombie Strippers with Robert Englund and Jenna Jameson.  The synopsis of the movie from the official site is …

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Kill Clock – an Allan Guthrie Interview

On January 27 By Brian Lindenmuth In Interviews

Today we present an interview Allan Guthrie, writer, editor, and agent, best known for his Crime Fiction. His first novel, Two-Way Split, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award, won the Theakston’s Old Peculier …

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Paul Kearney Interview – The Ten Thousand

On December 12 By Damon Cap In Interviews

Today we present an interview with novelist Paul Kearney the author of series like Monarchies of God and Sea Beggars among other books. His most recent work is soon to be published by Solaris and …

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Live Chat – Paul S. Kemp of the Forgotten Realms

On November 10 By Damon Cap In Interviews

On November 10th (2007) best selling author Paul S. Kemp joined us live for a chat in our chat room. Kemp has written several books perhaps most notable those featuring the adventures of his creation, …

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Your Prescription for Reading?

On October 26 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

This is the first of a new monthly feature we are calling Synergy. Basically, one of our contributors offers a single question for our other contributors to give answer to. Beyond that, we go out …

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Irene Gallo interview – The Art Director

On September 30 By Damon Cap In Interviews

I was finally able to get in touch with Irene, as she has a very busy schedule. This interview was all prompted from meeting Irene at last year’s New York Comic Con where I think …

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Neal Asher Interview and The Skinner Review

On April 30 By John Markley In Book Reviews, Interviews

Combining large-scale space opera, intense, visceral action, and occasional elements of horror, Neal Asher is one of the most exciting authors to come out of the United Kingdom in recent years. Born in England in …

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Getting Jig with GoblinQuest – Jim C. Hines Interview

On March 28 By Damon Cap In Interviews

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jim Hines author of Goblinquest. I want to make a comment here, just because an author has a smaller publishing firm you can find some real gems that way. …

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E.E. Knight Interview – The Age of Fire

On November 12 By Damon Cap In Interviews

This week our guest is E.E. Knight author of the Vampire Earth series as well as a new fantasy series called Age of Fire.

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Caitlin Sweet Interview and Telling of Stars Review

On September 6 By Victoria Hoyle In Interviews

Since publishing her debut novel A Telling of Stars (2003) with Penguin, Canadian Caitlin Sweet has joined the burgeoning ranks of young, innovative fantasy genre writers. She has since released a prequel to A Telling …

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Synergy! Sharing Favorite Scary Stories with Carrie Vaughn, Charlie Huston, Jimmy Palmiotti & More!

On September 5 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

Synergy is back! If you haven’t seen this column before, the basic idea is that we put the same question to a variety of professionals (and sometimes amateurs) who interest us to create a plateful of …

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Susanna Clarke’s Magical Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Review

On June 4 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

In my opinion, simply stated, with no reservation what so ever, the best novel published in 2004. The best Fantasy novel? Well, yes, but also, the best fictional novel, bar none. Susanna Clarke’s debut novel, …

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