The Baen Free Radio Hour

Legendary fantasy author Tim Powers discusses new novel Forced Perspectives, a contemporary fantasy adventure set in a haunted present-day Los Angeles where a death cult attempts to bring back an ancient Egyptian god of destruction thought to be buried in the ruins of Cecille B. DeMille's Ten Commandments set; and a special redux presentation from the Baen Podcast coffers of "The Age of the Warrio...

Carol Russo, of Carol Russo Design, the legendary book designer of the great majority of Baen Books covers and interiors, discusses her years working with Baen, including her close interaction with Jim Baen when the company was starting, the startling changes in book design art and craft that have occurred over the years, and the process and art of present day book design at Baen Books; and David...

Frank Chadwick discusses Ship of Destiny a new military science fiction novel, and follow-up to Chain of Command. The book is a cornucopia of interesting science fiction ideas, precise depiction of interservice rivalry, and excellent and frightening aliens, all presented as an homage to, but not a copy of, Homer's Odyssey; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 4.

Editor David Boop, and authors Mercedes Lackey, Joe R. Lansdale, and Jonathan Maberry discuss stories in Straight Outta Dodge City, a weird western anthology, in an interview conducted by Baen Consulting Editor David Afsharirad. Cambias talks about the magical system, the characters, and more; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 3.

James L. Cambias discusses The Initiate, an urban fantasy adventure where a secret order of magicians rule our modern world from the shadows, but one man with magical talent seeks revenge against them for murdering his family. Cambias talks about the magical system, the characters, and more; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 2.

Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin discuss Breaking Silence, a new entry in the SERRated Edge urban fantasy series and the follow-up to Silence. Mercedes Lackey pioneered urban fantasy with her mythos of a modern world where elves and other magical creatures interact with ordinary humans. It's a world like our own, but one where magic works, yet is kept hidden—for the most part. Breaking Silence take...

Lois McMaster Bujold discusses Penric's Progress, a compilation of three high fantasy novellas set in her World of the Five Gods universe and featuring a young sorcerer coming of age in a world of fascinating and dangerous magic. SFWA Grandmaster of Science Fiction and multiple award winner Bujold talks about the creation of Lord Penric Juralt, and her conception of the magic and manners that went...

John Ringo, Kacey Ezell, Christopher L. Smith and Toni Weisskopf discuss Gunpowder and Embers, a science fiction post-apocalypse adventure novel taking place in an America relegated to live without electricity after power-eating ant-like aliens from another dimension invade. The book has echoes of great Westerns, martials arts movies, high fantasy with dragons, and more. Part Two of a two-part int...

John Ringo, Kacey Ezell, Christopher L. Smith and Toni Weisskopf discuss Gunpowder and Embers, a science fiction post-apocalypse adventure novel taking place in an America relegated to live without electricity after power-eating ant-like aliens from another dimension invade. The book has echoes of great Westerns, martials arts movies, high fantasy with dragons, and more. Part One of a two-part int...

Patrick Chiles discussed Frozen Orbit, his hard science fiction novel featuring a mysterious voyage to Pluto and written in the wonder-inducing mold of Clarke, Heinlein, and Asimov; and Larry Correia's Son of the Black Sword, Part 77.

Larry Correia discusses Target Rich Environment Vol 2, a short fiction collection bringing together Correia's latest fantasy and science fiction stories. This is Part Two, and the finale, of a two-part interview; and The Seven Nipples of Molly Kitchen by D.J. Butler.

Larry Correia discusses Target Rich Environment Vol 2, a short fiction collection bringing together Correia's latest fantasy and science fiction stories. This is Part One of a two-part interview; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 76.

Authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller are joined by Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf discussing Accepting the Lance, the latest entry in the long-running, much beloved Liaden Universe® science fiction series; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 75.

Michael Z. Williamson and authors on Freehold: Resistance, a story collection edited by Michael Z. Williamson that is also a complete novel, or story cycle, in that it tells the tale of the Freehold resistance during the U.N. invasion of the planet Grainne that's recounted in Williamson's groundbreaking novel, Freehold. Freehold: Resistance recounts the adventures of the individual resistance figh...

Michael Z. Williamson and authors on Freehold: Resistance, a story collection edited by Michael Z. Williamson that is also a complete novel, or story cycle, in that it tells the tale of the Freehold resistance during the U.N. invasion of the planet Graine that's recounted in Williamson's groundbreaking novel, Freehold. Freehold: Resistance recounts the adventures of the individual resistance fight...

Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt discuss historical flintlock fantasy novel Council of Fire. This is book two in the Arcane America shared universe series. The first is Dragon Award winning novel Uncharted. Council of Fire takes place before Uncharted, in the days of the French and Indian War in North America. But this is a North America that's been cut off from Europe and one where magic of all vari...

John L. Carr, Alex Pournelle, and Phillip Pournelle in a roundtable discussion of The Best of Jerry Pournelle, edited by John L. Carr. Carr is the editor of the volume, and a long-time Pournelle associate. Alex and Phillip Pournelle are two of Jerry Pournelle's sons. They all talk about the life and work of the late grandmaster of science fiction and a new collection of his work. This is Part Two...

John L. Carr, Alex Pournelle, and Phillip Pournelle in a roundtable discussion of The Best of Jerry Pournelle, edited by John L. Carr. Carr is the editor of the volume, and a long-time Pournelle associate. Alex and Phillip Pournelle are two of Jerry Pournelle's sons. They all talk about the life and work of the late grandmaster of science fiction and a new collection of his work. This is Part One...

D.J. Butler and Aaron Michael Ritchey discuss The Cunning Man, a fantasy novel set near a rural Utah mining camp during the Great Depression. The hero is a "cunning man," a user of magic, who must solve the riddle of a haunted mine and of a trouble local family who may control the destiny of a camp full of out-of-work mining families; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 69.

David Carrico talks with Baen consulting editor David Afsharirad about 1636: The Flight of the Nightingale, a double novel set in Eric Flint's Ring of Fire alternate history series. Carrico writes about music and musicians this 17th century Europe where a town from present day West Virginia has settled, bringing back recordings of Buddy Holly and Dave Brubek along with its denizens, and thus chang...

Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill discuss The Waters and the Wild, a contemporary fantasy novel where Celtic magic crosses into the modern world at lake in upstate New York where a young woman is experiencing the pangs of adolescence; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 67.

Editor David Afsharirad talks with The Chronicles of Davids anthology authors David B. Coe, David Boop, David Hardy, and D.J. "Dave" Butler about their stories in the anthology, which includes works David Weber, David Drake, Gregory Benford & David Brin, Avram Davidson, and many more "Davids," plus a cover by David Mattingly. Afsharirad talks about the reasoning behind the anthology and the great...

Wil McCarthy discusses Antediluvian, a science fiction novel in which a scientist accesses primordial memories and journeys back into prehistoric times and beyond where he encounters the very real and dangerous birth moments of myths and archetypes, from the Flood, to the destruction (and sometime incorporation) of the trolls—i.e. the Neandertals—to the birth of language itself, the book provides...

Eric Flint and Iver P. Cooper discuss their novel 1636: The China Venture, a new entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history/science fiction series. The U.S.E. sends a trade and diplomatic mission to the China of 1636, which must now come to terms with Twentieth Century technology and ways of thinking centuries early; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 64.

Les Johnson, Robert E. Hampson, Sarah A. Hoyt, Catherine L. Smith, and Daniel M. Hoyt in a roundtable discussion of Stellaris: People of the Stars, a science fiction and science fact collection with origins in the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop. It's science fiction and science fact about how humans may need to change themselves and not just their environment as humanity takes to space; an...