The Baen Free Radio Hour

A roundtable discussion of Star Destroyers, a new science fiction anthology, with several of the authors and the editors. The discussion includes authors Robert Buettner, Joelle Presby, J.R. Dunn, Susan R. Matthews, Brendan DuBois, and editors Christopher Ruocchio, and Tony Daniel. The interview is conducted by Baen Consulting Editor David Afsharirad, and the authors and editors talk about the sto...

David Weber, Timothy Zahn, and Thomas Pope discuss A Call to Vengeance, third entry in the Manticore Ascendant science fiction series set in David Weber's Honorverse. It takes place about three hundred years before Honor Harrington's time during the era of the discovery of the wormhole junction at Manticore. Weber, Zahn, and Pope provide a wide-ranging discussion of the novel, the series, and the...

David Weber, Timothy Zahn, and Thomas Pope discuss A Call to Vengeance, third entry in the Manticore Ascendant series set in David Weber's Honorverse about three hundred years before Honor Harrington's time. Weber, Zahn, and Pope provide a wide-ranging discussion of the novel, the series, and the pleasures and challenges of working together to write a book. Part One of a two-part interview; and pa...

Mike Kupari discusses Sins of Her Father, the second entry in the Privateer Andromeda space adventure series featuring privateer captain, Catherine Blackwood and her crew. Blackwood travels to the planet of Ithaca to deliver a disgraced hero and fan the resistance to the totalitarian Orlov Combine which is about to turn the world, which features a sentient alien race, into a slave compound; and pa...

Les Johnson discusses Mission to Methone, his big-idea solo debut science fiction novel featuring lots of cool science and a nicely plump "sense of wonder" quotient; and part forty of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff on 1637: The Volga Rules by Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff, Part Two of two. The Volga Rules is an entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series that takes place mainly in Russia after the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia is thrown back in time to 17th century continental Europe; and part thirty-nine of the complete audiobook serialization of Lia...

Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff on 1637: The Volga Rules by Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff, Part One of two. The Volga Rules is an entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series that takes place mainly in Russia after the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia is thrown back in time to 17th century continental Europe; and part thirty-eight of the complete audiobook serialization of Li...

Travis S. Taylor on Bringers of Hell, the sixth entry in his Tau Ceti Agenda series, and featuring a gritty stand by humanity against the implacable, and intensely, alien Chiata horde. Taylor talks about the cutting-edge real science quantum technology, and the passion and pathos of his characters in this series highpoint; and part thirty-seven of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Uni...

Editor Alex Shvartsman and authors Esther Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Gina Koch, and Laura Resnick discuss their stories in The Cackle of Cthulhu, a new anthology of humorous and light-sided stories set in the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft, and the influence of Lovecraft in general. The roundtable interview was conducted by Baen consulting editor David Afsharirad; and part thirty-six of the complete audio...

Timothy Zahn on Cobra Traitor, the final entry in his Cobra Rebellion series. This novel also brings the overall nine-book Cobra series to a resting point as Zahn's technologically enhanced warriors take it to the nefarious alien Troft and the pushy imperials of the Dominion of Man; and part thirty-five of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon...

Steve Miller discusses Neogenesis, a new Liaden Universe novel by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller in Part Two of a two-part interview; and part thirty-four of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Steve Miller discusses Neogenesis, a new Liaden Universe novel by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller in Part One of a two-part interview; and part thirty-three of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Susan R. Matthews discusses Fleet Insurgent, the third omnibus collection in Baen Books' reissue of the entire Under Jurisdiction space opera series along with new addition to the series, Blood Enemies. Matthews discusses the novellas and stories collected in Fleet Insurgent, which are all set in the Under Jurisdiction universe and, along with Fleet Inquisitor and Fleet Renegade, bring the entire...

Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon discuss 1636: The Vatican Sanction, a new entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series, Part Two of a two-part interview; and part thirty of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon discuss 1636: The Vatican Sanction, a new entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series, Part One of a two-part interview; and part twenty-nine of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

A roundtable discussion with Jim Baen Memorial Award: The First Decade anthology editor William Ledbetter, and story authors Marina Lotsetter, David D. Levine, K.B. Rylander, and Martin Shoemaker. The book is a "best of the best" collection of award winners from the past ten years of the contest sponsored by Baen Books and the National Space Society, and concentrating on near-future fiction that i...

Tim Powers discusses Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers in Part 2 of a two-part interview. Powers is the author of groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy novels such as The Anubis Gates and On Stranger Tides (which was the basis for the Pirate of the Caribbean movie series entry). He's won two World Fantasy awards and numerous others. In addition to talking about hi...

Tim Powers discusses Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers in Part 1 of a two-part interview. Powers is the author of groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy novels such as The Anubis Gates and On Stranger Tides (which was the basis for the Pirate of the Caribbean movie series entry). He's won two World Fantasy awards and numerous others. In addition to talking about hi...

Larry Correia and Baen Executive Editor Jim Minz discuss Monster Hunter: Siege, The Monster Hunter Files, and many upcoming Correia projects; and part twenty-five of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

David Drake and Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf discuss The Spark. Drake's novel is a science fiction, far-future take on the Arthurian mythos. In the interview, Drake says he considers The Spark one of the best books he's ever written, and he and Weisskopf talk about why he feels that way; and part twenty-four of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by S...

David Weber and Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf discuss Honor Harrington, including series entry Honor Among Enemies, now out in a signed leatherbound edition, and the new Honor Harrington novel, just completed by Weber, and scheduled for fall 2018. Weber and Weisskopf discuss the character development, and the character quality, of Honor, and dish a bit (no spoilers) on the next Honor Harrington no...

Astrid Anderson Bear, the daughter of legendary SF author Poul Anderson, and Astrid's husband, multiple-award-winning SF author Greg Bear, discuss Poul Anderson's Complete Psychotechnic League Volume 1, Baen Book's reissue of these great, eminently readable stories by Anderson. The interview is conducted by the man who put together the reissued volume, Baen Consulting Editor David Afsharirad; and...

D.J. Butler discusses and plays songs and ballads from Witchy Eye, his muskets-and-magic novel of alternate North America; and part twenty-one of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Larry Correia, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Faith Hunter, and Jody Lynn Nye discuss The Monster Hunter Files, a collection of stories set in Larry Correia's Monster Hunter universe. The interview is hosted by Baen consulting editor, David Afsharirad; and part twenty of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Frank Chadwick discusses his military SF novel Chain of Command. This is a sharp, gritty story of a space navy and one special ship captain, fighting, adapting, and surviving at the beginning of an interstellar war; and part nineteen of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.