The interview from the February 2008 episode of Fast Forward: Contemporary SF is now available online at the Fast Forward website. The interview features award winning author Kathleen Ann Goonan talking about her latest novel, In War Times. At the end of the interview, there is also a short discussion with Ms. Goonan’s father, Tom Goonan, who contributed war stories and entries from his WW II journal to the novel.
Also in the February episode:
Marianne Petrino reviews the anime series Starship Operators.
In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the first successful US satellite launch (Explorer 1) the episode includes an excerpt from a period newsreel about the event.
To view or listen to the Kathleen Ann Goonan interview, choose a link below. The video version is a Quicktime file. The audio versions are both mp3 files – the “low” version is at a lower data rate for slower connections.
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