Monthly Archives: November 2011

Terry Pratchett interview now online!

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Author Terry Pratchett

Author Terry Pratchett

Here’s an early Christmas present for you.  It’s the latest Fast Forward interview with fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett.  Mr. Pratchett was gracious enough to stop by the studio in mid-October, during his promotional tour for his latest novel, Snuff.  Many thanks to Mr. Pratchett and his staff for making this interview possible.

Even though the complete TV episode containing the interview won’t be released until sometime in December, you can watch (or just listen to) the interview at the Fast Forward website or on the Fast Forward Youtube channel right now – or just click on the links below.  Enjoy!

Stay tuned, as we should have other videos to release in December.  We’re still trying to catch up with our backlog of interviews.

 

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Author Anne McCaffrey passes away 11/21/11

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Anne McCaffrey (image from Random House website)

A Random House Publisher website reports that the popular and prolific author Anne McCaffrey, best known for her Dragonrider of Pern books, has died.  The post from Random House says that she passed away at her home in Ireland after suffering a stroke. McCaffrey was 85.  During her lifetime she published nearly 100 books, won numerous major awards and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Our condolences to Ms. McCaffrey’s family.  Her passing is a great loss to the science fiction and fantasy community.


Neal Stephenson interview, FF #250

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Welcome to our 250th episode!  The interview from episode #250 is now available online at both the Fast Forward website and the Fast Forward Youtube channel.  Happy viewing!

This Fast Forward interview features author Neal Stephenson, talking about his latest novel, Reamde.

Also in Episode #250:

Colleen Cahill reviews the Terry Pratchett book, Snuff.
Marianne Petrino reviews the anime television series, The Wallflower.

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Kathleen Ann Goonan interview, FF #249

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Author Kathleen Ann Goonan

The interview from Fast Forward episode #249 is now available to view at both the Fast Forward website and the Fast Forward Youtube channel.  The interview is with author Kathleen Ann Goonan, who talks about her latest, highly acclaimed novel, This Shared Dream.

 

Also in Episode #249:

Colleen Cahill reviews a novel by Ben Aaronovitch, Midnight Riot.
Marianne Petrino reviews the anime film, Summer Wars.

This episode was originally shown in October, 2011.

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Halloween’s Over, on to New Things!

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Halloween 2011

The Fast Forward team hopes you all had a Happy Halloween.  Now that November is here we want to offer encouragement and support to Marianne Petrino, Laurie Mann, and everyone else who is taking up the NaNoWriMo challenge this month!

At Fast Forward we will be working on processing multiple interviews this week and posting them for you.  Stay tuned!