Joe and Mark listen to some fascinating interviews that Joe did in 2003 with John Scalzi and Larry Niven–and discuss their experiences of attending science fiction conventions.
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark are joined by the super successful and super-fun science fiction writer, John Scalzi. Scalzi tells the lads about how he almost missed his first WorldCon, in Toronto, 2003, because he forget his passport at the airport. He rushed there just in time to sit on his first panel, where…
View on Zencastr Mark and Joe chat with the Canadian poet and science fiction doyenne, Candas Jane Dorsey. Candas is well-known in Canadian science fiction circles for her work as a novelist (Black Wine, A Paradigm of Earth) and editor-in-chief of The Books Collective, which included River, Slipstream and Tesseract Books. They start the conversation…
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark are joined by entrepreneur, cyclist and avid reader Ben Fox to discuss a book that had a huge impact on him. Native Son, by Richard Wright, was assigned to Ben as a senior in high school. “I hated it from the depths of my soul, but now this book…
View on Zencastr It’s a short episode this week as Joe and Mark finish up the second season of Re-Creative. Joe quizzes Mark on how he feels about the podcast so far, and whether he wants to continue. The answer is a resounding “yes!” So, what dream guests would Mark like to have on the…
View on Zencastr Mark kicks off the podcast with a diabolical question for Joe and their guest, renowned Canadian science fiction writer, Robert J. Sawyer. “If you could write – and consume – only one of these genres of science fiction, what would you pick? Space opera. Post-Apocalyptic. Or Cyberpunk?” Everyone has an answer and…
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark are joined by a veritable Swiss Army Knife of writers, Mark Leiren-Young. Their guest has written in multiple genres and formats, including television, animation, journalism, comedy, theater, and film. And he loves him some Spider-Man. Oh, and Kurt Vonnegut too, so you know that Mark LY gets along with…
View on Zencastr The lads are joined by Noah Chinn, a Canadian writer of SFF, contemporary fiction and retro mysteries. (The latter two under the pen-name Noah J.D. Chinn.) Mark kicks off the podcast by asking Joe and Noah if there was anything weird happening to their hair in the 90s, which is also when…
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark are joined this week by D.G. Valdron, a Canadian writer of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction. (And author of one of Joe’s favorite books, The Mermaid’s Tale.) The topic of this week’s discussion is Doctor Who, in particular the expansive, creative and fascinating world of fan-produced films, plays and…