Attending the panel “Ammunition, Explosives, and Ordinance” as lead by K. Dockery, head of the armory track, was an experience for this reporter. The panel opened with a basic history of the invention of black powder and the problems involved with its first implementation–particularly the separation of sulphur and saltpeter. From that point on, Dockery proceeded to captivate the audience… Read more →
Author Gail Z. Martin has published several epic fantasy series and is now moving into urban fantasy. She chatted with the Daily Dragon about the ins and outs of her different series. Daily Dragon (DD): You just launched Deadly Curiosities, the first book in a new urban fantasy series. Please tell us about the book and the series. Gail Z…. Read more →
Nebula Award winner and former U.S. Marine Elizabeth Moon has published more than 20 novels as well as three short fiction collections and more than 30 short fiction pieces. Her latest release is Crown of Renewal, the concluding volume in the Paladin’s Legacy series. Daily Dragon (DD): Your website says you started writing very early but didn’t discover science fiction… Read more →
Always well-attended, the “LGBTQA Representation in YA” discussion panel filled the Young Adult Literature track room in Marriott A707 at 11:30AM on Friday. For those who need a quick primer, LGBTQA generally refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer/questioning, and asexual, though the spectrum also covers other gender and sexuality categories such as intersex, genderqueer, and undecided. Panelists were librarian… Read more →
With varieties of speculative fiction cropping up almost as quickly as dancing Groot seedlings, an author well known for one species of tale may flex skills in another species (or genus) that is unfamiliar, strange, or even bizarre to already committed readers. What opportunities and challenges face an already published author when they make a jump to another genre? The… Read more →
Professor, Fulbright Fellow, think-tank consultant, scriptwriter, producer, fencer, rifleman, martial artist, husband, father, and best-selling author Dr. Charles E. (“Chuck”) Gannon is an incredibly knowledgeable guy who has published widely about the junctions where fiction, technology (especially military and space), and politics meet. His Tales of the Terran Republic including the Nebula Award nominated finalist and Compton Crook Award-winning novel… Read more →
Naomi Novik, New York Times best-selling author of the Temeraire series, appears at Dragon Con 2014 just as news spreads about Uprooted, her new stand-alone fantasy novel from Del Rey Books. Novik’s Temeraire series, beginning with His Majesty’s Dragon, flew dragons as a sentient air force during an alternative history version of the Napoleonic Wars. Its enchanting brew of… Read more →
Fans of The Runelords will be excited to hear that David Farland is currently working on the final book in the bestselling series, A Tale of Tales. Writing fantasy is only one facet of this versatile author’s repertoire. David Farland is the pen name chosen by Dave Wolverton to separate his work in the fantasy genre from his established credentials as… Read more →
