Mark Van Name, the 2008 Compton-Crook award winner, reads from his 2012 novel, “No Going Back”. One of my favorite parts of a reading can be the audience interaction and the side stories and comments by the author. This session has both. I have not followed the Jon and Lobo series but again, it has been added to my Goodreads list. Not surprisingly, the web site, http://www.markvanname.com/ , provides key author information.
Cheers.
Bruce Lerner

James Knapp won the Compton-Crook award in 2011 and is back to offer a reading of his first novel, STATE OF DECAY. After hearing Mr. Knapp’s reading during editing, I’ve added his “revivor“ series to my Goodreads list. I hope you enjoy it also. You can find James Knapp on the web at http://www.james-knapp.com/. Please leave us feedback at the Balticon Podcast website and you can reach me at brucelerner.com.

The Drunken Comic Book Monkeys’ authors, Brian and Chris, are a unique pair of friends who somehow decided that capturing their snarky banter disguised as fiction would be a satisfying and entertaining endeavor. I believe that you will find they were correct. When Jeff, their editor and Christine collaborate on the reading they are quite the merry band. Additional information can be found at: http://www.fortresspublishinginc.com/. The reading may be a bit bawdy. They do call themselves the Drunken Comic Book Monkeys. Enjoy.

A mega huge thank you to Bruce Lerner for doing all the heavy lifting on this episode.
These two readings are by Emilie P. Bush recorded at Balticon 46.
The first reading is from her second novel The Gospel According to Verdu, which is the second book in the Brofman Series.
The second is from her children’s book - Her Majesty’s Explorer: a Steampunk bedtime story.
Her web site is CoalCitySteam.com
Get it.
Print it.
Load it on your phone, PDA, or cerebral implant of your choice.
Sorry folks. Holiday pressures and Balticon 46 planning are too much. I need to step back and put the show on hiatus until mid to late January 2012. See you all back here then.
A reading from Paolo Bacigalupi’s upcoming novel The Drowned Cities. Find out more about Paolo at his website
[ Text Corrected on 12/7/2011] [Audio patched on 12/8/2011]

Lazy Show Notes
The James Stoddard Sample. Excerpts from his books and a forward from James about winning the Compton Crook award in 1999.
Congrats to Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine on their award.

The third and final part of this panel with Andrew Love and Dr. Tom Holtz.
Science Fan Andrew Love gives part two of a science presentation: Using Larry Niven Stories to Teach Science.
I’m scurrying to get an episode out, but we’ve had community wide car trouble and the Balticon national holiday of Halloween to attend to. I hope to have the episode uploaded for you tonight. It will be part 2 of the Andrew Love panel on teaching science with Larry Niven stories.
Science Fan Andrew Love gives part one of a science presentation: Using Larry Niven Stories to Teach Science.
Sorry, no episode this week. Just a “My Bad” from Paul.