Our recent and frequent guest, Philippa Ballantine, has just won New Zealand’s highest award for speculative fiction: the Sir Julius Vogel award! Our warmest congradulations to her! Send her email at pip@pjballantine.com and tell her how pleased you are for her!

The Uber Nemisis (He Whose Name Shall Not Be Mentioned In Conjunction With Pip, Until She Says So) was there to take pictures.

Last year, author David Williams published his breakout science fiction thriller “The Mirrored Heavens,” a novel Steven Baxter said was Tom Clancy meeting Bruce Sterling. Now that story continues in William’s latest novel, “The Burning Skies.” The life that U.S. counterintelligence agent Claire Haskell once knew is in tatters. Her mission was betrayed, her lover is dead, and the defeat of the mysterious insurgent group Autumn Rain isn’t as complete as some believed. What is quickly becoming clear is that their ultimate goal isn’t simply to destroy the tenuous global alliances of the 22nd Century, but to rule all of humanity. Now it’s up to Claire to win an impossible war. She must be ready for the Rain’s next move, but the true enemy may already be inside her head.

To learn more about “The Burning Skies,” please visit www.autumnrain2110.com. There you will discover more about the incredible world that David Williams has created, as well as learn about the author himself, all of which should prepare you for next year’s release of William’s forthcoming novel, “The Machinery Of Light.” “The Burning Skies” is available for purchase at Amazon.com and all fine book retailers.

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This is a panel that PG was part of at this year’s Balticon about creating serialized fiction. The panel was hosted by Evo Terra, and along with PG there was Nathan Lowell, Christiana Ellis, and Kimi Alexandre. Enjoy!

Hey everybody, this is Justin. Listen, I know every week or so we mention that we would like for more reviews in iTunes, but I thought I’d go the extra mile and post a link here that anyone who uses iTunes could click on. It would only take a minute of your time, and it would mean so much to us. Plus, every review (yes, even the bad ones, though I know you fine people would never write such a thing) will be read on the air. So, here you go. Please, click and take a moment to let us know how we’re doing. Thanks so much.

The Dead Robots’ Society page on iTunes

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Hey, everybody, Justin here. A minor medical emergency crept up this week causing us to delay this week’s episode until next week. But, PG was at BaltiCon last week, and he said he has some great panels recordings that he will try to get in your hands as soon as possible. Once we have them uploaded, we will put them out and let you find folks know. Thanks for checking in, and we promise to see you soon.

I don’t know what episode we’re coming up on, but I’ve done them all with this piece-of-poop headset microphone. Yeah, I said it: poop. Pooptacular, even. It sounded like I was recording while leaning my head out the window of a 60′s Mustang, driving full bore across the great Canadian west. Windy. Maybe not so much on the show as it did when I did promos and voice work for people. Doesn’t matter. It was $12 bucks. I got my $11 bucks worth. What’s a buck between friends.

Now, finally, I’m using the microphone I use for my singing. It’s purdy. Problem always was that it’s an XLR style mic that requires phantom power, and that stuff ain’t easy to come by. It’s the kind of feature that’s included in a lot of preamps, but it’s rarely indicated whether it’s in there or not. Now, I’m running it through an ART Tube Preamp Studio that I picked up for a measley what-I-expected-to-pay-minus-$111. That’s right, musicians-who-listen-to-the-show: I’m rockin’ my voice through a tube preamp now. Dare I say, I sound tubular?

Anyway, next show I’m on, you’ll hear it. If you liked my old fan mic, you can send fan mail to the show’s email address. Share fond memories of it’s Sigourney-Weaver-style facehugger hold on my head, or how it used to put an awkward horizontal part in my otherwise very vertical Frohawk.

Peace out, Dead Robots.

Ry

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This week the Dead Robots add extra chairs to the table to fit all the guests, and then lower the lights, all the better to discuss writing erotica. Terry worked hard to bring together a list of speakers both long and distinguished – Nick Scipio, Helen Madden, Nobilis, and Philippa Ballantine. Be warned, it’s a lot of fun, but it’s also extremely racy! Enjoy!

Nick Scipio’s Website
Nick Scipio’s Twitter Page

Helen E. H. Madden’s Website
The Write Threesom Blog
Helen’s Twitter Page

Nobilis’ Website
Nobilis’ Podcast
Nobilis’ Twitter Page

Pip’s Website
Erotica Ala Carte
Chasing The Bard’s Podiobooks Page
Chasing The Bard’s Website
Pip’s Twitter Page

Hey, everbody, I wanted to let you know that we’ve had to get a new voice mail number. We use a free service, but it requires the line to actually be used every once in awhile, and sadly we don’t get enough calls to qualify for that. Subsequently, our old number was deactivated. But, I do have a new one, so if you’re interested in calling us and leaving a message that WILL get played on the show, here it is:

1-206-426-6370

Please give us a call and leave a message. We love hearing from you.

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This week the Dead Robots (sans PG) settle in with podcaster Kimi Alexandre to chat with her about her upcoming podcast story “Guardians” while also delving into some audio production shop talk. We also discuss the genre of urban fantasy, as well as which authors are worth checking out. And then, just when you think we’re done, we get into a little revision feedback based on an email Mark Horehead sent us. So, sit down with us and enjoy!

Kimi’s Talechasing Site

The Guardian Podcast Site

This week’s promo – Adventures In Sci-Fi Publishing