Podcast appearances and mentions of adam rakunas

Veteran SFF authors, Mike Underwood, Adam Rakunas, and Patrick Tomlinson talk to Jay and Richard about their research and worldbuilding processes.

Patreon support now standing at 430 – last week 431 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters. Main Fiction: "To Plant a Tree" by Adam RakunasThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Adam Rakunas is the author of the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated WINDSWEPT and its sequel, LIKE A BOSS. His short fiction has appeared in Futurismic.com, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and StarShipSofa. A former Southern Californian, he and his family now live in the Pacific Northwest. Find him online at giro.org and on Twitter @rakdaddy.Narrated by: Kate LechlerWhen she’s not teaching or editing, Kate Lechler writes about genetically-engineered unicorns from a lawn chair in her carport in Oxford, MS. She is a graduate of the Taos Toolbox workshop and her work has appeared in Podcastle, Fireside Fiction, and Metaphorosis, among other places. Find her at katelechler.com, or @katelechler on Twitter.Fact: Science News by J J Campanella See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Inconceivable! Episode 22 - Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. For this episode, recorded live at the World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, CA, it’s a North American face-off, as Team USA takes on Team Canada. The panelists must identify fictional foods, figure out what character a group of actors have in common, and play a little game of musical mash-ups. Helene Wecker, Adam Rakunas, and Navah Wolfe represent the U.S. while Warren Frey, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky fly the Canadian flag. Host Dan Moren and Jason Snell with Helene Wecker, Adam Rakunas, Navah Wolfe, Warren Frey, Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. For this episode, recorded live at the World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, CA, it’s a North American face-off, as Team USA takes on Team Canada. The panelists must identify fictional foods, figure out what character a group of actors have in common, and play a little game of musical mash-ups. Helene Wecker, Adam Rakunas, and Navah Wolfe represent the U.S. while Warren Frey, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky fly the Canadian flag. Host Dan Moren and Jason Snell with Helene Wecker, Adam Rakunas, Navah Wolfe, Warren Frey, Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Inconceivable! Episode 19 - Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. Recorded in front of a live audience at Emerald City Comicon 2018! Warning: This episode contains explicit language. Two teams of all-star authors face off for our second-annual ECCC show. They’ll have to tell us the difference between everything from medieval weapons to astronomical phenomena, figure out famous books with letters missing from the end and, oh yes, we made them sing. K.C. Alexander, Curtis C. Chen, and Alex Wells take on Eric Scott Fischl, Delilah S. Dawson, and Adam Rakunas while host Dan Moren and guest scorekeeper Glenn Fleishman try to keep everyone in line. Host Dan Moren and Glenn Fleishman with K.C. Alexander, Curtis C. Chen, Alex Wells, Eric Scott Fischl, Delilah S. Dawson and Adam Rakunas.

Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. Recorded in front of a live audience at Emerald City Comicon 2018! Warning: This episode contains explicit language. Two teams of all-star authors face off for our second-annual ECCC show. They’ll have to tell us the difference between everything from medieval weapons to astronomical phenomena, figure out famous books with letters missing from the end and, oh yes, we made them sing. K.C. Alexander, Curtis C. Chen, and Alex Wells take on Eric Scott Fischl, Delilah S. Dawson, and Adam Rakunas while host Dan Moren and guest scorekeeper Glenn Fleishman try to keep everyone in line. Host Dan Moren and Glenn Fleishman with K.C. Alexander, Curtis C. Chen, Alex Wells, Eric Scott Fischl, Delilah S. Dawson and Adam Rakunas.

In the latest Behind the Mic Podcast, Director and Voice Talent Nanette Savard speaks with author Adam Rakunas about his Windswept series. Savard, who portrays Padma Mehta in GraphicAudio’s Windswept, leads a discussion with Rakunas about a variety of topics, including how he approached writing Windswept differently from other Sci-Fi, thoughts on GraphicAudio’s production and his love of...tacos. https://www.graphicaudio.net/our-productions/series/windswept.html

Show Notes for the Parents Mur and Matt welcome parents: author Adam Rakunas and author, games, transmedia, and screenwriter Andrea Phillips as guest co-hosts! Adam and Andrea are both full-time freelance writers and full-time primary caregivers to their (what seems to Matt to be, anyway) many children. Recording this episode was delayed because Adam's daughter vomited on literally everything in the world, which sets a perfect tone for the topic of the show. Andrea and Adam share their backgrounds as writers, how and when they started, and where they are now. Full-time caregiving while full-time writing, and how each affects the other. Matt asks if having kids changes your professional goals as a writer (e.g. lights a larger fire under your ass to succeed). Andrea talks how being a mother unduly influences others' perception of her and her writing, the struggles of that, and about crowdfunding her Lucy Smokeheart series of fiction. Mur asks about scheduling conflicts and other insightful things as the sole Ditch Digging parent among the regular hosts. Our guest co-hosts tackle Q&A from Twitter! Links   Andrea's Twitter Andrea's Patreon Adam's Twitter

Show Notes for the Parents Mur and Matt welcome parents: author Adam Rakunas and author, games, transmedia, and screenwriter Andrea Phillips as guest co-hosts! Adam and Andrea are both full-time freelance writers and full-time primary caregivers to their (what seems to Matt to be, anyway) many children. Recording this episode was delayed because Adam's daughter vomited on literally everything in the world, which sets a perfect tone for the topic of the show. Andrea and Adam share their backgrounds as writers, how and when they started, and where they are now. Full-time caregiving while full-time writing, and how each affects the other. Matt asks if having kids changes your professional goals as a writer (e.g. lights a larger fire under your ass to succeed). Andrea talks how being a mother unduly influences others' perception of her and her writing, the struggles of that, and about crowdfunding her Lucy Smokeheart series of fiction. Mur asks about scheduling conflicts and other insightful things as the sole Ditch Digging parent among the regular hosts. Our guest co-hosts tackle Q&A from Twitter! Links   Andrea's Twitter Andrea's Patreon Adam's Twitter

Duane's Pick of the Week is Windswept 1 by Adam Rakunas

Inconceivable! Episode 14 - Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. Recorded in front of a live audience at Emerald City Comicon 2017! Hear the audience gasp and applaud! Witness our attempts to share three microphones among seven people! Marvel at our host’s total inability to correctly use a $10 scoreboard! We’ve recruited several writers from the realms of science-fiction, fantasy, and horror to form two teams of first-time panelists. They’ll do battle with devious acronyms, attempt to find which of these things is not like the other, and try their hands at a Golden Age of Television edition of mashed-up movie plots. Host Dan Moren with Christopher Husberg, K.C. Alexander, Adam Rakunas, Juliette Capra, Curtis C. Chen and Wendy N. Wagner.

Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. Recorded in front of a live audience at Emerald City Comicon 2017! Hear the audience gasp and applaud! Witness our attempts to share three microphones among seven people! Marvel at our host’s total inability to correctly use a $10 scoreboard! We’ve recruited several writers from the realms of science-fiction, fantasy, and horror to form two teams of first-time panelists. They’ll do battle with devious acronyms, attempt to find which of these things is not like the other, and try their hands at a Golden Age of Television edition of mashed-up movie plots. Host Dan Moren with Christopher Husberg, K.C. Alexander, Adam Rakunas, Juliette Capra, Curtis C. Chen and Wendy N. Wagner.

The author of WINDSWEPT and LIKE A BOSS, Adam Rakunas, joins us this week. Mentioned in this episode: THE RIGHT PEOPLE by Adam Rakunas OH GIVE ME A HOME by Adam Rakunas Angry Robot Books The Eagles (Band) Hotel California (Song by The Eagles) The Philip K. Dick Award World Con Patrick Tomlinson Alyc Helms Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore Maryelizabeth Hart Omusubi (The Food) Greg van Eekhout Tor Books Green Flash Brewing Ted Chang Marc Gascoigne Sam Morgan Pippin (Musical Play) The Doubleclicks ConFusion January 19-22, 2017 Emerald City Comic Con March 2-5, 2017 Logan's Run Mike Underwood Jack Stack BBQ The White Trash Zombie series by Diana Rowland Mur Lafferty http://Worldbuilders.org  Power Rangers (Specifically the Pink Ranger) http://giro.org  http://twitter.com/rakdaddy  http://facebook.com/adamrakunasbooks 

Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis Main Fiction: "Oh Give Me A Home" by Adam Rakunas Originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2013 Adam Rakunas is the author of the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated WINDSWEPT and the forthcoming LIKE A BOSS. His short fiction has appeared in Futurismic.com and the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. He has had a long and varied career as a video game engineer, a triathlon race director, a parking lot attendant, an IT consultant, and a theater usher. He splits his copious spare time between writing, political rabble-rousing, and being a stay-at-home dad. A former Southern Californian, he and his family now live in the Pacific Northwest. Find him online at giro.org. Narrated by Mikael Naramore Mikael Naramore has worked in the audiobook industry since 2001 when, fresh out of college, he was hired as a recording engineer for publisher Brilliance Audio (now Brilliance Publishing, subsidiary of Amazon.com). Over... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Padma Mehta, the hero of Adam Rakunas’ Philip K. Dick Award-nominated novel Windswept, is part Philip Marlow, part Norma Rae, part Jessica Jones. Theres no question that Mehta needs the skills of a union leader, noirish sleuth and action hero. Without them, how could she manage both the day-to-day machinations of helping run a blue-collar planet and simultaneously battle an interstellar corporate conspiracy? Windswept is a fun book, full of action, plot twists and humor. But that doesn’t mean it shies away from grappling with important issues, including a looming environmental disaster — specifically a crop-killing plague that threatens to destroy the monoculture crop that the entire universe depends on. Just as Mehta jumped through numerous hoops to save her world, so did Rakunas to get Windswept published. After working on the novel for several years, he sent the manuscript to 65 agents, and was rejected by 64 of them. The wisdom of the 65th to take him on was vindicated this past January, when Windswept was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award. Although it didn’t win top honors (which went to Ramez Nam, who will be featured in the next New Books in Science Fiction podcast), Rakunas is well on his way to establishing himself as a science fiction writer with a unique voice and vision. Windswept‘s sequel, Like a Boss, will be published June 7. Rob Wolf is the author of The Alternate Universe and The Escape. He worked for many years as a journalist, writing on a wide range of topics from science to justice reform, and now serves as director of communications for a think tank in New York City. He blogs at Rob Wolf Books and I Saw it Today. Follow him on Twitter: @robwolfbooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Padma Mehta, the hero of Adam Rakunas’ Philip K. Dick Award-nominated novel Windswept, is part Philip Marlow, part Norma Rae, part Jessica Jones. Theres no question that Mehta needs the skills of a union leader, noirish sleuth and action hero. Without them, how could she manage both the day-to-day machinations of helping run a blue-collar planet and simultaneously battle an interstellar corporate conspiracy? Windswept is a fun book, full of action, plot twists and humor. But that doesn’t mean it shies away from grappling with important issues, including a looming environmental disaster — specifically a crop-killing plague that threatens to destroy the monoculture crop that the entire universe depends on. Just as Mehta jumped through numerous hoops to save her world, so did Rakunas to get Windswept published. After working on the novel for several years, he sent the manuscript to 65 agents, and was rejected by 64 of them. The wisdom of the 65th to take him on was vindicated this past January, when Windswept was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award. Although it didn’t win top honors (which went to Ramez Nam, who will be featured in the next New Books in Science Fiction podcast), Rakunas is well on his way to establishing himself as a science fiction writer with a unique voice and vision. Windswept‘s sequel, Like a Boss, will be published June 7. Rob Wolf is the author of The Alternate Universe and The Escape. He worked for many years as a journalist, writing on a wide range of topics from science to justice reform, and now serves as director of communications for a think tank in New York City. He blogs at Rob Wolf Books and I Saw it Today. Follow him on Twitter: @robwolfbooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Padma Mehta, the hero of Adam Rakunas’ Philip K. Dick Award-nominated novel Windswept, is part Philip Marlow, part Norma Rae, part Jessica Jones. Theres no question that Mehta needs the skills of a union leader, noirish sleuth and action hero. Without them, how could she manage both the day-to-day machinations of helping run a blue-collar planet and simultaneously battle an interstellar corporate conspiracy? Windswept is a fun book, full of action, plot twists and humor. But that doesn’t mean it shies away from grappling with important issues, including a looming environmental disaster — specifically a crop-killing plague that threatens to destroy the monoculture crop that the entire universe depends on. Just as Mehta jumped through numerous hoops to save her world, so did Rakunas to get Windswept published. After working on the novel for several years, he sent the manuscript to 65 agents, and was rejected by 64 of them. The wisdom of the 65th to take him on was vindicated this past January, when Windswept was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award. Although it didn’t win top honors (which went to Ramez Nam, who will be featured in the next New Books in Science Fiction podcast), Rakunas is well on his way to establishing himself as a science fiction writer with a unique voice and vision. Windswept‘s sequel, Like a Boss, will be published June 7. Rob Wolf is the author of The Alternate Universe and The Escape. He worked for many years as a journalist, writing on a wide range of topics from science to justice reform, and now serves as director of communications for a think tank in New York City. He blogs at Rob Wolf Books and I Saw it Today. Follow him on Twitter: @robwolfbooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Suspicions" - Adam Rakunas, novelist (buy his first book and pre-order his second!) joins Scott to discuss TNG’s Suspicions (S6E22). Everyone thinks Dr. Crusher is crazy… again. There’s a nice Ferengi scientist, lots of casual racism directed toward said scientist, and an alien with a soft, touchable face. Next on Random Trek: What’s life without a little mystery? Host Scott McNulty with Adam Rakunas.

Boet sits down with writers from Angry Robot Books at Emerald City Comicon. In order: Adam Rakunas, K.C. Alexander, Jay Posey, Patrick S. Tomlinson, Danielle L. Jensen, Peter Tieryas The post Episode 199 – Angry Robot Books appeared first on Clinically Inane.

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States and this years nominees (Maguerite Reed, PJ Manney, Adam Rakunas, Ramez Naam, Douglas Lain and Brenda cooper) decided to record a conversation about the PKD award, their own novels, the science fiction genre, and Philip K Dick himself. These six nominees, in conjunction with their publishers, have also decided to offer a giveaway. You can enter to win all six titles at pkdawardnominees.xyz. Edge of Dark by Brenda Cooper (Pyr) After the Saucers Landed by Douglas Lain (Night Shade Books) (R)evolution by PJ Manney (47North) Apex by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot Books) Windswept by Adam Rakunas (Angry Robot Books) Archangel by Marguerite Reed (Arche Press)

    Welcome to Episode 145 of Speculate! The Podcast for Writers, Readers and Fans.  In this episode we talk about comedy, live readings, science fiction, and performative writing with authors Adam Rakunas and Patrick Tomlinson, both with debut novels from Angry Robot either just out or on the way.  We discuss the ways the “performative” […]