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Main fiction: "Trembling Blue Stars" by Richard KadreyRichard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir series. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon's “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime.” Some of Kadrey's other books include The Dead Take the A Train (with Cassandra Khaw), The Pale House Devil, and Butcher Bird. His work has been nominated for both the BSFA and Locus awards, and appeared in Best Horror of the Year. Aside from books, Kadrey has written for film, games, and comics. Kadrey also makes music with his band, A Demon in Fun City.This story first appeared in Flurb #7, 2009.Narrated by: Randal L. SchwartzRandal L. Schwartz is perhaps best known for his seminal books on the Perl programming language that helped make the world wide web possible and popular. He produced a weekly audio and video podcast on open source software, but has given that up after 13 years to get those five hours per week back again. As a featured conference speaker for his new passion of Dart and Flutter, he's no stranger to the limelight. He enjoys pulling out his gear to record yet another narration, and likens it to “getting to read bedtime stories to the kids I never had”, and looks forward to future assignmentsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cassandra Khaw is an award-winning game writer, and USA Today bestseller. Khaw's work can be found in places like Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, and Tor.com. Khaw's first original novella, Hammers on Bone, was a British Fantasy award and Locus award finalist.Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir series. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon's “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in development as a feature film. Some of Kadrey's other books include King Bullet, The Grand Dark, Butcher Bird, and The Dead Take the A Train (with Cassandra Khaw). He's written for film and comics, including Heavy Metal, Lucifer, and Hellblazer. Kadrey also makes music with his band, A Demon in Fun City.It was great having the chance to speak to both of them and hear about their very different routes into the writing world, and how they came to collaborate on The Dead Take The A Train. We also discuss why authors shouldn't be shy about asking for proper payment for their work and why it's always good to have more than one project on the go.Links:Buy The Dead Take The A Train nowFollow Cassandra on Twitter/XFollow Richard on Twitter/XVisit Cassandra's websiteVisit Richard's websitePage One - The Writer's Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on Twitter/XFollow us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramFollow us on MastodonFollow us on BlueskyFollow us on Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey are both powerhouse bestselling authors in their own rights. Now, they've merged their considerable talents in cosmic horror and urban fantasy to create the new novel, THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN. In a New York City absolutely filthy with magic—monsters and the mundane intermingle. When that cohabitation breeds horrific problems—and it always does—you need people like Julie Crews to clean up the mess. But being a coked-out, broke ass, pig-pen disaster of a magician like Julie creates as many issues as it solves. Struggling to make rent and constantly getting screwed by her clients, Julie is desperate to score some real paying work. Complicating matters is the arrival of her childhood friend Sarah, the prim and pretty opposite to Julie's deadbeat, mage-punk lifestyle. Sarah's brightness is just what she needs, and the vibes are way more than platonic. But Sarah brought her own baggage to the big city. When Julie's pompous Wall Street ex-boyfriend Tyler calls, offering big money for a highly suspicious job, she can't refuse. Getting tangled up in his lies, and the innumerable arms of a dream-eating demon, will be least of their issues, though. Because Tyler's corporate job serves some seriously eldritch monstrosities, big ugly elder god-things on a schedule to consume their workforce. And maybe the world. This, of course, is all about to become Julie's giant mess to solve—and make infinitely worse along the way. THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN is a visceral, violent, wickedly fun urban fantasy available now from Tor Nightfire: Amazon » Bookshop » About Cassandra Khaw Cassandra Khaw is an award-winning game writer and former scriptwriter at Ubisoft Montreal. Khaw's work can be found in places like The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, and Tor.com. Khaw's first original novella, HAMMERS ON BONE, was a British Fantasy Award and Locus Award finalist, and their latest novella, NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH, was a USA Today bestseller; Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Award nominee; and an Indie Next Pick. In 2023, they won the Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection for BREAKABLE THINGS, a collection of short stories. Instagram Twitter Amazon Profile » Goodreads Profile About Richard Kadrey Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the SANDMAN SLIM supernatural noir series. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon's “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in production as a feature film. Some of Kadrey's other books include THE GRAND DARK, THE EVERYTHING BOX, and BUTCHERBIRD. In comics, he's written for Heavy Metal, Lucifer, and Hellblazer. He's currently partnered with Winterlight Productions for his original horror screenplay, Dark West. Website BlueSky Instagram Twitter Amazon Profile » Goodreads Profile
Ron and Jake welcome Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey to the podcast! They chat about their collaboration, the urban horror novel, The Dead Take The A Train.You'd be hard-pressed to find a more impressive horror co-writing team than Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey. A British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, and Locus Award finalist, Cassandra won a Stoker last year for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection for Breakable Things. Widely published, their short fiction may be found in such venues as Fantasy Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Tor. com, and Nature. Cassandra is also a game writer, with credits on She Remembered Caterpillars, Wasteland 3, and Falcon Age, and projects for Magic the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, World of Darkness, and Warhammer 40k.Richard Kadrey is the author of the acclaimed New York Times best-selling Sandman Slim series, the first volume of which William Gibson called "a dirty ass masterpiece," and which Amazon included in its 100 science fiction and fantasy books to read in a lifetime. Kadrey's other books include King Bullet, The Grand Dark, and Butcher Bird.Richard and Cassandra joined us to discuss their first collaboration, the urban fantasy horror novel The Dead Take the A Train, part of the Carrion City duology published by Tor Nightfire. For fans of Hellblazer, Angel, The Magicians, and yes, Sandman Slim, this is a must-read. The Dead Take The A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey (Tor Nightfire)https://tornightfire.com/catalog/the-dead-take-the-a-train-cassandra-khaw-richard-kadrey/Cassandra Khawhttps://casskhaw.carrd.co/Richard Kadeyhttps://www.richardkadrey.me/The Wrath of the iOtiansEmail: thewrathoftheiotians@gmail.comInstagram: thewrathoftheiotiansTwitter: @OfiOtiansLinktree: https://linktr.ee/wrathoftheiotianspodcastWebsite: https://thewrathoftheiotians.buzzsprout.com/
Tonight we're chatting with New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey, whose Sandman Slim was included in Amazon's “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in production as a feature film. Some of Kadrey's other books include The Grand Dark, The Everything Box, King Bullet, and Butcher Bird. In comics, he's written for Heavy Metal, Lucifer, and Hellblazer. On October 3rd he has a new release co-written with USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw called The Dead Take the A Train from Macmillan books. The same day will also see the release of his novella The Pale House Devil, which he discusses as well. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4268760/advertisement
Infracción de Derechos AutorSarah Silverman, conocida comediante y escritora, y los autores Richard Kadrey y Christopher Golden, han presentado demandas por infracción de derechos de autor contra Meta Platforms y OpenAI. Argumentan que su contenido protegido fue usado sin permiso para entrenar los modelos de lenguaje de inteligencia artificial de estas compañías. Tanto Meta, con sus modelos de IA llamados LLaMA (Large Language Models with Attention), como OpenAI con su ChatGPT, presuntamente usaron sus obras en los conjuntos de datos de entrenamiento.¿Están las reglas del juego cambiando para los gigantes de la IA?En el centro de esta controversia legal se encuentra la capacidad de los modelos de lenguaje IA para generar texto similar al contenido original protegido por derechos de autor. Sarah Silverman, además de su trabajo en comedia y actuación, ha publicado una autobiografía llamada 'The Bedwetter'. Junto a los autores Kadrey y Golden, sostienen que las compañías usaron sus obras sin autorización, evidenciado por los resúmenes generados por ChatGPT de OpenAI y los modelos LLaMA de Meta.La demanda contra Meta sugiere que los libros de los demandantes estaban accesibles en conjuntos de datos que Meta utilizó para entrenar sus modelos LLaMA, un conjunto de modelos de IA de código abierto que la empresa introdujo en febrero. Para OpenAI, las pruebas se centran en las respuestas de su chatbot, que demuestran conocimiento de las obras protegidas por derechos de autor. Estos casos resaltan los desafíos legales que las empresas de IA podrían enfrentar al utilizar conjuntos de datos para sus desarrollos.Las implicaciones de esta demanda podrían extenderse a toda la industria de la IA. Si los demandantes tienen éxito, podrían desencadenarse regulaciones más estrictas sobre el uso de contenido con derechos de autor en el entrenamiento de modelos de IA, y las empresas podrían verse obligadas a obtener permisos explícitos antes de utilizar dicho contenido.
[Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised. Well if zombies weren't enough maybe Hellions are? Richard Kadrey puts his protagonist through a lot, but maybe none so dangerous as a trip back to Hell to stop his mortal enemy from using Hell's soldiers to invade Heaven. Can you do that while juggling all the new relationships he's built on Earth. Danny has a lot to say about the third instalment of this insane urban fantasy novel. He covers the development of the lore, the characters, and Kadrey's style of prose. He looks at the not so good which may or may not include new and old characters. He also takes a closer work at the biggest fault of the novel and why it may be hard for others to see it otherwise. However, not matter what, Danny has a few laughs because this franchise is insane. ~Follow all the Legionaries on Twitter~ Danny: twitter.com/legionsarchive The Tsar: twitter.com/TsarAlexander6 Allen: twitter.com/blkydpease Spangar: twitter.com/LSFspangar ~Credits~ Original Sound Cloud image taken from Richard Kadrey's website at: https://www.richardkadrey.com/aloha-from-hell Original cover art owned by Richard Kadrey, Paula Russell Szfranski, and HarperCollins. Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive. New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics Music - "Loitering" Artist - Riot Provided free from YouTube Audio Library Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity. Download Audacity here: www.audacityteam.org/ This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market. DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists. If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at legionssoulfood@gmail.com. Thank you! - Follow Richard Kadrey - Facebook: www.facebook.com/richard.kadrey Twitter: twitter.com/Richard_Kadrey IG: www.instagram.com/rkadrey/ Website: www.richardkadrey.com/ ~Do Us A Favor~ Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks! Sound Cloud: @user-377177156
[Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised. You would think that after climbing out of Hell that James "Sandman Slim" Stark would want to kick back and relax with a case of beer, but unfortunately for him the City of Angels won't let the die sleep and it's up to him and a zombie killing pornstar to save the day. For the first half of the episode Danny reviews the book by using the P&N style, and discusses why he loves the second book so much more than the first and why he thinks it's a great sequel. In the second half he is joined by Spangar and they debate why each of them had a different opinion on the sequel. But overall it is still a crazy urban fantasy and they share a lot of laughs because it's hard not to when talking about a crazy book. ~Follow all the Legionaries on Twitter~ Danny: twitter.com/legionsarchive The Tsar: twitter.com/TsarAlexander6 Allen: twitter.com/blkydpease Spangar: twitter.com/LSFspangar ~Credits~ Original Soundcloud image prodivided by Kadrey's website at: https://www.richardkadrey.com/kill-the-dead Original cover art owned by Richard Kadrey, Paula Russell Szfranski,and HarperCollins. Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive. New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics Opening Music - "Luck Witch" Artist - Audio Hertz Provided free from YouTube Audio Library Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity. Download Audacity here: www.audacityteam.org/ This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market. DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists. If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at legionssoulfood@gmail.com. Thank you! - Follow Richard Kadrey - Facebook: www.facebook.com/richard.kadrey Twitter: twitter.com/Richard_Kadrey IG: www.instagram.com/rkadrey/ Website: www.richardkadrey.com/ ~Do Us A Favor~ Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks! Sound Cloud: @user-377177156
Welcome to Weird Web Radio! This episode still has me dancing on skulls of my critics! Meet Richard Kadrey! Richard is the author of one of my all time favorite urban fantasy series Sandman Slim. That series is a main focus throughout our conversation. We dig into how he comes up with a concept like a magic wielding hitman escaping from Hell. We talk about the challenges of writing a long series, dealing with rejection as a writer, his creative process, favorite landmarks in LA, Tattoos, Lucifer, Demons, and more! This one is jam packed! I warn you. There are major spoilers for some plot points in Sandman Slim in this episode. That said, you won't be disappointed if you start reading after you listen to this episode. There's a complete world of magic and mayhem awaiting you in that series. Richard was a great guest. He really opened up about his thoughts and process. His attitude and mindset are real. He's the kind of guy you could meet at a bar doing shots of whiskey and talking about the nuances of living in Hell. My kind of people. Richard's Bio: Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir series. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon’s “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in production as a feature film. Some of Kadrey’s other books include The Grand Dark, The Everything Box, Hollywood Dead, and Butcher Bird. In comics, he’s written for Heavy Metal, Lucifer, and Hellblazer. Enjoy the show! Stay Weird! Richard On The Web: Richard's Main Site Richard on Amazon Want to know what Richard SHARES ABOUT HIS FAVORITE DEMON?! All that and more in the members only bonus audio extended interview! Join here! It's time to sport a new look? Hell yes! Check out the Official Weird Web Radio Store for Shirts, Hoodies, Hats, and more! Real quick! Do you want a Tarot Reading from an international award winning professional? Look no more! I'm here! Go to my site http://tarotheathen.com to reserve your reading today! You can also come join the Facebook discussion group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdwebradio/ New Instagram for Weird Web Radio! Follow for unique content and videos! https://www.instagram.com/weirdwebradio/ You can make a One-Time Donation to help support the show and show some love! Is this show worth a dollar to you? How about five dollars? Help support this podcast! That gets you into the Weird Web Radio membership where the extra goodies appear! Join the membership at patreon.com/weirdwebradio or at weirdwebradio.com and click Join the Membership! SHOW NOTES: SUBSCRIBE ON iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! Also streaming on mobile apps for podcasts! Intro voice over by Lothar Tuppan. Outro voice over by Lonnie Scott Intro & Outro Music by Nine Inch Nails on the album ‘7’, song title ‘Ghost’, under Creative Commons License.
Goodness, Pandora had it easy. Today the hosts dive into a world full of angels, demons, 2 apocalypse cults, ghosts, vampires and one master thief who has to deal with it all in Richard Kadrey's 'The Everything Box'. Chaos ensues. It's funnier than it sounds. Promise.
THIS WEEK: NY Times Bestselling author Richard Kadrey sits down with HarperAudio producer, Caitlin Garing, to talk about his new book GETAWAY GOD. Dark urban fantasy character, Sandman Slim, is back to save the world from the vengeful gods in this sixth installment of the bestselling series. In this episode, Kadrey speaks on anthropological forensics, what his writing teacher taught him, and the two sentences that started the popular series.
Kadrey reads his woman/machine story at the Dark Lords of Cybperpunk event, Lit Crawl 2014. Due to an operator glitch, the first minute of the reading is missing, with a couple of *zzts* in the second minute. From then on it's pure pleasure. Our heroine rides a crashing satellite like it's a roller-coaster. You can read this story online in Infinite Matrix. http://www.infinitematrix.net/stories/shortshorts/kadrey27.html
Best selling supernatural fiction author RICHARD KADREY'S new book, his first for a young adult audience, is DEAD SET.After her father's funeral, Zoe moved to the big city with her mother to start over. But change always brings trials, and life in the city is not so easy. Money is tight, and Zoe's only escape is in her dreams—a world apart from her troubled real life where can spend time with her closest companion: her lost brother, Valentine.But something or someone has entered their dreamworld uninvited. And a chance encounter in a used record store, where the vinyl holds not music but lost souls, has opened up a portal to the world of the restless dead. It's here that the shop's strange proprietor offers Zoe the chance to commune with her dead father.RICHARD KADREY is the author of dozens of stories, plus ten novels, including the wildly popularSANDMAN SLIM series; and his Wired magazine cover story, "Carbon Copy," was made into a movie in 2001.Kadrey created and wrote the Vertigo comics mini-series ACCELERATE, which was illustrated by the Pander Brothers. He plans to do more comic work in the near future.He has written and spoken about art, culture and technology for Wired, The San Francisco Chronicle, Discovery Online, The Site, SXSW and Wired For Sex on the G4 cable network.
Today on the 5: During our trip to New York a few weeks back, I finished a great book called Sandman Slim. My review of a book that grabbed me early on and never disappointed.