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Episode 487: The Lost Prince by Forrest Jones
The Blasters & Blades Podcast
We’ve got an interview with the fast-talking debut author Forrest Jones! We talked nerdy with him and droned on about food and then chatted about his book The Lost Prince. It sounded interesting, so I’ll anxiously await the audiobook! This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!!
Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go "abracadabra," "pew," "zoom," "boop-beep" and rhyme with Science Fiction & Fantasy.
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Episode 486: What happens when AI goes rogue?
Переглядів 234 години тому
The Blasters & Blades Podcast It started with an idea about the big scary AI going rogue and from there shenanigans were had. We talked about the reasons why this concept appeals to us and scares us. We talked about why we worry too much. Some of us bloviated more than others, but a fun time was had by all. We had John M Olsen, JT Arralle, MD Boncher, Michael LaVoice and Robert Tillsley on to t...
Episode 485: When Horror Becomes SciFi!
Переглядів 259 годин тому
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Wowzer, we spent 40 minutes on the nostalgia train, but we eventually talked about the intersection of horror and science fiction. It was a fun conversation that will surely spawn more chats on this topic. Our chat ranged from Mary Shelley and Jules Vern to the Deep Space franchise and everything in between. We had Jesse James Fain, MD Boncher and Nathan Pedde on t...
Episode 484: The Who, What and Why of Space Colonization!
Переглядів 3216 годин тому
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today we’re diving into the deep waters of space colonization with a fun group of uber nerds. We had Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), Jesse James Fain, JT Arralle, Matthew Bowman and Nathan Pedde on so they could bloviate with us. We’ll be back for more episodes on the topic, but we scratched the surface. We talked some on the real science and some on the handwavium, b...
Episode 483: Enjoying the Post-Apocalyptic Playground!
Переглядів 27День тому
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We’ve got a banger for you today, as we go off the deep end while talking about the end of society. We had JE Pittman, Jesse James Fain, JT Arralle, Rick Shaw and Shane Gries on to get nerdy with us. This was an awesome panel that will lead into future episodes on the topic. What are you waiting for? Go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't ...
Episode 482: Are bards even useful?
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The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today we have a fun panel about a topic that came up in other episodes. We’re here to talk about bards and try to figure out what the heck they’re good for! We had an awesome panel with Chloe Garner, Hunter Kay Wallace, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), Jesse James Fain and Teri Kay Jobe. They came on to talk nerdy with us. We started out talking about our favorite Chri...
Episode 481: Lets consider how fictional religions are represented in Speculative Fiction!
Переглядів 2814 днів тому
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got a deep discussion panel for you where we talk about the idea of religions in speculative fiction. We’ve got Chloe Garner, Matthew Bowman, Melissa McShane and Teri Kay Jobe on to talk nerdy with us. We talked about the intersection of Earth religions and fantasy ones. We talked about the root of why religions matter to people, and thus the characters that ...
Episode 480: By Grabthar's Hammer, or Galaxy Quest and other cool stuff!
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The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today we’re very excited to dive deep into the nostalgia farms of shows long past. Then we pivoted and waxed poetically about all things Galaxy Quest! It was a lot of fun, made better by our guests. We had Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), JE Pittman, MD Boncher and Melissa McShane on to talk nerdy with us. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us yo...
Episode 479: Up close and personal with the romantasy genre!
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The Blasters & Blades Podcast Do you love learning about new and exciting literary genres? Do you want to learn about all of the coolest corners of the bookshelf? Well then, we’ve got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got Angela Watts, Declan Finn, Hunter Kay Wallace, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey) and Melissa McShane on to talk nerdy with us. We talked about this n...
Episode 478: Let's talk about interesting heroines!
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The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got a slightly controversial panel topic today, be warned! We’re talking about interesting female heroines with some awesome authors and creatives! We’ve got Chloe Garner, Declan Finn, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), JF Posthumous (Jennie), Katie Cross and Melissa McShane on to talk nerdy with us. We rambled from what a heroine was, to which ones we admired from...
Episode 477: It's all about the LitRPG genre!
Переглядів 7221 день тому
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Do you love a good dice rolling or button mashing game? Then why not combine that love with the written word? Curious? You guessed it, we’ve got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got authors Hunter Kay Wallace, Jesse James Fain, Matt Pivots and Melissa McShane on to talk nerdy with us. We dove into the world of the LitRPG genre and e...
Episode 476: The Wokuo Incursion, or How Dale Cozort has fun with timelines!
Переглядів 2021 день тому
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Timelines? Who needs timelines? We’ve got the ability to create alternatives to how history played out! That’s right, we had on the awesome Dale Cozort to talk nerdy with us and then we talked about his own book, The Wokuo Incursion. This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We'r...
Episode 475: An Exodus Z Comic Book Kickstarter or Art With Friends!
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The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another fun talk about an awesome #Kickstarter opportunity. We chatted about Issue 1 & 2 of Jorge Alvarez and John Epple’s cool #Indie #ComicBook titled Exodus Z. We spent an hour chatting about our love of nerdy zombie things and moved on to talking about this unique zombie franchise. Seriously, if you’re not picking up what I’m putting down this was a f...
Episode 474: The Contested Landing Anthology and the world it spawned with Jesse James Fain
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The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today was a fun interview with a new author about his first ever published short story. Then we dove into the world ideas that spawned from this endeavor. We get to see Jesse James Fain’s big plans for this, and we can’t wait to see where he takes it! This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us fo...
Episode 473: Spellbound by the Harry Potter Universe
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The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got first time guest Charli Cox and podcast veterans David ‘Shady’ Shadoin, Jesse James Fain and Teri Kay Jobe to talk nerdy with us. We talked about the basics of the Harry Potter universe, but there is certainly room for more chats on this subject! This was a fun interview, so check out t...
Episode 472: Lets talk about The Evolver by Jessica Vargas
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Episode 472: Lets talk about The Evolver by Jessica Vargas
Episode 471: Veterans in Fiction; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
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Episode 471: Veterans in Fiction; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Episode 470: All of the Fae Things!
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Episode 470: All of the Fae Things!
Episode 469: Pick Your Own Path Books With R Max Tillsley
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Episode 469: Pick Your Own Path Books With R Max Tillsley
Episode 468: Flying high with the Top Gun Franchise!
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Episode 468: Flying high with the Top Gun Franchise!
Episode 467: Getting nomadic with speculative fiction!
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Episode 467: Getting nomadic with speculative fiction!
Episode 466: From the deep... watery monstrosities!
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Episode 466: From the deep... watery monstrosities!
Episode 465: It isn't Spooky Season without talking about the bogeyman!
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Episode 465: It isn't Spooky Season without talking about the bogeyman!
Episode 464: All things supernatural, well if they're Mummies!
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Episode 464: All things supernatural, well if they're Mummies!
Episode 463: The End of Zed Comic Book Kickstarter with Eddie Lema
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Episode 463: The End of Zed Comic Book Kickstarter with Eddie Lema
Episode 462: Diving into the monsters that lurk under your bed!
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Episode 462: Diving into the monsters that lurk under your bed!
Episode 461: A Halloween 3 Movie Review
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Episode 461: A Halloween 3 Movie Review
Episode 460: An Alien Movie Review!
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Episode 460: An Alien Movie Review!
Episode 459: A Katie Cross Kickstarter and AMA, A Master Class in Awesome!
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Episode 459: A Katie Cross Kickstarter and AMA, A Master Class in Awesome!
Episode 458: We've got all of the coolest North American Monsters!
Переглядів 48Місяць тому
Episode 458: We've got all of the coolest North American Monsters!

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  • @goat1408
    @goat1408 3 дні тому

    Friend 533!!

  • @MrMeddlin
    @MrMeddlin 6 днів тому

    The Heinlein juvenile about twins and time dilation was called Time For the Stars. Great story, the first Heinlein book I ever read as a kid.

  • @ShaphanDale
    @ShaphanDale 12 днів тому

    This is exactly what I was looking for! I already enjoy Micky’s writing; this interview made me appreciate him more. Thanks again!

  • @chuckcrizer
    @chuckcrizer 13 днів тому

    Use UA-cam Music. Pops right up.

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 17 днів тому

    Wow

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 18 днів тому

    Holstaurus Magic, my contribution to the fantasy "reverse-harem" genre. Portal fantasy, where a American woman is trapped in a game, turned into a holstaurus, and goes on quest with a human, orc, minotaur, etc men. All very spicy. DON'T JUDGE ME!

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 18 днів тому

    Declan is right. I follow Jill Bearup on UA-cam. That series was amazing.

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 20 днів тому

    Honor Harrington is awesome. Just saying.

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 20 днів тому

    My favorite heroines... Movies - Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. TV - Jennifer Garner as Sydney Brewster on Alias.

  • @DianaFedorak
    @DianaFedorak 23 дні тому

    Happy Veterans Day!

  • @rydescho
    @rydescho 25 днів тому

    Let’s go! Everyone go back Exodus Z!

  • @thecomicunknown
    @thecomicunknown 25 днів тому

    that was a fun night. hoping we can fund soon enough!

  • @huntercowles9657
    @huntercowles9657 26 днів тому

    A really fun group. Thanks for posting!

  • @johnepple854
    @johnepple854 28 днів тому

    Hey! I know those drunken reprobates… I mean guys!!

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 Місяць тому

    I used to work for Blockbuster in McKinney, Texas. I worked in IT, and was on the store helpdesk. I was there when the company collapsed. NOT MY FAULT!

  • @Codex_Agaricomycetes
    @Codex_Agaricomycetes Місяць тому

    Very entertaining. Were I willing to watch horror, I'd watch this movie!

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 Місяць тому

    Speaking of veterans, include American Civil War vet John Carter from A Princess of Mars right?

  • @michaelwalley2107
    @michaelwalley2107 Місяць тому

    Great episode!

  • @BurnEnough
    @BurnEnough Місяць тому

    Hi there, hope you don't mind, but I used a small clip for this video in my video about Contact Front.

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 Місяць тому

    Awesome

  • @DanielGarcia-us7tf
    @DanielGarcia-us7tf Місяць тому

    Some films to watch for Halloween: The Monster Squad, Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3, The Shed, Wishmaster part 1, The Deep House, Vamp, Ghost Town, Malum, Halloween 4, Warlock, Southbound, Troll part 1, Sinister, V/H/S/Beyond, The Sixth Sense, Ghost Story, Ghoulies 2, Beetlejuice, Lore (2023), Abigail, Fear Street: Part One - 1994 from Netflix, Fear Street: Part Two - 1978, Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 from Netflix, Ghost Stories on Shudder, Sleepy Hollow, Trick R' Treat, Casper, Hocus Pocus, Under Wraps, Ghostbusters, Monster House, Night of the Demons part 1, Night of the Demons part 2, The Midnight Hour, The Forgotten One, ParaNorman, Tales from the Hood, The Frighteners, Silent Hill, Goosebumps, Creepshow, The Mist, The Gate, Lady in White, Killer Party, Fright Night part 1, The Night Flier, The Lost Boys, Demons part 1, The Changeling, Poltergeist, The Mortuary Collection, Corpse Bride, Stake Land, Hellboy from Guillermo del Toro, Blade part 1, The Woman in Black, Crimson Peak, The Devil's Backbone, The Conjuring part 1, Evil Dead, Cabin in the Woods, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, House part 1, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Dog Soldiers, My Demon Lover and Pumpkinhead!!!

  • @atropiaveteran
    @atropiaveteran 2 місяці тому

    Loved this, I'll have to check out the books!

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 2 місяці тому

    dos hours? Wow

  • @Kysquirrel_90
    @Kysquirrel_90 2 місяці тому

    I needed this 😅

  • @writersmama
    @writersmama 2 місяці тому

    Rick Shaw, author who defines himself as 'retired tech geek'....is one hard worker and terrific storyteller! enjoyed this interview, thanks @writersmama

  • @Jude-ge2dg
    @Jude-ge2dg 2 місяці тому

    To read the Verida universe chronologically, I think you might actually need four separate heads, or at least, four separate pairs of eyes.

    • @janetb8999
      @janetb8999 2 місяці тому

      If you go to her website, she has a suggested reading order that is somewhat chronological. Totally chronological isn't possible because some of the stories overlap one another.

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 2 місяці тому

    Nice, though hope for future stories of Japanese GATE show rebooted & has US military replaced the JSDF.😂

  • @Jude-ge2dg
    @Jude-ge2dg 2 місяці тому

    I think Stasia is unique because you never really see women (and also, rarely men) coming at problems from an economic viewpoint rather than the usual noble purposes or new-to-this-life ineptitude / progression. I love that she's an expert already in this domain and can transfer this to the challenges she faces.

  • @melaniebelisle4085
    @melaniebelisle4085 2 місяці тому

    Would love to see the world of Verida on the big screen!

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 2 місяці тому

    Cool

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 2 місяці тому

    Wow

  • @HappyMOGS
    @HappyMOGS 2 місяці тому

    I heard a rumor at one point they tried to get Trent Reznor for the lead in the original Crow or City of Angels the sequel...no idea if that's true or not.

  • @hemiacplurge3572
    @hemiacplurge3572 2 місяці тому

    "Illustrious Potentate"

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 3 місяці тому

    Ww

  • @Kysquirrel_90
    @Kysquirrel_90 3 місяці тому

    Paul Bunyan is a Kaiju.

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 3 місяці тому

    Wow

  • @Detson404
    @Detson404 3 місяці тому

    Very smart man. Don’t always agree with him but I can’t deny that.

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 3 місяці тому

    So a reboot of War of the Worlds...

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 3 місяці тому

    Dragon fights are like bird fights. At least in my books.

  • @TheJulior1983
    @TheJulior1983 3 місяці тому

    🐐

  • @brightmal
    @brightmal 4 місяці тому

    Battle Drills is still my favourite of all of Shane's books thus far. And Shane was kind enough to suggest that I go ahead with my military SF set in New Zealand. I'm 20,000 words in now.

  • @albatelf
    @albatelf 4 місяці тому

    Been a fan of his work ever since I read The Peshawar Lancers.

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 4 місяці тому

    BTW, my favorite episode so far. Loved it.

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 4 місяці тому

    Yes. I was 19D Cavalry Scout. 7 years.

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 4 місяці тому

    Master of Swords? Then got yeet but firearms users cause "Combat Pragmatist" trope 😂

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 4 місяці тому

    Cool

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 4 місяці тому

    Wow

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 4 місяці тому

    RAD!

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 4 місяці тому

    Kate Beckinsale’s “Selene” is my quintessential vampire. She is who I base all my vampires and slayers after.

  • @rowdyrooster8389
    @rowdyrooster8389 4 місяці тому

    Bradley Fighting Vehicle. I was in the Army, Armored Cav, and was in a until for six months that had Bradleys. I got to be the gunner for one exercise at Fort Hunter Ligget, then was shipped off to Germany. Never got to take it out on gunnery practice.