In this episode of What The SFF?!, we're joined by two of Angry Robot's newest authors: Rob Greene, writer of just-released debut The Light Years, and Ginger Smith, whose first novel The Rush's Edge will be out later this year! Listen in as they chat to junior robot Sam McQueen about researching sci-fi, what they've learned about the art of writing from the art of teaching, the trials and tribulations of collecting typewriters and toys, and a very expensive way of getting rid of a body...
Find this month's guests here:
Rob Greene
https://www.instagram.com/rwwgreene/?hl=en
Ginger Smith
https://twitter.com/GSmithauthor
Buy their books here:
The Light Years: https://smarturl.it/TheLightYears
The Rush's Edge:https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/shop/year/2020/the-rushs-edge/
Further reading/watching/listening here:
Bloodchild by Octavia Butler: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781583226988
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143128793
Stories From the Twilight Zoneby Rod Serling: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781490423913
Neuromancer (Book 1 of the Sprawl Trilogy) by William Gibson: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780441569595
Rob's piece on his typewriter collection from Mary Robinette Kowal's My Favourite Bit blog: http://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-r-w-w-greene-talks-about-the-light-years/
The Mars Foundation http://www.marsfoundation.org/
Roadhouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film)
To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar: https://open.spotify.com/album/7ycBtnsMtyVbbwTfJwRjSP
The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd: https://open.spotify.com/album/4LH4d3cOWNNsVw41Gqt2kv
The Beatles (aka The White Album)by The Beatles: https://open.spotify.com/album/1WMVvswNzB9i2UMh9svso5
The Lord of the Rings/Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Sorry, never heard of them, you're on your own there...
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