The Baen Free Radio Hour

Editor Alex Shvartsman and authors Esther Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Gina Koch, and Laura Resnick discuss their stories in The Cackle of Cthulhu, a new anthology of humorous and light-sided stories set in the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft, and the influence of Lovecraft in general. The roundtable interview was conducted by Baen consulting editor David Afsharirad; and part thirty-six of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Timothy Zahn on Cobra Traitor, the final entry in his Cobra Rebellion series. This novel also brings the overall nine-book Cobra series to a resting point as Zahn's technologically enhanced warriors take it to the nefarious alien Troft and the pushy imperials of the Dominion of Man; and part thirty-five of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Steve Miller discusses Neogenesis, a new Liaden Universe novel by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller in Part Two of a two-part interview; and part thirty-four of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Steve Miller discusses Neogenesis, a new Liaden Universe novel by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller in Part One of a two-part interview; and part thirty-three of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Susan R. Matthews discusses Fleet Insurgent, the third omnibus collection in Baen Books' reissue of the entire Under Jurisdiction space opera series along with new addition to the series, Blood Enemies. Matthews discusses the novellas and stories collected in Fleet Insurgent, which are all set in the Under Jurisdiction universe and, along with Fleet Inquisitor and Fleet Renegade, bring the entire series back into print, and talks about the new Under Jurisdiction novel on which she's working; and part thirty-two of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon discuss 1636: The Vatican Sanction, a new entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series, Part Two of a two-part interview; and part thirty of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon discuss 1636: The Vatican Sanction, a new entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series, Part One of a two-part interview; and part twenty-nine of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

A roundtable discussion with Jim Baen Memorial Award: The First Decade anthology editor William Ledbetter, and story authors Marina Lotsetter, David D. Levine, K.B. Rylander, and Martin Shoemaker. The book is a "best of the best" collection of award winners from the past ten years of the contest sponsored by Baen Books and the National Space Society, and concentrating on near-future fiction that is positive and forward-looking about humanity's future in space; and part twenty-eight of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Tim Powers discusses Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers in Part 2 of a two-part interview. Powers is the author of groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy novels such as The Anubis Gates and On Stranger Tides (which was the basis for the Pirate of the Caribbean movie series entry). He's won two World Fantasy awards and numerous others. In addition to talking about his short fiction, Powers discusses his upcoming Baen novel, Alternate Routes; and part twenty-seven of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Tim Powers discusses Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers in Part 1 of a two-part interview. Powers is the author of groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy novels such as The Anubis Gates and On Stranger Tides (which was the basis for the Pirate of the Caribbean movie series entry). He's won two World Fantasy awards and numerous others. In addition to talking about his short fiction, Powers discusses his upcoming Baen novel, Alternate Routes; and part twenty-six of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Larry Correia and Baen Executive Editor Jim Minz discuss Monster Hunter: Siege, The Monster Hunter Files, and many upcoming Correia projects; and part twenty-five of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

David Drake and Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf discuss The Spark. Drake's novel is a science fiction, far-future take on the Arthurian mythos. In the interview, Drake says he considers The Spark one of the best books he's ever written, and he and Weisskopf talk about why he feels that way; and part twenty-four of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

David Weber and Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf discuss Honor Harrington, including series entry Honor Among Enemies, now out in a signed leatherbound edition, and the new Honor Harrington novel, just completed by Weber, and scheduled for fall 2018. Weber and Weisskopf discuss the character development, and the character quality, of Honor, and dish a bit (no spoilers) on the next Honor Harrington novel; and part twenty-three of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Astrid Anderson Bear, the daughter of legendary SF author Poul Anderson, and Astrid's husband, multiple-award-winning SF author Greg Bear, discuss Poul Anderson's Complete Psychotechnic League Volume 1, Baen Book's reissue of these great, eminently readable stories by Anderson. The interview is conducted by the man who put together the reissued volume, Baen Consulting Editor David Afsharirad; and part twenty-two of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

D.J. Butler discusses and plays songs and ballads from Witchy Eye, his muskets-and-magic novel of alternate North America; and part twenty-one of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Larry Correia, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Faith Hunter, and Jody Lynn Nye discuss The Monster Hunter Files, a collection of stories set in Larry Correia's Monster Hunter universe. The interview is hosted by Baen consulting editor, David Afsharirad; and part twenty of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Frank Chadwick discusses his military SF novel Chain of Command. This is a sharp, gritty story of a space navy and one special ship captain, fighting, adapting, and surviving at the beginning of an interstellar war; and part nineteen of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Editor Michael Z. Williamson is joined by Kacey Ezell, John F. Holmes, and Rob Reed to discuss the new anthology Forged in Blood. Set in Williamson's popular Freehold universe, Forged in Blood traces the history of a sword from 13th century Japan into the far future and details the stories of the men and women who wield it, in battle and in times of peace; and part seventeen of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Eric Flint and Alistair Kimble discuss their new urban fantasy novel Iron Angels, in which a team of FBI agents are hot on the trail of a mysterious cult that performs human sacrifices, a second cult that opposes the first, and an ancient evil from another dimension; and part seventeen of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Catherine Asaro discusses The Bronze Skies, her new Major Bhaaj science fiction detective novel, the sequel to Undercity. The book is set in Catherine's far-future Skolian Empire universe and features a gritty detective who grew up in the tough Undercity area on the planet Raylicon; and part sixteen of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Tony Daniel discusses The Amber Arrow, the sequel to The Dragon Hammer and part of his teen high fantasy series, Wulf's Saga, in an interview conducted by Baen consulting editor Lauren Dixon. Wulf's Saga is set in an alternate America where magic works and the Vikings stayed, leaving the continent covered with medieval fiefdoms and Roman colonies. Daniel talks about the setting, characters, magic system, and his influences, calling the book a cross between C.S. Lewis' Narnia and Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom; and part fifteen of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

J.P. Sullivan discusses his short story "The Blue Widow," the winner of the 2017 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award given out each year at Gencon in Indianapolis, and published in September on the Baen web site; and part fourteen of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

P.C. Hodgell discusses The Gates of Tagmeth, her latest entry in the Kenycyrath Saga high fantasy series; and part thirteen of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Steve White discusses Gods of Dawn, the sixth entry in the Temporal Regulatory Authority series featuring redoubtable time traveling special forces operator, Jason Thanou; and part twelve of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Richard Rosenthal, Mike Lermon, and Brett Lynch of the Black Tide Rising television production project discuss their effort to get John Ringo's Black Tide Rising series to the screen, and the funding campaign that is a part of it; and part eleven of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Guest host Toni Weisskopf talks with coauthors Travis S. Taylor and Jody Lynn Nye, and cover artist Dominic Harman, about Moon Beam, their novel for teens and up set on Earth's Moon and staring a bunch of STEM happy, video streaming nerdly kids who travel up there for fame and science, but end up getting a heaping helping of danger and adventure, as well; and part ten of the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

David Afsharirad hosts Part Two of a two-part roundtable discussion with Straight Outa Tombstone weird western short story anthology editor David Boop, and authors Robert E. Vardeman, David Lee Summers, Nicole Givens Kurtz, and Peter J. Wacks; and an audio reading of Jim Baen Memorial Award winner "Feldspar," a story set on Mars and featuring a gamer, an astronaut, and the little drone rover that could—and does.

David Afsharirad hosts Part One of a two-part roundtable discussion with Straight Outa Tombstone weird western short story anthology editor David Boop, and authors Robert E. Vardeman, David Lee Summers, Nicole Givens Kurtz, and Peter J. Wacks; and part nine of the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, and Paula Goodlett discuss The Alexander Inheritance, their new alternate history novel set in the Ring of Fire/Assiti Shard series; also Randy Maggiore, writer and director, reminisces with Tony Daniel about Automatic Vaudeville, the WBAI live radio show that they performed in together in the late 1990s; and part eight of the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

David Afsharirad, editor of The Year's Best Military and Adventure SF, Volume 3, leads a roundtable discussion with anthology authors Casey Ezell, Eric Del Carlo, Jay Werkheiser, Robert Dawson, and Michael Ezell discussing their stories, as well as thoughts on the writing of story-driven military and adventure science fiction; and part seven of the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

David Drake discusses Starliner, his science fiction novel that's now reissued in trade paperback with an excellent new cover by Dominic Harmon. Drake talks about the genesis of the book, discusses the characters and plot, and reminisces about the great steam liners of yore, from which he drew inspiration; and part six of the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

J.R. Dunn on The Day After Gettysburg, coauthored by Dunn and the late Robert Conroy. Dunn discusses completing the book from Conroy's partial manuscript, and lot of American Civil War possibilities, probabilities, and alternate outcomes; and part five of the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Brendan DuBois discusses Red Vengeance, his science fiction novel of human resistance to alien invasion. It's the sequel to his book Dark Victory; and part five of the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Larry Correia discusses Monster Hunter Siege, his upcoming entry in the Monster Hunter series, plus more fascinating Correia and Monster Hunter projects. The interview takes place at Book Expo America in New York City, where Correia was a featured author for Baen Books; and part four of the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award grand prize winner Philip A. Kramer and runner-up Stephen Lawson, along with contest administrator William Ledbetter in a roundtable discussion of the contest and their winning stories; and part three of the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Eric Flint and Mike Resnick discuss The Gods of Sagittarius, a new rollicking science fiction novel on which they collaborated; and Part Two of the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Copyright 2017 Baen Publishing Enterprises

Sarah A. Hoyt discusses her new entry in the Darkship science fiction series, Darkship Revenge; and we begin the complete serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller with Part 1.

Sharon Lee and Steve Miller discuss The Gathering Edge, the twentieth entry in the Liaden Universe® science fiction series. And Tom Kratman reads war poems by Wilfred Owen.

Larry Correia discusses the origins and creation of the Monster Hunter series, and the new signed leatherbound edition of Monster Hunter Vendetta. This is Part Two of a two-part interview. And part forty-eight and the conclusion of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

Larry Correia discusses the origins and creation of the Monster Hunter series, and the new signed leatherbound edition of Monster Hunter Vendetta. This is Part One of a two-part interview. And part forty-seven of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

Eric Flint and Griffin Barber discuss 1636: Mission to the Mughals, the latest entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series. Flint and Barber talk about the fascinating world of 17th Century India in which the story is set. In the novel, our time traveling castaways journey to the Mughal lands in search of an opium source—only to become embroiled in power struggles and religious wars among the fantastically diverse—and extremely contentious—population. Part Two of a two-part interview. And part forty-six of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

Eric Flint and Griffin Barber discuss 1636: Mission to the Mughals, the latest entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series. Flint and Barber talk about the fascinating world of 17th Century India in which the story is set. In the novel, our time traveling castaways journey to the Mughal lands in search of an opium source—only to become embroiled in power struggles and religious wars among the fantastically diverse—and extremely contentious—population. Part One of a two part interview. And part forty-five of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

Baen assistant editor Christopher Ruocchio hosts a roundtable discussion with David Drake, Michael Z. Williamson, and Susan R. Matthews on constructing political systems for science fiction novels, part 2 of 2. And part forty-four of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

Baen assistant editor Christopher Ruocchio hosts a roundtable discussion with David Drake, Michael Z. Williamson, and Susan R. Matthews on constructing political systems for science fiction novels. And part forty-three of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

Baen consulting editor David Afsharirad interviews editors Robin Wayne Bailey, and Bryan Thomas Schmidt and authors James Gunn, Seanan McGuire, and Peter J. Wacks who discuss new humorous science fiction anthology Little Green Men—Attack!. And part forty-two of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

Ryk E. Spoor discusses Challenges of the Deeps, the latest entry in his Arenaverse science fiction adventure series, and a novel with a big series climax. And part forty-one of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

D.J. Butler discusses Witchy Eye, his Americana alternate history fantasy novel, a story in the tradition of Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John, David Drake's Old Nathan and Orson Scott Card's Alvin the Maker series. This extraordinarily accomplished debut novel is getting lots of deserved acclaim already for the excellent storytelling and fine-crafted writing. And part forty of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

Charles E. Gannon discusses Caine's Mutiny, the fourth book in his Compton Crook Award winning, three-times Nebula-nominated Caine Riordan science fiction series. This is Part Two of a two-part interview. And part thirty-nine of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

Charles E. Gannon discusses Caine's Mutiny, the fourth book in his Compton Crook Award winning, three-times Nebula-nominated Caine Riordan science fiction series. This is Part One of a two-part interview. And part thirty-eight of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.

Wen Spencer discusses The Black Wolves of Boston, a contemporary fantasy adventure novel by the creator of the Elfhome series. And part thirty-seven of the complete audiobook serialization of David Drake's The Sea Without a Shore.