The Baen Free Radio Hour

Christopher Ruocchio discusses Demon in White, a new entry in his Suneater series featuring far future space adventure science fiction; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 31.

Christopher Ruocchio discusses Demon in White, a new entry in his Suneater series featuring far future space adventure science fiction; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 31.

Larry Correia discusses Destroyer of Worlds, book 3 in his Saga of the Forgotten Warrior heroic fantasy series. This is Part Two of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 30.

Larry Correia discusses Destroyer of Worlds, book 3 in his Saga of the Forgotten Warrior heroic fantasy series. This is Part Two of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 30.

Larry Correia discusses Destroyer of Worlds, book 3 in his Saga of the Forgotten Warrior heroic fantasy series. This is Part One of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 29.

Larry Correia discusses Destroyer of Worlds, book 3 in his Saga of the Forgotten Warrior heroic fantasy series. This is Part One of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 29.

Editor and authors discuss Cosmic Corsairs, an anthology of science fiction short stories involving space pirates. Roundtable includes Christopher Ruocchio, Sarah A. Hoyt, Carysa Locke, and James L. Cambias; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 28.

Editor and authors discuss Cosmic Corsairs, an anthology of science fiction short stories involving space pirates. Roundtable includes Christopher Ruocchio, Sarah A. Hoyt, Carysa Locke, and James L. Cambias; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 28.

Tom Kratman discusses Days of Burning, Days of Wrath, a climactic entry in his military science fiction Carrera series. Kratman talks about the plot so far, the world of the series, and the cast of characters, some of whom meet their culminating fate in the book. This is Part Two of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 27.

Tom Kratman discusses Days of Burning, Days of Wrath, a climactic entry in his military science fiction Carrera series. Kratman talks about the plot so far, the world of the series, and the cast of characters, some of whom meet their culminating fate in the book. This is Part Two of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 27.

Tom Kratman discusses Days of Burning, Days of Wrath, a climactic entry in his military science fiction Carrera series. Kratman talks about the plot so far, the world of the series, and the cast of characters, some of whom meet their culminating fate in the book. This is Part One of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 26.

Tom Kratman discusses Days of Burning, Days of Wrath, a climactic entry in his military science fiction Carrera series. Kratman talks about the plot so far, the world of the series, and the cast of characters, some of whom meet their culminating fate in the book. This is Part One of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 26.

Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt discuss 1636: The Atlantic Encounter, a new entry in Flint's Ring of Fire series. This is Part Two of a two-part interview. After the town of Grantville, West Virginia was thrown back to 17th Century Germany, the up-timers have had to adapt to survive. Now an expedition is sent to the New World of North America, where a combined crew of up-timers, down-timers, and one French spy encounter Puritan New England, Dutch New Amsterdam, and the contentious Englishmen of Jamestown; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 25.

Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt discuss 1636: The Atlantic Encounter, a new entry in Flint's Ring of Fire series. After the town of Grantville, West Virginia was thrown back to 17th Century Germany, the up-timers have had to adapt to survive. Now an expedition is sent to the New World of North America, where a combined crew of up-timers, down-timers, and one French spy encounter Puritan New England, Dutch New Amsterdam, and the contentious Englishmen of Jamestown; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 24.

Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt discuss 1636: The Atlantic Encounter, a new entry in Flint's Ring of Fire series. After the town of Grantville, West Virginia was thrown back to 17th Century Germany, the up-timers have had to adapt to survive. Now an expedition is sent to the New World of North America, where a combined crew of up-timers, down-timers, and one French spy encounter Puritan New England, Dutch New Amsterdam, and the contentious Englishmen of Jamestown; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 24.

Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt discuss 1636: The Atlantic Encounter, a new entry in Flint's Ring of Fire series. After the town of Grantville, West Virginia was thrown back to 17th Century Germany, the up-timers have had to adapt to survive. Now an expedition is sent to the New World of North America, where a combined crew of up-timers, down-timers, and one French spy encounter Puritan New England, Dutch New Amsterdam, and the contentious Englishmen of Jamestown; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 24.

Baen Marketing Director Corinda Carfora discusses the inner workings of publication marketing and promotion, and shares her decades-long experience of working at Baen and in the publishing industry; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 23.

Baen Marketing Director Corinda Carfora discusses the inner workings of publication marketing and promotion, and shares her decades-long experience of working at Baen and in the publishing industry; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 23.

D.J. Butler discusses In the Palace of Shadow and Joy, a far-far-far future science fiction adventure novel in the spirit of Fritz Leiber's Fafhryd and the Gray Mouser stories and Jack Vance's Dying Earth series. Butler explains why a super-old future Earth might seem like a permanent Mos Eisley cantina; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 22.

D.J. Butler discusses In the Palace of Shadow and Joy, a far-far-far future science fiction adventure novel in the spirit of Fritz Leiber's Fafhryd and the Gray Mouser stories and Jack Vance's Dying Earth series. Butler explains why a super-old future Earth might seem like a permanent Mos Eisley cantina; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 22.

Catherine Asaro discusses The Vanished Seas, an entry in the Major Bhaajan science fiction mystery series set in the world of Asaro's Skolian Empire. Asaro talks about the characters and the deep history of her setting, the city of Cries on the planet Raylicon—a city stratified by an opulent metropolis on the surface with a hardscrabble underground section below called the Undercity—and the manner in which her private investigator is able to bridge both worlds; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 21.

Charles E. Gannon discusses At the End of the World, a novel set in the world of John Ringo's Black Tide Rising series. In the book, a sailing ship filled with teenagers on a science voyage to the South Seas is caught in the midst of an eat-your-neighbor plague that hits the world and causes the collapse of civilization. There's a whip-smart young narrator from a disadvantaged background, and a crusty, ghoul-faced adult sea captain leading and teaching them who may be more than he at first seems. Chuck Gannon discusses the creation of the book, the characters, and the plot; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 20.

Christopher Woods, Jody Lynn Nye, David B. Coe, and Les Johnson on Give Me Libertycon edited by Christopher Woods and T.K.F. Weisskopf. This is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy featuring stories by David Weber, David Drake, Larry Correia and Timothy Zahn and many more, including editor Christopher Woods, Jody Lynn Nye, David B. Coe, and Les Johnson. Woods, Nye, Coe, and Johnson discuss their stories in the book, the excellence of the small Chattanooga SF convention Libertycon, which is put on in the spirit of the great, convivial cons of old, and the legacy of Libertycon founder, Richard T. Bolgeo, known to all as Uncle Timmy. A portion of the sale of Give Me Libertycon goes to Libertycon's annual charity and to support a young scientist fellowship to attend the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop, founded by NASA scientist Les Johnson; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 19.

Peter J. Wacks and Eytan Kollin on Caller of Lightning. This is the third entry in the Arcane America series. It's a flintlock fantasy/alternate history featuring Benjamin Franklin in a magically charged America and Europe. In Caller of Lightning, Ben Franklin discovers an inherent magic within himself connected to the key he electrified in his kite experiment. The novel then details Franklin's coming into his own as a wizard of power, working for the incipient America coming into being; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 18.

David Weber and Phillip Pournelle discuss Mamelukes, by Jerry Pournelle. When the late, great Dr. Jerry Pournelle passed away, he left behind the nearly completed manuscript for science fiction novel Mamelukes. Now Pournelle's son, Phillip Pournelle, and Honor Harrington series creator David Weber have completed the book. This is an entry in Jerry Pournelle's legendary Janissaries series; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 17.

David Weber and Phillip Pournelle discuss Mamelukes, by Jerry Pournelle. When the late, great Dr. Jerry Pournelle passed away, he left behind the nearly completed manuscript for science fiction novel Mamelukes. Now Pournelle's son, Phillip Pournelle, and Honor Harrington series creator David Weber have completed the book. This is an entry in Jerry Pournelle's legendary Janissaries series; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 16.

David Weber and Phillip Pournelle discuss Mamelukes, by Jerry Pournelle. When the late, great Dr. Jerry Pournelle passed away, he left behind the nearly completed manuscript for science fiction novel Mamelukes. Now Pournelle's son, Phillip Pournelle, and Honor Harrington series creator David Weber have completed the book. This is an entry in Jerry Pournelle's legendary Jannis Janissaries series; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 15.

Lois McMaster Bujold and Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf discuss Bujold's book Penric's Travels. This is a fantasy novel featuring deceptively mild-mannered sorcerer Penric set in Bujold's Five Gods fantasy world. This is Part Two of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 14.

Lois McMaster Bujold and Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf discuss Bujold's book Penric's Travels. This is a fantasy novel featuring deceptively mild-mannered sorcerer Penric set in Bujold's Five Gods fantasy world. This is Part One of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 13.

Nancy Kress discusses The Eleventh Gate, a science fiction novel that combines exciting space opera action and quantum physics speculation into a brew of adventure and cosmic wonder by multiple award winning author Kress; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 12.

Eric Flint and Dave Freer discuss The Shaman of Karres, the fourth entry in the Witches of Karres science fiction adventure series. This is a storyline finale novel, with young super-science witch The Lewitt coming of age as she, Paussert and Goth from the previous books fight against a vast interstellar slaving operation; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 11.

Dr. Robert E. Furey discusses his Baen.com web site article "The Bridge of Sighs: Are We What Might Have Been?" which asks the question of whether we are living in a simulation created by our descendants. It seemed like a trivial idea to Furey at first, but upon consideration, he became convinced the possibility that we are part of a nested simulation might very well approach 100 percent. Rob Furey is a biologist specializing in social spiders, and Professor of Integrative Sciences at Harrisburg University, and serves as assistant provost there; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 10.

Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf on reading and the current Great Hunkering Down happening at the moment. She also discusses Baen Books' response with a new Baen Virtual Roadshow, and other initiatives. Weisskopf also talks about being art director at Baen, and some of the decisions that go into creating the covers. Finally, Weisskopf discusses Give Me Libertycon, a new anthology she has edited with Christopher Woods filled with Baen authors contributing stories in honor of fan legend Timothy Bolgeo; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 9.

Thomas Kidd, Susan R. Matthews, and Christopher Ruocchio discuss Overruled, a science fiction anthology with a law and order theme. It's lawyers in space, as artist and author Tom Kidd talks about his story of a star-traveling artist in the dock for murder represented by an annoying, but humorous, robot barrister, Susan R. Matthews discusses an arbitration proceeding in the far reaches of the Gonebeyond Space of her Under Jurisdiction series that's on the verge of turning a riot, and Christopher Ruocchio, who is coeditor of the volume, talks about a tale set in a far-future Roman-Empire-like setting featuring a witch trial for a cyborg; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 8.

In these somewhat uncertain days, there's nothing like reading a good book to give you a mental break, lift the spirits, and even inspire you. And if you can't make it to a print bookseller, we've got you covered with these tips for some great science fiction and fantasy ebook reading.

In these somewhat uncertain days, there's nothing like reading a good book to give you a mental break, lift the spirits, and even inspire you. And if you can't make it to a print bookseller, we've got you covered with these tips for some great science fiction and fantasy ebook reading.

In these somewhat uncertain days, there's nothing like reading a good book to give you a mental break, lift the spirits, and even inspire you. And if you can't make it to a print bookseller, we've got you covered with these tips for some great science fiction and fantasy ebook reading.

In these somewhat uncertain days, there's nothing like reading a good book to give you a mental break, lift the spirits, and even inspire you. And if you can't make it to a print bookseller, we've got you covered with these tips for some great science fiction and fantasy ebook reading.

In these somewhat uncertain days, there's nothing like reading a good book to give you a mental break, lift the spirits, and even inspire you. And if you can't make it to a print bookseller, we've got you covered with these tips for some great science fiction and fantasy ebook reading.

Wil McCarthy discusses The Collapsium, a science fiction novel filled with cool, and plausible, extensions of modern physics with wonder-inducing ideas, including materials such as a matrix of stable mini black holes, and programmable matter. It's a novel of manners, and a hard science fiction gem. McCarthy talks about both the ideas in the book, and its rollicking plot; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 7.

Larry Niven and Steven Barnes discuss Starborn and Godsons by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes. This is a new entry in the legendary science fiction Heorot series, with previous entries The Legacy of Heorot and Beowulf's Children. This is the finale to the series. It was nearly complete when Dr. Jerry Pournelle passed away, and Niven and Barnes discuss the close collaboration they conducted with Pournelle over the years, and the characters and plot of this wonder-inducing hard science fiction novel that completes the series; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 6.

Eric Flint and Ryk E. Spoor discuss Castaway Resolution, the finale to their Castaway Planet subseries, and the Boundary hard science fiction series. This is hard science fiction with a sense of wonder and great problem solving by the characters, who are marooned on a hostile, but fascinating, planet. And a great short story replay from the hallowed and haunted halls of the podcast with "Magic and Other Honest Lies," by Robert Buettner.

Legendary fantasy author Tim Powers discusses new novel Forced Perspectives, a contemporary fantasy adventure set in a haunted present-day Los Angeles where a death cult attempts to bring back an ancient Egyptian god of destruction thought to be buried in the ruins of Cecille B. DeMille's Ten Commandments set; and a special redux presentation from the Baen Podcast coffers of "The Age of the Warrior," by Hank Reinhardt.

Carol Russo, of Carol Russo Design, the legendary book designer of the great majority of Baen Books covers and interiors, discusses her years working with Baen, including her close interaction with Jim Baen when the company was starting, the startling changes in book design art and craft that have occurred over the years, and the process and art of present day book design at Baen Books; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 5.

Frank Chadwick discusses Ship of Destiny a new military science fiction novel, and follow-up to Chain of Command. The book is a cornucopia of interesting science fiction ideas, precise depiction of interservice rivalry, and excellent and frightening aliens, all presented as an homage to, but not a copy of, Homer's Odyssey; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 4.

Editor David Boop, and authors Mercedes Lackey, Joe R. Lansdale, and Jonathan Maberry discuss stories in Straight Outta Dodge City, a weird western anthology, in an interview conducted by Baen Consulting Editor David Afsharirad. Cambias talks about the magical system, the characters, and more; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 3.

James L. Cambias discusses The Initiate, an urban fantasy adventure where a secret order of magicians rule our modern world from the shadows, but one man with magical talent seeks revenge against them for murdering his family. Cambias talks about the magical system, the characters, and more; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 2.

Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin discuss Breaking Silence, a new entry in the SERRated Edge urban fantasy series and the follow-up to Silence. Mercedes Lackey pioneered urban fantasy with her mythos of a modern world where elves and other magical creatures interact with ordinary humans. It's a world like our own, but one where magic works, yet is kept hidden—for the most part. Breaking Silence takes place in a small town in Maine where dark elves have long fed on human misery; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 1.

Lois McMaster Bujold discusses Penric's Progress, a compilation of three high fantasy novellas set in her World of the Five Gods universe and featuring a young sorcerer coming of age in a world of fascinating and dangerous magic. SFWA Grandmaster of Science Fiction and multiple award winner Bujold talks about the creation of Lord Penric Juralt, and her conception of the magic and manners that went into the interrelated tales now brought together for the first time in a single volume.

John Ringo, Kacey Ezell, Christopher L. Smith and Toni Weisskopf discuss Gunpowder and Embers, a science fiction post-apocalypse adventure novel taking place in an America relegated to live without electricity after power-eating ant-like aliens from another dimension invade. The book has echoes of great Westerns, martials arts movies, high fantasy with dragons, and more. Part Two of a two-part interview; and the conclusion of Larry Correia's Son of the Black Sword, Part 79.