The Baen Free Radio Hour

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.