The Baen Free Radio Hour

Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt discuss historical flintlock fantasy novel Council of Fire. This is book two in the Arcane America shared universe series. The first is Dragon Award winning novel Uncharted. Council of Fire takes place before Uncharted, in the days of the French and Indian War in North America. But this is a North America that's been cut off from Europe and one where magic of all varieties suddenly works; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 72.

John L. Carr, Alex Pournelle, and Phillip Pournelle in a roundtable discussion of The Best of Jerry Pournelle, edited by John L. Carr. Carr is the editor of the volume, and a long-time Pournelle associate. Alex and Phillip Pournelle are two of Jerry Pournelle's sons. They all talk about the life and work of the late grandmaster of science fiction and a new collection of his work. This is Part Two of two; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 71.

John L. Carr, Alex Pournelle, and Phillip Pournelle in a roundtable discussion of The Best of Jerry Pournelle, edited by John L. Carr. Carr is the editor of the volume, and a long-time Pournelle associate. Alex and Phillip Pournelle are two of Jerry Pournelle's sons. They all talk about the life and work of the late grandmaster of science fiction and a new collection of his work. This is Part One of two; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 70.

D.J. Butler and Aaron Michael Ritchey discuss The Cunning Man, a fantasy novel set near a rural Utah mining camp during the Great Depression. The hero is a "cunning man," a user of magic, who must solve the riddle of a haunted mine and of a trouble local family who may control the destiny of a camp full of out-of-work mining families; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 69.

David Carrico talks with Baen consulting editor David Afsharirad about 1636: The Flight of the Nightingale, a double novel set in Eric Flint's Ring of Fire alternate history series. Carrico writes about music and musicians this 17th century Europe where a town from present day West Virginia has settled, bringing back recordings of Buddy Holly and Dave Brubek along with its denizens, and thus changing the future forever; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 68.

Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill discuss The Waters and the Wild, a contemporary fantasy novel where Celtic magic crosses into the modern world at lake in upstate New York where a young woman is experiencing the pangs of adolescence; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 67.

Editor David Afsharirad talks with The Chronicles of Davids anthology authors David B. Coe, David Boop, David Hardy, and D.J. "Dave" Butler about their stories in the anthology, which includes works David Weber, David Drake, Gregory Benford & David Brin, Avram Davidson, and many more "Davids," plus a cover by David Mattingly. Afsharirad talks about the reasoning behind the anthology and the great contributions it elicited; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 66.

Wil McCarthy discusses Antediluvian, a science fiction novel in which a scientist accesses primordial memories and journeys back into prehistoric times and beyond where he encounters the very real and dangerous birth moments of myths and archetypes, from the Flood, to the destruction (and sometime incorporation) of the trolls—i.e. the Neandertals—to the birth of language itself, the book provides a grand, wonder-inducing journey, and McCarthy talks about some of the hard science behind the fiction; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 65.

Eric Flint and Iver P. Cooper discuss their novel 1636: The China Venture, a new entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history/science fiction series. The U.S.E. sends a trade and diplomatic mission to the China of 1636, which must now come to terms with Twentieth Century technology and ways of thinking centuries early; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 64.

Les Johnson, Robert E. Hampson, Sarah A. Hoyt, Catherine L. Smith, and Daniel M. Hoyt in a roundtable discussion of Stellaris: People of the Stars, a science fiction and science fact collection with origins in the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop. It's science fiction and science fact about how humans may need to change themselves and not just their environment as humanity takes to space; and Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Part 63.