The Baen Free Radio Hour

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.