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Author JJ Walsh joins Van to discuss his new novel in the vein of Ready Player One (but all about the superhero comics): THE CHOWDERHEAD CRUSADES, and the audiobook narrated by Patton Oswald. They also play a little comics trivia at the end!

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Van moderates for the great Larry Niven and Steven Barnes before a big audience of fans on the SF Literature track at DragonCon 2018.

Thanks to Sue Phillips for inviting me again to moderate these panels each year.

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Van sat down with comics writer and new novelist Charles Soule in front of a live audience to discuss writing, comics and his new book, THE ORACLE YEAR.

Part of Left Bank Books, Archon SF convention, and the St Louis Public Library's authors series.

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Van is joined by Levi Stahl of the U of Chicago Press to discuss their reprints of the classic Parker crime novels as well as Levi's nonfiction book, THE GETAWAY CAR, collecting author Donald E Westlake's miscellaneous writings, and more.

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THE GETAWAY CAR on Amazon

 

Van moderates for and interviews the legendary Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle at DragonCon 2017 in front of a massive ballroom audience.

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Part two of Van's interview with David Michelinie, in which they discuss David's epic run on the Avengers and as well as on Amazing Spider-Man, plus his Avengers novel and much more.  Brought to you by White Rocket Entertainment.

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Van welcomes author Thomas Deja to the show to discuss his new supernatural superhero book, SHADOW LEGION: NIGHTMARE CITY.

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Van is joined by Bill Fawcett and Bill Ritch to discuss the very first Hugo Awards from fifty years earlier. From the Sci Fi Literature Track at DragonCon 2016.

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Van interviews author and filmmaker Bruce Scivally, who worked on the James Bond DVD special features, as well as writing massive and comprehensive books about Bond, Superman, Batman and Dracula.

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Harlan Ellison is the featured guest on this panel from Archon 2015 in St Louis: "The Future of Science Fiction." The panel also includes Van as well as moderator Mark Tiedemann. 

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