Episodes

Thursday Mar 04, 2021
The Chowderhead Crusades: Author JJ Walsh, on the White Rocket Podcast
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
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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Friday Dec 18, 2020
Ready Player Two: More Novel Discussion with Mira Plexico
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Van is joined by his daughter Mira Plexico to discuss READY PLAYER TWO! (Spoilers!!)
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Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Ready Player Two: Novel Discussion with John Ringer
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
John Ringer joins Van to dig into the brand new sequel novel to Ernest Cline's READY PLAYER ONE. (Non-spoiler section first, then we go into detailed analysis.)
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Monday Feb 10, 2020
White Rocket 168: The Winds of War & War and Remembrance
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Van digs into the epic World War II TV miniseries THE WINDS OF WAR and its sequel WAR AND REMEMBRANCE from the 1980s, as well as the Herman Wouk novels on which they were based.
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Friday Sep 20, 2019
White Rocket 161: The Van Allen Plexico Panel at DragonCon 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Larry Davis moderates a panel on the SF Literature track at DragonCon 2019, discussing the works of Van Allen Plexico.
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Sunday Jun 30, 2019
White Rocket 159: Sentinels Superhero Novels Discussion
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
David Wright (author and artist) sits down with Van to dig deep into Van's SENTINELS Superhero Novel series. They also discuss the craft of writing and how their approaches to it differ.
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Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
White Rocket 153: James Clavell's Tai Pan
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Van discusses James Clavell's epic novel TAI-PAN, about the founding of Hong Kong, as well as the movie with Bryan Brown and Joan Chen based upon it.
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Friday Mar 01, 2019
White Rocket 152: Game of Thrones Season 8 Preview
Friday Mar 01, 2019
Friday Mar 01, 2019
Van and John discuss the ending of HBO's GAME OF THRONES Season 7 and what they expect from the big finale Season 8, as well as the remaining novels in the series.
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Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
White Rocket 150: The Merlin Novels of Roger Zelazny's Amber
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
Van goes solo this episode to discuss the second five novels in Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber saga, featuring Merlin, the son of Corwin.
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Friday May 11, 2018
White Rocket 142: Charles Soule Conversation: Marvel & The Oracle Year
Friday May 11, 2018
Friday May 11, 2018
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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