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Tuesday Jul 30, 2013
Tuesday Jul 30, 2013
White Rocket 034: Audiobook Special! Van reads Chapter 1 of HAWK: HAND OF THE MACHINE, his acclaimed SF/Space Opera/Military SF/New Pulp novel.
Tuesday Jul 23, 2013
Tuesday Jul 23, 2013
New Pulp/adventure fiction author Barry Reese comes aboard the show this week to discuss his many works and the various books, comics and more that have influenced them. It's an hour of entertaining conversation with the author of the Rook, Gravedigger and Lazarus Gray, among other great characters.
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013
Anthony Taylor joins Van this week to discuss a show near and dear to both of them-- SPACE: 1999! Anthony has written extensively on 1999 and other Gerry Anderson properties and is generally considered a leading expert on the show. And Van just loves it. Well, mostly the first season. Enjoy as they geek out over this seminal Seventies SF TV spectacular!
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
Author, editor and comics scribe Jim Beard joins Van this week to discuss his comics and New Pulp writing, superheroes, pulps, and even the classic Batman TV show!
Tuesday Jul 02, 2013
Tuesday Jul 02, 2013
The topic this week is the "King of Comics," the one and only Jack Kirby--writer, artist, and creator or co-creator of half the Marvel Universe and a good chunk of DC, too, to name but a few things. Van is joined by a fellow longtime Kirby fan and old friend, John Quiring, to discuss the life and work of this legend of comics and beyond.
Tuesday Jun 25, 2013
Tuesday Jun 25, 2013
Chris Barnes of Dynamic Ram Audio (and Scotland!) joins Van this week to discuss everything that goes into the production of audiobooks for Audible.com and other venues, and how someone could (or did!) get into that business in the first place. It's an hour of great conversation about the art and craft of audiobooks and audio dramas!
Tuesday Jun 18, 2013
Tuesday Jun 18, 2013
This week we present the second half of the epic Black Library/Warhammer 40,000 discussion with author Josh Reynolds of the Black Library. In the grim darkness of the White Rocket Podcast this week, there is only WAR!
Tuesday Jun 11, 2013
Tuesday Jun 11, 2013
Author Josh Reynolds joins Van this week to talk about the publishing phenomenon that is the Black Library's dystopian and ultra-violent Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000 Universe. Beginning as a British tabletop game, BL has become the 5th largest SF publisher in the world, attracting great authors like Dan Abnett, Graham Mc Neill--and Josh! So load your bolter, take your oath of moment, and get ready for tons of fun with the eldar, Tyranids, and lots and lots of Chaos daemons!
Tuesday Jun 04, 2013
Tuesday Jun 04, 2013
The JJ Abrams Star Trek movies are the topic as Midnight Entertainment's Jim Yelton beams aboard the White Rocket show. Are they good movies? Are they good Star Trek? How do they stack up to the originals? And what's that little alien with Scotty all about? Engage!
Tuesday May 28, 2013
Tuesday May 28, 2013
This week Van is a guest at the 2013 Alabama Phoenix Festival and spends some time with several other notables in attendance--Bobby Nash, Sarah White, Sean Taylor, Doc Osborn, Mike Gordon, and David Wright-- discussing what they're up to and what they think about the Festival. A good time is had by all! So load up on Zaxby's and grab a seat in the Cahaba Center--good times await!