The ESC Q&A: "Red Dust" Author Yoss
By Gary Rothman
Seventeen years after it was first released in his native Cuba, the enigmatic science fiction writer Yoss is finally seeing his comedic 2003 sci-fi noir detective novel Polvo released in English as Red Dust (paperback, Kindle). In the following interview, Yoss — with help from translator Jenna Tang — discusses what inspired and influenced this novel.
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The ESC Q&A: "Halo: Shadows Of Reach" Author Troy Denning
By Paul Semel
While Halo: Infinite won't be out until some time next year, fans of the sci-fi first-person shooter series can still enjoy a new adventure with their favorite space soldier. In his new Halo novel, Halo: Shadows Of Reach (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), writer Troy Denning — who's written four previous Halo novels — shows us what Master Chief and Blue Team are up to a year after the end of Halo 5: Guardians. Though how it also connects to Infinite, well...
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The ESC Q&A: "The Memory Of Souls" Author Jenn Lyons
By Paul Semel
Before she was known as the author of the Chorus Of Dragons saga, epic fantasy writer Jenn Lyons embraced her dark fantasies by making people play such video games as The Saboteur and Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (insert evil laugh here). In the following interview, she discusses the third book of the Chorus saga, The Memory Of Souls (hardcover, Kindle), including how games didn't factory into the story...this time.
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The ESC Q&A: "The Phlebotomist" Author Chris Panatier
By Paul Semel
Science fiction can be a powerful flashlight when it comes to shining light on our society. Take Chris Panatier's medical sci-fi novel The Phlebotomist (paperback, Kindle), in which blood and blood type are used to separate people in a way that's all too familiar.
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The ESC Q&A: "Architects Of Memory" Author Karen Osbourne
By Paul Semel
Big corporations are often the bad guys in science fiction stories. There's Wayland-Yutani in the Alien movies, Umbrella in the Resident Evil games, and now the Aurora Company in Karen Osbourne's new sci-fi space opera novel, Architects of Memory (paperback, Kindle). In the following interview about it, Osbourne explains what inspired and influenced this epic tale, and why Architects is only half the story.
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