Sci Fi ~ Show May 23 and 24

FEATURED BOOKS PREVIEWED

“My Real Children” by Jo Walton
“Lock In” by John Scalzi
“William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back” by Ian Doescher
“Ancillary Justice” by Ann Leckie
“The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August” by Claire North
“World of Trouble” by Ben H Winters
“Apolonia” by Jamie McGuire

INTERVIEW
Ian Doescher, Author

TUNE INTO THE PROGRAM FOR
Award winning Sci Fi books that explore galaxies and times far, far away – and interior worlds that are often more foreign. Attention Star Wars fans: Elaine speaks with Ian Doescher, author of “William Shakespeare’s Star Wars.” Love it, you will….especially the dramatic asides from R2D2!

Advertisement

HOLLYWOOD’S TOP AUTHORS

HOLLYWOOD’S TOP AUTHORS

It is a golden age for book writers in Hollywood.

Take the holiday season’s movies and awards contenders. The most anticipated are adapted: Laura Hillenbrand’s (No. 10) Unbroken, Suzanne Collins’ (No. 12) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part I, Cheryl Strayed’s Wild (scripted by No. 19 Nick Hornby) and the third installment of The Hobbit.

Authors are exerting more clout than ever, from Gillian Flynn (No. 7) scripting her Gone Girl adaptation to EL James’ (No. 4) close involvement in Fifty Shades of Grey. Still others have had a profound influence on Hollywood’s tastes, with everyone wanting to make the next Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin (No. 3). And then there’s J.K. Rowling (No. 1): No single creator has had so much influence on a megafranchise since George Lucas and the original Star Wars trilogy. Authors are taking advantage of new outlets as well, with James Patterson (No. 8) developing his YA series Maximum Ride for YouTube and Stephen King’s (No. 2) 11/22/63 being adapted for Hulu.

Listen to The Book Report at your convenience. Go to https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-book-report/id540205917?mt=2, or at bookreportradio.com, click on Archived Shows