Podcast Season 4
The Alternate Futures Podcast
The Alternate Futures podcast features interviews with indie science fiction creators where we discuss their work, the world, and anything in-between. while this mostly means authors, I’m open to indie science fiction creators using a wide range of media.
If you have any comments or would like to see me interview your favourite indie science fiction creator, feel free to contact me.
Episode Details and Links
4.32 Roy Huff
In this episode, I chat with Roy Huff all the way from Hawaii about working with NASA on the GOES-R satellite project, his interest in cryopreservation and how he started writing. We also talk about the many ideas around time travel.
There’s also The Lightning Round and the Big Questions.
Books of his we discuss are: Everville and The Seven Rules of Time Travel series.
You can also listen to the podcast on these platforms:
If you’re on WordPress.com, you can find the podcast at alternatefuturespodcast.wordpress.com
Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at alternatefutures.substack.com
Website: royhuff.com
More insights on Roy Huff’s writing can be found at Author Insights on Indie Book Showcase.
4.33 Julia Huni
In this episode, I chat with Julia Huni about her military career, including working with NASA and NATO, her writing routine, and her thoughts on aliens. We also discuss cozy mysteries in space, cylindrical space stations, and space janitors.
There’s also The Lightning Round and the Big Questions.
Books of hers we discuss are: The Space Janitor series, Tales of a Former Space Janitor, Colonial Explorer Corp, and Krimson Empire.
You can also listen to the podcast on these platforms:
If you’re on WordPress.com, you can find the podcast at alternatefuturespodcast.wordpress.com
Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at alternatefutures.substack.com
Website: juliahuni.com
4.34 Susan Kaye Quinn
In this episode, I chat with Susan Kaye Quinn about her engineering background, AI-generated ‘art’, and her passion for the new genre of hope punk. We also discuss possible versions of the singularity, aspects of humanity we might be sacrificing to technology, and the desperate need for an ethical system to inform technological development.
As usual, there’s also The Lightning Round and The Big Questions.
Books of hers we discuss are: The Legacy Human (Singularity Series), Mindjack, The Debt Collector, and the Nothing is Promised series.
You can also listen to the podcast on these platforms:
If you’re on WordPress.com, you can find the podcast at alternatefuturespodcast.wordpress.com
Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at alternatefutures.substack.com
Website: susankayequinn.com
4.35 N John Williams
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Website: njohnwilliams.com
4.36 Jinwoo Chong
In this episode, I chat with Jinwoo Chong about his upcoming book FLUX, published by independent press Melville House. Some themes from the book we discuss are 80s nostaligia and larger-than-life characters, Silicon Valley bubbles, indentity boxes, and childhood trauma. Oh, and there’s also some time travel 🙂
As usual, there’s also The Lightning Round and The Big Questions.
Books of his we discuss are: Flux
You can also listen to the podcast on these platforms:
If you’re on WordPress.com, you can find the podcast at alternatefuturespodcast.wordpress.com
Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at alternatefutures.substack.com
Website: jinwoochong.com
4.37 AM Scott
In this episode, I chat with AM Scott about her experiences in the US Air Force Space Operations, how GPS and time-keeping satellites influenced her novels, and human expansion into space. We also discuss artificial intelligence, alien life forms, and Firefly. As usual, there’s also The Lightning Round and The Big Questions.
Books of hers we discuss are: The Folding Space series, and the Quantum Fold series
You can also listen to the podcast on these platforms:
If you’re on WordPress.com, you can find the podcast at alternatefuturespodcast.wordpress.com
Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at alternatefutures.substack.com
Website: amscottwrites.com
4.38 Tim Attewell
Books of his we discuss are: Midnight Anthem, Marathon, Satellites Gone
Listen to the episode here.
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Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at alternatefutures.substack.com
4.39 Barry Kirwan
Books of his we discuss are: The Eden Paradox Quadrilogy, The Children of the Eye Trilogy
Listen to the episode here.
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Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at alternatefutures.substack.com
4.40 J.J. Green
Book Series of hers we discuss are: Carrie Hatchet, Space Colony One, Shadows of the Void, Star Legend, and the Star Mage Saga
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Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at alternatefutures.substack.com
4.41 Zachry Wheeler
As usual, there’s also The Lightning Round and The Big Questions.
Books of his we discuss are: The Immortal Wake series, the Max and the Multiverse series, and Puki Horpocket Presents
Listen to the episode here.
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If you’re on WordPress.com, you can find the podcast at alternatefuturespodcast.wordpress.com
Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at alternatefutures.substack.com
4.42 Audrey Sharpe
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4.43 M.G. Herron
Listen to the episode here.
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