More KAMN Coming
As promised last fall, my old reviews from before I joined Dragon Page will be reposted here shortly.
I couldn’t decide if it would be better to repost them with the original dates (thus dating them before KAMN existed), or just post them new, with a tagline saying when they were originally done. Brian liked the posting them new idea, so that won out.
KAMN Show #36: The Broken Lands
Feature Discussion: Welcome newcomer ninja stunt double Jen Crawford. Jen is a big fan of 90s TV, so we’ll have to explore that in future KAMN episodes.
David, Brian and Jen chat about “The Broken Lands”, Book One of the “Empire of the East” trilogy by Fred Saberhagen, first published in 1968, and most recently printed in an omnibus collection of the entire trilogy by Tor in 2004.
Great Things Come to Those Who Wait
2008 is an auspicious year.
It’s the year that Matt Stover’s epic Heroes Die becomes eligible for KAMN discussion.
This is the book that rekindled my interest in fantasy by showing me that fantasy could be so much more, and yes, validating the feeling that I hadn’t been getting enough story in my stories.
Show #36: Pre-show Discussion
Show #36 will cover Fred Saberhagen’s The Broken Lands, Book 1 of the Empire of the East trilogy.
Published initially as separate volumes, it was consolidated into the omnibus edition sometime around 1978-79 for reprinting, and has been that way ever since.
KAMN Show #35: Near Dark
Feature Discussion: David, Brian and Summer chat about the 1987 cult feature Near Dark, written by Eric Red and Kathryn Bigelow, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein and Tim Thomerson, and featuring a soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.
Asimov, Foundation and more
We’ve had a lot of requests during the time we’ve been doing this to do a show on “Foundation.”
A lot of requests.
I haven’t put it on the schedule yet, simply because of how much work I’ve been doing lately, but for some reason I kept getting hints and reminders about Foundation over the past 2 months.
Show #35: Pre-show Discussion
Show #35 will be discussion about Near Dark, a 1987 cult classic, starring Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Jenette Goldstein.
Vampires, cowboys, and romance, with a Tangerine Dream soundtrack. What’s not to like?
KAMN Show #34: Ringworld
Feature Discussion: David, Brian and Summer discuss the Hugo and Nebula Award winning 1970 novel Ringworld, by Larry Niven.
The Ninjas talk about this classic SF novel, and also discuss how this type of story has held up over time. David’s a big fan of the Ringworld series, and even he admits there are some issues with some of the more recent sequels.
KAMN Reviews?
Since Dragon Page Cover to Cover has thrown the door open to more contributor reviews, both in audio and print form, I’d like to do the same thing here.
There are a lot of books and movies and tv shows that we won’t get to, or at least not get to any time soon, so I don’t see any reason why we can’t post written reviews here, or include the occassional audio review in a KAMN episode. Same Ninjas rules apply… anything 10 years old or older is fair game.
Show #34: Pre-show Discussion
Show #34 will be discussion about “Ringworld”, the Larry Niven classic, winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards for 1970.
Did you know that Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner have co-authored “Fleet of Worlds”, a book that will be on shelves Oct 16, 2007, and while not a prequel, has direct ties to “Ringworld” and one of its main characters?
Poltergeist: 25th Anniversary Screenings
Ha! I’m not the only one who thinks Poltergeist is a cult classic that people remember!
KAMN Show #33: Quantum Leap
Feature Discussion: Summer, David and Brian talk about the Emmy-winning series “Quantum Leap”, which ran on NBC from 1989-1993, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.
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