<p>Hang on... before we start... let us just fill you in on a very exciting evening happening on Monday the 6th of July, in Alton, Hampshire.</p><p>At 8pm in the lovely Goldfinch Books on Alton High Street, we are doing our first ever proper LIVE podcast.</p><p>Our guest will be the fabulous Costa-Novel-Prize-Winning Claire Fuller. We'll be talking about her brilliantly unsettling new book Hunger &amp; Thirst and asking her all the questions you want to know the answers to but don't want to sound stupid. Whereas - we don't mind. We're used to it.</p><p>So come and join us in the flesh! I promise it's gonna be a reet proper laugh, as well, obviously, as being incredibly, edifyingly educational!</p><p><a href="https://wegottickets.com/event/696174#tickets" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!</a></p><br><p>Right... on with the show...</p><br><p>Do you love sci-fi?</p><p>We love sci-fi.</p><p>Sometimes I think we forget how much we love sci-fi.</p><p>Why do we like sci-fi?</p><p>well let's explore that for a moment.</p><p>Hmmmmmm.</p><p>I think it's because sci-fi is all about human possibility. About the extrapolation of all our greatest qualities.</p><p>And yes, of course, our absolute worst.</p><p>Sci-fi gives us a glimpse into the future of the human race.</p><p>And none more so than Joseph Eckert's brilliant new book The Traveler.</p><p>A sort of family drama / sci-fi mashup that brings some big emotional hits and meanwhile taps into our deep curiosity about where this strange and wonderful species we call Homo Sapiens are heading.</p><p>We talk to Joseph about time travel, about where the stunning concept for his novel came from, about movie options, spending years trying to get a publishing deal, and about how you fit in writing when you have a full time job!</p><br><p><a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/joseph-eckert/the-traveler/9781035084074" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy The Traveler HERE</a></p><br><p><a href="https://eckertwriting.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joseph Eckert's website</a></p><br><p>Then we check out another sci-fi novel! In our HYPEWRITER feature, we're celebrating <a href="https://daviddeanehaskell.com/books" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Deane Haskell</a>'s latest work of science fiction: Solarian Deep.</p><p>A first contact, distant-future, flooded-planet, techno-mermaid story, which sounds great. In fact we strongly advise you to take the plunge and buy a copy!</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPN8DBJS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy Solarian Deep HERE</a></p><br><p>Right... I think's that's all the admin done.... now... on with the show...</p><br><p>Do you love sci-fi?</p><p>We love sci-fi.</p><p>Sometimes I think we forget how much we love sci-fi.</p><p>Why do we like sci-fi?</p><p>well let's explore that for a moment.</p><p>Hmmmmmm.</p><p>I think it's because sci-fi is all about human possibility. About the extrapolation of all our greatest qualities.</p><p>And yes, of course, our absolute worst.</p><p>Sci-fi gives us a glimpse into the future of the human race.</p><p>And none more so than Joseph Eckert's brilliant new book The Traveler.</p><p>A sort of family drama / sci-fi mashup that brings some big emotional hits and meanwhile taps into our deep curiosity about where this strange and wonderful species we call Homo Sapiens are heading.</p><p>We talk to Joseph about time travel, about where the stunning concept for his novel came from, about movie options, about spending years trying to get a publishing deal, and about how you fit in writing when you have a full time job.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/joseph-eckert/the-traveler/9781035084074" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy The Traveler HERE</a></p><br><p><a href="https://eckertwriting.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joseph Eckert's website</a></p><br><p>Then we check out another sci-fi novel! In our HYPEWRITER feature, we're celebrating <a href="https://daviddeanehaskell.com/books" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Deane Haskell</a>'s latest work of science fiction: Solarian Deep.</p><p>A first contact, distant-future, flooded-planet, techno-mermaid story, which sounds great. In fact we strongly advise you to take the plunge and buy a copy!</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPN8DBJS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy Solarian Deep HERE</a></p><br><p>Wait a minute...</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>