Jul 29 2008 79 mins
Catherine Smith (insect genetics lab-tech), Bruce Gehweiler (publisher at Marietta Publishing), Mike McPhail and his wife Danielle Ackley-McPhail (authors), Warren Buff (chairman of the SF&F convention Stellarcon), Shannon Souvinette and her daughter Elaina (art show organizers at LibertyCon), Shannon Presley (Radio DJ at WBVR), Klon Newell (book dealer), and David Benedict (of the Atlanta Radio Theater Company) are our guests today.
This is the second of our two episodes containing interviews recorded at the SF&F convention LibertyCon on July 12, 2008. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the July 30, 2008 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 80 minutes]
Topics covered by our various guests include trends in: digital art, genetic methods of insect control, electronic publishing (especially as relates to Amazon's new Kindle ebook reader), gaming, the dark truth about fairy legends, space exploration, scientific peer review journals going online, government regulations, and how writers may soon have little need of publishers.