Bigfoot in the Box

In this episode of What The SFF?!, we're joined by two of Angry Robot's newest authors: Rob Greene, writer of just-released debut The Light Years, and Ginger Smith, whose first novel The Rush's Edge will be out later this year! Listen in as they chat to junior robot Sam McQueen about researching sci-fi, what they've learned about the art of writing from the art of teaching, the trials and tribulations of collecting typewriters and toys, and a very expensive way of getting rid of a body...

Find this month's guests here:

Rob Greene

https://twitter.com/rwwgreene

https://www.instagram.com/rwwgreene/?hl=en

https://www.rwwgreene.com

Ginger Smith

https://twitter.com/GSmithauthor

Buy their books here:

The Light Years: https://smarturl.it/TheLightYears

The Rush's Edge: https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/shop/year/2020/the-rushs-edge/

Further reading/watching/listening here:

Bloodchild by Octavia Butler: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781583226988

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143128793

Stories From the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781490423913

Neuromancer (Book 1 of the Sprawl Trilogy) by William Gibson: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780441569595

Rob's piece on his typewriter collection from Mary Robinette Kowal's My Favourite Bit blog: http://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-r-w-w-greene-talks-about-the-light-years/

The Mars Foundation http://www.marsfoundation.org/

Roadhouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film)

To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar: https://open.spotify.com/album/7ycBtnsMtyVbbwTfJwRjSP

The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd: https://open.spotify.com/album/4LH4d3cOWNNsVw41Gqt2kv

The Beatles (aka The White Album) by The Beatles: https://open.spotify.com/album/1WMVvswNzB9i2UMh9svso5

The Lord of the Rings/Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Sorry, never heard of them, you're on your own there...