Episode 18
018 The Functional Nerds
In the 18th episode of The Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester and John Anealio are joined by the latest recruit in the 3rd Nerd Army, John DeNardo from SF Signal.com! John D gives us a hand as we welcome legendary science fiction author and five time hugo winner Mike Resnick! This week we talk about: Hugo nominations for SfSignal.com, the Mind Meld, Chicago, the White Sox, his early career, editing tabloids, mens magazines, Bob Silverberg, Herschell Gordon Lewis, writing science fiction, She Lives! by Paul Neimark, Marvin Kaye, humor in science fiction, Lucifer Jones, Harry the Book, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, William (Bill) Gibson, sparkly vampires, supernatural romance, Pyr, Lou Anders, John Picacio, Baen’s Universe, Subterranean Press, Bill Schafer, The Dragon Page, the small press versus the mass market press, Golden Gryphon, Gary Turner, eBook publishing, Amazon’s Kindle, Readercon, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, the Starship series, Weird Westerns, Blasphemy, Classics Dismembered, Africa, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alexander Lake, Dragon Con & the World Fantasy Con.
Featuring Music by:
John Anealio – Sundog (instrumental)
John Anealio – The Ballad of Wilson Cole
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Patrick Hester
Patrick Hester is a writer, blogger, podcasting dude, Denver transplant and all around Functional Nerd. ...don't hate him cuz he has a cool hat. His Blog | His Twitter | His Facebook
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