Share on TwitterIn episode 81 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome TOR author Ed Lazellari to talk about his new book, Awakenings. From TOR’s website: EDWARD LAZELLARI has worked as an illustrator and graphic artist, doing projects for Marvel Entertainment, DC Comics, and Jim Henson Productions. His short story, “The [...]
Share on TwitterIn Episode 80 of the Functional Nerd Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Julia Sherred from the Geeky Pleasures Radio Show. From her website: Confirmed to be a “Geek God” by some online quiz and dubbed “The Queen of Geek” by many of her fans, Julia “Jules” Sherred is a mother, writer, [...]
Share on TwitterIn episode 79 of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester & John Anealio welcome PYR author KV Johansen. KV’s new book, Blackdog, is one of the subjects discussed in this episode. Links: KV Johansen (author’s website) Blackdog © 2011 Patrick Hester and John Anealio This episode features original music by John Anealio Podcast: [...]
Share on TwitterIn episode 78 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Bryan Thomas Schmidt, author of the new novel – The Worker Prince. Links: Bryan Thomas Schmidt (author’s website) Bryan on Twitter The Worker Prince © 2011 Patrick Hester and John Anealio Support the podcast – tell your friends, subscribe [...]
Share on TwitterOn this week’s episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, John DeNardo sits in for Patrick, and joins John Anealio in welcoming Jeff and Ann VanderMeer to the show. Links: Jeff VanderMeer The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities, Images, and Stories from Top Authors and Artists ODD? Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded [...]
Share on TwitterIn Episode 076 of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome John Remy, Andy Penn Romine, Steven Scearce and Galen Dara to celebrate the re-release of the Rigor Amortis anthology. Links: Rigor Amortis John Remy Andy Penn Romine Steven Scearce Galen Dara © 2011 Patrick Hester & John Anealio Podcast: [...]
Share on TwitterIn the 75th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Andrew P Mayer, author of The Falling Machine, Book One of The Society of Steam, available from PYR. Links: Andrew P Mayer (author’s website) Andrew on Twitter The Falling Machine (Amazon) © 2011 Patrick Hester & John Anealio [...]
Share on TwitterIn episode 73 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians and The Magician King, both available from Viking. Links: Lev Grossman (author’s website) The Magicians The Magician King Lev Grossman on Twitter Lev Grossman on Facebook Lev Grossman at Time Magazine © [...]
Share on TwitterIn episode 72 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio take some time to chat about nerdy things for a change. These include: what we’re reading, Google +, Twitter, Tweetdeck, Facebook, the projects we’re working on, etc and so on. Later, John brings us an interview with Lisa Paitz Spindler, [...]
Share on TwitterIn Episode 71 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio sit down to chat with Author and fellow podcaster, Moses Siregar III. Moses’ debut novel, The Back Gods War, is generating a lot of buzz within the SFF community, and we chat with Moses about the book, about self-promotion, do [...]
Share on TwitterIn Episode 070 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author/artist Chris Hart. Chris has penned several ‘how to draw’ books throughout the years. His latest, Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist, is available right now. Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist: Everything You Need to Start Drawing [...]
Share on TwitterIn Episode 69 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author and small press owner Charles Day. Links: Charles Day (Author’s Website) Evil Jester Press (Fiction Imprint) © 2011 Patrick Hester and John Anealio Featuring original music by John Anealio. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Share on TwitterIn the 68th episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester & John Anealio talk with freelance storyteller J.C. Hutchins. Links: Author’s Website JC Hutchins on Twitter JC Hutchins on Facebook © 2011 Patrick Hester & John Anealio Featuring original music by John Anealio. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Share on TwitterIn Episode 65 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk all things Star Wars with the man who started the expanded universe, Timothy Zahn, to discuss his new book: Choices of One! Music in the episode: Sundog (Excerpt) by John Anealio George R. R. Martin is not Your Bitch [...]
Share on TwitterIn episode 64 of the Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester and John Anealio sit down to chat with Author Myke Cole about his upcoming Shadow Ops series from Ace. Links: Myke Cole (authors website) Author’s Blog Bibliography Check out Maphook.com – our new sponsor Music in the episode: Sundog (Excerpt) by John Anealio Angry [...]
Share on TwitterIn episode 61 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Ken Denmead, author of the new Geek Dad’s Guide to Weekend Fun, and publisher of Wired’s Geek Dad blog and podcast. This week we chat about: Wired, Geek Dad, Borderlands, Star Trek, blogging, RP games, books, Geek Mom and [...]
Share on TwitterIn the 60th episode of the Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome back Mur Lafferty, author, podcast pioneer and all around awesome person. John and Mur chat at Balticon about: kickstarter campaigns, crowd funding, artists and patronage, do it yourself publishing, I Should Be Writing, getting published and epublishing. Links: The [...]



