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Michael Moorcock interview: have a very Moorcock Christmas (video format).
On the eve of the winter solstice, English fantasy author Michael Moorcock joins Andrew Sumner to discuss FP’s signed copy of his eagerly…
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December 2022
NewsFantasy
City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky (fantasy book review: video format).
The Library of Allenxandria (hah, we saw what you did there) brings us his review of the new fantasy novel from Adrian Tchaikovsky,…
November 2022
NewsBooks
Greg Bear, the wonderful imaginative science fiction author, passes away aged 71 (obituary).
Greg Bear, the wonderful, imaginative science fiction writer from Seattle, passed away aged 71 in hospital this Saturday 19th November 2022, due to…
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A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge (classic science fiction novel retrospective: audio format panel chat).
David Barr Kirtley is joined by Tobias S. Buckell, Abby Goldsmith, and Mercurio D. Rivera to talk about Vernor Vinge’s classic scifi novel…
NewsFantasy
The Fall of Nmenor: Brian Sibley and Alan Lee interviewed (video format).
The editor Brian Sibley and artist Alan Lee sat down for a discussion on the recently published new Tolkien book The Fall of…
NewsHorror
Clive Barker’s Dark Worlds by Phil & Sarah Stokes
While he’s often compared with Stephen King as a prolific and successful writer of thoughtful horror fiction, Clive Barker’s career is highly distinctive.…
NewsScifi
David Brin 2022: the science fiction author interview (video format).
Is it possible that our planet was saved by science fiction? Dr. David Brin, a scifi author and a space physicist, talks to…
October 2022
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Michael Moorcock, the fantasy author interview with host Andrew Sumner (video).
Michael Moorcock, the legendary fantasy novelist, returns to Forbidden Planet TV for a late-night chat with Andrew Sumner on a variety of topics,…
NewsFantasy
Tolkien’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (fantasy novel retrospective: video format).
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a Middle English romance written by JRR Tolkien and originally published in 1925, is still in print…
NewsScifi
A Canticle for Leibowitz (classic science fiction novels: retrospective).
A discussion of “A Canticle for Leibowitz,” the famous science fiction book written by Walter M. Miller Jr. in 1959, with your hosts…
September 2022
NewsFantasy
Talking Tolkien: a deep dive on the Fantasy-Father (documentary: in full).
J.R.R Tolkien is regarded by many as the father of the modern fantasy genre, and his Middle-earth universe still inspires us (perhaps a…
NewsFantasy
The new edition of ‘The Complete Guide to Middle-earth’ is discussed by Ted Nasmith and Robert Foster (author/illustrator interview).
The Tolkien Collector’s Guide team sits down for a conversation with Ted Nasmith, artist, and Robert Foster, the author of the new HarperCollins…