Category Archives: Interviews

My Top Ten Scientists and Engineers

SF2 Concatenation is running an excellent series of articles by science fiction writers with a degree in science, engineering, mathematics, or medicine about the Top 10 scientists (and engineers) born in the 20th Century who have most inspired or influenced them. Click here to read my article, which appears in the Summer 2019 edition.
Previous authors in the series include Julie CzernedaSam PetersPeter WattsAndrew BannisterPaul McAuleyIan Stewart, and Tony Ballantyne.

They Call Me...“The Space Dragon”!

My interview on The Skiffy and Fanty Show is now online.  The episode was originally recorded at Loncon 3 back on August 15th, 2014.  It’s a little noisy because we were standing near the runway of London City Airport, but the plane spotter geek in me was up to the challenge (my hosts found me “informative and fascinating”, at least in this regard).  A big thank you to Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer and Julia Rios for a truly fun late summer chat in London.  Enjoy the episode!

Carbide Tipped Pens: One-on-One with Jeff Beeler at GenreCon

I will be having a one-on-one conversation with Jeff Beeler about Carbide Tipped Pens at GenreCon 2015 this Saturday, May 2nd at 1:00pm.  We will be talking about the origin and creation of this new anthology of hard science fiction, how Ben Bova and I came up with the idea, found a publisher and the authors, obtained the stories, and put them together to create the collection.  GenreCon will be held at the Sarnia Public Library, located at 124 Christina Street South in Sarnia, Ontario.  Here is my full programming schedule:

10:00am — How Books Get Published

What is the way books are created and how can you access it to get the books you want to read or write in print or electronically?
Sandra Kasturi (moderator), Sylvia Hubbard, Brett Savory, Dennis Collins, Monica Royal, Eric Choi

11:00am — Meet and Greet

1:00pm — Carbide Tipped Pens

A conversation with Eric Choi about the origin and creation of this new anthology of hard science fiction he created with Ben Bova, how they came up with the idea, found a publisher and the authors, obtained the stories, and put them together to create the collection.
Jeff Beeler (moderator), Eric Choi

2:00pm — The Weird and the Wonderful

The attraction of reading and writing science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror.
Sandra Kastury (moderator), Brett Savory, Dennis Collins, Monica Royal, Eric Choi