Interview suggestions!

[Tamahome]

I thought that said Benedict Cumberbatch.

[AndrewP]

Oh yes, Ben Aaronovitch, awesome idea. Would love to see Guy Ritchie make a Rivers of London movie :)

[Alan]

AndrewP wrote: "Oh yes, Ben Aaronovitch, awesome idea. Would love to see Guy Ritchie make a Rivers of London movie :)"
Not sure about Guy Ritchie, but yes, a movie could be awesome . . . Delay final judgment until I have read some of the sequels!

[Iain]

AndrewP wrote: "Oh yes, Ben Aaronovitch, awesome idea. Would love to see Guy Ritchie make a Rivers of London movie :)"

Christ no, I want a good movie. Definitely needs to be a UK police procedural.

[Silvana]

Rivers of London would be a great miniseries like Broadchurch (funnier of course)

And Aaronovitch was Doctor Who's former writer, so TV would be more suitable maybe.

[Darren]

Fiona Staples

[Alan]

Darren wrote: "Fiona Staples"
No

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

Alan wrote: "Darren wrote: "Fiona Staples"
No"

Why not?

She is the best (IMO) comic book artist in the world at the moment.

I think an interview with her and Brian K. Vaughan about "Saga" and their other works would be a great interview

[Alan]

Tassie Dave wrote: "Alan wrote: "Darren wrote: "Fiona Staples"
No"

Why not?

She is the best (IMO) comic book artist in the world at the moment...."

Ah. Possible misunderstanding. If you are back at the stated theme of this thread and proposing her for an interview, then sorry, I misunderstood, no problem at all.
I thought you were following the immediately-preceding posts, and proposing her for involvement in a film of Rivers Of London - and for that, No, her techniques are not appropriate.

[James]

James Islington

[Jim]

How about:

Stephen King... Dark Tower is coming to the big screen this summer!
Garth Nix
Andrzej Sapkowski ... As long as language isn't a problem. I think he would be a great guest.

[Alex]

Ann and Jeff Vandermeer.

Jeff has a new book coming out, Borne.
They have edited the Big Book of Science Fiction and are working on the Big Book of Classic Fantasy.

Seems like a perfect fit for S&L.

[David H.]

How about Rachel Cordasco? @Rcordas

She does the SF In Translation website, always promoting translated works online and other places.

[Tom]

Would love to hear an interview with Tal Klein (author of one of my favorite SF books of the year, The Punch Escrow). I've seen some interviews with him online and he wrote a really interesting piece on the future of 3D printing and replication on boingboing.

[Ed]

Some that may be interesting:

Charlie Stross (Louise, in #46 and I may be on the same page here...)
Peter Watts
Greg Egan
CJ Cherryh
Robert Reed (of, among other books, Marrow)
Yoon Ha Lee
Joan Vinge
Roberta MacAvoy
Nicola Griffith

[Kev]

Delilah S. Dawson. Not sure what else SF/F she's written - I know she's written a couple pieces in the Star Wars universe. I saw her on a couple of panels at ECCC this past weekend and she's well-spoken and funny.

[Tina]

Mur Lafferty
Margaret Atwood

[Silvana]

Alyssa Wong!

[Silvana]

Ed wrote: "Some that may be interesting:

Yoon Ha Lee"

and him too. I like to have more short fiction writers.

[Ed]

Martin wrote: "China Miéville"

I'd like to second that.

[Rob, Roberator]

Jarod wrote: "I would love to be interviewed. I'm confident we would have a stimulating conversation. I understand that nobody really knows me. I intend to change that with time and involvement in this group.in ..."

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[Phil On The Hill]

I would love you to interview one of the up and coming British Women authors: Emma Newman,Anna Stephens, Vic James, Jen Williams etc.

[Rod]

Author Sangu Mandanna is writing a fascinating and fantastic fantasy series based on South Asian mythology and traditions. She would make a great interview subject

[Stephen]

As he nears the completion of 43 years of Shannara stories, I think it would be cool for you to interview Terry Brooks. He has such great insight on the industry and is beloved by his fans.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

Stephen wrote: "As he nears the completion of 43 years of Shannara stories, I think it would be cool for you to interview Terry Brooks. He has such great insight on the industry and is beloved by his fans."

S&L did interview Terry back in 2013, but it doesn't look like the video is available to watch :-?

http://swordandlaser.com/home/2013/1/...

[Silvana]

I'd love S&L to interview the editors of semiprozines like FIYAH, Uncanny, and Strange Horizons.

[Tamahome]

Martha "Murderbot" Wells. I've heard her say she has a lot of free time.

[Mark]

P. Djèlí Clark

[Iain]

We haven't read any of his books but John Birmingham might be a lot of fun to interview.

[Sembazuru]

There are lots of really good suggestions above. A couple that I can think of that I may have missed scanning all the suggestions so far:
Brandon Sanderson
Eric Flint
Marie Brennan (I'm currently reading her Doppleganger Omnibus)

And a suggestion that I'm surprised that I haven't seen as a guest host idea is LeVar Burton. (I also follow his LeVar Burton Reads podcast.)

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

Brandon Sanderson was on Show # 25
https://swordandlaser.com/home/2009/1...

He was also on one of the early video shows
https://archive.org/details/SALEp126

Marie Brennan was on Show # 157
http://swordandlaser.com/home/2013/12...

LeVar Burton was also on one of the video shows
https://archive.org/details/SALEp112

If you want to see who has been interviewed. We have a page on the S&L Wiki that shows all interviewees:
https://swordandlaser.fandom.com/wiki...

[Phil On The Hill]

Gareth Powell
Alistair Reynolds

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

Phil On The Hill wrote: "Alistair Reynolds"

Alastair Reynolds has been interviewed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsZZu...

[Phil On The Hill]

Tassie Dave wrote: "Phil On The Hill wrote: "Alistair Reynolds"

Alastair Reynolds has been interviewed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsZZu..."

Cheers, I missed this one.

[Dazerla]

Neil Gaiman
N.K. Jemisin
Martha Wells
Rivers Solomon
Tamsyn Muir
Alex E. Harrow

[William]

Phil On The Hill wrote: "I would love you to interview one of the up and coming British Women authors: Emma Newman,Anna Stephens, Vic James, Jen Williams..."

I second this and add Janet Edwards to the list.

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

T. Kingfisher
Jonathan Maberry
Jim Butcher

not an author, but audiobook narrator extraordinaire Ray Porter would be a cool interview.

[Phil On The Hill]

William wrote: "Phil On The Hill wrote: "I would love you to interview one of the up and coming British Women authors: Emma Newman,Anna Stephens, Vic James, [aut..."

I would third this list.

[Trike]

Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "T. Kingfisher
Jonathan Maberry
Jim Butcher

not an author, but audiobook narrator extraordinaire Ray Porter would be a cool interview."

Dazerla wrote: "Neil Gaiman
N.K. Jemisin
Martha Wells
Rivers Solomon
Tamsyn Muir
Alex E. Harrow"

Jemisin has been on, as has Butcher.

Here’s a list of authors interviewed thus far:

https://swordandlaser.fandom.com/wiki...

[John (Taloni)]

Could we get Larry Niven? He's getting up there in age, would be nice to get him on. Maybe a duo with Steven Barnes? Well, I can dream.

[Clyde]

John (Taloni) wrote: "Could we get Larry Niven? He's getting up there in age, would be nice to get him on. Maybe a duo with Steven Barnes? Well, I can dream."

Heh. Well as long as we are dreaming, summon Jerry Pournelle's ghost too! 😃

[Tamahome]

Now you can get Jim Butcher and his son James Butcher who has a new book that looks Dresden Filesy.

[John (Taloni)]

^ My wife bought that book thinking it was Jim Butcher. She says it's actually pretty good. I might check it out if the TBR gets low.

[Tamahome]

It seems like a somewhat sketchy marketing tactic, but Brian Lee Durfee liked the book. He said the fighting was more grounded.

[Trike]

I had no idea Jim Butcher had kids. So a quick search reveals that James was born about a month before Jim turned 20. Jim Sr. will be 51 next week, while James Jr. recently turned 31. 10-26-71 and 9-20-91.

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

Ooo Dead Man's Hand looks good.

[Tamahome]

Lauren Beukes might be good since The Shining Girls became a tv series. Although I have a weird deja vu feeling it's been done already. Maybe a time traveling serial killer changed things.

[Jan]

Does anyone remember when we had the last interview?

Edit: July 2020

[Todd]

How about Alan Baxter?

I'd like to see more books set in Australia.

[Tamahome]

Abercrombie at V's house!