Suvudu Live Chats: Quick Links and Summaries

China Miéville

China was our first Author Chat participant, and was a teriffic guy with whom to lead off. Want an idea of how the chat went? Here are a couple snipets to give you a taste:

[on genres and crime fiction]

(2:37) China: "I think the kind of hyperreal, apparently-moralist (though often not) intense scrutiny of the everyday in the best crime fiction makes it amazingly powerful as a form."

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(2:43) Chris the Editor: To keep this answer short, let's try word association: "Cephalopod."

China: Apotheosis.

View the chat here: China Miéville Live Chat

Christopher Paolini and Terry Brooks

In what became one of our biggest chats, Christopher Paolini and Terry Brooks both came by to talk about anything and everything to do with Fantasy and their works.

View the chat here: Christopher Paolini and Terry Brooks Live Chat

Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry

Our Star Wars Essential Atlas chat featured the authors and A LOT of Star Wars cartography discussion and some really cool images.

View the chat here: Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry Live Chat

Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier

Dubbed the "cutest couple in comics" (you'll have to check out the chat to know why), Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier came by to talk about their work on X-Men: Misfits (Vol. 1), but ended up talking about much more including their upcoming projects and other items.

View the chat here: Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier Live Chat

David Anthony Durham

Fresh off his John W Campbell Award victory, author David Anthony Durham (Acacia, The Other Lands), stopped by to talk about his work and what it felt like to win the award for Best New Writer (2009).

View the chat here: David Anthony Durham Live Chat

Harry Connolly

Harry Connolly, author of , chatted about being a first-time published author and the joys, struggles, and realizations that come with reaching the first publication.

View the chat here: Harry Connolly Live Chat

Live Chat RPG

Jason Thompson (King of RPGs, Manga: The Complete Guide) hosted a live roleplaying game here on Suvudu with authors Diana Rowland, Peter V. Brett, and Ari Marmell in addition to a few lucky Suvudu guests. The result was a lot of fun, jokes, and an interesting transformation.

View the event here: Live Chat RPG

Paranormal Roundtable

View the chat here: Paranormal Roundtable Live Chat

Kelly Armstrong, Diana Rowland, Jenna Black, Lucy A. Snyder, Carolyn Crane, and Alex Prentiss all joined in for a wide-ranging discussion about Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance genres: the intersections, the differences, readership, and much more.

Naomi Novik and Scott Westerfeld

In November of 2009, Naomi Novik and Scott Westerfeld dropped by to discuss their works and careers, along with the challenges and benefits that come with writing fiction that transcends both genre and age categories.

View the chat here: Naomi Novik and Scott Westerfeld Live Chat

Nina Matsumoto

Nina, an Eisner Award-winning illustrator, dropped in and talked about working on The Simpsons, webcomics, manga, her latest Yokaiden books, Avatar: The Last Airbender (the manga of which she will be drawing), and much more. We included a lot of Nina's art in this one. Be sure to check it out.

View the chat here: Nina Matsumoto Live Chat

Peter Brett and Robert V.S. Redick

Peter V. Brett (The Warded Man, The Desert Spear) and Robert V.S. Redick (The Red Wolf Conspiracy, Rats of the Ruling Sea) appeared in our first dual-author chat and discussed a lot of awesome cover art in addition to covering their books and careers to-date.

View the chat here: Peter Brett and Robert V.S. Redick Live Chat

Terry Brooks

Terry Brooks stops by again for another chat with fans.

View Terry's Chat here: Terry Brooks Live Chat