{"id":5273,"date":"2011-12-31T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5273"},"modified":"2011-12-31T11:22:42","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T16:22:42","slug":"talkcast-114-rob-watts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5273","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 114 &#8211; Rob Watts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5277\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?attachment_id=5277\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5277\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5277\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5277\" title=\"huldufolk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/huldufolk-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/huldufolk-200x300.png 200w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/huldufolk.png 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huldufolk by Rob Watts<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>This week&#8217;s \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sci-Fi-Saturday-Night\/142340463143\">SFSN Facebook Poll<\/a> reveals Patrick Stewart should play The Dome in his biopic!<\/li>\n<li>The Top 5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/17635-science-journal-retractions-2011.html?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=LS_12272011\">Hard Science Retractions<\/a> of 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Ghost Rider creator loses lawsuit.<\/li>\n<li>Buy a <a href=\"http:\/\/scifimafia.com\/2011\/12\/doctor-who-mmo-worlds-in-time-launched-in-beta-and-available-to-all\/\">Batman print<\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/superpunch.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/great-artist-in-need-of-commissions.html\"> help a talented artist<\/a> with her medical bills.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/savoyards\/cgi-bin\/\">Pirates of Penzance meets Firefly<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airlockalpha.com\/node\/8850\/doctor-who-special-falls-to-record-low.html\">The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe<\/a> hits record low ratings.<\/li>\n<li>Cruise ships follow\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/titanicmemorialcruise.co.uk\/\">The Titanic<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Doctor Who MMO <a href=\"http:\/\/scifimafia.com\/2011\/12\/doctor-who-mmo-worlds-in-time-launched-in-beta-and-available-to-all\/\">Worlds In Time<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Neverending Story\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dangerousminds.net\/comments\/the_neverending_story_themed_e_reader_cover\">E-Reader cover<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5869942\/watch-the-first-trailer-for-peter-jacksons-the-hobbit-now\">The Hobbit trailer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our guest is <a href=\"http:\/\/robwattsonline.com\/\">Rob Watts<\/a> author of Huldufolk, a horror novel set in both Iceland and Massachusetts. He is also a musician and songwriter for The Traffic Lights, an Icelandic Trance band whose music is integral to the book. Currently, the book and CD can only be purchased <a href=\"http:\/\/robwattsonline.com\/discography.html\">together<\/a>. Go watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uXzYJ5-Ouu0\" target=\"_blank\">teaser<\/a> to get a taste of the book&#8217;s deliciously creepy setting.<\/p>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5273-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast114.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast114.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast114.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast114.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast114.mp3&id=5273\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5273\" data-text=\"TalkCast 114 - Rob Watts\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5273\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D5273&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F12%2Fhuldufolk-200x300.png&#038;description=TalkCast%20114%20-%20Rob%20Watts\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s \u00a0SFSN Facebook Poll reveals Patrick Stewart should play The Dome in his biopic! The Top 5 Hard Science Retractions of 2011. Ghost Rider creator loses lawsuit. Buy a Batman print and help a talented artist with her medical bills. Pirates of Penzance meets Firefly. 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