{"id":7403,"date":"2014-04-05T20:57:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T00:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7403"},"modified":"2014-04-05T20:57:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T00:57:43","slug":"talkcast-226-michael-j-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7403","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 226 &#8211; Michael J. Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-05-at-8.55.15-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7405\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-04-05 at 8.55.15 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-05-at-8.55.15-PM-189x300.png\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-05-at-8.55.15-PM-189x300.png 189w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-05-at-8.55.15-PM.png 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencefiction.com\/2014\/04\/02\/anomalycon-2014-tracy-hickman-sobering-news-aspiring-writers\/\">Tracey Hickman Has Sobering News For Aspiring Writers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bleedingcool.com\/2014\/04\/03\/jack-kirbys-heirs-have-only-just-begun-to-fight-and-petition-supreme-court-over-marvel-rights\/\">Jack Kirby\u2019s Heirs Petition Supreme Court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/sch\/merchant\/theinkwellawards\">Inkwell Awards Auction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\">POLL: Which rockstar is likely an alien?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s guest is Michael J. Sullivan, who&#8217;s here to tell us about his new book,\u00a0<em>Hollow World<\/em>. \u00a0Here&#8217;s the blurb from GoodReads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ellis Rogers is an ordinary man who is about to embark on an extraordinary journey. All his life he has played it safe and done the right thing, but when faced with a terminal illness, he\u2019s willing to take an insane gamble. He\u2019s built a time machine in his garage, and if it works, he\u2019ll face a world that challenges his understanding of what it means to be human, what it takes to love, and the cost of paradise. He could find more than a cure for his illness; he might find what everyone has been searching for since time began\u2026but only if he can survive Hollow World.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also talk to Michael about alternative publishing models, both their dangers and their advantages.<\/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-7403-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast226.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast226.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast226.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast226.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast226.mp3&id=7403\" 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=7403\" data-text=\"TalkCast 226 - Michael J. 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