{"id":7539,"date":"2014-09-13T20:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T00:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7539"},"modified":"2014-09-10T21:36:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T01:36:14","slug":"talkcast-247-steven-savile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7539","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 247 &#8211; Steven Savile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stevensavile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stevensavile-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"stevensavile\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stevensavile-300x248.jpg 300w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stevensavile.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/act.freepress.net\/sign\/internet_FCC_court_decision2\/?source=conf\">SAVE THE INTERNET<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20140901\/16294128388\/everything-youve-wanted-to-know-about-net-neutrality-were-afraid-to-ask.shtml\">What is Net Neutrality, and what should I know?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2014\/08\/25\/confronting-lovecrafts-racis.html\">Confronting Lovecraft&#8217;s racism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/whoa-neil-patrick-harris-and-david-burtka-secretly-go-1631905168\">Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka Secretly Got Married<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/roygbiv.jezebel.com\/harry-potters-jk-rowling-tells-off-fan-angry-dumbledore-1631744927\/+burtreynoldsismyspiritguide1\">Harry Potter&#8217;s JK Rowling Tells Off &#8216;Fan&#8217; Angry Dumbledore Was Gay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenerdmachine.com\/j-k-rowling-hints-a-patronus-test-may-be-coming-to-pottermore\/\">JK Rowling Hints Patronus Test on Pottermore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scifimafia.com\/2014\/09\/syfy-announces-arthur-c-clarkes-childhoods-end-miniseries-for-2015\/\">Syfy Announces Arthur C. Clarke\u2019s CHILDHOOD\u2019S END Miniseries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/toybox.io9.com\/marvels-new-thor-is-so-worthy-she-actually-rewrites-mj-1631865769\/+Ursus-Veritas\">Lady Thor Rewrites Mjolnir<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/agent-carter-shield-guest-star\/%20\">Peggy Carter to Guest Star on Agents of Shield<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s guest:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevensavile.com\">Steven Savile<\/a>\u00a0has written for Doctor Who, Torchwood, Primeval, Stargate, Warhammer, Arkham Horror, and other popular game and comic worlds.<\/p>\n<p>He won the International Media Association of Tie-In Writers award for his Primeval novel, SHADOW OF THE JAGUAR, published by Titan, in 2010, and The inaugural Lifeboat to the Stars award for TAU CETI (co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson). He also wrote Fantastic TV, a critical study of 50 years of science fiction on television.<\/p>\n<p>Steve has worked as a teacher, a burglar alarm salesman (for a day), a double glazing salesman (for a day), an auditor for a building company (managed a few weeks until he found out one of the partners was embezzling from the firm), in a fish factory (again for a day \u2013 there\u2019s a pattern here, can you see it?), and had various local Government jobs before becoming a full time writer.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, Kevin J Anderson burned Steve\u2019s story. In an open fire. Stranded in a cabin. He claims it was a matter of survival.<\/p>\n<p>Steven\u00a0has lived in Sweden for the last 17 years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;re talking to him about his novel,\u00a0London Macabre, which is part of the current <a href=\"http:\/\/storybundle.com\/darkfantasy\">Dark Fantasy Bundle<\/a>\u00a0over at StoryBundle. Steve is also curating the <a href=\"http:\/\/storybundle.com\/cyberpunk\">CyberPunk Bundle<\/a>.<\/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-7539-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast247.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast247.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast247.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast247.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast247.mp3&id=7539\" 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=7539\" data-text=\"TalkCast 247 - Steven Savile\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7539\" 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%3D7539&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F09%2Fstevensavile-300x248.jpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20247%20-%20Steven%20Savile\" 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>SAVE THE INTERNET \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0What is Net Neutrality, and what should I know? Confronting Lovecraft&#8217;s racism Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka Secretly Got Married Harry Potter&#8217;s JK Rowling Tells Off &#8216;Fan&#8217; Angry Dumbledore Was Gay JK Rowling Hints Patronus Test on Pottermore Syfy Announces Arthur C. 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