{"id":9045,"date":"2018-06-24T07:28:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T11:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9045"},"modified":"2018-06-24T07:28:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T11:28:40","slug":"talkcast-385-the-dystopian-worlds-of-mike-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9045","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 385 \u2013 The Dystopian Worlds of Mike French"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9046\" style=\"width: 334px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9046\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9046\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/51iT9kAl6DL.jpg\" alt=\"Fictional Alignment \" width=\"324\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/51iT9kAl6DL.jpg 324w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/51iT9kAl6DL-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fictional Alignment<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On this episode, we are joined by multi faceted human <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/default\/e\/B0054GG5BS?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true\" target=\"_blank\">Mike French <\/a>who comes by to talk with us about book two in his series dealing with the coming devaluation of humans <a href=\"https:\/\/mike-frenchuk.squarespace.com\/fictional-alignment\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Fictional Alignment&#8217;<\/a>. While this is the second book in the series, it does function quite well as a stand-alone (I know this only because I read book 1 well afterwards). We got a rare glimpse into the very \u201cinteresting mind of <a href=\"https:\/\/mike-frenchuk.squarespace.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mike<\/a> and got the opportunity to talk on a multitude of subjects including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/default\/e\/B0054GG5BS?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true\" target=\"_blank\">His other works<\/a><\/li>\n<li>His beginnings<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mike-frenchuk.squarespace.com\/blog\/?offset=1528817432763&amp;reversePaginate=true\" target=\"_blank\">His musses, both dark and otherwise<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How he finds the time to write<\/li>\n<li>What he both wrote and illustrated this current book<\/li>\n<li>Why this series is a hybrid graphic novel<\/li>\n<li>Why banking didn\u2019t suit him.<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s his favourite colour. 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