{"id":9372,"date":"2019-06-29T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T22:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9372"},"modified":"2019-06-27T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:42:00","slug":"talkcast-415-a-short-novella-with-a-long-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9372","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 416 \u2013 A Short Novella With a Long Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8571\" style=\"width: 146px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8571\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8571\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Curtis-Lawson.png\" alt=\"Curtis Lawson\" width=\"136\" height=\"204\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curtis M. Lawson<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9373\" style=\"width: 181px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9373\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9373\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/230_DougRinaldi.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Rinaldi\" width=\"171\" height=\"194\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Rinaldi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If the title of your upcoming novella is \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/Those Who Go Forth into the Empty Place of Gods\" target=\"_blank\">Those Who Go Forth Into The Empty Place Of Gods<\/a>\u201d, it had<\/p>\n<p>better live up to it\u2019s name. Even more so when one of the collaborators in the effort is friend of the show <a href=\"http:\/\/curtismlawson.com\" target=\"_blank\">Curtis Lawson<\/a>. To talk about this book , Curtis brought along his co-conspirator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/5186653.Doug_Rinaldi\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Rinaldi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Without giving away anything about this powerful, playful, horror\u00a0filled and utterly charming novella, it combines aspects of television game shows, pop culture, The Princess Bride and Ghostbusters, while maintaining a \u201cpulpy diorama of gore\u201d. The conversation centered around:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The nature of the novella<\/li>\n<li>How and why it became what it is<\/li>\n<li>Was it as much fun to write as it\u00a0is to read<\/li>\n<li>How the two co-writers in arms met<\/li>\n<li>What was their particular collaboration like<\/li>\n<li>When can we expect more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All in all, this was one of the most relaxing conversations we have ever had. It is decidedly rare when one gets to read a book that asks the question: \u201c<em>Is my body nothing more than a decade old McDonald\u2019s hamburger found in a jacket pocket?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the chaos.<\/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-9372-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast416.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast416.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast416.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast416.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast416.mp3&id=9372\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9377\" style=\"width: 532px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Those-Forth-into-Empty-Place-ebook\/dp\/B07S9JJR39\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9377\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9377\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9377\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/those-who-go-forth-into-the-empty-place-of-gods-cover-02-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Those Who Go Forth into the Empty Place of Gods\" width=\"522\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/those-who-go-forth-into-the-empty-place-of-gods-cover-02-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/those-who-go-forth-into-the-empty-place-of-gods-cover-02-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/those-who-go-forth-into-the-empty-place-of-gods-cover-02-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/those-who-go-forth-into-the-empty-place-of-gods-cover-02.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Those Who Go Forth into the Empty Place of Gods Cover Art by Matthew Revert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=9372\" data-text=\"TalkCast 416 \u2013 A Short Novella With a Long Title\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9372\" 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%3D9372&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F06%2Fthose-who-go-forth-into-the-empty-place-of-gods-cover-02-683x1024.jpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20416%20%E2%80%93%20A%20Short%20Novella%20With%20a%20Long%20Title\" 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>If the title of your upcoming novella is \u2018Those Who Go Forth Into The Empty Place Of Gods\u201d, it had better live up to it\u2019s name. 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To talk about this book , Curtis brought along his co-conspirator [&hellip;]<\/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=9372\" data-text=\"TalkCast 416 \u2013 A Short Novella With a Long Title\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9372\" 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%3D9372&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F06%2Fthose-who-go-forth-into-the-empty-place-of-gods-cover-02-683x1024.jpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20416%20%E2%80%93%20A%20Short%20Novella%20With%20a%20Long%20Title\" 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},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9372"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9372"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9384,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9372\/revisions\/9384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}