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Media Interviews

Spider and Jeanne have been interviewed about their work in many different formats over the years, and now, due to the magic of internet media, we can bring some of those interviews to you.

 

 

 

• Spider gave a print interview to the Internet Review of Science Fiction. Link to the interview here, but you have to sign up for a free subscription first.

• Spider was interviewed on the SF podcast StarShipSofa. Download the podcast here.

• Spider was interviewed for the online Canadian science fiction and short story magazine Challenging Destiny. Read the full interview at http://www.challengingdestiny.com/interviews/robinson.htm.

• Spider gave a live chat interview to the Xfire gaming community, during their August Sci-Fi Week. Read the transcript of the full chat on their site at http://www.xfire.com/cms/xf_scifi_week_robinson/

• SpaceChannel.TV interviewed Spider prior to his round-table discussion at the HR MacMillan Space Centre. In the interview he discusses his collaboration with the science advisors who helped him write VARIABLE STAR, and talks about his recent position as writer-in-residence for the Space Centre. Watch the 15 minute interview at http://spacechannel.tv/bm/detail.php?c=5&i=6fad5b662645841cb21924fe42c9f742dfc14eee

• The Library of Congress has archived Spider and Jeanne's talk from the 2006 National Book Festival. Watch the full 40 minute video at http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3997

• Carol Pinchefsky from SciFi.com interviews Spider about his collaborations with Robert Heinlein and David Crosby while working on VARIABLE STAR. Read it at http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw13876.html

• ExpandedBooks.com has released a video interview with Spider and David Crosby talking about their collaboration on VARIABLE STAR. You can also hear the full audio of the interview as a podcast at http://www.expandedbooks.com/video/view/110.

• John Snider from Scifi Dimensions interviews Spider about writing in general, and about his process of working on VARIABLE STAR. Read it at http://www.scifidimensions.com/Sep06/spiderrobinson.htm

• Sci Fi Wire, the news service of the Sci Fi Channel published an online interview with Spider discussing his upcoming novel VARIABLE STAR. Read it at http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=35964.

• Science Fiction author and interviewer Steve Cobb hosts a 79-minute podcast called "The Future and You: Ideas and Opinion about the Future based on verifiable facts of today," on his website www.thefutureandyou.com.

  Steve includes interviews with Spider Robinson in episodes from February 25, March 11, and March 25, 2006. Download all interviews as MP3 from www.thefutureandyou.libsyn.com.

• The February 2004 issue of Locus, the magazine of the science fiction and fantasy field (www.locusmag.com), features a lengthy interview with Spider by Editorial Director Jennifer Hall, adorned by some splendid Beth Gwinn photos taken at Torcon 3.

  Spider's fans can order the full interview in the February issue postage free (save $2.00) or completely free with a subscription to Locus! Link here to order: http://www.locusmag.com/2004/Issues/02SubscribeRobinson.html.

• Daniel Finger, from German radio station EINS in Berlin, interviews Jeanne (with Spider sitting in) immediately after the Columbia tragedy, exploring her thoughts as a former Shuttle candidate.

  Part 1 (3'30" - 3.2 MB .mp3) - download
  Part 2 (3'17" - 3.0 MB .mp3) - download
  Part 3 (3'15" - 3.0 MB .mp3) - download

• Spider is interviewed on the internet radio program Your Mac Life, a show for and about Apple and Macintosh users. The segment is about 20 minutes long.

  6.6 MB .mp3 audio - download

• Spider is interviewed about THE FREE LUNCH in the online SF magazine SFRevu. Read it at http://www.sfrevu.com/ISSUES/2001/0110/9827%20Spider%20Robinson/interview.htm