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Speculative Book Review is a huge fan of Tim Marquitz's work and when he offered to do an interview and catch up we jumped at the chance.  Speculative Book Review: It has been a while since you last stopped by, care to reintroduce yourself to the Speculative Book Review readers? Tim Marquitz : Howdy, everyone. I’m Tim Marquitz, author, editor, publisher, and cook and personal manservant—according to my wife. My primary series is the Demon Squad, and urban fantasy romp with tons of action and juvenile humor, but I have a ton of stuff out there, to include a number of anthology appearances through several presses such as Night Shade and Grim Oak Press. SBR: Why should Influx, Clandestine Daze be the next book everyone reads? TM: Because it rocks, of course. That aside I’ve seen a trend in urban fantasy where all the main characters are touted as these badass malcontents and yet most of them never live up to it. They stick their toe into the gray and claim badness but that’s not the...

I recently received a review copy of Carolyn Ives Gilman's novel, Dark Orbit and plan to read later this month but Carolyn was nice enough to stop by and provide us with an interview. So without further ado: Speculative Book Review: Care to introduce yourself to the Speculative Book Review readers? Carolyn Ives Gilman:  I am Carolyn Ives Gilman, and my fourth speculative fiction novel, Dark Orbit , comes out in July 2015.   It is set in the Twenty Planets universe—the same as my first novel, Halfway Human , though only one minor character appears in both books .   It’s also the universe for three of my novellas ( The Honeycrafters , Arkfall , and The Ice Owl ).   All three were nominated for Nebula Awards; the last one also made it to the Hugo ballot.   So this universe has been popular with readers, and I thought I ought to spend more time in it. When I’m not on one of the Twenty Planets, I spend my time developing exhibits at the National Museum of the America...