One of the great things about Twitter is its ability to easily converse with those who you might not otherwise get to speak with. I’ve had a few occasions where I’ve sent tweets to “famous people” – or, at least, more famous than I – with little to no response. That’s not wholly unexpected, honestly, if you’re someone who has thousands of followers. Hell, I don’t reply to even my real life friends sometimes.

Just in the passed day, however, Twitter allowed me to connect with someone we’ve actually talked about on the show: Scott Westefeld. Through a series of but four tweets, we had an incredible thought provoking dialogue:

ScottWesterfeld:

Just read three reviews of Leviathan in a row, none of which mentions the illustrations. (Silly adults.)

garretble:

@ScottWesterfeld I did a review a bit ago and I definitely mentioned the great visuals! http://www.pressednbound.net/episode-82-hatisode/

ScottWesterfeld:

@garretble Dude, you totally GOT IT. Yes, I am a lucky man to have Keith alongside. Anyone who doesn’t get the pix fails at the book.

garretble:

@ScottWesterfeld Indeed, my friend. High five!

So there you have it. Scott is a cool guy, a good author, and you would be remiss to ignore how interesting Leviathan is.

Leviathan was further discussed on Episode 82.

Last time, we brought you a bio of Scott Westerfeld, author of super cool, steampunktastic Leviathan. Today, following in those punky steam boots, we’ll discuss another author who rolls in that genre: Cherie Priest. Just a few weeks ago, her latest novel, Boneshaker, was released, replete with zombies, airships, and a walled Civil War era Seattle full of craziness; and from all I can tell, it’s pretty damned cool.
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Today, as a birthday gift, I was given a novel (as people are wont to do; when you host a show about novels, expect novels as gifts. Protip: buying me a novel is essentially a guarantee that I will like the gift). The gift got me to thinking: again, since we may or may not do a show about novels, and have run through quite a swath of authors over the last 81 episodes, it would not be a horrible idea to delve a little further into the lives of those authors we are only given so long to discuss on the show. So to start things off, let’s discuss Scott Westerfeld, author of the newly released novel Leviathan. By “newly” I mean really newly. Like…yesterday newly.
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