Episode 278: Steven H Silver

Lunch on lamb with Steven H Silver as we discuss our shared status as record-breaking losers, my morbid suggestion about what he'll need to do upon my death, the reason he found The Silmarillion more interesting than The Lord of the Rings , how meeting Mel Brooks and other luminaries made him more at ease once he began attending science fiction conventions, the way a cancelled contest resulted in his first short fiction sale, what it was like to be in a writing workshop taught by Gene Wolfe, the allure of the alternate history subgenre (and how it differs from secret histories), what he learned publishing a novel in the middle of a global pandemic, the Easter eggs he scattered through After Hastings , and much more.

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Episode 278: Steven H Silver is an episode from Eating the Fantastic by Scott Edelman.

This episode is 02:02:41 long.

This episode was published on Mar 26, 2026.

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