Episode 562: Alternative History and the Dragon Awards with the Coolest Cats Alive!

The Blasters & Blades Podcast

We’ve got one of my favorite panel chats for you, mostly because it was my flavor of nerdiness. Thanks to a friend of the show, Bill Fawcett, we had on an amazing panel of guests to talk about alternative history. We had on legendary authors Mercedes Lackey, Steve SM Stirling and Harry Turtledove for this fun discussion. Is there a cooler panel to gather together for this topic? I can’t think of one, that’s for sure! We ranged far and wide, talking about so many things. I wish we could have gone on for hours, but they had to do things like sleeping and eating. Anyway, this was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!!

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