Interview w/AD-B on Ep 172 Combat Phase podcast

[veterannoob]

Here she is, a great and loaded interview. (not that the host or guest was loaded... )

http://traffic.libsyn.com/combatphase/Ep_172_-_Aaron_Dembski-Bowden__his_worksupcoming_works.mp3

We talk news, hobby and games played. Kenny did Apocalypse,Robert played a variety of games. Lots of exciting news this week but most importantly, Kenny is finally joined by expert BL author, Aaron Dembski-Bowden talking his writing style, old and recent books, the Master of Mankind coming to wide sale this weekend, what's coming up in the Black Legion series and more. Don't miss this long-awaited interview! (starts about 45 minutes in)

Zach follows AD-B with an exciting conversation about the successful and now GW-sponsored London GT event (40 & 30K) coming in May.

Enjoy! I know you will.

[m0nolith]

Great Interview!

Im really hoping ADB does at least one more HH book like he said he might.

*cough* a Blood Angels book set during the siege *cough*

[bluntblade]

Well, he wants to write some Loyalists. Add to that that the other writers have all rather claimed Legions for the Siege, at least on the Loyalist side

[Marshal Loss]

Was excellent, thanks!

[Noserenda]

Any chance of a transcript?

[veterannoob]

Well, he wants to write some Loyalists. Add to that that the other writers have all rather claimed Legions for the Siege, at least on the Loyalist side

I was watching his BL Live Q&A last night which happened ~2 weeks after the recording of this interview and it looks like he's been unwittingly penciled in But if it came down to Thunderdome, I have faith AD-B would get a book in. Not vs. the scrappy Guy, but he could take out both of the Davids, I think.

[JH79]

Great interview, thanks for posting dude!!

[HeritorA]

Here she is, a great and loaded interview. (not that the host or guest was loaded... )

http://traffic.libsyn.com/combatphase/Ep_172_-_Aaron_Dembski-Bowden__his_worksupcoming_works.mp3

We talk news, hobby and games played. Kenny did Apocalypse,Robert played a variety of games. Lots of exciting news this week but most importantly, Kenny is finally joined by expert BL author, Aaron Dembski-Bowden talking his writing style, old and recent books, the Master of Mankind coming to wide sale this weekend, what's coming up in the Black Legion series and more. Don't miss this long-awaited interview! (starts about 45 minutes in)

Zach follows AD-B with an exciting conversation about the successful and now GW-sponsored London GT event (40 & 30K) coming in May.

Enjoy! I know you will.

Ty for the great job! Amazing!

[veterannoob]

Glad you all enjoyed it. I certainly did. AD-B will be back in December before Xmas with several BL authors, designers, pro painters, podcasters and fans from around the world (seriously) in 10-15 min. interviews sharing their reflections on A Decade of Horus Heresy for that episode. I'm steering guests so we get different answers from everybody, beyond the expected, "Holy :cuss, it's been 10 years, really?!!?"

[HeritorA]

Glad you all enjoyed it. I certainly did. AD-B will be back in December before Xmas with several BL authors, designers, pro painters, podcasters and fans from around the world (seriously) in 10-15 min. interviews sharing their reflections on A Decade of Horus Heresy for that episode. I'm steering guests so we get different answers from everybody, beyond the expected, "Holy , it's been 10 years, really?!!?"

Thanks for the reminder. 10 years indeed, lol - 'I was where, then Horus killed an Emperor' :)

[veterannoob]

It's over 15 guests so it'll be a full episode but, what the hell, merry Xmas to all! 

[veterannoob]

Glad you all enjoyed it. I certainly did. AD-B will be back in December before Xmas with several BL authors, designers, pro painters, podcasters and fans from around the world (seriously) in 10-15 min. interviews sharing their reflections on A Decade of Horus Heresy for that episode. I'm steering guests so we get different answers from everybody, beyond the expected, "Holy , it's been 10 years, really?!!?"

Thanks for the reminder. 10 years indeed, lol - 'I was where, then Horus killed an Emperor'

Wanna be on the show as a fan? PM me, or twitter or FB . we're connected. It's only 10-15 minutes each but an all-star cast for this show. I started planning a few months back to give HH the recognition it deserves at a decade of awesome.

[bluntblade]

I haven't listened to the whole thing yet, but I like what I've heard and am now pondering what AD-B said about battle scenes. I might kick off a thread about that, actually.

[veterannoob]

I haven't listened to the whole thing yet, but I like what I've heard and am now pondering what AD-B said about battle scenes. I might kick off a thread about that, actually.

Go for it. He was nice enough to talk about how he writes war which was something I assumed more folks than I wanted to know.

[DarkChaplain]

I honestly would've bought that Elf love story. Nevermind Asdrubael Vect, that's something I wanted explored for ages.

[veterannoob]

@ darkchap I would have too!

[bluntblade]

 

I haven't listened to the whole thing yet, but I like what I've heard and am now pondering what AD-B said about battle scenes. I might kick off a thread about that, actually.

 

Go for it. He was nice enough to talk about how he writes war which was something I assumed more folks than I wanted to know.

Said thread is up and can be found here

[Ranwulf]

Great interview!

 

Veterannoob, it would be reaalllly cool if you could get Jonathan Keeble for an interview. You talked a bit on how he played some great characters and voices, like Angron. It would be awesome to know if he is the one that picks ADB stories to narrate, or it just happens because of his voice. I mean, the guy narrated Betrayer, Talon of Horus, Prince of Crows, and now Master of Mankind.

 

Ran

[veterannoob]

Great interview!

 

Veterannoob, it would be reaalllly cool if you could get Jonathan Keeble for an interview. You talked a bit on how he played some great characters and voices, like Angron. It would be awesome to know if he is the one that picks ADB stories to narrate, or it just happens because of his voice. I mean, the guy narrated Betrayer, Talon of Horus, Prince of Crows, and now Master of Mankind.

 

Ran

Funny you mention that. I'm exploring doing a narrator interview episode and how that would work. You may indeed get this wish. Many have requested it in the past year.

Glad you enjoyed the interview. So many more coming. Watch for the Reflections/Tribute to a decade of Horus Heresy coming before Christmas with an allstar cast of authors, designers, propainters, podcasters and fans from around the world. You probably know some of them:) 

[Cleanse And Purify]

awesome interview! I greatly appreciate the fact that ADB continues to interact with us fans on the forums and give insightful interviews like this. Having seen how fandoms can treat the authors working within said fandoms (I was around as a young fellow for when the great Karen Traviss blow up happened in Star Wars fandom, and I've seen other similar episodes in fantasy/sci-fi), I think it takes a lot of mental fortitude to weather all the BS we collectively fling your way. Having made something of an ass of myself to you in an earlier thread, I'll just stop being a gushy fan and say thanks for hanging out with us, you're a cool dude :)

[HeritorA]

awesome interview! I greatly appreciate the fact that ADB continues to interact with us fans on the forums and give insightful interviews like this. Having seen how fandoms can treat the authors working within said fandoms (I was around as a young fellow for when the great Karen Traviss blow up happened in Star Wars fandom, and I've seen other similar episodes in fantasy/sci-fi), I think it takes a lot of mental fortitude to weather all the BS we collectively fling your way. Having made something of an ass of myself to you in an earlier thread, I'll just stop being a gushy fan and say thanks for hanging out with us, you're a cool dude

True. A D-B are an amazing chap. Then he gets people right. Cause sometimes it seems he think them bad :)

[bluntblade]

awesome interview! I greatly appreciate the fact that ADB continues to interact with us fans on the forums and give insightful interviews like this. Having seen how fandoms can treat the authors working within said fandoms (I was around as a young fellow for when the great Karen Traviss blow up happened in Star Wars fandom, and I've seen other similar episodes in fantasy/sci-fi), I think it takes a lot of mental fortitude to weather all the BS we collectively fling your way. Having made something of an ass of myself to you in an earlier thread, I'll just stop being a gushy fan and say thanks for hanging out with us, you're a cool dude :)

What did the Great Blow Up entail, apart from the obvious?

[HeritorA]

Glad you all enjoyed it. I certainly did. AD-B will be back in December before Xmas with several BL authors, designers, pro painters, podcasters and fans from around the world (seriously) in 10-15 min. interviews sharing their reflections on A Decade of Horus Heresy for that episode. I'm steering guests so we get different answers from everybody, beyond the expected, "Holy , it's been 10 years, really?!!?"

Thanks for the reminder. 10 years indeed, lol - 'I was where, then Horus killed an Emperor'

Wanna be on the show as a fan? PM me, or twitter or FB . we're connected. It's only 10-15 minutes each but an all-star cast for this show. I started planning a few months back to give HH the recognition it deserves at a decade of awesome.

Definitely want to be. I sent a PM for you, but it's 3rd day something wrong with BC so a fatal exception appears. I don't know if you get the PM. How can I contact you, brother?

[Cleanse And Purify]

awesome interview! I greatly appreciate the fact that ADB continues to interact with us fans on the forums and give insightful interviews like this. Having seen how fandoms can treat the authors working within said fandoms (I was around as a young fellow for when the great Karen Traviss blow up happened in Star Wars fandom, and I've seen other similar episodes in fantasy/sci-fi), I think it takes a lot of mental fortitude to weather all the BS we collectively fling your way. Having made something of an ass of myself to you in an earlier thread, I'll just stop being a gushy fan and say thanks for hanging out with us, you're a cool dude

What did the Great Blow Up entail, apart from the obvious?

Um, essentially a group of fans on TheForce.Com forums and stardestroyer.net (the latter was an infamous hangout for grognard neckbeards obsessed with "proving" things like how the Empire in Star Wars could militarily conquer every other fictional space empire, or something dumb like that) REALLY disliked her portrayal of the Clone Troopers in some of her Star Wars novels. In particular, they really disliked how she said there was only 3 million clone troopers in the Grand Army of the Republic, as opposed to the billions-trillions that would logically be necessary for a galactic war on the scale portrayed in the movies and books. These fans constantly complained and grumbled, often at Traviss herself on the forums she frequented and her blogs, and essentially led to her ceasing her efforts as a Star Wars novelist.

When I say "complained" and "grumbled," I may be underselling it a bit. People were extraordinarily nasty to her, and there were whole thread dedicated to "Why Karen Traviss sucks and everything she writes is crap." I thought it was all rather crass and obnoxious, even as a 14-year old (this was a while ago), and I liked her first two novels (the later ones were not as good IMO, but didn't warrant the hate she provoked). I am fine with criticizing authors, even ones I like, but this crossed the line from "criticism" into "vitriolic personal attacks" far too quickly, and stayed that way for far too long. Traviss herself ended up cursing out more than one fan, which seems only natural IMO, but was of course received poorly by the same venomous who provoked the response.

In the end, it was an exceptionally nasty display of how obnoxious and entitled fans can be regarding the works published within the shared universes they enjoy, and it was one of the things that put me right off Star Wars.

[HeritorA]

awesome interview! I greatly appreciate the fact that ADB continues to interact with us fans on the forums and give insightful interviews like this. Having seen how fandoms can treat the authors working within said fandoms (I was around as a young fellow for when the great Karen Traviss blow up happened in Star Wars fandom, and I've seen other similar episodes in fantasy/sci-fi), I think it takes a lot of mental fortitude to weather all the BS we collectively fling your way. Having made something of an ass of myself to you in an earlier thread, I'll just stop being a gushy fan and say thanks for hanging out with us, you're a cool dude

What did the Great Blow Up entail, apart from the obvious?

Um, essentially a group of fans on TheForce.Com forums and stardestroyer.net (the latter was an infamous hangout for grognard neckbeards obsessed with "proving" things like how the Empire in Star Wars could militarily conquer every other fictional space empire, or something dumb like that) REALLY disliked her portrayal of the Clone Troopers in some of her Star Wars novels. In particular, they really disliked how she said there was only 3 million clone troopers in the Grand Army of the Republic, as opposed to the billions-trillions that would logically be necessary for a galactic war on the scale portrayed in the movies and books. These fans constantly complained and grumbled, often at Traviss herself on the forums she frequented and her blogs, and essentially led to her ceasing her efforts as a Star Wars novelist.

When I say "complained" and "grumbled," I may be underselling it a bit. People were extraordinarily nasty to her, and there were whole thread dedicated to "Why Karen Traviss sucks and everything she writes is crap." I thought it was all rather crass and obnoxious, even as a 14-year old (this was a while ago), and I liked her first two novels (the later ones were not as good IMO, but didn't warrant the hate she provoked). I am fine with criticizing authors, even ones I like, but this crossed the line from "criticism" into "vitriolic personal attacks" far too quickly, and stayed that way for far too long. Traviss herself ended up cursing out more than one fan, which seems only natural IMO, but was of course received poorly by the same venomous who provoked the response.

In the end, it was an exceptionally nasty display of how obnoxious and entitled fans can be regarding the works published within the shared universes they enjoy, and it was one of the things that put me right off Star Wars.

I still can't figured if I'm shocked or enligthen after reading this