Steampunk Adjacent

This is the second half of our discussion with writer Marty Chan. The first half is here. Topics are writing for the stage vs. novels, favorite authors, Houdini and the cleverly named new insulin. Authors mentioned: Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross and Kenneth Oppel. Warning, Mad Men finalé spoilers. Once you hear “Spoiler Alert,” fast forward 1 minute. Old Coke vs. New Coke, Soylent Green and eating right. Marty had The Hardy Boys growing up and Chris was obsessed with Encyclopedia Brown. The Mystery of the Mad Science Teacher (Marty Chan Mystery Series 3) deals with discrimination against a girl because of diabetes. Vertical integration and the popular song, “I’d like to buy the world some insulin.” Marty’s steampunk, young adult series, The Ehrich Weisz Chronicles begins with Demon Gate and Infinity Coil was recently released! Marty was a fan of the Marvel What If series and it somewhat inspired his alternate history in The Ehrich Weisz Chronicles. Mentors A time travel TV show that also inspired Marty. The publisher of Marty’s latest series is Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Chris and Marty agree that the Houdini miniseries was awful. Episode one fact checked and episode two. Chris recommends Make Believe. Marty says one of the students in the film, Krystyn Lambert went on to join Criss Angel’s reality show. Sheldon Casavant is a magician who Marty hired for his book party. What’s Marty reading? The Hunchback Assignments and The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu. Make Something Edmonton is the home for Edmonton made projects. Find Marty on twitter or Facebook and buy Infinity Coil or get started in the series with Demon Gate. Thanks again for listening! Special thanks to Marty Chan for joining us! Support Montreal Sauce on Patreon