302. How Does Space Opera Sing of New Worlds? | Firebreak with Kathy Tyers

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Kathy Tyers joins to discuss how space operas explore new worlds filled with adventure and human life.

Space is a dangerous place. Even recently we learned that the entire Artemis program has been rebooted, adding more rockets and risks! In other worlds and other galaxies, “space” is full of human life, music, adventure, romance, and fantastical new worlds. Just in time for Firebreak , book 1 of the Firebird Interlude Trilogy, we’re joined by longtime science fiction novelist Kathy Tyers to explore how the best space operas sing through this teeming expanse. Episode sponsors Firebreak by Kathy Tyers Realm Makers 2026 Conference & Expo The Hole-Man by Dan Daetz The Lorehaven Authorship Mission update New at Lorehaven: Andromache review , weekly reviews Subscribe free to get updates and join the Lorehaven Guild You’ll get notified of monthly events, like last week’s livestream . Backstory: Kathy (Tyers) Gillin Kathy Tyers sold her first novel, Firebird , to Bantam Spectra in 1986. Since its initial 1987 publication, it has been rereleased by Bethany House Publishers, Marcher Lord Press, and Enclave Publishing, and was followed by further Firebird-universe novels Fusion Fire and Crown of Fire . Kathy finished the Firebird series in 2011 and 2012 with Wind and Shadow and the…

People in this episode

Guest: Kathy Tyers

Topics covered

• space opera
• science fiction
• new worlds
• Kathy Tyers
• Firebird Interlude Trilogy
• adventure
• romance

Keywords

• space opera
• Kathy Tyers
• Firebreak
• science fiction
• new worlds
• adventure
• romance

Sponsors

Realm Makers 2026 Conference & Expo, The Hole-Man

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lorehaven

Products: Firebreak

Books & works: The Hole-Man, Andromache, Firebird, Fusion Fire, Crown of Fire, Wind and Shadow, Daystar, One Mind’s Eye, Shivering World, Crystal Witness

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