Robert Blevins is the author of the infamous 'Straight Talk' [http://adventurebooks.newsvine.com/] column at Newsvine/MSNBC. 'Straight Talk' features illustrated articles on all manner of subjects, presented in a concise and entertaining format. This podcast is an extension of that column, providing audio versions of some of the more popular articles.

Mr Blevins is the author of the sci-fi novels 'Say Goodbye to the Sun', 'The 13th Day of Christmas', 'The Corona Incident', and 'Dimensions' (with British author Geoff Nelder).

Currently, he works as an editor with the Escape Velocity Magazine [http://www.escapevelocitymagazine.com/] and is the founder of Adventure Books of Seattle [http://www.adventurebooksofseattle.com/].