9 - I Adore Finding Out What People Eat

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My guest this week is Anna - ForestOfGlory on Twitter & Dreamwidth.  We talked about the details that suck us into stories, and those that knock us out.

Essay on The Canon.  (And Renay's post which inspired it)

Books with great worldbuilding! 

Response to Uprooted from Anna.  My comments in episode 5.

Pesky details that may knock us out of a story:

Recent Short Fiction Recommendations

Below the Root by Zilpha Keatley Snyder.  Green Sky Trilogy book 1.

Below the Root by Zilpha Keatley Snyder.  Green Sky Trilogy book 1.

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8 - Interview with Nicolette of BookPunks

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I'm joined this week by Nicolette of the BookPunks blog.  We discuss some of her favorite authors, stories that seem to climb out of the page, and her ongoing project to read all of the apocalypses!

Authors & titles included: 

  • Dark Star by Oliver Langmead (epic poetry in space)
  • The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
  • Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C Wrede
  • Fernando Pessoa (portugeuse poet)
  • Julio Cortazar, novel: Hopscotch, short story: Continuity of Parks
  • City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer

A longer post about paper- and e-books.

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7 - Middle-Aged Women Aren't Coming of Age (with my mom)

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This week my mom joins me to talk about middle-aged women protagonists in fantasy and science fiction. With especial focus on Bujold's Cordelia and Ista, we talk about the value of competence, and hooking readers without a coming-of-age story.

Bonus references to the romance genre, Eifelheim, and Ancillary Justice, plus I begin to question whether I've come of age.

The order(s) of Bujold's Vorkosigan sequence

Pop Culture Happy Hour - The Romance Novel Special

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6 - Cover Art with Aidan Moher

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This week I'm joined by Aidan Moher, creator of the Hugo award winning A Dribble of Ink blog.  We talk about cover art, including the cover of his own short story collection and the covers created by Irene Gallo's team at TorDotCom for their new novella lineup.

James S. A. Corey covers

Eye of the World and Black Sun Rising

 

TorDotCom Novella Covers

Matt Wallace's post about joining the Novella imprint & working with Irene Gallo

 

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Interview with Troy L. Wiggins

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This episode I am joined by Troy L Wiggins (@troylwiggins) to talk about some of his history with the genre.  Troy blogs at afrofantasy.net and is a published author as well as reader.  Two recent posts from Troy's blog include - In Defense of Sword and Soul and Heart of the City: Examining Half-Resurrection Blues and the Urban in Urban Fantasy. 

Some early genre book titles (and authors): Chronicles of Narnia, David Eddings, The Hobbit, driven from the genre by Lord of the Rings and brought back by Redwall, also Eragon.

Other formative authors and titles: Zora Neale Hurston, Walter Mosley, Hampton Sides - Hellhound on his Trail

Minister Faust Interview with N. K. Jemisin

Some Sources - Apex, Shimmer, Skiffy & Fanty (Short and Sublime roundups by @cecilykane), Io9 roundups

SFF Authors / Stories/Anthologies/Books recommended in this podcast -

Short Fiction reviewers - @ClowderOfTwo / QuickSipReviews.Blogspot.com, Ethan Robinson's Marooned Off Vesta, @sffmicroreviews

David Anthony Durham's Acacia - "Directly responsible for deciding to write Fantasy"

 

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