This time out, Jonathan and Gary consider the meaning of "cozy" (or "cosy") SF and fantasy, and whether cozy horror is even a thing. We trace the term back to cozy mystery novels and Brian W. Aldiss’s characterization of certain British writers of the 1950s—especially John Wyndham—as "cozy catastrophes".
Not surprisingly, this doesn’t lead to any meaningful conclusions, but we do touch upon whether the notion of cozy has to do with the fiction itself, or just the reader's experience of it. Authors mentioned include Travis Baldree, Becky Chambers, Peter S. Beagle, Martha Wells, and Terry Pratchett.
Then, with our usual lack of grace, we transition awkwardly into a discussion of the new Harlan Ellison’s Greatest Hits, how well Ellison’s fiction holds up, and some brief previews of forthcoming episodes.
Episode 291: Radio Free America
Episode 290: David Levine and Fran Wilde
Episode 289: Baseball, Bob and more
Episode 288: Kai Ashante Wilson and A Taste of Honey
Episode 287: The Series Hugo and more
Episode 286: Eugene Fischer and Jo Walton
Episode 285: Connie Willis and Crosstalk
Episode 284: Alastair Reynolds, Revenger and the Far, Far Future
Episode 283: Kelly Robson and the Waters of Versailles
Coode Street Roundtable 7: Lavie Tidhar’s Central Station
Episode 282: Michael Swanwick, Kij Johnson and the Craft of Short Fiction
Episode 281: Liza Trombi, books we're looking forward to, and more
Episode 280: The Project of SF
Coode Street Roundtable 6: Madeline Ashby's Company Town
Episode 279: Tom Reamy, posterity and the death of the midlist
Episode 278: Life achievement and such
Coode Street Roundtable 5: Guy Gavriel Kay’s Children of Earth and Sky
Episode 277: Books we're looking forward to...
Episode 218: Harlan Ellison, Bill Schafer and the Volcano
Episode 276: Storms, outages and awards
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