With Gary just back from ICFA in Florida, he discussed whether this will really be the year of re-emergence, with both the World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago and World Fantasy Convention in New Orleans in the offing. This led, as it does, to discussion of the Hugos, whether small categories with few nominations should be dropped, whether other categories should be added, and whether major historical studies such as Mike Ashley’s five-volume The History of the Science-Fiction Magazines really have a chance of being seen because of availability issues, as compared to the increasingly broad definition of “related work.”
Inevitably, we chatted about new or forthcoming books we’re excited about. We both liked Guy Gavriel Kay’s All the Seas of the World, Alix E. Harrow’s A Mirror Mended, and Christopher Rowe’s These Prisoning Hills, while Jonathan is tempted by Karen Joy Fowler’s new novel Booth and Gary’s about to start Samit Basu’s The City Inside.
Of course, there are lots of digressions in between, including the nature of historical fiction and nostalgia for printed books in the age of e-books (at least for reviewers and critics).
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Episode 320: Jane Yolen and a Life in Story
Episode 319: The Books of 2018
Episode 318: The End of the Year
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Episode 316: Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior, Binti, and Beyond
Episode 315: Liz Bourke, Niall Harrison and Debut Novels of 2017
Episode 314: Annalee Newitz and Telling Stories About the Future
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Episode 312: Fantasy 101, Helsinki and more
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Episode 309: Epic fantasy, Campbell Awards and more
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