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).
Episode 260: The Best of the Year with Charlie Jane Anders and Nisi Shawl
Episode 259: The Best of the Year with Paul Kincaid and Adam Roberts
Episode 258: Jim Minz and Baen Books
Episode 257: The end of the year approaches
Episode 256: Suzy McKee Charnas and Pamela Sargent
Episode 255: Eleanor Arnason, Linda Nagata and Women in Science Fiction
Episode 254: Meeting Infinity and Losing the Alien
Episode 253: SF Lectures, The Martian and more
Episode 252: Cecelia Holland and Dragon Heart
Episode 251: Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Women in Science Fiction
Stories by Waldrop, Klages and Shepard
Episode 250: Forthcoming books with Liza Trombi
Jonathan on Zen Cho's Sorcerer to the Crown
Episode 249: Zen Cho and Sorcerer to the Crown
Jonathan on Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora
Limekiller by Avram Davidson
Episode 248: Spokane, Hugo Awards and the Future
Episode 247: Talking about inclusion and fandom
Episode 246: Aliette de Bodard and The House of Shattered Wings
Episode 245: Ian McDonald and Luna
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