It’s awards season again (or maybe still), so Jonathan and Gary take a moment to remind everyone of the deadlines for nominating candidates for Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula Awards, and to discuss briefly a proposal to add a one-time category of “Best Fantasy Novel” to the Hugos at the 2024 Glasgow Worldcon.
They also chat a bit about the Best Related Work Hugo, and whether or not certain categories might be eliminated. First, however, they touch upon whether the central concerns of mainstream SF were laid down in the interwar era, as Paul Kincaid argues in a new essay. And then Niall Harrison's new collection, All These Worlds: Reviews and Essays. Finally, we touch upon the question of how important opening paragraphs and titles are when it comes to drawing a reader into a work of fiction.
Episode 207: Kameron Hurley and The Mirror Empire
Episode 206: Peter Halasz, Robert J. Sawyer and Canadian SF
Episode 205: Ken Liu and Chinese Science Fiction
Episode 204: Books we're looking forward to, or the shopping list episode
Episode 203: Alisa Krasnostein, Sean Williams and the State of Australian SF
Episode 202: Nina Allan, Paul Kincaid and the State of British Science Fiction
Episode 201: Moving on...
Episode 200: Robinson, Silverberg, Walton and Loncon!
Episode 199: Loncon, Hugos and the future of SF
Episode 198: John Clute, science fiction and Loncon
Episode 197: Readercon, the World Fantasy Awards and more
Episode 196: Bill Shafer and Subterranean Press
Episode 195: Joe Monti and Saga Press
Episode 194: Daniel Keyes and Questions from the audience
Episode 193: Academic Exercises, genre and pants
Episode 192: Anne Leckie, gender and Ancillary Justice
Episode 191: Jeff VanderMeer and the Southern Reach
Episode 190: James Bradley, science fiction, awards and more
Episode 189: Joe Abercrombie, Half a King and dark fantasy
Episode 188: Mary Rickert and The Memory Garden
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