This week’s episode ranges from a discussion about the growing importance of novellas and their advantages both for readers and writers, the difficult question of which story you might pick to introduce a new reader to a favourite author, the importance of distinctive voices in both short fictions and novels, the upcoming 87th birthday of the great Gene Wolfe, and James Cameron's new TV documentary on SF, which features appearance from several SF writers and critics, including Gary.
Then Jonathan springs on Gary the question of what his favourite book is, so Gary tossed it right back to Jonathan. We both came up with answers that date back to our respective childhoods. In addition to Gene Wolfe, some of the authors mentioned include R.A. Lafferty, Ted Chiang, Margo Lanagan, Kelly Link, Robert A. Heinlein, T.H. White, Sam J. Miller, Kate Wilhelm, Ursula Le Guin, Andy Duncan, Howard Waldrop, Catherynne Valente, Jeffrey Ford, Lavie Tidhar, John Varley, James Patrick Kelly, Alec Nevala-Lee, and Joseph Heller. In other words, another ramble.
Coode Street Roundtable 4: Paul McAuley's Into Everywhere
Episode 274: A step to the left...
Episode 273: Here we go again
Episode 272: Awards, anthologies and all the usual stuff
Episode 271: Lavie Tidhar and pushing at boundaries
Coode Street Roundtable 3: Patricia A. McKillip's Kingfisher
Episode 270: Spinoffs, copyright, awards and such
Coode Street Roundtable 2: Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky
Episode 269: Creating the Fantasy Canon
Episode 268: Peter Straub and Interior Darkness
Episode 267: Neil Clarke and Short Fiction
Episode 266: Prolificity and Academia
Coode Street Roundtable 1: Adam Roberts' The Thing Itself
Episode 265: David Hartwell and the beginning of 2016
Episode 264: Glen Cook and Steven Erikson
Episode 263: Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch
Episode 262: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Charlie Jane Anders in Saratoga
Episode 261: Gene Wolfe, John Clute and A Borrowed Man
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
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