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.
Episode 242: Time runs out for the Hugos and more
Episode 241: Samuel R. Delany
Episode 240: Karin Tidbeck, Cheryl Morgan and Archipelacon
Episode 239: Archipelacon, World Fantasy and more
Episode 238: Kim Stanley Robinson and Aurora
Episode 237: On Nebulas and more
Episode 236: On books to look for
Episode 235: Elizabeth Hand and Building the Mystery
Episode 234: On World Fantasy Awards, Life Achievement and other rambles
Episode 233: Paolo Bacigalupi and The Water Knife
Episode 232: On canon formation (again)
Episode 231: Ian Mond, James Bradley and the 2015 Hugo Novel Shortlist
Episode 230: K J Parker and the history of a writer
Episode 229: On books, history, awards and such
Episode 228: John Scalzi and Alisa Krasnostein
Episode 227: Ken Liu, Joe Monti and The Grace of Kings
Episode 226: Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Signal to Noise
Episode 225: Biancotti, Lanagan, Westerfeld and Zeroes
Episode 224: Kelly Link Gets in Trouble
Episode 223: Alisa Krasnostein, Sean Wright, Tehani Wessely and the Aurealis Awards
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