Mal and Joanna answer a bunch of your mailbag questions and tackle your burning theories about what they love to see in the world of fandom.
Mal's Book Recommendations:
- ‘The Great American Novel’ (Philip Roth)
- ‘Watership Down’ (Richard Adams)
- The works of Ursula K. Le Guin
- ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ (Gabrielle Zevin)
- ‘Project Hail Mary’ (Andy Weir)
- ‘The House in the Cerulean Sea’ (TJ Klune)
- ‘The Once and Future Witches’ (Alix E. Harrow)
- ‘This Is How You Lose the Time War’ (Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone)
- ‘Station Eleven’ (Emily St. John Mandel)
- Adapt: ‘Fairyland’ novels (Catherynne M. Valente)
- Reboot: ‘The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy’ series (Douglas Adams)
Jo's Book Recommendations:
- ‘The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards’ (Kristopher Jansma)
- ‘All the Birds in the Sky’ (Charlie Jane Anders)
- ‘Carry On’ (Rainbow Rowell)
- ‘Circe’ (Madeline Miller)
- ‘Night Watch’ (Terry Pratchett)
- ‘Dealing with Dragons’ (Harcourt Brace)
- ‘Fire’ (Kristen Cashore)
- ‘Bitter Blue’ (Kristen Cashore)
- ‘Any Way the Wind Blows’ (Simon Snow)
Hosts: Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson
Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman
Social: Jomi Adeniran
Addition Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopal
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