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Episode 526: Ten Minutes with Linda Nagata Sep 25, 2020

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Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.

Nebula and Locus award-winning Linda Nagata talks about what life in Maui is like with almost no tourists, how audiobooks have improved in recent years, her experiences in running her own publishing company and establishing her own deadlines, and her timely forthcoming novel Pacific Storm.

Books mentioned include:

The Red Trilogy by Linda Nagata
Edges by Linda Nagata
Silver by Linda Nagata
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen

Episode 525: Ten Minutes with Benjamin Rosenbaum Sep 24, 2020

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Multiple award-nominee Benjamin Rosenbaum discusses the pandemic as seen from Switzerland, learning to write in his garden when cafes are no longer available, designing board games with his son, the reboot of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, rereading classic SF, and his own recent stories and forthcoming genderless novel.

Books mentioned include:

The Unraveling by Benjamin Rosenbaum (forthcoming)
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull
A Princess of Roumania by Paul Park
Dune by Frank Herbert
Startide Rising by David Brin
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov

Episode 524: Ten Minutes with Delia Sherman Sep 23, 2020

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Award-winning author, editor, and scholar Delia Sherman talks about reading old French newspapers and memoirs; the rewards of research; listening to audiobooks during long walks (including a lot of Dickens!); the orderly appeal of good murder mysteries from Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and others; missing out on being a teenager; and how political themes are finding their way into her novel in progress.

Books mentioned include:

The Porcelain Dove by Delia Sherman
The Evil Wizard Smallbone by Delia Sherman
A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E Kinsey
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Phryne Fisher Series by Kerry Greenwood

Episode 523: Ten Minutes with Mary Anne Mohanraj Sep 22, 2020

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Writer, professor, and Strange Horizons founder Mary Anne Mohanraj chats with Gary about launching a new cookbook just as everything got locked down, how virtual conventions seem to be improving—and are likely to change the way all cons are conducted in the future, keeping busy sewing masks, serving as a public library board member, and teaching online, why SF doesn’t have enough food in it, South Asian SFF writers, and even how the word serendipity came into the language.

Books mentioned include:

A Feast of Serendib by Mary Anne Mohanraj
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher
Best American Food Writing 2019 edited by Samin Nosrat
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee

Episode 522: Ten Minutes with Andrea Hairston Sep 21, 2020

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Playwright, professor, director, and Carl Brandon and Otherwise-award winning writer Andrea Hairston talks with Gary about the necessity of reading during hard times, the appeal of hefty nonfiction titles as well as epic fantasy, the odd satisfaction of a virtual book tour, Afrofuturism and Indigenous Futurisms, and her new novel Master of Poisons.

Books mentioned include:

Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older
Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renee Thomas
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal

Episode 521: Ten Minutes with Lisa Goldstein Sep 20, 2020

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American Book Award winner Lisa Goldstein talks with Gary about her recent novel Ivory Apples, surviving California’s smoky air and a pandemic, trying to read The Decameron, the British comedian Jack Whitehall, comfort to be had from Tana French mysteries and Kage Baker time travel stories, and wrangling the characters in her novel in progress.

Books mentioned include:

Ivory Apples by Lisa Goldstein
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French
The Company Series by Kage Baker

Episode 520: Ten Minutes with Jeannette Ng Sep 19, 2020

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Hugo, Astounding, and British Fantasy Award-winning Jeannette Ng joins Gary from northern England, discussing what it’s like to live near stands of ancient trees, learning to "read" the trees, the folklore and symbology of yew, hawthorn, and mistletoe, the advantages of reading manga on e-devices, and the rewards of reading Jasper Fforde and D&D-related manga.

Books mentioned include:

Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History by Rian Thum
The Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
The Delicious in Dungeon series by Ryuko Kui

Episode 519: Ten Minutes with Stephanie Feldman Sep 18, 2020

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Crawford Award winner Stephanie Feldman joins Gary to talk about the unexpected complexities of virtual Kindergarten; writing about young adult characters and their attraction to the unknown; the appeal of short fiction by Daphne Du Maurier, Joan Aiken, and Angela Carter; the rewards of reading nonfiction; and her recent story "The Staircase" (published in the July 2020 issue of F&SF).

Books mentioned include:

The Angel of Losses by Stephanie Feldman
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The Wolves Chronicles by Joan Aiken

Episode 518: Ten Minutes with Andrea Stewart Sep 17, 2020

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Today Jonathan spends ten minutes or so chatting with exciting debut novelist Andrea Stewart about living and working through the pandemic, the pleasures of reading, exciting new books by Kerstin Hall, Megan O'Keefe, and Lisbeth Campbell, and her own book, The Bone Shard Daughter.

Books mentioned include:

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
Star Eater by Kerstin Hall
Inherit the Flame by Megan E. O'Keefe
The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell

Episode 517: Ten Minutes with Jane Routley Sep 16, 2020

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Today Jonathan is joined by Aurealis Award-winning writer Jane Routley and they chat about how Jane's coping with the Melbourne shutdown and with being an essential worker, enjoying and participating in the New Zealand Worldcon, reading the Hugo nominees, watching The Umbrella Academy, American Gods, Tales from the Loop, and lots more.

Books mentioned include:

Shadow in the Empire of Light by Jane Routley
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and others
Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge
Fly Trap by Frances Hardinge
A Memory of Empire by Arkady Martine
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

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