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Episode 428: Ten Minutes with Corey J. White May 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.

Today Jonathan spends ten minutes with Aurealis Award-nominated debut novelist Corey J. White to discuss moving to Melbourne, reading Ralph Ellison, the Voidwitch Saga, optimism, cyberpunk and the future, and his recently released debut, Repo Virtual.

Books mentioned include:

Repo Virtual by Corey J. White
The Voidwitch Saga by Corey J. White
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Humankind: Solidarity with Non-Human People by Timothy Morton
The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander

Episode 427: Ten Minutes with Lois McMaster Bujold May 24, 2020

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Today Jonathan spends ten minutes or so talking with one of the most beloved writers in the history of science fiction and fantasy, Lois McMaster Bujold, about working and writing in these strange times, her semi-retirement and how she came to write and publish the Penric and Desdemona series, and much more.

Books mentioned include:

The Physicians of Vilnoc (Penric and Desdemona #8) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Penric's Progress by Lois McMaster Bujold
Penric's Travels by Lois McMaster Bujold
Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Episode 426: Ten Minutes with Ann VanderMeer May 23, 2020

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Today Jonathan takes ten minutes to talk to the bestselling, critically-acclaimed, and award-winning editor and anthologist Ann VanderMeer about working and reading in these difficult times, the joys of connecting with friends and family through distanced technology, and her own projects, Avatars.Inc and The Big Book of Modern Fantasy.

Books mentioned include:

Avatars Inc edited by Ann VanderMeer
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy edited by Ann Vandermeer and Jeff VanderMeer
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
The Rabbit Hunter by Lars Kepler
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston

Episode 425: Ten Minutes with Jeremy Szal May 22, 2020

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Today Jonathan sits down to chat with debut novelist Jeremy Szal to talk about reading, writing, his admiration for Netflix's Tiger King, the fiction of Scott Lynch and Ian M. Banks, his debut novel Stormblood, and more.

Books mentioned include:

Stormblood by Jeremy Szal
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie (audiobook)

Episode 424: Ten Minutes with Eileen Gunn May 21, 2020

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Nebula-winning author, editor, teacher, and workshop leader Eileen Gunn talks with Gary about the pleasures of researching old myths, legends, epics, and folktales, the skill of Julius Lester in retelling stories in a new voice originally popularized by Joel Chandler Harris, and how the lockdown can actually help to enhance your social life.

Books mentioned include:

Questionable Practices: Stories by Eileen Gunn
A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales by Julius Lester
The Mahābhārata
The Golden Bough by James Fraser

Episode 423: Ten Minutes with Theodora Goss May 20, 2020

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Today Gary is joined by novelist, poet, scholar, and teacher Theodora Goss, whose trilogy The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, one of the more delightful fantasy series of the past few years, concluded last fall with The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl. We touch upon the story behind her narrative poem in The Book of Dragons, narrative poetry in general, the literature of monsters, relearning Hungarian, and the appeal of detective stories, Daphne Du Maurier, Shirley Jackson, Veronica Mars, and nature nonfiction.

Books mentioned include:

The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club by Theodora Goss
Snow White Learns Witchcraft by Theodora Goss
Medusa's Daughters: Magic and Monstrosity from Women Writers of the Fin-de-Siécle edited by Theodora Goss
Abigail by Magda Szabo
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Monster Theory Reader edited by Jeffrey Weinstock
On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears by Stephen T. Asma

Episode 422: Ten Minutes with Robert Shearman May 19, 2020

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Today Jonathan sits down to talk with World Fantasy Award-winning writer, poet, and playwright Robert Shearman about the joys and surprises of reading all one hundred and nineteen chapters of The Count of Monte Christo (including the bits with the opera and copious drug-taking); reading Peanuts and especially enjoying the bits before Snoopy becomes a total jerk; dealing with tragedy and grief through fiction; his incredible, quixotic and brilliant new book; and actually surviving in this Great and Terrible Pause.

Books mentioned include:

We All Hear Stories in the Dark by Robert Shearman
The Count of Monte Christo by Alexander Dumas
The Complete Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
The Complete Saki

Episode 421: Ten Minutes with David Thomas Moore May 18, 2020

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Jonathan spends ten minutes or so chatting about living, working, and reading during this Great and Terrible Pause with Rebellion/Solaris Commissioning Editor David Thomas Moore (and a special guest who popped into the room for a little while) and they touch on some wonderful books and the challenges of the time.

Books mentioned include:

Beyond the Empire by K.B. Wagers
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Beneath The Rising by Premee Mohamed
Weave the Lightning by Cory L. Lee
Made to Order edited by Jonathan Strahan

Special Guest's Bonus Recommendation

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Episode 420: Not Locked Down, Locked Up May 17, 2020

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It’s been two weeks since Jonathan and Gary sat down to chat for the podcast. In the interests of social distancing, they’ve had a replica of the Gershwin Room built a socially responsible distance away from the original so they can talk safely. This time out they chat about science fiction, what they're reading, a theoretical fictional clade that encompasses the work of Philip Jose Farmer, Jack Chalker and Lavie Tidhar, and more.

As always, we hope you enjoy the episode and would encourage you to consider donating to Locus or supporting Fran Myman's Patreon.

Episode 419: Ten Minutes with Kelly Robson May 16, 2020

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Today Jonathan spends ten minutes talking to the spectacular Kelly Robson who is in the very centre of the centre of the universe in Toronto and they talk about reading and working during these strange times, finding favourites like Octavia Butler a little too intense for the moment, and how the sequel to Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach might be turning into a novel.

Books mentioned include:

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
Monkey Work" by Kelly Robson
"La Vitesse" by Kelly Robson (in The Book of Dragons)
Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything by Robert M Hazen
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker

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