Episodes
Monday Aug 31, 2015
Jonathan on Zen Cho's Sorcerer to the Crown
Monday Aug 31, 2015
Monday Aug 31, 2015
Following on from yesterday's podcast discussion with Zen Cho about her new novel, Jonathan delivers a short audio review of Sorcerer to the Crown. If you've read the book, or have anything you'd like to add, please leave a comment.
Monday Aug 31, 2015
Episode 249: Zen Cho and Sorcerer to the Crown
Monday Aug 31, 2015
Monday Aug 31, 2015
This week Coode Street welcomes Zen Cho, who received the Crawford Award earlier this year for her story collection Spirits Abroad and whose delightful first novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, is published this week.
Friday Aug 28, 2015
Jonathan on Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora
Friday Aug 28, 2015
Friday Aug 28, 2015
Thursday Aug 27, 2015
Limekiller by Avram Davidson
Thursday Aug 27, 2015
Thursday Aug 27, 2015
Monday Aug 24, 2015
Episode 248: Spokane, Hugo Awards and the Future
Monday Aug 24, 2015
Monday Aug 24, 2015
- encourage you to join both MidAmerican II (Kansas City) and WorldCon 75 (Helsinki);
- mention io9s list of alternate Hugo Awards nominees; and
- discuss Jay Maynard’s article at Black Gate about conservatives in the SF field .
Monday Aug 24, 2015
Episode 247: Talking about inclusion and fandom
Monday Aug 24, 2015
Monday Aug 24, 2015
Two weeks ago we were fortunate enough to have Nina Allan and Renay as guests on the Coode Street Podcast (Episode 244: Renay, Nina Allan & the Weight of Fannish History). We discussed barriers to entry to fandom, inclusiveness and other issues This week Gary and Jonathan continue that discussion in a fairly typical Coode Street ramble where we talk about inclusiveness, attending conventions, and much more.
Saturday Aug 22, 2015
Episode 246: Aliette de Bodard and The House of Shattered Wings
Saturday Aug 22, 2015
Saturday Aug 22, 2015
“Paris has survived the Great Houses War – just. Its streets are lined with haunted ruins, Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell, and the Seine runs black with ashes and rubble. Yet life continues among the wreckage. The citizens continue to live, love, fight and survive in their war-torn city, and The Great Houses still vie for dominion over the once grand capital.House Silverspires, previously the leader of those power games, lies in disarray. Its magic is ailing; its founder, Morningstar, has been missing for decades; and now something from the shadows stalks its people inside their very own walls.Within the House, three very different people must come together: a naive but powerful Fallen, an alchemist with a self-destructive addiction, and a resentful young man wielding spells from the Far East. They may be Silverspires’ salvation. They may be the architects of its last, irreversible fall…”
Saturday Aug 15, 2015
Episode 245: Ian McDonald and Luna
Saturday Aug 15, 2015
Saturday Aug 15, 2015
In a recent interview with Locus, Hugo and Campbell Award-winning author Ian McDonald discussed his new hard SF novel, Luna: First Moon:
‘My next books are Luna parts one and two, a duology set on a moon base – Game of Domes. In the Luna books, I’m still writing about developing economies, it’s just that this one happens to be on the moon, about 2089. It was basically Gary K. Wolfe who was responsible for it. On an ancient Coode Street podcast about invigorating stale subgenres in science fiction, he said he’d love to see a new take on the moonbase story. I don’t know why, but I’ve always loved moon stories. John Varley did one, Steel Beach. I thought about it, and Enid, my partner, was watching TV, the new version of Dallas. It wasn’t very good, but the old version was great. My book is Dallas on the moon, so it’s got five big industrial family corps on the moon, called the five dragons, and it’s about their intrigues and battles.”
Given Coode Street’s part in the history of Luna (see episode 72), we decided to invite Ian, a long-time friend of the podcast, back to discuss the new novel, his writing, and much more. As always, we’d like to thank Ian for making the time to be part of the podcast, and hope you enjoy the episode.
More next week!