Episodes
Sunday Feb 01, 2015
Episode 219: On Short Story Collections and such
Sunday Feb 01, 2015
Sunday Feb 01, 2015
Jonathan returns and our heroes spend some time discussing the history and nature of short story collections in science fiction and fantasy. Warning: Contains some facts and a lot of wild speculation.
Monday Jan 26, 2015
Episode 218: Harlan Ellison, Bill Schafer and the Volcano
Monday Jan 26, 2015
Monday Jan 26, 2015
This week, in honor of the new Subterranean Press volume The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison, we are joined by Harlan himself, along with Subterranean publisher William Schafer.
Although Jonathan wasn’t able to join us on this one, we get into some fascinating stories about Thomas Pynchon, Octavia Butler, Harlan’s famous house (including the “grotto”), the role of small-press publishers in the history of the field, and what it all looks like from the perspective of a legendary writer in his 81st year.
Note: There's a break at the 42min mark when Gary's cat stepped on his laptop and paused the recording. A few minutes were missed, but conversation continued!!
Sunday Jan 18, 2015
Episode 217: James Morrow, SF, Satire, Religion, and Other Matters
Sunday Jan 18, 2015
Sunday Jan 18, 2015
This week we welcome James Morrow, one of SF’s premier satirists, whose new novel Galapagos Regained is just out, taking on Darwinism, Victorian religious attitudes, the Book of Mormon, and Morrow’s frequent themes of rationalism vs. received belief.
Saturday Jan 10, 2015
Episode 216: Guy Gavriel Kay and the Legend of the Lost Podcast
Saturday Jan 10, 2015
Saturday Jan 10, 2015
More than two years ago, at the 2012 World Fantasy Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Gary and Jonathan sat down with Guy Gavriel Kay to discuss his then new novel River of Stars. A now legendary discussion followed, that quickly became mythical when technical issues resulted in that recording and several others being permanently lost.
Sunday Jan 04, 2015
Episode 215: On Short Stories, the Possibility of Ruts and other matters
Sunday Jan 04, 2015
Sunday Jan 04, 2015
Suddenly our intrepid heroes, still mostly living on vacation time,realised that they needed to put out another episode of the podcast. Plans for a leisurely hiatus were abandoned and, somewhat the worse for New Year wear, they sat down in front of their microphones, and began to ramble.