Episodes
Saturday Apr 29, 2017
Episode 306: Geoff Ryman and 100 African Writers of SFF
Saturday Apr 29, 2017
Saturday Apr 29, 2017
This week we are joined by Nebula, Clarke, Tiptree, Campbell, and World Fantasy Award winner Geoff Ryman to discuss his important new project, 100 African Writers of SF/F, which sees Ryman traversing the African continent meeting new creators of science fiction and fantasy to discuss their careers, their work and the places they find themselves working.
We also discuss the recently announced 2017 nominations for the African Speculative Fiction Society's Nommo Award, which will be presented later this year, and a diverse range of other work. Toward's the end of our discussion Geoff mentions Adofe Atogun's novel, Taduno's Song which we promised to list here so listeners could find it.
As always, we'd like to thank Geoff for making the time to join us, and hope you enjoy the podcast. If you'd like to do some further reading in African SFF some resources are listed below. We'd also strongly recommend checking out the voters packet for the Nommo Awards, which will be released shortly.
Some online resources:
- Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine
- Jalada - A pan-African writers' collective
- AfroSF Facebook Group
- DADA Books - delightful reading
- Chimurenga - A pan African publication of writing, art and politics
- African Fantasy Reading Group
Monday Apr 17, 2017
Episode 305: Kim Stanley Robinson and the Drowning of New York
Monday Apr 17, 2017
Monday Apr 17, 2017
This week we're joined by the delightful and provocative Kim Stanley Robinson, to discuss his new novel New York 2140, his “comedy of coping” about dealing with catastrophic climate change in the next century, as well as how his previous novel Aurora challenged one of the cherished ideas in science fiction, the literary and artistic function of exposition in fiction, the relationship of science fiction writers to “futurists” or to MFA programs in creative writing, and his own distinguished career in the context of both science fiction and contemporary environmental literature.
As always, our thanks to Stan for making the time to tallk to us. We hope you enjoy the episode and will be back next week!
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
Episode 304: A New Theory of Science Fiction
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
That sounds a bit grandiose, doesn't it? We're back rambling, and this week we discuss some of our recent reading (Jonathan finished reading his second novel of the year!!), Gary's convention, the history of the Crawford Award, voting, and Gary's new History of Science Fiction. There's rambling, diversions, and parts of the conversation that just trrail off into the ether, as you might expect.
As always, our thanks to everyone and we hope you enjoy the podast. More next week.