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Discussion and digression on science fiction and fantasy with Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan.
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Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
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.
Gary spends ten minutes or so with Hugo and Nebula-winning James Patrick Kelly, touching upon the challenges of reading during lockdown, the temptation to argue with the page while reading, the appeal of Raymond Chandler, and the virtues of listening to audiobooks and stories, including his own recent King of the Dogs, Queen of the Cats (also available as an audiobook from his website).
Books mentioned include:
- King of the Dogs, Queen of the Cats by James Patrick Kelly
- Mother Go by James Patrick Kelly
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
- The True Queen by Zen Cho
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black (John Banville)
- Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
- The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
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Saturday May 02, 2020
Saturday May 02, 2020
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.
Gary is joined by the wonderful Nalo Hopkinson, who took a few minutes away from a busy semester of suddenly teaching online to chat about the pleasures of hydroponic gardening, catching up on TV shows like Supernatural and The Murdoch Mysteries, her own work on The New Decameron and DC Comics Sandman story House of Whispers, and Sharon Lewis’s film Brown Girl Begins, inspired by Nalo’s novel Brown Girl in the Ring.
Books mentioned include:
- Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
- House of Whispers (#s 1-22) by Nalo Hopkinson & Dominike Stanton
- How Long Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
- A New Decameron: Stories for a Plague Year edited by Jo Walton, Maya Chhabra, & Lauren Schiller
- Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler, Damian Duffy, & John Jennings
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