Episodes
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Episode 441: Ten Minutes with Lisa L. Hannett
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 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.
Today Jonathan sits down to chat with Aurealis and Ditmar Award-winning writer Lisa L. Hannett about reading, writing and life during lock-in, the joy and challenges of suddenly being home all the time, her brand new book, and much more.
Books mentioned include:
- Songs for Dark Seasons by Lisa L. Hannett
- Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan
- Her Perilous Mansion by Sean Williams
- Network Effect by Martha Wells
- Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
- The Ruth Galloway Novels by Elly Griffiths
- Galore by Michael Crummey
Saturday Jun 06, 2020
Episode 440: Ten Minutes with Terry Bisson
Saturday Jun 06, 2020
Saturday Jun 06, 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 joins Hugo and Nebula-winning author Terry Bisson to talk about historical fiction, R.A. Lafferty’s most important novel, James Salter, reading Shakespeare’s history plays, the Globe Theater, Cecelia Holland, The Blair Witch Project, Terry’s own classic short stories "Bears Discover Fire" and "They’re Made of Meat," and his brilliant but overlooked novel of the 1960s, Any Day Now.
Books mentioned include:
- Any Day Now by Terry Bisson
- The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
- Okla Hannali by R.A. Lafferty
- Last Night: Stories by James Salter
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Episode 439: Ten Minutes with Daryl Gregory
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 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.
World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award-winner Daryl Gregory comes on board for a discussion with Gary about how distracting the news can be from real work, reading manuscripts for blurbs or for friends, the new Lavie Tidhar novel, Island of Dr. Moreau movies, the virtues of Iain M. Banks, the occasional pleasures of locked-room murder mysteries, and Daryl’s own forthcoming but not yet titled novel.
Books mentioned include:
- Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
- By Force Alone by Lavie Tidhar
- The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
- The Culture novels by Iain M. Banks
- The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Episode 438: Ten Minutes with Adrienne Martini
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 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 fellow Locus reviewer and author Adrienne Martini, whose recent book on participating in local politics has gained sterling reviews and even a shout-out from Hillary Clinton. They discuss the importance of local politics, the fate of the famous explorer ship Erebus, and the appeal of Mary Robinette Kowal and Robert A. Heinlein.
Books mentioned include:
- Somebody's Gotta Do It: Why Cursing at the News Won't Save the Nation, But Your Name on a Local Ballot Can by Adrienne Martini
- Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
- The Terror by Dan Simmons
- The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Friday and the Lazarus Long novels by Robert A. Heinlein
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Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Episode 437: Ten Minutes with Karen Lord
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 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.
All the way from Barbados, multiple award-winning author Karen Lord chats with Gary about how the lockdown is affecting life there, how the whole worldwide experience is liking moving into a new country where you don’t quite know all the rules, what reading to return to in such times, and her own new story "The Plague Doctors” (and discussion of the story) from the free anthology, Take Us to a Better Place: Stories.
Books mentioned include:
- Unravelling by Karen Lord
- The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton
- The City Watch, Witches, and Tiffany Aching novels by Terry Pratchett
- Take Us to a Better Place: Stories
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Episode 436: Ten Minutes with Simon Ings
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 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.
If his recent conversation with John Berlyne saw Jonathan embrace the fact that Coode Street's ten minutes was at a best theoretical, then today's conversation blows that out of the water extending beyond 35 minutes, and still only being just barely long enough. Today Jonathan talks to writer and editor Simon Ings about art, despots, fabulous books, and unexpected experiences. Utterly essential listening. It's the most fun you'll have with earphones in for ages!
Books mentioned include:
- We Robots edited by Simon Ings
- Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
- The Plague by Albert Camus
- The Pike: Gabriele d'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
- Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman