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.

Another quiet afternoon, so Gary spends ten minutes with multiple Hugo-winning Michael Swanwick about Karl Schroeder, Roger Zelazny, Duke Ellington, collaborating with Gardner Dozois, and Michael’s own remarkable trilogy of genre-mixing stand-alone novels.

Books mentioned include:

• The Iron Dragon’s Mother by Michael Swanwick
• The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus by Michael Swanwick
• City Under the Stars by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick
• Stealing Worlds by Karl Schroeder
• Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny