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Episode 260: The Best of the Year with Charlie Jane Anders and Nisi Shawl
December 22, 2015 22:33Welcome to the final episode of the Coode Street Podcast to be recorded for 2015. This week Gary and Jonathan are joined by award-winning writers and critics Charlie Jane Anders and Nisi Shawl in the Gershwin Room to discuss more of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year. As with last week, … Continue reading Episode 260: The Best of the Year with Charlie Jane Anders and Nisi Shawl
Twenty-one for 2016
December 14, 2015 03:16Having just recorded the Coode Street Year in Review episode with Gary, Paul Kincaid, and Adam Roberts (more possibly to come), my mind turned to the coming year: 2016. Magazines and anthologies are already falling in to my inbox, as are advance copies of some novels and collections. I’m also getting whispers about how good … Continue reading Twenty-one for 2016
Episode 259: The Best of the Year with Paul Kincaid and Adam Roberts
December 12, 2015 03:43The year is fast running out, but with the holiday season approaching Gary and Jonathan invited award-winning writers and critics Paul Kincaid and Adam Roberts to join them in the Gershwin Room to discuss a small sampling of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year. They also discussed some of the most … Continue reading Episode 259: The Best of the Year with Paul Kincaid and Adam Roberts
Meeting Infinity
November 28, 2015 00:46This week sees the release of Meeting Infinity, the fourth and possibly best, instalment in the “Infinity Project” series of anthologies published by my friends at Solaris Books. It’s a big, ambitious book that asks how we have to change ourselves in order to face the possible futures we might live in. Which sounds a bit … Continue reading Meeting Infinity
Episode 258: Jim Minz and Baen Books
November 27, 2015 22:11With the year coming all too quickly to a close, this week we are joined by distinguished veteran editor Jim Minz, who discusses his career from his University of Wisconsin days to working for Tor Books in Wisconsin and New York, Ballantine Del Rey, and currently Baen Books in North Carolina. We touch upon the various … Continue reading Episode 258: Jim Minz and Baen Books
Episode 257: The end of the year approaches
November 23, 2015 21:32This year isn’t over yet, but we can just see the end of it over the horizon. Back in Chicago and Perth after their visit to Saratoga Springs, Gary and Jonathan sit down to deliver a classic rambling discussion of science fiction, fantasy and other stuff. They discuss the World Fantasy Awards, lifetime achievement and … Continue reading Episode 257: The end of the year approaches
Episode 256: Suzy McKee Charnas and Pamela Sargent
November 11, 2015 12:26And we’re back with a new episode! This week, from the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, we are joined by the genuinely iconic Pamela Sargent, author of many novels including The Shore of Women and editor of the legendary Women of Wonder anthology series, and Suzy McKee Charnas, author of the classic feminist SF … Continue reading Episode 256: Suzy McKee Charnas and Pamela Sargent
World Fantasy Convention 2015
October 28, 2015 10:15Where am I at World Fantasy Convention 2015? In addition to all sorts of private plans and to recording five podcasts for later Coode St consumption, I will be in public two times. We’re recording a live podcast and I’m moderating a panel on the fantasy canon with a group of people with so much … Continue reading World Fantasy Convention 2015
Episode 255: Eleanor Arnason, Linda Nagata and Women in Science Fiction
October 23, 2015 23:12This week, in our continuing series of discussions about the experiences of women writers in the science fiction field, we are fortunate to be joined by Eleanor Arnason and Linda Nagata. Linda, whose Going Dark appears next week from Saga Press is the third volume in her trilogy that began with the Nebula-nominated The … Continue reading Episode 255: Eleanor Arnason, Linda Nagata and Women in Science Fiction
Episode 254: Meeting Infinity and Losing the Alien
October 19, 2015 01:58This week Gary and Jonathan are back in the Gershwin Room, killing time and talking about Jonathan’s new anthology Meeting Infinity, which we discuss in some detail. It leads on to a conversation about our perceptions of ‘the alien’ and ‘the other’ in science fiction (and how that has changed over time), and quite a lot … Continue reading Episode 254: Meeting Infinity and Losing the Alien
Episode 253: SF Lectures, The Martian and more
October 10, 2015 15:56This week Gary returns from the wilds of Virginia or Washington DC or somewhere or other on the US Eastern seaboard. We discuss his experience writing and performing a series of lectures on science fiction; the strengths and weaknesses of Ridley Scott’s The Martian; compiling Gary’s Library of America volumes, and whether or not we … Continue reading Episode 253: SF Lectures, The Martian and more
Episode 252: Cecelia Holland and Dragon Heart
October 01, 2015 16:10This week we welcome distinguished historical novelist Cecelia Holland back to the podcast to discuss her new fantasy novel Dragon Heart, her classic SF novel Floating Worlds, the relationships between SF, fantasy, and historical fiction, and historical and political themes in the work of writers like Kim Stanley Robinson and George R.R. Martin. As always, … Continue reading Episode 252: Cecelia Holland and Dragon Heart
Episode 251: Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Women in Science Fiction
September 16, 2015 21:30This week we are joined by multiple award winning writer and editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch who discusses her long and diverse career in science fiction, as a writer, as editor at Pulphouse then at F&SF, and her more recent experiences as a writer working in both mainstream and independent publishing. We also discuss her ‘Retrieval Artist’ saga, including the … Continue reading Episode 251: Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Women in Science Fiction
Episode 250: Forthcoming books with Liza Trombi
September 05, 2015 21:08Every three months Locus publishes a long list of forthcoming science fiction, fantasy, and horror books that are being published in the US and the UK. As we have been doing all year, whenever one of these ‘Forthcoming Books’ issues hits the newsstands and your email inboxes, we invite Locus Editor-in-Chief Liza Trombi to join us to discuss some … Continue reading Episode 250: Forthcoming books with Liza Trombi
Jonathan on Zen Cho’s Sorcerer to the Crown
August 31, 2015 01:23Following on from yesterday’s podcast discussion with Zen Cho about her new novel, Jonathan delivers a short audio review of Sorcerer to the Crown. If you’ve read the book, or have anything you’d like to add, please leave a comment.
Episode 249: Zen Cho and Sorcerer to the Crown
August 30, 2015 09:50This week Coode Street welcomes Zen Cho, who received the Crawford Award earlier this year for her story collection Spirits Abroad and whose delightful first novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, is published this week. We discuss what it’s like to be a Malaysian writer living in London, the influences and background of her new Regency-romance fantasy, the heritage … Continue reading Episode 249: Zen Cho and Sorcerer to the Crown