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Episode 554: Zen Cho and Finding Black Water Sister
June 20, 2021 23:40Welcome to episode 12 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by the remarkable Zen Cho, whose new novel Black Water Sister will be followed later this summer by an expanded version of her Crawford Award-winning collection Spirits Abroad from Small Beer Press. We touch upon issues … Continue reading Episode 554: Zen Cho and Finding Black Water Sister →
Episode 553: Daryl Gregory and The Album of Doctor Moreau
June 05, 2021 02:15Welcome to episode 11 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by Daryl Gregory, whose new novella The Album of Dr. Moreau is an improbable but delightful mashup of H.G. Wells, boy bands, Las Vegas, and locked-room murder mysteries. We discuss the challenges of attempting so much at … Continue reading Episode 553: Daryl Gregory and The Album of Doctor Moreau →
Episode 553: Daryl Gregory and The Album of Doctor Moreau
June 05, 2021 02:15Welcome to episode 11 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by Daryl Gregory, whose new novella The Album of Dr. Moreau is an improbable but delightful mashup of H.G. Wells, boy bands, Las Vegas, and locked-room murder mysteries. We discuss the challenges of attempting so much at … Continue reading Episode 553: Daryl Gregory and The Album of Doctor Moreau →
Episode 552: Nghi Vo and The Chosen and the Beautiful
May 23, 2021 08:29Welcome to episode 10 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary have a delightful conversation with Nghi Vo, whose The Empress of Salt and Fortune won this year’s Crawford Award and is a Hugo finalist, and whose debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful, a fantastical revisioning of The Great Gatsby with a queer, Asian … Continue reading Episode 552: Nghi Vo and The Chosen and the Beautiful →
Episode 551: Sarah Pinsker and We Are Satellites
May 08, 2021 09:41Welcome to episode 9 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by Nebula and Philip K. Dick award-winning author and musician Sarah Pinsker, whose new novel We Are Satellites is out this week. We touch upon the actual science of brain implants which served as background research … Continue reading Episode 551: Sarah Pinsker and We Are Satellites →
Episode 550: P. Djèlí Clark and A Master of Djinn
May 02, 2021 03:32Welcome to episode 8 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This time out, Jonathan and Gary are joined by P. Djèlí Clark, whose novella Ring Shout has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards this year and whose first novel, A Master of Djinn, appears this month. \We touch upon themes … Continue reading Episode 550: P. Djèlí Clark and A Master of Djinn →
Episode 549: Lockdown, science fiction, and more
April 25, 2021 03:50Welcome to episode 7 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary return to form with a classic ramble through a jumble of topics ranging from the postponement of this year’s Swancon in Perth (and a bit of trivia about an American Swanncon from decades ago); the possible effects of … Continue reading Episode 549: Lockdown, science fiction, and more →
Episode 548: Kelly Robson and Alias Space
April 18, 2021 02:10Welcome to episode 6 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by the delightful Nebula and Aurora winning author Kelly Robson, whose first collection Alias Space and Other Stories has just been published by Subterranean Press. Kelly discusses life during lockdown in Toronto, the joys of becoming … Continue reading Episode 548: Kelly Robson and Alias Space →
Episode 547: Nominating for the World Fantasy Awards
April 05, 2021 05:12Welcome to episode 5 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. After three weeks of unexcused absences, Jonathan and Gary return, just as the world starts re-emerging with the announcement that the Montreal World Fantasy Convention, at least at present, expects to host an in-person event in early November. That led us to return … Continue reading Episode 547: Nominating for the World Fantasy Awards →
World Fantasy Awards eligibility
April 05, 2021 01:46With World Fantasy Awards nominations opening, I’ve been asked what I’ve worked on is eligible. Here’s a quick overview: Anthologies The Book of Dragons (HarperVoyager) Novella Prosper’s Demons, K.J. Parker (Tordotcom) The Tindalos Asset, Caitlin R. Kiernan (Tordotcom) The Order of Pure Moon Reflected in Water, Zen Cho (Tordotcom) Short fiction (under 10,000 wds) Yuli, … Continue reading World Fantasy Awards eligibility →
Episode 546:Veronica Schanoes and Burning Girls and Other Stories
March 07, 2021 08:34Welcome to episode 4 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. Despite an unexpected glitch that caused Jonathan to disappear partway through, he and Gary are joined by Veronica Schanoes, whose Burning Girls and Other Stories is just out, with endorsements from writers and scholars as diverse as Karen Joy Fowler, Jack Zipes, Jane … Continue reading Episode 546:Veronica Schanoes and Burning Girls and Other Stories →
Episode 545: Aliette de Bodard and Fireheart Tiger
February 20, 2021 02:03Welcome to episode 3 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week the brilliant Aliette de Bodard joins us from Paris to discuss her new Fireheart Tiger, which is already gathering stellar reviews, as well as the challenges of writing a complex romance with significant political themes, how much world-building is needed for … Continue reading Episode 545: Aliette de Bodard and Fireheart Tiger →
The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 coming September!
February 08, 2021 20:48The cover and table of contents for The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 are out over at Tor.com. It’s my only book for 2021 so I hope you’ll check it out. You can find the pre-order information for the book here. The ToC is: “50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know” by … Continue reading The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 coming September! →
Episode 544: Ten Minutes with Max Gladstone
February 06, 2021 23:43Last year Coode Street sat down with people from all over the world to talk about what they were reading, what they were up to, and how they were coping with strange times. We did it every day, which we probably never will again, and along the way found out it was fun and interesting … Continue reading Episode 544: Ten Minutes with Max Gladstone →
Episode 543: The Year in Review and Other Digressions
January 31, 2021 04:11Welcome to episode 2 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week, in the second of our main season of twenty-six hour-long episodes, our hosts Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan talk to Locus Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Liza Groen Trombi and award-winning writer Daryl Gregory about the year in science fiction and fantasy. … Continue reading Episode 543: The Year in Review and Other Digressions →
Episode 542: Ten Minutes with Jason Sizemore
January 20, 2021 00:00Last year Coode Street sat down with people from all over the world to talk about what they were reading, what they were up to, and how they were coping with strange times. We did it every day, which we probably never will again, and along the way found out it was fun and interesting … Continue reading Episode 542: Ten Minutes with Jason Sizemore →
Episode 541: John Clute and Science Fiction Repeating the Future
January 15, 2021 23:19Welcome to Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This year we’re repeating our commitment to bring you at least twenty-six hour-long episodes where our hosts, Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan, talk about science fiction and stuff with little or no coherent purpose and occasionally interact with interesting people. There will also be additional … Continue reading Episode 541: John Clute and Science Fiction Repeating the Future →
Awards Eligibility – 2020
December 22, 2020 03:03It’s the end of the year and various awards will be open for nominations and so on soon. There is a lot of wonderful fiction out there and, having been busy during 2020, I’ve been lucky enough to help what I think are some really excellent works of fiction that I think are worthy of … Continue reading Awards Eligibility – 2020 →
Interruption to service
December 20, 2020 00:10The whole being an editor thing means that you sort of work 365 days a year and 9-5 is a bit meaningless. That said, in the interests of sanity I will be clocking off at the end of the day on Wednesday 23 December and won’t be clocking back on until Monday 27 December 2020. … Continue reading Interruption to service →
Episode 540: The Last Official One for 2020
December 13, 2020 13:10Since we’re as anxious as everyone else to finally escape 2020, this one is likely to be Jonathan and Gary’s final episode of the year, unless we think of something irresistible. We start by reminding long-time listeners (or explaining to some for the first time) where the Coode Street name comes from, then honouring major … Continue reading Episode 540: The Last Official One for 2020 →
Episode 539: A Very Coode Street Gift Guide
November 29, 2020 10:49We’re getting to the end of an extraordinary year and it’s almost time to shutter the podcast before a well-earned holiday break. But, before Gary and Jonathan close the door on the Gershwin Room for the last time for 2020, a special gift guide episode. There were no notes, no plans, no lists – just … Continue reading Episode 539: A Very Coode Street Gift Guide →
Episode 538: Sheree Renée Thomas, Charles Coleman Finlay and F&SF
November 15, 2020 05:47Jonathan and Gary continue their irregular 2020 schedule with a conversation with Charles Coleman Finlay, who for more than five years has carried on the grand tradition of editing The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Sheree Renée Thomas, who picks up the mantle as new editor beginning with the March/April 2021 issue. We talk … Continue reading Episode 538: Sheree Renée Thomas, Charles Coleman Finlay and F&SF →
Episode 537: Ten Minutes with Charlie Jane Anders
November 03, 2020 08:10Ten minutes with… is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and book lovers from around the world talk about what they’re reading right now and what’s getting them through these difficult times. Hugo and Nebula winner Charlie Jane Anders talks about some new books she’s been reading by Rebecca Roanhorse, Holly … Continue reading Episode 537: Ten Minutes with Charlie Jane Anders →
Episode 536: Time for another list
October 18, 2020 03:07After spending a few minutes chatting about what it’s like to live in a relatively safe but relatively sealed-off environment—something Jonathan can experience in Western Australia, but something SFF has occasionally touched upon—your intrepid hosts venture into the questions raised by Time magazine’s much-discussed list of “The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time,” with … Continue reading Episode 536: Time for another list →
Episode 535: Ten Minutes with Rebecca Roanhorse
October 12, 2020 10:37Ten 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 Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning writer Rebecca Roanhorse chats about living and working through lockdown in New Mexico, the … Continue reading Episode 535: Ten Minutes with Rebecca Roanhorse →
Episode 534: Ten Minutes with Sheila Williams
October 11, 2020 04:12Ten 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. Hugo Award-winning Asimov’s editor Sheila Williams talk about the early days of the pandemic in Manhattan, the challenges of finding … Continue reading Episode 534: Ten Minutes with Sheila Williams →
Episode 533: Ten Minutes with Paul Park
October 06, 2020 21:56Ten 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. Multiple award-nominated novelist Paul Park discusses reading the Book of Mormon in preparation for his new novel, the challenges of … Continue reading Episode 533: Ten Minutes with Paul Park →
Episode 532: Ten Minutes with S. Qiouyi Lu
October 06, 2020 07:59Ten 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 chats with S. Qiouyi Lu about being highly prolific during the pandemic, the pleasures of immersive reading, reading … Continue reading Episode 532: Ten Minutes with S. Qiouyi Lu →
Episode 531: On reading and re-reading speculative fiction
October 04, 2020 06:22Jonathan and Gary are back with their usual laser-like focus on a single important topic–or maybe not. Starting at the recent release of the trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune, which has many of us looking back at Frank Herbert’s classic novel, they touch upon re-reading old favourites, books that are genuinely sui generis … Continue reading Episode 531: On reading and re-reading speculative fiction →
Episode 530: Ten Minutes with Julie Phillips
October 01, 2020 07:45Ten 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. Award-winning critic and biographer Julie Phillips talks about listening to audiobooks while biking in Amsterdam, enjoying Martha Wells’s Murderbot series, … Continue reading Episode 530: Ten Minutes with Julie Phillips →
Episode 529: Ten Minutes with Ruoxi Chen
September 27, 2020 23:25Ten 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 calls up Tordotcom Publishing editor Ruoxi Chen to chat about revisiting all-time favourites and how re-reading can help … Continue reading Episode 529: Ten Minutes with Ruoxi Chen →
Episode 528: Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future
September 26, 2020 22:24Coode Street has a long history of talking to Kim Stanley Robinson about the world and his work, starting back in 2011, continuing in our 200th episode in London, and on the publication of 2312, Aurora, and New York 2140, so we couldn’t pass up the chance to talk to him now. In what is … Continue reading Episode 528: Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future →
Episode 527: Ten Minutes with Madeleine E. Robins
September 25, 2020 22:32Ten 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. Madeleine E. Robins, author of the Sarah Tolerance historical mysteries, SF and fantasy, and historical novels, talks about starting her … Continue reading Episode 527: Ten Minutes with Madeleine E. Robins →
Episode 526: Ten Minutes with Linda Nagata
September 24, 2020 23:20Ten 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. Nebula and Locus award-winning Linda Nagata talks about what life in Maui is like with almost no tourists, how audiobooks … Continue reading Episode 526: Ten Minutes with Linda Nagata →
Episode 525: Ten Minutes with Benjamin Rosenbaum
September 23, 2020 20:40Ten 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. Multiple award-nominee Benjamin Rosenbaum discusses the pandemic as seen from Switzerland, learning to write in his garden when cafes are … Continue reading Episode 525: Ten Minutes with Benjamin Rosenbaum →
Episode 524: Ten Minutes with Delia Sherman
September 22, 2020 21:22Ten 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. Award-winning author, editor, and scholar Delia Sherman talks about reading old French newspapers and memoirs; the rewards of research; listening … Continue reading Episode 524: Ten Minutes with Delia Sherman →
Episode 523: Ten Minutes with Mary Anne Mohanraj
September 21, 2020 21:36Ten 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. Writer, professor, and Strange Horizons founder Mary Anne Mohanraj chats with Gary about launching a new cookbook just as everything … Continue reading Episode 523: Ten Minutes with Mary Anne Mohanraj →
Episode 522: Ten Minutes with Andrea Hairston
September 20, 2020 22:15Ten 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. Playwright, professor, director, and Carl Brandon and Otherwise-award winning writer Andrea Hairston talks with Gary about the necessity of reading … Continue reading Episode 522: Ten Minutes with Andrea Hairston →
Episode 521: Ten Minutes with Lisa Goldstein
September 19, 2020 22:49Ten 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. American Book Award winner Lisa Goldstein talks with Gary about her recent novel Ivory Apples, surviving California’s smoky air and … Continue reading Episode 521: Ten Minutes with Lisa Goldstein →
Episode 520: Ten Minutes with Jeannette Ng
September 18, 2020 21:51Ten 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. Hugo, Astounding, and British Fantasy Award-winning Jeanette Ng joins Gary from northern England, discussing what it’s like to live near … Continue reading Episode 520: Ten Minutes with Jeannette Ng →
Episode 519: Ten Minutes with Stephanie Feldman
September 17, 2020 21:34Ten 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. Crawford Award winner Stephanie Feldman joins Gary to talk about the unexpected complexities of virtual Kindergarten; writing about young adult … Continue reading Episode 519: Ten Minutes with Stephanie Feldman →
Episode 518: Ten Minutes with Andrea Stewart
September 16, 2020 21:39Ten 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 spends ten minutes or so chatting with exciting debut novelist Andrea Stewart about living and working through the … Continue reading Episode 518: Ten Minutes with Andrea Stewart →
Episode 517: Ten Minutes with Jane Routley
September 15, 2020 21:42Ten 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 is joined by Aurealis Award-winning writer Jane Routley and they chat about how Jane’s coping with the Melbourne … Continue reading Episode 517: Ten Minutes with Jane Routley →
Episode 516: Ten Minutes with Annalee Newitz
September 14, 2020 21:31Ten 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. Science journalist, novelist and Hugo Award-winning podcaster Annalee Newitz joins Jonathan to chat about living and working in the San … Continue reading Episode 516: Ten Minutes with Annalee Newitz →
Episode 515: Ten Minutes with Ellen Kushner
September 13, 2020 23:18Ten 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. Multiple award-winning author, editor, narrator, and radio personality Ellen Kushner chats with Gary about moving back to New York; ordering … Continue reading Episode 515: Ten Minutes with Ellen Kushner →
Episode 514: Alix E. Harrow and The Once and Future Witches
September 13, 2020 04:22For the first time since way back in March when they chatted with N.K. Jemisin, Jonathan and Gary are joined by a guest. This time the wonderful Alix E. Harrow, author of the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy nominated The Ten Thousand Doors of January and the forthcoming The Once and Future Witches joins Jonathan … Continue reading Episode 514: Alix E. Harrow and The Once and Future Witches →
Episode 513: Ten Minutes with Candas Jane Dorsey
September 11, 2020 23:48Ten 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. Multiple award-winning author, poet, and educator Candas Jane Dorsey talks with Gary about teaching writing online, how her communications students … Continue reading Episode 513: Ten Minutes with Candas Jane Dorsey →
Episode 512: Ten Minutes with Micaiah Johnson
September 10, 2020 21:41Ten 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 chats with exciting debut novelist Micaiah Johnson about the strangeness of lockdown in Nashville, struggling to work in … Continue reading Episode 512: Ten Minutes with Micaiah Johnson →
Episode 511: Ten Minutes with Cecelia Holland
September 09, 2020 11:34Ten 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. Widely respected historical novelist (and very occasional SF or fantasy writer) Cecelia Holland talks with Gary about the smoky conditions … Continue reading Episode 511: Ten Minutes with Cecelia Holland →
Episode 510: Ten Minutes with Chaz Brenchley
September 08, 2020 21:44Ten 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 fires up Skype to talk to Chaz Brenchley about the strange challenges of these times, the comfort to … Continue reading Episode 510: Ten Minutes with Chaz Brenchley →