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Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues   China Mieville China Mieville, author of the Hugo Award winning novel, “The City and the City,” and the classic “Perdido Street Station,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky in this archive interview recorded September 1, 2002. China Mieville is a British author of weird fantasy and science fiction, and a leftist political activist in Britain. Born in 1972, he began his literary career with an urban fantasy novel, King Rat, and followed it up with a novel considered now one of best fantasy works of the 20th Century, Perdido Street Station in 2000. This interview with China Mieville at the 60th World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose on September 1, 2002, shortly after the publication of his follow-up to Perdido Street Station, The Scar. Since then, China Mieville wrote a third novel set in that same Bas Lag universe as Perdido Street Station, Iron Council, published in 2004, and then moved on to other worlds with six stand alone novels, the most recent being a collaboration with Keanu Reaves titled The Book of Elsewhere, set in the BRZRKR comic book universe, published in 2024. A new novel is expected some time in 2025. his novel, The City and the City, which tied for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2010, was adapted for television by the BBC in 2018 and is now available streaming on Amazon Prime. Remastered and edited in January 2025 by Richard Wolinsky. Complete Interview   Eddie Muller: “Native Son” and International Film Noir Eddie Muller, dubbed the “Czar of Noir” has written three books on film noir and hosts a weekly Noir film festival on Turner Classic Movies every weekend. He discusses 1951 film version of Richard Wright's classic novel, “Native Son,” fllmed in Argentina and recently restored, which is now available to stream on the Criterion app as well as the free library apps, Kanopy and Hoopla, and can be rented via Apple+. In this interview with host Richard Wolinsky, he discusses the film, as well as noir film and international noir, with sidetracks into the French New Wave and other topics. Complete Interview.   Book Interview/Events and Theatre Links Note: Shows may unexpectedly close early or be postponed due to actors' positive COVID tests. Check the venue for closures, ticket refunds, and vaccination and mask requirements before arrival. Dates are in-theater performances unless otherwise noted. Some venues operate Tuesday – Sunday; others Wednesday or Thursday through Sunday. All times Pacific Time. Closing dates are sometimes extended. Book Stores Bay Area Book Festival  See website for highlights from the 10th Annual Bay Area Book Festival, June 1-2, 2024. Book Passage.  Monthly Calendar. Mix of on-line and in-store events. Books Inc.  Mix of on-line and in-store events. The Booksmith.  Monthly Event Calendar. BookShop West Portal. Monthly Event Calendar. Center for Literary Arts, San Jose. See website for Book Club guests in upcoming months. Green Apple Books. Events calendar. Kepler's Books  On-line Refresh the Page program listings. Live Theater Companies Actors Ensemble of Berkeley. See website for specific days and times, and for staged readings at LaVal's Subterranean Theater. Actor's Reading Collective (ARC).   See website for upcoming productions. African American Art & Culture Complex. See website for calendar. Alter Theatre. See website for upcoming productions. American Conservatory Theatre Nobody Loves You, a musical, Feb. 28 – March 30, Toni Rembe Theatre. Aurora Theatre  The Heart-Sellers by Lloyd Suh, February 9 – March 9, 2025. Awesome Theatre Company. See website for information. Berkeley Rep. The Thing About Jellyfish, based on the novel by Ali Benjamin, adapted by Keith Bunin, January 31 – March 9, World Premiere, Roda Theatre. Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Conor McPherson, February 14 – March 23, Peets Theatre. Berkeley Shakespeare Company. See website for upcoming shows. Supergalza: A Shakespeare Cabaret, spring 2025. Boxcar Theatre. Magic Man, Jan 3 – June 2, Palace Theatre. Brava Theatre Center: See calendar for current and upcoming productions. BroadwaySF: Annie, Feb. 6-9, Orpheum, Back to the Future: The Musical, Feb 12 – March 9. Orpheum. See website for complete listings for the Orpheum, Golden Gate and Curran Theaters. Broadway San Jose:  The Cher Show. March 18 – 23. Center Rep: Froggy, Feb. 9 – March 7. Lesher Center. Central Stage. See website for upcoming productions, 5221 Central Avenue, Richmond Central Works  Push/Pull by Harry Davis, March 1 – 30, 2025. Cinnabar Theatre. Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling, February 14-23, 2025, Warren Theatre, Sonoma State University. Club Fugazi. SF Sketchfest, Jan. 16 – Feb. 2. Dear San Francisco resumes Feb. 7.. Check website for Music Mondays listings. Contra Costa Civic Theatre Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury. February 1 – 16, 2025. 42nd Street Moon. See website for upcoming productions. Golden Thread  AZAD (The Rabbit and the Wolf) by Sona Tatoyan in collaboration with Jared Mezzocchi, April 11 – May 3. See website for other events. Hillbarn Theatre: Daisy by Sean Devine, January 23 – February  9. Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. See website for upcoming productions. Los Altos Stage Company. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Jan. 23 – Feb. 16. Lower Bottom Playaz  See website for upcoming productions. Magic Theatre. the boiling by Sunui Chang  April 3 -20, 2025. See website for additional events. Marin Shakespeare Company: See website for calendar. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Upcoming Events Page. New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC) Francis Grey and the Case of His Dead Boyfriend by Nathan Tylutkis, February 6-16. Wild with Happy by Colman Domingo, March 7 – April 6. New Performance Traditions. Both Eyes Open, a chamber opera on the Japanese American WWII incarceration, February 15-16, Zellerbach Hall. Oakland Theater Project.  See website for upcoming schedule. Odd Salon: Upcoming events in San Francisco & New York, and streaming. Palace of Fine Arts Theater.  See website for event listings. Pear Theater. The Gods of Comedy by Ken Ludwig,  Feb. 21 – March 16. See website for staged readings and other events. Playful People Productions. See website for upcoming productions and events. Presidio Theatre. See website for complete schedule of events and performances. Ray of Light: Next to Normal. June 2025. San Francisco Playhouse. Exotic Deadly, or the MSG Play by Keiko Green, January 30 – March 8. SFBATCO.  See website for upcoming streaming and in- theater shows. Cuckoo Edible Magic by Reed Flores, at the Magic in Fort Mason, Feb. 13 – March 8. San Jose Stage Company: An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, Feb. 5 – March 2.. Shotgun Players.  Heart Wrench, Feb 14 – 15. Art by Yazmina Reza, starts March 8. South Bay Musical Theatre: Urinetown,  January 15 – February 15, 2025. Saratoga Civic Theater. Stagebridge: See website for events and productions. Storytime every 4th Saturday. The Breath Project. Streaming archive. The Marsh: Calendar listings for Berkeley, San Francisco and Marshstream. Theatre Lunatico  See website for upcoming productions. Theatre Rhino  Doodler, conceived and directed by John Fisher, February 8- March 2. Streaming: Essential Services Project, conceived and performed by John Fisher, all weekly performances now available on demand. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Rachmaninoff and the Tsar with Hershey Felder and Jonathan Silvestri, Jan. 8 – Feb. 9, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Word for Word.  See website for upcoming productions. Misc. Listings: BAM/PFA: On View calendar for BAM/PFA. Berkeley Symphony: See website for listings. Chamber Music San Francisco: Calendar, 2025 Season. Dance Mission Theatre. On stage events calendar. Fort Mason Center. Events calendar. Crushing, live monologue show, Feb. 27-28. Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Calendar listings and upcoming shows. San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. Signs of Life? written and performed by Cheyenne Jackson, 2 performances February 14, Chan National Queer Arts Center. See schedule for upcoming SFGMC performances. San Francisco Opera. Calendar listings. San Francisco Symphony. Calendar listings. Filmed Live Musicals: Searchable database of all filmed live musicals, podcast, blog. If you'd like to add your bookstore or theater venue to this list, please write Richard@kpfa.org                                   .   . The post February 6, 2025: China Mieville – Eddie Muller appeared first on KPFA.

China Mieville, author of the Hugo Award winning novel, “The City and the City,” and the classic “Perdido Street Station,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky in this archive interview recorded September 1, 2002. China Mieville is a British author of weird fantasy and science fiction, and a leftist political activist in Britain. Born in 1972, he began his literary career with an urban fantasy novel, King Rat, and followed it up with a novel considered now one of best fantasy works of the 20th Century, Perdido Street Station in 2000. This interview with China Mieville at the 60th World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose on September 1, 2002, shortly after the publication of his follow-up to Perdido Street Station, The Scar. Since then, China Mieville wrote a third novel set in that same Bas Lag universe as Perdido Street Station, Iron Council, published in 2004, and then moved on to other worlds with six stand alone novels, the most recent being a collaboration with Keanu Reaves titled The Book of Elsewhere, set in the BRZRKR comic book universe, published in 2024. A new novel is expected some time in 2025. his novel, The City and the City, which tied for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2010, was adapted for television by the BBC in 2018 and is now available streaming on Amazon Prime. This interview has previously never been heard in its entirety. Remastered and edited in January 2025 by Richard Wolinsky. The post China Mieville, “Perdido Street Station,” 2002 appeared first on KPFA.

Hello everyone!!It's October and you know what that means! We drag the ghost, from their crypts (or ship) and have a good Halloween book chat!As Jon joined us for China Mieville's 2nd book of the Bas-Lag Trilogy: the Scar!It's a great time talking about the power and potential of class consciousness, the strange dynamics of cities, pirates, liberation, and the terrible risks of mishandling quantum and nuclear physics.It's Mieville, it's a fun book, and a phenomenal chat! Enjoy!Also buy Jon's Book!https://repeaterbooks.com/product/capitalism-a-horror-story-gothic-marxism-and-the-dark-side-of-the-radical-imagination/And, naturally, check out and support the Horror Vanguard!https://horrorvanguard.comhttps://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard/postsAnd please support our Patreon if you can and are interested in early episodes and now live Here Be Extras!https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro: "Ultralounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro: "Leve Palestina" Spartacus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to make your setting a starring player in your story? Pete and Martha talk it out, through a cinematic master and a science fiction virtuoso author. Homework for the episode: Collateral (2004, dir. Michael Mann), The City & The City (2009, auth. China Mieville)

This week, Lisa and Bernie sit down with actor, author and musician, Keanu Reeves. Keanu shares the story of Dogstar's reunion after 22 years, the inspiration behind their latest album, “Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees”, and the passion he has for the gear he's using on their current tour. He discusses “The Book of Elsewhere”, a book he co-wrote with China Mieville, and gives us a sneak peek into his upcoming Broadway project, “Waiting for Godot” with Alex Winter. Join us for an insightful and candid conversation with one of the most genuine and passionate artists in the industry. ⁠DOGSTAROFFICIAL.com⁠ ⁠linktr.ee/dogstarband⁠ ⁠dogstar.lnk.to/PowerLinesAndPalmTrees⁠ ⁠thebookofelsewhere.com⁠ ****************************************** Hungry for more? Check us out at isbreakfast.com ******************************************

We discuss the most popular movie in the world on this week's podcast, and also discuss two...books. We are BOOK and Film Globe, after all. You can't pigeonhole us.Frequent sci-fi and fantasy reviewer Dan Friedman joins Neal Pollack on the podcast to discuss 'The Bright Sword,' a very modern retelling of the Arthurian legend from Lev Grossman, who wrote The Magicians series. Did you know Sir Bedivere was gay? Lev Grossman does! In any case, The Bright Sword is quite engaging and fun to read, and both Dan and Neal reserve praise for this book, which injects fresh life into a moldy mythology.'The Book of Elsewhere,' by China Mieville and, we guess, Keanu Reeves, is a bit more of a lift, despite being half the length. Based on an ultra-violent comic book series by Reeves, this is the story of 'B,' an 80,000-year-old immortal warrior who cannot die, or who at least comes back to life after he dies. Think John Wick meets Highlander. It's not as much fun as it sounds, if it sounds fun at all. Mieville fills the pages between grisly action sequences with philosophical rumination on the meaning of identity, approach at your own risk. Both Dan and Neal found this book to be a bit much.Stephen Garrett crosses over from another realm in the multiverse to discuss 'Deadpool & Wolverine' with Neal. They both found this meta-entry in the MCU to be kind of cheap and a load of fun. There's not much else to say about the #1 movie in the world, other than "Marvel is back," and nothing is going to stop it from reasserting its dominance over the pop-culture landscape. They also discuss, along those lines, the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the MCU. The years of Dr. Doom are in front of us. It's Marvel's multiverse, and we just live in it.Enjoy the show, people of The Gambia!

Keanu Reeves and China Mieville talk 'The Book of Elsewhere'; Harris secures enough committed delegates to become presumptive Democratic nominee; A look at synchronized swimming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keanu Reeves and China Mieville talk 'The Book of Elsewhere'; Harris secures enough committed delegates to become presumptive Democratic nominee; A look at synchronized swimming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patreon for AD Free and Extra Content: https://www.patreon.com/SofanautsDiscover the unsettling advancements in creepy robot technology, the revolutionary use of synthetic amber for DNA storage, and why multivitamins won't help you live longer. Dive into the latest scientific breakthroughs and their implications in this eye-opening video. Don't miss out – subscribe and stay informedIn this conversation, Tony and Brian discuss various topics including a science fiction novel by China Mieville and Keanu Reeves, a robot with a smiling face made from living human skin, the comfort of the vastness of space, and China's lunar probe mission. They explore the ethical implications of using human skin on robots, the fear and fascination with the vastness of space, and the achievements and challenges in space exploration. The conversation touches on the future of space technology and the emerging space race. In this conversation, Bryan and Tony discuss various topics including spaceports, DNA storage, multivitamins, water harvesting, time on the moon, and AI design. They explore the implications and potential applications of these subjects, highlighting the importance of technological advancements and the need for further research.00:00Introduction and Science Fiction Novel01:26Living Human Skin on Robots10:32The Creepy Smiley Face in the Movie Moon13:20Finding Comfort in the Vastness of Space23:04China's Lunar Probe Mission25:07The Emerging Space Race27:05The Future of Space Technology27:12The Changing Landscape of Spaceports34:11DNA Storage: Preserving Data for Generations38:36The Controversy Surrounding Multivitamins43:47Water Harvesting: A Solution to Water Scarcity50:24Time on the Moon: A Minute Difference53:23AI Design: Unlocking New Possibilities Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is only one human settlement on the planet of Arieka. There, in Embassytown, a young woman named Avice grows up in a strange world between worlds, where all that is human and all that is alien collide without ever really coming together. That's not much of a summary, but this is a book that really benefits from going in mostly blind, so we made sure to keep things really clean in the pre-spoilers section too.Join the Hugonauts book club on discord!Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer videoSimilar books we recommend:Babel-17 by Samuel DelanyCity and the City or anything else by China Miéville A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

It's summer for real now, and we're hyped for our upcoming event at Hastings House in Beverly Farms, featuring four summer-read authors. This is a legit literary genre at this point, folks. So we fire things up with Elin Hilderbrand's final (maybe) summer novel, fittingly titled "Swan Song." What makes this new literary tradition so attractive? Sam and Hannah both have thoughts, comparing her to Edith Wharton and Jane Austen. She's incredibly efficient in setting a scene and establishing character, and even created a collective first person that's incredibly effective. It leads to a discussion on voice, especially in "Fire Exit," Morgan Talty's new gritty and real novel about identity and family. It's a special novel, for sure, and you should expect it to be on all the awards lists at the end of the year. How intimately linked are our identities to our DNA? "Becoming Little Shell" has some non-fiction thoughts on this as well. We go on and on about this, kinda. It's really good.  Hannah is less enthused by "The Return of Ellie Black," by Emiko Jean, which she listened to and felt a little bit like masochism. But she did get hooked and wanted to figure out what happpens. It's a lot different from her "Tokyo Ever After," a very sweet YA book. Definitely not sweet is "The Book of Elsewhere," a book co-written by none other than Keanu Reeves and China Mieville, which is really violent, but also super interesting and thoughtful. After powering through the beginning, Sam kinda loved it. Finally, Hannah has just finished "A Good Life," a bestseller from France now in translation about two sisters in the French countryside who teamed up to survive their mom. 

Brea and Mallory pick their most anticipated books for June and July. Plus, they discuss books they love that aren't in their wheelhouses. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Factorwww.factormeals.com/GLASSES50CODE: GLASSES50Microdose Gummieswww.microdose.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory's New Book!Books Mentioned - Stagtown by PunkoPuzzleheart by Jenn ReeseBook Lovers by Emily HenryLong Division by Kiese LaymonJuneThe Stardust Grail by Yume KitaseiComing back for one last job, art heist in spaceFire Exit by Morgan TaltyLiterary, Maine, family, small town secretsOne Star Romance by Laura HankinRomance, enemies to lovers, publishing, academiaNot in Love by Ali Hazelwood - Romance, women in STEM, business, secret affairDaughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye PenelopeHistorical fantasy, gods and myths, woman on a journey, ancient magicEnlightenment by Sarah PerryLiterary, romance, astronomy, friendship, mystery, scienceLady Eve's Last Con by Rebecca FraimowQueer sci fi romance, be gay do space crimesDancers of the Dawn by Zulekha A. AfzalYA fantasy, dance magic, desert setting, dancer assassins, adventureTidal Creatures by Seanan McGuireSequel to MiddlegameThe Pecan Children by Quinn ConnorSmall town horror, Southern US setting, sisters, folkloreWe Speak Through the Mountain by Premee MohamedSequel to The Annual Migration of CloudsThe Unrelenting Earth by Kritika H. RaoBook 2 of The Rages TrilogyThe Phoenix Ballroom by Ruth HoganLiterary, elderly widow reviving a community and her heartMoonbound by Robin SloanSci fi and fantasy, AI narrator, magic, journeyThe Girl Who Kept the Castle by Ryan GraudinMiddle grade fantasy, dragons, magic castles, cat character, magic competitionRakesfall by Vajra ChandrasekeraSci fi, reincarnation, friendship, time stuffThe Cautious Traveler's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah BrooksHistorical fantasy, train trip, magic, monsters, friendsCraft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda LimaShort stories, speculative fiction, strangeDarkness and Demon Song by M.R. 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CobellYA thriller, murder, debutSuch a Bad Influence by Olivia MuenterThriller, debut, sister's disappearance, social media, dark corners of the internetThe Unwedding by Ally CondieThriller, White Lotus meets Agatha ChristieOne of Our Kind by Nicola YoonThriller, Get Out meets The Stepford WivesWhat Fire Brings by Rachel Howzell HallThriller, writer searching for missing friend, Los AngelesThe Midnight Feast by Lucy FoleyThriller, locked room murder mystery, luxury resortDeath in the Air by Ram MuraliMystery, debut, locked room, Knives Out meets Crazy Rich AsiansThat Night in the Library by Eva JurczykLocked room mystery in a library, college, dark academiaIcon and Inferno by Marie LuYA mystery romance, secret agentsIncidents Around the House by Josh MalermanHorror, family, motherhoodMoral Injuries by Christie WatsonPsychological thriller, friendships, medicine, revengeLove Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha CoryellDebut thriller, serial killerJulyI Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham JonesHorror, slasher, 1980s, TexasThe Night of Baba Yaga by Akira OtaniQueer thriller, Kill Bill meets Thelma and LouiseThe Ghost Keeper by Johanna TaylorQueer YA graphic novel, gothic horror romance, ghostsExes and Foes by Amanda WoodyYA queer romance, competitionSo Witches We Became by Jill BaguchinskyQueer YA horror, witches, female rageNo Road Home by John FramQueer thriller, Texas, family secretsQueen B by Juno DawsonNext in Her Majesty's Royal CovenYou Had Me At Happy Hour by Timothy JanovskyGay romance, mixology, PennsylvaniaNicked by M.T. AndersonDebut, queer historical fantasy, medieval heistCursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam SassYA gay romance, vineyard summer job, rose festivalEvenings and Weekends by Oisin McKennaQueer literary fiction, London, new adult, sexy, funnyA Rose by Any Other Name by Mary McMyneQueer fantasy, Shakespeare retelling, occult romanceToward Eternity by Anton HurQueer sci fi, bio tech, nano-tech, meaning of lifeBury Your Gays by Chuck TingleQueer horror, HollywoodMisrecognition by Madison NewboundQueer new adult literary fiction, funny, debut, sexualityPortrait of a Shadow by Meriam MetouiYA horror romance, mystery, family secretsOur Wicked Histories by Amy GoldsmithYA horror, Ireland, estranged friends, creepy houseThe Road to the Salt Sea by Samuel KolawoleLiterary, hotel, man on a journey, class, immigrationHouse of Shades by Lianne DillsworthHistorical fiction, Victorian London, female doctor, secretsThe Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India HoltonHistorical fantasy, romance, magic, birds, rom com, competition, EnglandThe Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet GramesHistorical thriller, Italy, 1960s, village full of secrets, romanceThe Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula BrackstonHistorical fantasy, Victorian England, ghosts, libraryA Lethal Lady by Nekesa AfriaHistorical mystery, Paria, perfume, murderThe Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux by M.J. RobothamHistorical fiction, Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo readalikeMy Lady's Secrets by Katy MoranHistorical fiction, regency England, spies, romanceMasquerade by O.O. SangoyomiHistorical fantasy, Persephone retelling, court intrigueTeddy by Emily DunlayDebut historical fiction, Mad Men meets Lessons in ChemistryThey Dream in Gold by Mai SennaarLiterary fiction, epic family saga, family and identityLiars by Sarah MangusoLiterary fiction, motherhood, marriage, artWelcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca SegalLiterary fiction, heart warming, island in the South Atlantic, funny, quirky, communityThe Coin by Yasmin ZaherLiterary fiction, NYC, teacher, a woman unravelingLet Me Liberate You by Andie DavisLiterary fiction, satire about activism and privilegeTell It to Me Singing by Tita RamirezLiterary fiction, Cuban American family drama, debut, secrets, twistySmothermoss by Alisa AleringLiterary, 1980s, Appalachia, sisters, monsters, weird fictionMysterious Setting by Kazushige Abe, translated by Michael EmmerichJapanese novella, funny and dark, sibling competitionThe Losts Souls of Benzaiten by Kelly MurashigeYA sci fi, Japanese mythology, mental health, robot vacuum cleanerIn the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi OgundiranEpic fantasy novella, visions, priestesses, cosmic warA Certain Kind of Starlight by Heather WebberFantasy, magic, small town, friendshipThe Dissonance by Shaun HamillEpic contemporary fantasy, Texas, magic, monsters, friendshipThe Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra BrackenSequel to Silver in the BoneMy Mother Cursed My Name by Anamely Salgado ReyesMagical realism, generational trauma, grief, family sagaOne Year Ago in Spain by Evelyn SkyeMagical realism romance, second chance romance, ghosts and soulsNavigational Entanglements by Aliette de BodardFound family space opera romanceDaughters of Chaos by Jen FawkesQueer historical fantasy, Civil War era Nashville, female rage, powers, cultThe Lost Story by Meg ShafferRomantasy, magical world, disappearancesThe Melancholy of Untold History by Minsoo KangEast-Asian inspired fantasy saga, gods and mythsThe Second Son by Adrienne TooleySequelGrief in the Fourth Dimension by Jennifer YuSpec fic YA, death and afterlifeThe Book of Elsewhere by China Mieville and Keanu ReevesGenre bendy spec ficPrimal Mirror by Nalini SinghRomantasy, family secrets, telepathsAll This and More by Peng ShepardChoose your own adventure fantasyThe Sky on Fire by Jenn LyonsHigh fantasy, heist with dragonsQuickly, While They Still Have Horses by Jan CarsonSpec fic short storiesThe Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miya Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun LeeCozy Korean fantasyThe Great Hemisphere by Mateo AskaripourSci fi, invisible protagonistIllustrated Girl by Josephine AngelinYA cozy fantasyWomen in the Valley of the Kings by Kathleen ShepardFeminist Egyptology historyMeet the Neighbors by Brandon KeimScience of animal intelligenceJewel Me Twice by Charish ReidSteamy heist romance, second chances, Europe tripThe Widow on Dwyer Court by Lisa KuselSexy psychological thriller, writer protagonistBody Check by Elle KennedySpicy hockey rom-comJust Playing House by Farah HeronRomance, forced proximity, second chances, celebrity romanceLook in the Mirror by Catherine SteadmanThriller, inheritance with a cost, mansion in the British Virgin IslandsThe Woman in the Garden by Jill JohnsonBotanical poison murder mystery, plants, LondonBright Objects by Ruby ToddThriller, debut, astronomy, romance, murder, a cometThe Astrology House by Carinn JadeThriller, astrology, debut, wealthy retreat, secretsThe Bang Bang Sisters by Rio YouersThriller, all girl vigilante rock bandThe Wilds by Sarah PearseChilling thriller, vanish twin, Portuguese national park, mysterious mapIt's Elementary by Elise BryantMystery romance, missing principal, elementary school politicsThe Hollywood Assistant by May CobbThriller, Hollywood, murder, famous family and their secretsSummer's End by Juneau BlackNext Shady Hollow bookDocile by Hyesseung SongMemoir about being a daughter of Korean immigrants, mental illness, subverting model minority mythDateable by Jessica Slice and Caroline CuppGuide to dating for disabled people

Surprise, there's a problem with hosting the Hugos in China. Plus: Keanu Reeves is co-writing with China Mieville, we kick off our February read, The Shadow of the Gods. And our spoilery thoughts on The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes.

Jeff and Rebecca kick themselves for not seeing the obvious reason Oprah might be stumping extra-hard for The Covenant of Water, marvel at Keanu Reeves, lament banning the dictionary, and are unsurprised, mostly, with a list of the most popular books of the last ten years. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We'll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Book Riot contributors' most anticipated books of 2024 This might be the reason Oprah wanted to sell a lot of copies of Covenant of Water Open AI says it can't train LLMs without copyright material Florida county bans the dictionary  Swifties fuel another literary conspiracy theory Keanu Reeves collabs on sci-fi novel with China Miéville Goodreads members' 76 most popular books of the last decade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Tracy, Jeff, and Eric discuss Perdido Street Station by China Mieville.  Links:  Tracy on Twitter Tracy on the Web Eric on Twitter Jeff on Twitter Thetomeshow.com Patreon.com/thetomeshow     

In this episode Tracy, Jeff, and Eric discuss Perdido Street Station by China Mieville.  Links:  Tracy on Twitter Tracy on the Web Eric on Twitter Jeff on Twitter Thetomeshow.com Patreon.com/thetomeshow     

Brea and Mallory recommend sci fi books for all your dads, boyfriends, and husbands. They also solve a book dumping problem and give advice on being judgemental in your book club. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free ShippingPair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.com/GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/join Wooden Comic BoxMatt's Visualized Reading Life Books Mentioned - Starter Villain by John ScalziThe Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T.L. HuchuOld Man's War by John ScalziRosewater by Tade ThompsonTitanium Noir by Nick HarkawayThe Long Way to A Small Angry Planet by Becky ChambersDefenders by Will McIntoshThe Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Kevin LiuThe Light Brigade by Kameron HurleyAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieThe Prey of Gods by Nikki DraydenThe City and the City by China Mieville

Nate, Sebastian, Ryan, Jordan, and David all convene to discuss DISCO ELYSIUM, ZA/UM's 2019 surreal detective adventure. We talk about evocative prose, political vision quests, and what kinds of cops we would be, if we were forced against our will to be cops. Nate fantasizes about being bench-pressed by China Mieville, Sebastian brings a cavalry saber to a gun fight, Jordan fails to make time for a crucial nap, and Ryan tells us all about "the only Kim K who matters."

Welcome to Episode 122 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean's Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit FormHostsStuart GeoffChris Wallace (Model Airplane maker)TerryThanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:***************************************LATEST NEWSResicast: Closing by end of 2023Friulmodel is closingThe Moosarro Cup box is here. It's very light….SIG Area at 2024 Nats***************************************MAILBAGWe want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions scalemodelpodcast@gmail.com. Shattered Sword was written by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully.Thanks to Ken Freundt for writing in.***************************************LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTSMeng's Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 in 24th scale.Trumpeter in OctoberHawker Hurricane Mk.IIc Trop in 1/48 coming from ArmaF-16 or Abrams Beginners Set from Italeri3D-Wild Miniatures to show a 1/200 Nimitz class Island and flight deck at NatsLUNA COMBAT The Ma.K Lincoln Report Vol.2 from Lincoln WrightWhat's new at Scalemates.com*************************************Chris Wallace on Why Our Model Shows Have Competitions***************************************SPONSOR AD #1Cult TV Man***************************************WHAT'S ON THE BENCHStuart - Working on a 1/144 Bandai Tie fighter. Painted the solar panels Aqueos Metallic Black, then after a gloss coat going to try Mr Metallic Color GX Metallic Violet. In a very thin coat. After masking the panels off I may use the same Violet color for the other parts.I have also primed and airbrushed gold onto some parts of the Hayabusa Muses-C space probe. Geoff - really stuck in the summer doldrums, partly due to chores but also just not terribly motivated, so I'm just plugging away at several kits at the pre-painting stage.Terry - Slow summer with puppies! Ginny brought a (maybe) foster husky home. Zeus is about 9 months old and is doing a stellar job wearing himself and Toshi out. I have had a chance to do a bit of sanding etc. here and there.Chris - Rebuilding the hobby studio in the new house. Phase 1a is complete. Phase 1b to begin when I build up the courage.Improving the Tamiya 1/48 Corsair - Build video at https://youtu.be/JLK9h2Sg-qgI'll be painting this build next and hope to have a video out soon.WHAT ARE WE READINGStuart - The Victorian Internet by Tom Stage - A history of the telegraph and how it's effect on civilization mirrors quite a bit the creation of the Internet.Geoff - still reading about Magellan!Terry: Still reading the same books, I'm about halfway through Tom Cleaver's Clean Sweep - P-51Bs have started arriving in England. I'm getting the urge to read something big and engrossing like a China Mieville or Neal Stephenson novel. Maybe Discworld, I've never read that series.Chris - Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell, The Fighting Corsairs***************************************SPONSOR AD #2Seans Custom Model Tools***************************************THINGS WE'VE SEENAirfix has been hinting at something. Very coy.Turned out to be a 1/48 Westland Sea King HAS.1/HAS.5/HU.5Trumpeter's 1/32 Devastator is now on people's benches!  Putty and Paint to see amazing miniature work.***************************************THE LAST WORD“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”-Kurt VonnegutAlso: https://honeycopy.com/copywritingblog/kurt-vonnegut-adviceSMP Ep. 122 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!For more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.comPlease leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we're doing!Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own websiteWe also have merchandise now. Check it out on Redbubble

Adam and Will are joined by Professor Steven Shaviro to discuss his work on the philosophy of science fiction, developing on themes from recent texts such as Extreme Fabulations and 2016's Discognition out on Repeater Books. We asked Steven about the various techniques that writers such as Frank Herbert, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and China Mieville to unearth possible futures in the present; and how they extrapolate from, speculate upon, and generate fables about dominant tendencies of our political and technological situation. We also touched upon philosophies of time and narrative such as Bergson, Deleuze, Whitehead, Foucault, Marshall McLuhan, and Darko Suvin.Support the podcast:Linktree: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonAcid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcastZer0 Books and Repeater Media Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zer0repeaterMerch: http://www.crit-drip.comOrder 'The Philosopher's Tarot': https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-philosophers-tarot/Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/169wvvhiHappy Hour at Hippel's (Adam's blog): https://happyhourathippels.wordpress.com​Revolting Bodies (Will's Blog): https://revoltingbodies.com​Split Infinities (Craig's Substack): https://splitinfinities.substack.com/​Music: https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/ and https://thecominginsurrection.bandcamp.com/Support the show

Adam and Will are joined by Professor Steven Shaviro to discuss his work on the philosophy of science fiction, developing on themes from recent texts such as Extreme Fabulations and 2016's Discognition out on Repeater Books. We asked Steven about the various techniques that writers such as Frank Herbert, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and China Mieville to unearth possible futures in the present; and how they extrapolate from, speculate upon, and generate fables about dominant tendencies of our political and technological situation. We also touched upon philosophies of time and narrative such as Bergson, Deleuze, Whitehead, Foucault, Marshall McLuhan, and Darko Suvin.Support Zer0 Books  and Repeater Media on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooksSubscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books-----Other links:Check out the projects of some of the new contributors to Zer0 Books:Acid HorizonPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/acidhorizonMerch: crit-drip.comThe Philosopher's Tarot from Repeater Books: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-philosophers-tarot/The Horror VanguardApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-vanguard/id1445594437Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguardBuddies Without OrgansApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/buddies-without-organs/id1543289939Website: https://buddieswithout.org/Xenogothic: https://xenogothic.com/

Does Star Trek show us what socialism looks like? What would it look like if we organized society democratically instead of allowing a few people to control most of the resources?   Bibliography and Further Reading * Obviously, the work of Marx and Engels is key to this piece. Particular texts I drew on here include The Civil War in France (1871) (modern editions contain the first draft and the address on the Civil War) and The Critique of the Gotha Programme (1875). Marx's "La Liberte" speech (1872) is where he proposes that some countries might transition to communism peacefully: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/09/08.htm * One of my chief inspirations for this piece and in general is the book Socialism: Past and Future (1989) by Michael Harrington, founder of the Democratic Socialists of America. Socialism does a good job of summing up the history of socialism, the rise of democratic socialism, the problems we faced in the 20th century, and where we might go from here. * The Preconditions of Socialism (1899) (also published in English as Evolutionary Socialism) by Eduard Bernstein is a fascinating book by the father of the democratic socialist movement and the idea of achieving socialists goals through gradual reform. A controversial figure both in his time and today, both with orthodox Marxists and modern democratic socialists, his story is one I find endlessly fascinating. Much as during the Social Democratic period of the mid-20th century, when Preconditions was first published, it seemed as if gradual socialism was working in Bernstein's native Germany. Then of course the First World War brought Germany to its knees. Bernstein himself, who'd become a member of the Reichstag, would die three weeks before Hitler came to power, undid all the achievements of his party, executed its leaders, and most of the members of Bernstein's ethnic group. While researching this piece, I also drew on The Dilemma of Democratic Socialism: Eduard Bernstein's Challenge to Marx (1952) by Peter Gay, and the excellent introduction to the English translation of Preconditions from 1993 by translator Henry Tudor. * For the history of the Russian Revolution, I highly recommend China Mieville's October (2017), a highly readable retelling of the story of the revolution and the events around it. * I am highly indebted to the work of Richard Wolff, whose Democracy at Work (2012) and associated website and YouTube channel opened my eyes to the possibilities of worker cooperatives as a tool for workers to control the means of production within a capitalist society and so create a mechanism not only to improve the lives of workers in the near term, but to build up worker power and control in the long term. * I'm also indebted to the continued work of Cory Doctorow in and out of his Pluralistic project, with too many useful and informative pieces to list here. For example, Pluristic turned me onto how municipal broadband providers are the only ones with consistent customer satisfaction, or his piece in Boing Boing about how the notion of the "tragedy of the commons" is based on lies and fraud. Other important pieces include "What Comes After Neoliberalism" and "Excuseflation".  * Carlos Maza's excellent video essay "The Pay for It Scam" is essential for understanding the ways in which only programs for the social good are ever asked "how will you pay for it", while corporate subsidies, tax cuts, and the military budget piles on the debt.  * For more on the "primitive communism" of the Iroquois and other native tribes, I recommend The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (2021) by David Graeber. * Most of my research on Gene Roddenberry comes from the book The Impossible Happened: The Life and Work of Gene Roddenberry, Creator of Star Trek (2016) by Lance Parkin  * More on how modern corporations actually show the power of a centralized economy, a piece inspired by the book The People's Republic of Walmart (2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRepEvmCCIg   A larger bibliography can be found at: https://literatemachine.com/2023/04/11/star-trek-into-socialism/#paragraph

La ciudad y la ciudad (The city and the city, 2009) de China Mieville es un libro que inicia con una investigación de homicidio rutinaria en la Brigada de Crímenes Violentos de la ciudad de Besźel. El inspector Tyador Borlú, sin embargo, no está tan seguro de ello, hay algo en la muerte de una joven sin identificar que lo hace sospechar que hay fuerzas más siniestras de por medio. Pero para saber qué está pasando, tendrá que acercarse a Ul Qoma, la ciudad gemela de Besźel y a la cual tiene prohibido siquiera ver.   Acompáñanos en este episodio para descubrir de qué trata este libro y qué tiene de bueno y de malo.   Música de entrada: Triggernometry de Triplepoint Trio Música de salida: Time's Seal (12,000 B.C.) de Nostalvania, The OC Jazz Collective   Contesta la encuesta: https://alaaventura.net/encuesta/    ¡Obtén hasta dos meses de servicios gratis en Libsyn al iniciar tu podcast! Usa el código AVENTURA en al registrarte en http://libsyn.com  Contacto www.alaaventura.net/contacto  www.facebook.com/alaaventurapodcast  Twitter: @alaaventura  jboscomendoza@gmail.com    Encuentra a Manu en: Volovancast https://www.youtube.com/@VideoVolovanCastOficial :  Twitter: @rubricant   Ayuda a hacer posible este podcast a través de Patreon http://wwww.patreon.com/alaaventura  O compra el libro del que hablamos este episodio http://www.alaaventura.net/libros   

It's been 174 years since Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote “The Communist Manifesto.” How is it still relevant today and what makes it such a vital guide to understanding present-day struggles? That's the subject of China Mieville's latest work, “A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto.” Miéville, a self-proclaimed Marxist and socialist, is a New York Times-bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction. His most recent book offers an analysis of what arguably remains the modern world's most influential political document. He joins WITHpod to discuss criticisms of “The Manifesto,” the precipitating factors and peculiar nature of the text, how it still profoundly influences contemporary discourse and more.

An imprecise apocalypse. Thanks to the awesome Patreon supporter who nominated this awesome episode! If you would like to purchase a nomination or a bonus episode of your own, email the show at ClaytempleMedia.@gmail.com. Support the show and gain access to over three dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough science-fiction and fantasy in your life? Join us on The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast! Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks! Neil Gaiman fan? Love comics? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Check out Glenn's medieval history podcast Agnus! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Follow Claytemple Media on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for our newsletter. Follow Glenn on Facebook and Twitter. Check out Glenn's weird fiction story "Goodbye to All That" on the Tales to Terrify Podcast. Next time: The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

DOOM! Thanks to the awesome Patreon supporter who nominated this awesome episode! If you would like to purchase a nomination or a bonus episode of your own, email the show at ClaytempleMedia.@gmail.com. Support the show and gain access to over three dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough science-fiction and fantasy in your life? Join us on The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast! Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks! Neil Gaiman fan? Love comics? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Check out Glenn's medieval history podcast Agnus! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Follow Claytemple Media on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for our newsletter. Follow Glenn on Facebook and Twitter. Check out Glenn's weird fiction story "Goodbye to All That" on the Tales to Terrify Podcast. Next time: Looking for Jake by China Mieville. Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

This week we're delving into the subject of books and how the written word can inspire the stories we tell at the table. To help us on our journey we're joined by longtime friend, self professed nerd, and fellow D&D player Paul Stead! Join us for all the hot goss on speculative fiction this week on the Philomythia Podcast. – Website: https://philomythia.com (https://philomythia.com) Contact us at: info@philomythia.com All The Links: https://linktr.ee/philomythia (https://linktr.ee/philomythia) – Music is Provided by Jerry Stenquist. Check his music out at https://theplayercharacter.com/ (https://theplayercharacter.com/) – Authors Laura Anne Gilman: https://www.lauraannegilman.net/ (https://www.lauraannegilman.net/) Vineart War series: https://www.lauraannegilman.net/whats-in-print/vineart-war/ (https://www.lauraannegilman.net/whats-in-print/vineart-war/) 1st book - Flesh & Fire: https://www.lauraannegilman.net/whats-in-print/vineart-war/flesh-fire/ (https://www.lauraannegilman.net/whats-in-print/vineart-war/flesh-fire/) Brandon Sanderson: http://www.brandonsanderson.com/ (https://www.brandonsanderson.com/) Mistborn series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn) 1st book - The Final Empire: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/the-mistborn-saga-the-original-trilogy/#FINALEMPIRE (https://www.brandonsanderson.com/the-mistborn-saga-the-original-trilogy/#FINALEMPIRE) Garth Nix: https://garthnix.com/ (https://garthnix.com/) The Old Kingdom series: https://garthnix.com/books/the-old-kingdom/ (https://garthnix.com/books/the-old-kingdom/) 1st book - Sabriel: https://garthnix.com/books/the-old-kingdom/sabriel-25th-anniversary/ (https://garthnix.com/books/the-old-kingdom/sabriel-25th-anniversary/) Naomi Novik: https://www.naominovik.com/ (https://www.naominovik.com/) Uprooted: http://www.naominovik.com/uprooted/ (http://www.naominovik.com/uprooted/) Brian Staveley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Staveley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Staveley) 1st book - The Emperor's Blades: https://bstaveley.wordpress.com/the-series/ (https://bstaveley.wordpress.com/the-series/) China Mieville: https://www.chinamieville.net/ (https://www.chinamieville.net/) Perdido Street Station: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdido_Street_Station (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdido_Street_Station) New Crobuzon: https://baslag.fandom.com/wiki/New_Crobuzon (https://baslag.fandom.com/wiki/New_Crobuzon) Races: https://list.fandom.com/wiki/Races_of_Bas-Lag (https://list.fandom.com/wiki/Races_of_Bas-Lag) Ken Follett: https://ken-follett.com/ (https://ken-follett.com/) Pillars of the Earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pillars_of_the_Earth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pillars_of_the_Earth) Joe Abercrombie: https://joeabercrombie.com/ (https://joeabercrombie.com/) The First Law Trilogy: https://joeabercrombie.com/books/ (https://joeabercrombie.com/books/) 1st book - The Blade Itself: https://joeabercrombie.com/books/the-blade-itself/ (https://joeabercrombie.com/books/the-blade-itself/) Diana Wynne Jones: http://www.dianawynnejones.com/ (http://www.dianawynnejones.com/) Howl's Moving Castle series: https://howlscastle.fandom.com/wiki/Castle_Series (https://howlscastle.fandom.com/wiki/Castle_Series) 1st book - Howl's Moving Castle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howl%27s_Moving_Castle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howl%27s_Moving_Castle) Robert Jordan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jordan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jordan) Wheel of Time series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time) 1st book - The Eye of the World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_World (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_World) Voice Actors John Lee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rafter_Lee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rafter_Lee) Steven Pacey:...

Lauren W. will be co-hosting this non-fiction quarter of Reading Envy Russia. We share books we have already read and freely recommend, and also chat about the piles and shelves of books we are considering. Let us know your recommendations and where you hope to start in the comments, or join the conversation in Goodreads.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 244: 2nd Quarter - Russian Non-Fiction Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books we can recommend: Memories from Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me: The Best of Teffi by TeffiSecondhand Timeby Svetlana AlexievichThe Unwomanly Face of Warby Svetlana AlexievichLast Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Pevear & VolokhonskyZinky Boysby Svetlana AlexievichVoices of Chernobyl (also titled Chernobyl Prayer) by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Keith GessenOther Russias by Victoria Lomasko, translated by Thomas CampbellThe Future is History by Masha Gessen Never Rememberby Masha Gessen, photography by Misha FriedmanWhere the Jews Aren't by Masha Gessen Pushkin's Children by Tatyana Tolstaya The Slynx by Tatyana TolstayaImperium by Ryszard Kapucinski, translated by Klara GlowczewskaA Very Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia's Most Seductive Spy by Deborah McDonald and Jeremy DronfieldPutin Country by Anne GarrelsLetters: Summer 1926 by Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Rainer Maria Rilke Sovietistan by Erika Fatland The Commissar Vanishes by David King Gulag by Anne Applebaum The Iron Curtain by Anne Applebaum The Magical Chorus by Solomon Volkov, translated by Antonina Bouis  Shostaskovich and Stalin by Solomon Volkov The Tiger by John Vaillant Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan Slaght How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Lyudmila Trut Please to the Table by Anya von Bremzen Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von Bremzen Books we are considering: All Lara's Wars by Wojchiech Jagielski, translated by Antonia Lloyd-JonesGulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by Eric Ericson (there is a unabridged 1800+ pg, and an author approved abridged version, 400-some pages) Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg, translated by Paul Stevenson, Max Hayward Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov, translated by John GladRiot Days by Maria AlyokhinaSpeak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov The Life Written by Himself by Avvakum Petrov My Childhood by Maxim Gorky Teffi: A Life of Letters and Laughter by Edythe Haber Hope Against Hope by Nadezhda Mandelstam, tr. Max Hayward The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin Putin's Russia: life in a failing democracy by Anna Politkovskaya ; translated by Arch Tait. A Russian diary: a journalist's final account of life, corruption, and death in Putin's Russia by Anna Politkovskaya Notes on Russian Literature by F.M. DostoevskyThe Sinner and the Saint: Dostoevsky and the Gentleman Murderer Who Inspired a Masterpiece by Kevin Birmingham The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses by Kevin BirminghamLess than One: Selected Essays by Joseph Brodsky Tolstoy Together by Yiyun Li The Border by Erika Fatland Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson Red Plenty by Francis Spufford Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire by David Remnick Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder The Last Empire: Final Days of the Soviet Union by Serhii PlokhyThe Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii PlokhyChernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii PlokhyNuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhii PlokhyMan with the Poison Gun: a Cold War Spy Story by Serhii PlokhyBabi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel by Anatoly Kuznetsov, tr. David Floyd Manual for Survival: An Environmental History of the Chernobyl Disaster by Kate Brown Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters by Kate BrownA Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland by Kate BrownOctober: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Mieville Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia by Peter Pomerantsev Across the Ussuri Kray by Vladimir Arsenyev, translated by Slaght An Armenian Sketchbook by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army by Vasily GrossmanThe Road by Vasily GrossmanStalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and Depraved of Chernobyl by Markiyan Kamysh Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia by David Greene Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine & beyond by Olia HerculesRed Sands by Caroline EdenBlack Sea by Caroline Eden Tasting Georgia by Carla Capalbo  Other mentions:PEN list of writers against PutinNew Yorker article about Gessen siblings Thanksgivukkah 2013  League of Kitchens - Uzbek lessonLeague of Kitchens - Russian lessonMasha Gessen on Ezra Klein podcast, March 2022Related episodes:Episode 067 - Rain and Readability with Ruth(iella) Episode 084 - A Worthy Tangent with Bryan Alexander Episode 138 - Shared Landscape with Lauren Weinhold Episode 237 - Reading Goals 2022Episode 243 - Russian Novel Speed Date Stalk us online:Reading Envy Readers on Goodreads (home of Reading Envy Russia)Lauren at GoodreadsLauren is @end.notes on InstagramJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. 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¡Segunda sesión del club de lectura Red Key Books! Como sabréis, el libro que fue seleccionado por votación de nuestro grupo de Telegram Red Key Podcast fue «La estación de la calle Perdido», de China Mieville. Quisieron y pudieron entrar en la sala y charlar sobre sus impresiones Tomás, Lakue, Jose, Zhanir, Alberto, junto con ... Leer más

Dans cet épisode très futuriste, Eric sert des tartes à la crème pendant qu'Isabelle se perd dans des rayons de librairie, laissant Maxime, leur invité, faire tout le travail. Par conséquent, on y parle avant tout des mérites philosophiques et éthiques de la science-fiction, des rapports qu'elle entretient avec la littérature générale et de la mesure dans laquelle elle remplit notre besoin d'utopie. Contact : noslanguesdanstonoreille@gmail.com  Facebook :  https://www.facebook.com/NLDTOpod/  Twitter : @NLDTOpod  Instagram : noslanguesdanstonoreille Musique du podcast par Komiku/Monplaisir/Rrrrrrose www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku…_adventures_   Références des œuvres citées :   Tove Jansson, Un hiver dans la vallée de Moumine (trad. fr. Kersti Chaplet & Pierre Chaplet) Ada Palmer, Terra Ignota Violette Leduc, La Bâtarde Dan Simmons, Hyperion Samuel Beckett, Molloy Frank Herbert, Dune Alain Damasio, La Horde du Contrevent Kishimoto Masashi, Naruto Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia (trad. fr. Anarchie, État et Utopie par Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat et Evelne D'Auzac de Lamartine) Lana & Lily Wachowsky, Matrix Pierre Boulle, La Planète des Singes Neal Stephenson, Snowcrash (trad. fr "Le Samouraï virtuel" par Guy Abadia) Wendy Delorme, Viendra le temps du feu Adam McKay, Don't Look Up Ursula LeGuin, Les Dépossédés (The Disposessed, trad. fr Henry-Luc Planchat) René Barjavel, La Nuit des Temps & Les Chemins de Katmandou Aldous Huxley, Brave New World George Orwell, 1984 Thomas More, Utopia Ray Bradbury, Chroniques Martiennes (The Martian Chronicles, trad. fr. Henri Robillot revu par Jacques Chambon) China Miéville, Kraken (trad. fr. Nathalie Mège)

In this episode we review The City and The City, talk about the things that make it so interesting and fun to read, how 'weird fiction' fits into sci fi, and who makes the rules of society. As always, we also recommend and discuss some similar stories if you're looking for more great books to read. This week, we recommend The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin, LA Confidential by Elmore Leonard, and Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari.YouTube link if you prefer to watchNO SPOILERS BOOK SUMMARY: The City and the City (2010) by China Miéville is a murder mystery set in two cities at the same time. Inspector Borlu is a smart, likeable, no-nonsense detective from Beszel, a city that exists in the same geographic space as the foreign city of Ul Qoma. Despite sitting in the same place, with many streets and even some buildings existing in both cities, the two are fierce rivals with harsh penalties for those who ‘breach', or cross between the two cities. Inspector Borlu is assigned to investigate the murder of a young woman that quickly proves to have interested parties across both cities. As Inspector Borlu digs deeper into the case, it also exposes the workings of the two cities, and shadowy, all-powerful agents of Breach that patrol the border and arrest, expel, or execute interlopers. Who killed this young woman? And what exactly is Breach?

In case you were wondering where the Coode Street Podcast began, here's episode 1 from way back in May 2010.   Here is the first full-length Coode Street podcast. Recorded just minutes ago, Gary and I discuss what it means to work and review for Locus, SF's attraction to the ‘new' in new weird, new space opera and new sword and sorcery, career pressure on short story writers, as well as books by China Mieville and others. We also mention some books we're looking forward to. With a little luck we'll podcast regularly (every week or two), so we hope you enjoy it. Also if there are any problems with the audio, my apologies. I'm still working this out.

Seth is joined by Paul Williams to discuss the 2010 co-winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The City and The City, by China Miéville Start - 7:51Intro through "Why this book?"7:52 - 20:23Non-Spoiler discussion20:24 - endSpoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: A Master of Djinn, and A Dead Djinn in Cairo, by P. Djeli ClarkThe Craft Sequence, by Max GladstoneLittle Big, by John CrowleyOmbria In Shadow, by Patricia A. McKillipGalveston by Sean StewartLud-in-the-Mist, by Hope MerrleesThe Yiddish Policeman's Union, byOrsinian Tales, Ursula K. LeguinGene Wolfe's fictionThe Adjustment Bureau (movie)

This time around Justin and Cory talk about October by China Mieville and Lenin on the Train by Catherine Merridale and the history of the Russian revolution You can find the show notes here: https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/?p=391 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/skepticalleftist/message

On this special Halloween episode of Acid Horizon, we're joined by Dr Jonathan Greenaway, whom you may know as the Youtube Video Essayist The Lit Crit Guy. Jon is also the cohost of the Horror Vanguard Podcast, and recent author of  the text Theology, Horror and Fiction out on Bloomsbury press. Today, Jon joins us to discuss the prospects for a 'Gothic' Marxism, one that recognizes the monstrous in capital and the people whom capital monsters in its drive for infinite accumulation. We discuss the figure of the monster, the return of the repressed trauma of capital in the sphere of contemporary horror culture, and what it means to stand in solidarity with the monstrous and the profane. Thinkers included in the discussion include Marx, China Mieville, Margaret Cohen, Paul B. Preciado, Laboria Cubonics, Hegel, Silvia Federici, Walter Benjamin, and Deleuze and Guattari. Also discussed are such horror staples as Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, The Walking Dead, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Tourist Trap, His House, The VVitch, and many more!Link's to Jon's work:The LitCrit Guy on YouTubeHorror VanguardJon's Blog---Contribute to Acid HorizonSubscribe to us on Apple PodcastsHappy Hour at Hippel's (Adam's blog)New Revolts (Matt's Blog)Revolting Bodies (Will's BlogSplit Infinities (Craig's SubstackSereptie (Pod Music)Merch StoreSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast)

Hablamos con Juan sobre el autor de ficción británico y su libro la Estación de la Calle Perdido. ¡Dale play y escuchá!

Original broadcast date December 27, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/12/binary-system-podcast-158-wtnv-140-a-blood-stone-carol/ Last week was our Christmas episode so of course Night Vale released a Christmas episode for us to recap the next day. But seeing as how it was a downer of a story about mortality and terror, it's probably good we waited until after Christmas to recap it. And to cheer ourselves up, we also talked about Penguin's father on Gotham, Klaus' predicament after season three of The Originals, and the city of pirate ships in China Mieville's The Scar. A very happy new year to everybody! This week's outro music is a clip from disparition's theme at the end of episode 140 of Welcome to Night Vale, if you want to hear the whole thing you can find it here. https://youtu.be/h0YeaqlD6K8 Correction (or clarification) - we guessed right: when Cecil talked about the radio station being hijacked this time last year, he was talking about Kevin and “All Smile's Eve,” one year ago to the day. https://youtu.be/8nwpPXbDzOM

Original broadcast date July 6, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/07/binary-system-podcast-87-wtnv-episode-110-matryoshka/ This week Binary System is finally caught up with Welcome To Night Vale woo!! Listen in as we recap (and try to pronounce) "Matryoshka." Then there's the Night Vale Bonus Episode "The Tragic Story of Louie Blasko," which we don't recap so much as point excitedly at the computer yelling "You guys you GUYS you need to listen to this!" Seriously. Right now. It's only ten minutes. Go on, it's okay, we'll wait. We also go on a tangent about China Mieville's The City and The City, and how there may be a BBC adaptation and what a mind-f*#k that will be, and about Twin Peaks' version of The Weather, and how Cillian Murphy can nail a dead-eyed stare, but with more sexy.

Central to the tradition of cosmic horror is the suggestion that the ultimate truth about our universe is at once knowable and unthinkable, such that one learns it only at the cost of one's sanity and soul. John Carpenter is one of a handful of horror directors to have successfully ported this idea from literature to cinema. This episode is an attempt to unearth some of the eldritch symbols buried in a selection of Carpenter's apocalyptic works, including Escape from New York, The Thing, They Live,_ In the Mouth of Madness, and the little known _Cigarette Burns. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies Find us on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies REFERENCES John Carpenter films discussed: The Thing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/) Cigarette Burns (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0643109/) In the Mouth of Madness (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113409/) Prince of Darkness (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093777/) Halloween (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/) They Live (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/) Escape from New York (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/) Escape from L.A. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116225/) Big Trouble in Little China (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090728/) Other References: Pascal Laugier (dir.), Martyrs (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029234/) Srdjan Spasojevic (dir.), A Serbian Film (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273235/) Weird Studies, Episode 90 on The Owl in Daylight (https://www.weirdstudies.com/90) Roger Corman, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Corman) American director Northrup Frye, Words with Power (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780156983655) J. R. R. Tolkien, forward to The Fellowship of the Ring Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guatarri, “Percept, Affect, and Concept” in What is Philosophy (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780231079891) Weird Studies, Episode 72 on the Castrati (https://www.weirdstudies.com/72) Weird Studies, Episode 46, Thomas Ligotti's Angel (https://www.weirdstudies.com/46) Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~cinichol/CreativeWriting/323/MarquezManwithWings.htm) China Mieville, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville) British author Karlheinz Stockhausen, comments on 9/11 (https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/arts/music-the-devil-made-him-do-it.html) H. P. Lovecraft, Nyarlothotep (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9798200625857) H. P. Lovecraft, “The Haunter of the Dark” (https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/hd.aspx) Nick Land, Fanged Noumena (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780955308789) Zack Snyder, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Snyder) American director Haeccaity and Quiddity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haecceity), philosophical concepts Samuel Delaney, Dahlgren (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780375706684) Weird Studies, Episode 98 on Exotica (https://www.weirdstudies.com/98) Quentin Meillasoux, After Finitude (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780826496744) Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies (https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/German/Rilke.php)

Hardboiled detection in a dimensional rift. Join the conversation on the Atoz forum. Support the network and gain access to over fifty bonus episodes by become a patron on Patreon. Want more science fiction in your life? Check out The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Love Neil Gaiman? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Lovecraft? Poe? Check out Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Trekker? Join us on Lower Decks: A Star Trek Podcast. Want to know more about the Middle Ages? Subscribe to Agnus: The Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Episode #50 Notes1:00 - On food sector labor organizing.5:15 - On fast food management.7:00 - What instigated the formation of EWOC?13:30 - What's the day-to-day during COVID?17:00 - On COVID's effect on the lives of fast food workers.19:00 - On food service low-rates of unionization.31:00 - What's the next 6 months looks like for the union and organizing at Taco Bell?35:00 - Are Taco Bell employees communicating about organizing at other locations?45:00 - On fast food as skilled vs. unskilled labor.51:00 - If you were running the restaurant, how would you run it?58:20 - From expendable to dignified.1:30:00 - Book Recommendations!Reverend BarberThe Fire Next Time, James BaldwinLeaves of Grass, Walt WhitmanThere Is Power In A Union, Phillip DrayIron Council, China Mieville

On this episode, we’re establishing a neural handshake and drifting into a discussion of Guillermo del Toro’s giant robots vs. monsters battle flick, 2013’s Pacific Rim. We talk about our love for GDT, give a brief review of 2021’s Godzilla Vs. Kong, find parallels to both previous episodes Deep Blue Sea and Independence Day, plug China Mieville’s 2000 novel Perdido Street Station, and discuss Mt. Mausoleum’s Feast of Murpis!

In which Jeff and Maggie and Comedian, Button Man, Activist, and all-around swell dude Joey Thibodeaux sit down and SUPER DUPER stay on track while discussing China Mieville's "KRAKEN: An Anatomy" Joey was such a delight and a great tour guide through this BIG OLE BOOK! WE hope you enjoy our discussion! Points of Interest: Auditory bungles, Guest Origins, Religious allegories?, Conspiracy Theories, Character Profiles, Buttresses, Activism, Jermaine Dupre's "Welcome to Atlanta"

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La Revolución Rusa tiene su desenlace con la revolución de Octubre de 1917, en la que los grupos bolcheviques toman el control e inicia la guerra civil que permitirá el establecimiento de la URSS. Fuentes: León Trotsky, "Historia de la Revolución Rusa", China Mieville, "Octubre, Historia de la Revolución Rusa"

The City & The City by China Mieville Show Notes Intro 00:07 // Synopsis 01:47 // Commentary 12:02 // Breach 12:26 // Politics 18:14 // Conspiricies 19:24 // Precursor Age 25:01 // Tololgangers 28:19 // Further Reading 32:50 Links What happened at the prom by Elizabeth Lovegrove Music Credits Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com…Read more 72: The City & The City by China Mieville

A new episode of the only podcast guaranteed free of electrical interference thanks to factory-grade unicorn dust. We talk about the brouhaha around a couple of recent rebrands. We sad face Facebook's new response icons. We chat about our book of the month, The City and the City by China Mieville. Rob navigates the conversation around why he didn't do a drawing for the show, while Jon says the words "erm" and "brouhaha" an alarming number of times. Pies are then eaten and judged as they should be.

Andrew Marr talks to the science fiction writer China Mieville, whose latest planetary creation explores the links between language and thought, and asks what it means to have no concept of lying. AN Wilson explores a world closer to home, but no less alien, medieval Florence, as he tries to uncover the life and work of Dante. Jonathan Bates' play, Being Shakespeare also attempts to bring to life the work of the Bard and the real man behind the legend, by placing him in his historical context. And the prize-winning poet Jo Shapcott argues for the transformative nature of poetry. Producer: Katy Hickman.

This month The Writer and the Critic comes to you as a LIVE record from Continuum 7 -- Melbourne's own speculative fiction and pop culture convention -- with the incomparable Catherynne M. Valente as special guest podcaster. Ian, Kirstyn and Cat discuss the problems and politics involved when writers review the work of friends and the need for honesty in online opinion. Cat talks about the popular and critical response to her own work, why sad pandas make everyone else sad as well, and why she is currently taking a break from writing negative reviews on her blog. Rose Fox's recent article about the necessity for candour in reviews is also briefly mentioned. (photo: Art Bébé Promotions) The first two books up for discussion are Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (recommended by Kirstyn) and Among Others by Jo Walton (Ian's pick). This review of Among Others is pointed as being one Jo Walton herself particularly likes, whereas these two became the subject of reader vitriol over at her LiveJournal -- an incident which Cat, Ian and Kirstyn talk about at length in regards to the writing of memoir and authorial responses to critics. For those wishing to avoid spoilers and skip ahead, discussion of Full Dark, No Stars begins at 19:00, while Among Others starts around 40:50. The trio then turn their attention to the newly released Embassytown by China Mieville -- selected by Cat -- which Ian and Kirstyn possibly manage to make sound a little more boring than it actually is. You don't need a degree in linguistic theory, honest! (China himself has provided a far better summary of the book.) The discussion of Embassytown, including a rather heated debate between Ian and Kirstyn about post-colonialism, begins at 1:07:40. Check back in at the 1:35:00 mark for some (very brief) final remarks. Next month The Writer and the Critic will feature Melbourne author Cameron Rogers, who has chosen World War Z by Max Brooks for Ian and Kirstyn to read. Ian's recommended book will be a short story collection, Eclipse 4 edited by Jonathan Strahan, while Kirstyn's pick is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!

This month's episode of The Writer and the Critic sees your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, discuss the results of the recently announced Ditmar and Tin Duck Awards and dissect the almost inevitable Great Ditmar Controversy of 2011 that exploded onto the interwebs soon afterwards. For those interested in reading further, Kirstyn has blogged about the issue here and here. The books up for discussion on the podcast this month are The Resurrectionst by Jack O'Connell (chosen by Ian ) and Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (recommended by Kirstyn ). Ian mentions a review by Andrew Wheeler when speaking about the O'Connell novel and Kirstyn vaguely remembers this online argument while arguing an Atwood tangent of her own. For those wishing to avoid spoilers and skip ahead, discussion of The Resurrectionist begins at 30:00, while Oryx and Crake starts around 47:00. They then turn their attention to a book which was recommended by one of their lovely listeners -- Tansy Rayner Roberts. Or maybe two books. Or possibly one book which has had a run-in with a guillotine: Black Out and All Clear by Connie Willis. Ian steals his best lines quotes extensively from this review by his new Bestest Twitter Friend, Jonathan McCalmont. Ian also gets very, very frustrated and swears quite a bit. The discussion of Blackout / All Clear begins at 1:09:09 Check back in at the 1:27:15 mark for some listener feedback and final remarks. Next month The Writer and the Critic will hit the road once again to record their first episode live in front of an actual audience at Continuum 7 in Melbourne! Their very special guest will be the brilliant and awe-inspiring, Catherynne M. Valente, who has picked Embassytown by China Mieville for Ian and Kirstyn to read. Ian's recommended book for June will be Among Others by Jo Walton, while Kirstyn has chosen Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King. Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!