Podcasts about memory called empire

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Another journey of unwise girls Planned, sketched, set out into the forest Of platformed pines that drop pods as spring continues. What, then? What path do we clear for empire? How lives interpretation in the legacy of footfall? And for how long will the winter ice's final vestige remain? Eventually, it ceases to matter - Our audio quality too will shatter. Come back next week for Tom Taylor's run on Nightwing! Check out our Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/unwisegirls) Follow the show (https://twitter.com/unwisegirls) Join our Discord! (https://discord.gg/XnhhwzKQ8d) Hosted by Jacqueline (https://twitter.com/swampduchess) and Jane (https://twitter.com/janeyshivers). Edited by Jacqueline. Cover art by Vera (https://twitter.com/Innsmouth_Inn). Intro/outro: "Super Mariocean" by spacepony (https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01147) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Us! Jane and Jacqueline! It feels just like yesterday that we were talking about a Rick Riordan book and celebrating our 100th episode. Now, we're not talking about a Rick Riordan book and not celebrating our 100th episode! Things change so quickly! This week, we decided to bravely not discuss an interesting media property and instead share a little - and I do mean a little - about ourselves. Ever curious what inspired us to make Unwise Girls? What we do in our free time? Social security number? Our favorite pizza toppings? Other podcasts we enjoy? Never-recorded podcast ideas? Well, listen on, and thank you so much for supporting us this whole way. Come back next week for A Memory Called Empire! Check out our Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/unwisegirls) Follow the show (https://twitter.com/unwisegirls) Join our Discord! (https://discord.gg/XnhhwzKQ8d) Hosted by Jacqueline (https://twitter.com/swampduchess) and Jane (https://twitter.com/janeyshivers). Edited by Jacqueline. Cover art by Vera (https://twitter.com/Innsmouth_Inn). Intro/outro: "Super Mariocean" by spacepony (https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01147) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Matt and Rob discuss the works of Arkady Martine, particularly her Teixcalaan Duology, A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace. We're big fans, and these are great books to read for inspiration on worldbuilding, politics, intrigue, culture, language, and much more! Everyone's World is Ending All the Time Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social  https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone  Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Alone - BoDleasons (via Pixabay)

We are pleased to announce this is NOT an episode about Mortal Kombat. You might be surprised at the challenge that presented. It is, however, an episode about the phenomenal science fiction political thriller, A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine! Sarah and Cyrus discuss the challenges and delights that such a complex world presents, and Sarah definitely doesn't struggle to say the word "imago" even a little bit. Next up, catch our end-of-year wrap-up episode, followed shortly by the long awaited David arc of the Animorphs series! And yes, there will be a Mortal Kombat bonus episode somewhere in the mix. Support the show

From their new base in Tenochtitlan, the Mexica people slowly built the Aztec Empire over the course of the 1300's. While the "myth of the Aztec" ascribes this accomplishment to the barbarism of human sacrifice and brutality, the Mexica both lived in a particular context and shaped their own unique political environment. Demystifying what the Spanish referred to as superstition and barbarism, this episode looks at the Aztec political system, and how the complex interplay of many different factors allowed the Aztec to dominate the Valley of Mexico.  This is Part II in a series on the rise, fall, and enduring legacy of the Aztec Empire. It discusses the political realities of the Aztec Empire, including polygny, marriage alliances, slavery, tribute systems, warfare, brutality and atrocities, and slavery. This episode also discusses the Mexica relationship with Tlaxcala, a rival city state, and the ritualized and brutal "Flower Wars" fought every year between them.  -Consider Supporting the Podcast!- Leave a rating or review on apple podcasts or spotify! Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory Check out my podcast series on Aftersun, Piranesi, Arcane, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Nazi Germany and the Battle for the Human Heart here: https://www.reflectinghistory.com/bonuscontent Try my podcast series "Nazi Germany and the Battle for the Human Heart"-- What led to the rise of Nazi Germany? The answer may surprise you…Why do 'good' people support evil leaders? What allure does fascism hold that enables it to garner popular support? To what extent are ordinary people responsible for the development of authoritarian evil? This 13 part podcast series explores these massive questions and more through the lens of Nazi Germany and the ordinary people who collaborated or resisted as the Third Reich expanded. You'll not only learn about the horrifying, surprising, and powerful ways in which the Nazis seized and maintained power, but also fundamental lessons about what fascism is-how to spot it and why it spreads. Through exploring the past, I hope to unlock lessons that everyone can apply to the present day. Check it out on my Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory. Try my podcast series "Piranesi: Exploring the Infinite Halls of a Literary Masterpiece"-- This podcast series is a deep analysis of Susanna Clark's literary masterpiece "Piranesi." Whether you are someone who is reading the novel for academic purposes, or you simply want to enjoy an incredible story for it's own sake, this podcast series goes chapter by chapter into the plot, characters, and themes of the book...“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; it's kindness infinite.” Piranesi lives in an infinite house, with no long-term memory and only a loose sense of identity. As the secrets of the House deepen and the mystery of his life becomes more sinister, Piranesi must discover who he is and how this brings him closer to the “Great and Secret Knowledge” that the House contains. Touching on themes of memory, identity, mental health, knowledge, reason, experience, meaning, reflection, ideals, and more…Piranesi will be remembered as one of the great books of the 21st century. Hope you enjoy the series as much as I enjoyed making it. Check it out at https://www.patreon.com/reflectinghistory. Subscribe to my newsletter! A free, low stress, monthly-quarterly email offering historical perspective on modern day issues, behind the scenes content on my latest podcast episodes, and historical lessons/takeaways from the world of history, psychology, and philosophy: https://www.reflectinghistory.com/newsletter.

Well, guys. The third of our recorded episodes about Gravity Falls. This is really our Return of the King. Cyrus and Sarah discuss media in-ties for a children's show--Journal Three, Lost Legends, and The Book of Bill, all written by Alex Hirsch. Sarah ponders about the challenges of adapting a story from one medium to another. Cyrus explains why Grunkle Ford is the new Hamlet. We keep remembering too late to be less horny about this, again, animated children's show. To be fair to us though--I mean, The Book of Bill is horny as hell to those with the eyes to see. Check out the first part of our epic $94 million trilogy posted for free on our Patreon right here.Our next episodes will be:Danmei Beat-Down on November 18, where Sarah makes a case for three separate danmei novels and Cyrus chooses which one they'll read in full.A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine on December 2, plus maybe A Desolation Called Peace depending on how much get-up-and-go we have.Support the show

Catherine and her guest Ella meet up for the second Pride episode to discuss Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire. They talk about what it means to love a country that is not yours, the future of the Google Glasses technology, and whether a culture in love with poetry could ever truly conquer the galaxy. Join us for the discussion of a truly remarkable book.

In this episode we discuss the following books: A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace both by Arkady Martine; Mangle Street Murders and Curse of the House of Foskett both by M.R.C. Kasasian; Index, a History of The: A bookish adventure from medieval manuscripts to the digital age by Dennis Duncan; Eragon by Christopher Paolini; Fabelhaven by Brandon Mull; Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein; The Victorian House, The Invention of Murder, The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London, Consuming Passions: Leisure and pleasure in Victorian England, The Making of Home, A Murder of Magpies, A Bed of Scorpions, A Cast of Vultures, and A Cast of Vultures all by Judith Flanders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show notes for Episode 51 Here are the show notes for Episode 51, in which Dan and (new Lexis team member) Raj talk to Professor Emily M. Bender of the University of Washington about: Why ‘Artificial Intelligence' is not really the right term at all How Large Language Models work and why we should be sceptical of many of the claims made for them The biases inherent in LLMs and what to do about them Whether ‘neural networks' and language processing can shed any light on child language development The discourses around ‘AI': from booster to doomer.  Emily M. Bender's University of Washington page: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/  A great interview from 2023: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbots-emily-m-bender.html Time Magazine on the ‘machine-learning myth buster': https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/6308275/emily-m-bender/  Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 podcast: https://www.dair-institute.org/maiht3k/ Emily's book recommendations:  ‘Babel', R.F. Kuang: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/babel-or-the-necessity-of-violence-an-arcane-history-of-the-oxford-translators-revolution-r-f-kuang/6627642?ean=9780008501853  ‘A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-memory-called-empire-winner-of-the-hugo-award-for-best-novel-arkady-martine/219166?ean=9781529001594  Other links from the interview Jess Dodge's work: https://jessedodge.github.io/  Batya Friedman & Helen Nissenbaum, Bias in Computer Systems (1996): https://nyuscholars.nyu.edu/en/publications/bias-in-computer-systems  Some further reading:  Police worried 101 call bot would struggle with 'Brummie' accents https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68466369 BBC News - 'Journalists are feeding the AI hype machine' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68488924  Bias against African American English  Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00742  Register article: https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/11/ai_models_exhibit_racism_based/  An Al-Jazeera opinion piece about AI and borders:  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/4/20/ban-racist-and-lethal-ai-from-europes-borders  Contributors Lisa Casey  blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates) Dan Clayton  blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog) Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social  Jacky Glancey  Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey Raj Rana Matthew Butler  Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA  Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys  Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys 

In this post spooky season times, the boys talk about their lack of scary season, but queer and horror filled experiences recently as well as confusing naming conventions from A Memory Called Empire and talks of queer and death with Our Flag Becomes Death and Death Becomes Her. All of that and more in this whimsical episode of Gayme Boys!

This week, Alan and Scott were joined by co-host emeritus (and Washington Post star reporter) Shane Harris to talk over the week's news! Including:“Flight of the Valkyries.” Recently leaked U.S. intelligence reports allege that Wagner Group owner Yevgeniy Prighozin—who has privately and publicly feuded with the Russian military leadership in recent weeks and even threatened to pull his mercenary troops from the conflict—has been in contact with Ukrainian intelligence and offered to share Russian troop positions in exchange for concessions around the disputed city of Bakhmut. Is Prighozin trying to find a path to retreat? What do his actions tell us about the conflict?“Jerkiye Boy.” Twitter owner Elon Musk has come under criticism for the company's latest bad call: censoring certain content at the request of the Erdogan government in Türkiye, just prior to national elections there. How should Twitter have responded to the demands of Turkish officials? And how has Musk's erratic leadership affected the company's approach to such issues?“BootLichter.” CNN and its CEO Chris Licht are experiencing blowback from the decision to host a town hall with former President Donald Trump before an audience of his supporters, at which he repeated an array of lies about the 2020 election results, the recent judgment finding him liable for sexual battery, and his potential legal exposure for retaining classified documents, among other items. Was CNN in the wrong? How should it handle Trump (and other candidates)?For object lessons, Alan recommended his annual reading on the Eurovision contest, Anthony Lane's 2010 New Yorker essay, "Only Mr. God Knows Why." Scott passed along some favorites from his reading-heavy vacation, including Arkady Martine's fantastic "A Memory Called Empire." And Shane, in true Shane fashion, gave his wholehearted endorsement to a new spy thriller coming to Showtime this week: "Ghosts of Beirut," about the hunt for terrorist mastermind Imad Mughniyeh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back from an unplanned hiatus with our continuing series on Annie's Twelve Embodiments of Yoga. This month, Jen and Annie are chatting about the role of wonder and whimsy in practice. Jen is a little skeptical, especially with whimsy, having generally approached her practice as a serious endeavor. Listen in to see if Annie can bring her around. Mentioned on the Show:"Yoga and the Quest for the True Self" by Stephen Cope"Wonder – is not precisely Knowing" by Emily DickinsonWhat We're Reading:"Let the Great World Spin" by Colum McCann"This Side of Brightness" by Colum McCann"Apeirogon" by Colum McCannMurderbot Diaries by Martha C. Wells"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine"A Desolation Called Peace" by Arkady Martine~ ~ ~We love to hear from you! Reach out to us on  Facebook and Instagram. We also welcome your messages at feedback@skillfulmeanspodcast.com or in our voicemail box on SpeakPipe.You can get in touch with Jen through her website (http://www.sati.yoga). Find Annie at  Sun & Moon Yoga Studio (https://www.sunandmoonstudio.com) on Wednesday nights (in person or online) for meditation and dharma talks.

I recently read a pair of books by Arkady Martine, a writer who is new to Science Fiction. A Memory Called Empire (2019) and A Desolation Called Peace (2021), each won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.I like Arkady Martine and I like her books. She is an extraordinary storyteller.But she is not yet a great writer.That was not intended as an insult. Dan Brown sold a staggering number of The DaVinci Code, but he is not yet a great writer, either. We tend to read the book of a great storyteller only once. Knowing the story, the magic is gone. This is why every thrift shop in the world is stacked with countless copies of 50 Shades of Gray and The DaVinci Code.But we read the works of great writers again and again. A great writer could write an instruction manual and make it captivating.Literary evaluation is wildly subjective, of course, so I owe an explanation to Arkady Martine and to you.I never read borrowed books because I intend to circle passages and make notes in the margins along the way. To deface my own books with circles and notes is a sign of respect for the author, but for me to deface the book of a friend would not be a sign of respect.I will not finish a book if the author is not a great storyteller. I will not circle any passages if the author is a not a great writer.The hope of every great storyteller should be to also become a great writer. To win the Pulitzer Prize or the Nobel Prize in literature, you have to be both.John Steinbeck was both.J.R.R. Tolkien was both.Tom Robbins is both.Bill Bryson is both.Barbara Kingsolver is both.I am currently on page 26 of Barbara Kingsolver's 546-page novel, Demon Copperhead,* and I have already circled 10 passages. Indy will transcribe those passages into the rabbit hole when I have completed the book. (The Random Quotes database is now 6,108 quotes and climbing. – Indy)The stories that comprise One Thousand and One Nights were compiled a thousand years ago. In one of those stories, Prince Husain travels to Bisnagar and buys a magic carpet. Do not let Disney mislead you. Husain's carpet is not a ‘flying' carpet that rides the air like a raptor. His magic carpet is like a good book. All you have to do is decide where you want to be, sit down, and you are there.Good writing engages all your senses as it moves you to another place, another time, another life.You are at a spongey 100-year-old seaside resort favored by the idle rich in the tropical south.“The air was heavy with oleander and sea mist colliding with mold and wood polish and hotel soap and the metallic vapor of Diet Coke and the alcoholic ferment of generations of cougars in Chanel No. 5.”– Olivia NuzziYou are now in the brittle north.“It's FREEZING cold; like the air is made of broken glass. Our English cold is all roly-poly snowmen and ‘woo-hoo! it's a snow day!' a hey-there friendly kind of cold. But this cold is mean…”“It's getting so hard to breathe, my lungs are filling up with ants and there isn't room for air any more. There's a monster made of cold, hard as the edge of a pavement, coming towards us in the dark and it's cutting through the windscreen and doors and windows and the only weapon against it is heat, but we don't have any heat.”“…she felt it now as vastly, cruelly impersonal; a frozen darkness absorbing you into itself. She felt it filling her hollow spaces, embedding itself as icy marrow in her bones and then consciousness seeped away from her into the Arctic blackness.”– Rosamund LuptonYou stood in the rain sixty-five miles north of Seattle.“And it rained a sickness. And it rained a fear. And it rained an odor. And it...

Hello everyone! Welcome to our last episode of 2022!   In this Leon and I talk about the excellent novel by Arkady Martine "A Memory Called Empire"! A story and book that allows us to dive into matters of Imperialism, survival, and especially culture within a devouring and wide-spanning empire as is Teixcalaan.   A wonderful show to top off another magnificent year for the Left Page and Here Be Media! Thank you all for listening, for following the show, and for continuing to be here across the years! And here's to much more in 2023 and beyond!   Love and Solidarity, happy holidays and a great great new year to all! Frank & Leon   Please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage  Intro Music: Gymnopédie Nº1, Erik Satie, 1888 Outro Music: Downtime, Vistas, Miracle of Sound, 2014 -> Check out his Bandcamp! https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/

September book club POSTED! Bonnie Burton and Felicia Day discuss "A Memory Called Empire" by Arcady Martine! OCTOBER BOOK: "Clown in a Corn Field" by Adam Cesare. (Bonnie's pick LOL) Join us live if you're a GEEX member 10/25 at 6:30pm PST! Otherwise we'll upload asap after the live record!

The stories we tell about the past can determine the way we understand the present. But what happens when we combine tales of magic and fantasy with some of the most traumatic chapters in history? I talk with novelists P. Djeli Clark, Nisi Shawl, and Zen Cho about how speculative fiction can be a useful tool to reimagine the legacy of colonialism and imperialism. Plus, we hear readings from actress Nneka Okoye. Books mentioned in this episode: A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark Everfair by Nisi Shawl Sorcerer to The Crown by Zen Cho Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang (author of The Poppy War series) A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Nisi also recommends: A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar The Dominion of the Fallen series by Aliette de Bodard  The works of L Timmel Duchamp and Margaret Killjoy This episode is sponsored by Aspiration Zero credit card. Our ad partner is Multitude. If you're interested in advertising on Imaginary Worlds, you can contact them here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These books are among the most popular works of the Golden Age of sci fi, and for good reason. The overall story arc established in the first book is very, very good.  Hari Seldon combines mathematics and psychology to create the new science of psychohistory and predicts that the galaxy-wide empire that has ruled and kept the peace for tens of thousands of years will collapse within 500 years. The collapse is inescapable, but Seldon sees a single, narrow path that could shorten the dark ages after the collapse from 30,000 years to 1,000 years, and establishes a Foundation at the barren edge of the galaxy to enact that plan. The books are essentially organized as collections of short stories, each story detailing the story of a new generation of foundationers as they seek to navigate a crisis that threatens the plan and the very existence of the Foundation.The technology holds up as well - Asimov was a master of making things futuristic without being too specific about how they worked, and its made his series into a timeless classic. Asimov's view of history as the result of the collective work of humanity rather than the actions of a few great men is also very refreshing and real - a nice change of pace from the typical hero's journey.As always, we also recommend and discuss some similar books if you are looking for more great books to read. This week we recommend I, Robot by Isaac Asmiov, A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, and A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Or you can watch the show on YouTube here if you prefer video.

It's the season 3 finale! Time for your final exam! Have you been paying attention all year, or have you been idly listening on your morning commute? Featuring a Pop Medieval correction and retraction!  After your exam, be sure to check out Doc and Nina's summer reading program: "Icarus", "A Bitter Spring" by Nina MacNamara (https://ninamacnamara.com/) A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Called-Empire-Arkady-Martine-ebook/dp/B07C7BCB88) "Watch of Traxis" (https://books2read.com/watch-of-traxis), "From A to Zombie" (https://books2read.com/u/b5QrLl) by Professor Awesome "Alfgar's Stories from Beowulf" by Edward Risden (https://witanpublishing.com/2020/09/07/alfgars-stories-from-beowulf/) Wæs Þu hæl for the summer, everyone! But we'll be on Discord if you miss us. Join us at: https://discord.gg/VaF2sZdeGk

The Bright Sessions#scripted #fiction #fullcast15-20minsThe Bright Sessions is a science fiction audio drama about people with supernatural abilities in therapy. The podcast was created by Lauren Shippen and premiered on November 1st, 2015.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1053268058Cold#scripted #solohost #truecrime60minsCold is a narrative podcast series focused on missing persons cases. Investigative journalist and host Dave Cawley takes on a single story with each season. Season 1 tells of the unsolved disappearance of Susan Powell on Dec. 7, 2009. Season 2 digs into the vanishing of Joyce Yost on Aug. 10, 1985. Cold is a KSL Podcast.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1441595858Dark Woods#scripted #fiction20-30minsFrom Legendary Producer Dick Wolf and Wolf Entertainment comes a new fiction series starring Corey Stoll (House of Cards, Ant-Man), Monica Raymund (Chicago Fire), and Reid Scott (Veep). When the body of a young volunteer is discovered in the middle of the California redwoods, two estranged ex-spouses, game warden Mark Ellis (Stoll) and city councilwoman (Raymund), must put their differences aside to learn the terrifying truth about what is happening in their state park. Executive Produced by Elliot Wolf (Hunted), directed by Takashi Doscher (Only), and written by David Pergolini.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1592717608Ghostwriter#scripted #fiction #fullcast83minsIn this C13Features podcast movie presentation of Ghostwriter, Kate Mara and Adam Scott star in a psychological thriller about a former journalist who reluctantly accepts a job ghostwriting a new murder mystery novel for an eccentric billionaire. As they collaborate on the project, questions - and suspicions - begin to arise. Grab some popcorn, and get lost in your imagination in this gripping and suspenseful podcast movie experience, Ghostwriter, from C13Features.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1596530271Stories From Among the Stars#scripted #fullcast25-35minsSeason 3, A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, will be available for listening until February 15! Stories from Among the Stars is an anthology series that shares thrilling science fiction audio stories–but only for a limited time. Our first season was Steal the Stars, about forbidden love, a crashed UFO, and an alien heist. This season, we're sharing A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Hear the story of the ambassador from Lsel Station to the Teixcalaanli Empire as she investigates her predecessor's mysterious end, guided by his memories.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1259505930 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode features a book with fantasy zombies and a book with alien hive minds. Talk about range! Our Book Club reconvenes to discuss the fantasy mystery “Witness for the Dead,” a standalone book set in the world of “The Goblin Emperor”, and “A Desolation Called Peace,” the conclusion of the duology begun in the award-winning “A Memory Called Empire.” Plus: What are we reading? Jason Snell with Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty and Erika Ensign.

This episode features a book with fantasy zombies and a book with alien hive minds. Talk about range! Our Book Club reconvenes to discuss the fantasy mystery “Witness for the Dead,” a standalone book set in the world of “The Goblin Emperor”, and “A Desolation Called Peace,” the conclusion of the duology begun in the award-winning “A Memory Called Empire.” Plus: What are we reading? Host Jason Snell with Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty and Erika Ensign.

Re-Release: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine The 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel, A Memory Called Empire is Arkady Martine’s debut novel of interstellar intrigue. In this episode we dive into the characteristic that this book excel at: worldbuilding. Book Discussion Worldbuilding: The strength of this book. Direct and passive worldbuilding are well-balanced … Continue reading Re-Release: Ep052 – A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine →

In this special bonus episode, hear an exclusive preview of A Desolation Called Peace, the sequel to A Memory Called Empire. Get your copy of A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3s8LQkM Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inspired by Istanbul Research Institute's exhibition at Pera Museum titled “What Byzantinism Is This in Istanbul!”: Byzantium in Popular Culture, we invited artists, authors and musicians to converse with researchers of Byzantine history on how they have engaged with Byzantine history in their works. We explore the unearthly ways of appropriating Byzantine culture in unlikely mediums and genres, showing novel ways of engagement with Byzantine heritage in popular culture. On A Memory Called Empire: Arkady Martine and Ingela Nilsson converse on the Hugo Award winning novel and its Byzantine inspirations. Two Byzantinist colleagues reunite to discuss Arkady Martine's 2020 Hugo winner space opera A Memory Called Empire, and its allusions to Byzantine culture. Ingela Nilsson is the former director of the Swedish Institute in Istanbul. She is also a professor in Greek and Byzantine Studies at Uppsala University. Her research interests lie in the narrative traditions between the Ancient and Byzantine worlds, historiography, and fictional writings in Byzantium, as well as the reception of Byzantium in post-Byzantine Europe. Her most recent book is titled Writer and Occasion in Twelfth-Century Byzantium: The Authorial Voice of Constantine Manasses Arkady Martine is the pen name of Dr. AnnaLinden Weller that she adopts in her speculative fiction writing. As AnnaLinden Weller, she is a historian of the Byzantine Empire and a city planner. She actually did her postdoctoral research at Uppsala University where she worked with Ingela Nilsson. Arkady Martine published short fiction in many prominent speculative fiction magazines. She won the Hugo Award for best novel in 2020 with her debut novel A Memory Called Empire. Her second novel, a sequel to her first, A Desolation Called Peace is published in 2021.

In this special bonus episode, hear from author Arkady Martine about the writing process for A Memory Called Empire, Easter eggs hidden in the book, her favorite audiodramas (hint: one of them will be familiar!), how she trained her team to pronounce the names of her characters and settings, and more. Did you enjoy this book? Get the sequel! Find A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3s8LQkM Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mahit lays all her cards on the table, revealing the alien threat to the emperor and proposing a course of action that will shape Teixcalaani politics for generations. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mahit once again returns to Nineteen Adze, but this time the tables are turned with Mahit holding all the secrets. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As riots break out across the city, Mahit and her friends are held prisoner by the Ministry of Information and must devise a desperate plan to escape. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following a successful operation, Mahit is able to decode Councilor Tarats's message, which sends her racing to meet with the emperor before the night is over. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Mahit integrates with Yskandr's imago, she is overwhelmed by a rush of his memories. On Lsel Station the Councilor for Miners and the Councilor for Piolets trade their knowledge of the alien threat facing them. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mahit and Three Seagrass are tailed by The Mist on the way to meet with the unlicensed neurosurgeon who has agreed to replace Yskandr's imago. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mahit prepares to accept Yskandr's recovered imago. She and Three Seagrass visit the science minister who answers their questions with unusual candor. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One Lightening broadcasts a fiery speech and Mahit reveals yet another state secret. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Struggling to regroup after the second assassination attempt, Mahit and the two asekretim visit with Eight Loop on their way to get some much-needed rest. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mahit and Three Seagrass return to the ambassador's apartment to retrieve the imago from Twelve Azalea, only to find a familiar assassin waiting for them.  Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mahit is summoned to the emperor's chambers in the middle of the night to discuss a deal made by her predecessor. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The oncoming war places Lsel Station in the path of Teixcalaan conquest and a deadly flower finds its way into Mahit's presence. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mahit has a chance meeting with the young heir and receives a warning. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back on the Lsel Station a ship has returned, having escaped an alien ship lurking by the Anhamemat Gate. Mahit attends a party where a poetry contest provides cover for a dramatic political statement. Can't wait to hear more? Get the audiobook A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://amzn.to/3k5YmNn Got feedback for us? Take our survey: https://bit.ly/surveysfromamongthestars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest film adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel Dune is set to be a box office smash. But why has Dune, a sci-fi novel published in 1965, remained so famous and popular? And if you finished reading the novel and have a Dune shaped hole in your heart… what should you pick up next? Petra Mayer, an editor at NPR Books who focuses on genre fiction, joins us to discuss the lasting legacy of Dune and recommend some sci-fi novels that fans of Dune might enjoy. Mayer's recommendations include: The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigulupi Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Dawn by Octavia Butler The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Grass by Sherri S. Tepper The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Let's say I show you and our friend Gavagai a box of chocolates, and then Gav leaves the room, and I show you that the box actually contains coloured pencils. (Big letdown, sorry.) When Gav comes back in the room a minute later, and we've closed the box again, what are they going to think is in the box? In this episode, your hosts Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne get enthusiastic about Theory of Mind -- our ability to keep track of what other people are thinking, even when it's different from what we know ourselves. We talk about the highly important role of gossip in the development of language, reframing how we introduce people to something they haven't heard of yet, and ways of synchronizing mental states across groups of people, from conferences to movie voiceovers. Announcements: This month's bonus episode is about some of the linguistically interesting fiction we've been reading lately! We talk about the challenges of communicating with sentient plants (from the plant's perspective) in Semiosis by Sue Burke, communicating with aliens by putting babies in pods (look, it was the 1980s) in Suzette Haden Elgin's classic Native Tongue, communicating with humans on a sailing ship using a sorta 19th century proto-internet in Courtney Milan's The Devil Comes Courting, and taking advantage of the difficulty of translation in communicating poetry across cultures in A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. https://www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm Join us on Patreon to listen to this and 53 other bonus episodes. You'll also get access to the Lingthusiasm Discord server where you can discuss your favourite linguistically interesting fiction with other language nerds! https://www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm For links to all the things mentioned in this episode: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/659993200644308992/01-speaking-a-single-language-wont-bring-about

Welcome to episode 18 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This time out, Jonathan and Gary are joined by the wonderful Arkady Martine, author of the Hugo-winning A Memory Called Empire and its equally remarkable sequel A Desolation Called Peace. We touch upon how her research as an academic historian helped shape her fiction, the various meanings of empire (and the comparative virtues of SF and fantasy in dealing with such concepts), growing up with a houseful of SF classics from Asimov to Zelazny, and her own current work—including the possibility of more stories set in the Teixcalaanli universe and a likely venture into near-future SF. As always, our thanks to Arkady for making the time to talk to us. We hope you enjoy the episode!

In this episode, we review A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine.  We also discuss the classic French graphic novel by Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Jean Giraud, AKA 'Mœbius', The Incal.You can always find more episodes on our website, you can also find us on Twitter and Facebook to discover what is happening on The Bridge!Twitter: @BridgeTalesInstagram: @talesfromthebridgeFacebook: www.facebook.com/groups/talesfromthebridge/Website: https://talesfromthebridge.buzzsprout.com/Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/141864356-talesfrom-thebridgeEmail: talesfromthebridgepodcast@gmail.com#talesfromthebridge, #sciencefiction, #scifibookclub, #amemorycalledempire, #arkadymartine, #annalindenweller, #theincal, #moebius

Seth is joined by Trish E. Matson to discuss the 2020 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 10:38 Intro through “Why this book?” 10:38 – 24:47 Non-Spoiler discussion 24:47 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: Deep Space Nine (The … Continue reading "Hugos There Podcast #54: A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine (feat. Trish E. Matson)"

This month we read A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, winner of the 2020 Hugo for best novel! This was a fun, steampunky romp. Don't forget to tweet us your Teixcalaanli name! CW/TW: brief discussion of death by suicide at 41:20-43:00. Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/07/710356506/questions-for-arkady-martine-author-of-a-memory-called-empire Random number generator: https://www.google.com/search?q=random+number Random noun generator: https://randomwordgenerator.com/noun.php 

Don't miss this conversation with Arkady Martine, the Hugo Award Winning author of the Teixcalaan books, A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace . In addition to her work in speculative fiction, she is a historian of the Byzantine Empire and a policy advisor for the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, where she works on climate change mitigation, energy grid modernization, and resiliency planning. In A Desolation Called Peace, an alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass—still reeling from the recent upheaval in the Empire—face the impossible task of trying to communicate with a hostile entity. Their failure will guarantee millions of deaths in an endless war. Their success might prevent Teixcalaan's destruction—and allow the empire to continue its rapacious expansion. Or it might create something far stranger . . . Books are available from our friends at Perfect Books. The Ottawa International Writers Festival is supported by generous individuals like you. Please consider subscribing to our newsletter and making a donation to support our programming and children's literacy initiatives. Presented in partnership with the Ottawa Public Library.

What happens when you fall in love with the empire that's colonizing you?  What if the empire is a wizard?  How far can we stretch the theme of this podcast?  All these questions and more are addressed in our discussion of A Memory Called Empire.

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In this month's book club, Scott and Matt discuss how wide the concept of 'you' is with Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube, so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Next month's book is Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.  The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, September 25th at 9:30 PM Central Time Support us on Patreon Matt's Twitter: @moridinamael Scott's Twitter:@scottdaly85 Stay updated with Doof Media: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing and more at www.doofmedia.com

In this weeks episode we discuss 2020 Hugo award winning novel A Memory Called Empire. In which we discuss American Empire and the politics of being a stranger in a strange land. Special thanks to the Spectology Podcast Ep 22.1 and 22.2, who also did an excellent review, and inspired our own take on this … Continue reading "A Memory Called Canada" The post A Memory Called Canada appeared first on Androids and Assets.

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt spend many lives discussing Claire North's The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube, so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Next month's book is A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, August 28th at 9:30 PM Central Time Support us on Patreon Matt's Twitter: @moridinamael Scott's Twitter:@scottdaly85 Stay updated with Doof Media: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing and more at www.doofmedia.com

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Today Jonathan calls up newly minted Hugo Award winner for Best Novel, Arkady Martine, to talk about reading, writing, and working during the pandemic, how influence on writers is often quite different from what a reader might expect, the current state of space opera, her next novel, and a new novella coming late next year from Subterranean Press. Books mentioned include: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine Rose House by Arkady Martine (forthcoming) Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City by Jonathan Mahler Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer

Tom starts throwing money at Becky Chambers and Veronica defends her rose quartz. Plus, new Star Wars short stories coming and lots of great tie-in novels up for Scribe awards! Also our first impressions of A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine.

Perry and David discuss the upcoming Hugo Awards, and David discusses with Rob Gerrand their mutual love of the work of Jack Vance. Hugo Award nominees 2020 (34:18) Fiction categories (01:24) Novel category (00:28) The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley (03:33) The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (04:26) Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (03:11) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (03:43) The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (00:45) A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (00:48) Hugo Voting Package (00:31) The Deep by Rivers Solomon (01:01) To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (01:23) Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom by Ted Chiang (01:23) The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (01:09) In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (01:10) This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (03:17) David's Reading (08:23) The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (04:04) Tom's Midnight Garden by Philipa Pearce (04:03) Interview with Rob Gerrand (35:02) About Jack Vance (01:37) Rob's introduction to Vance (00:27) Tschai tetralogy (00:37) Demon Princes novels (04:30) David's introduction to Vance (00:29) The Dragon Masters (01:31) Demon Princes series (02:37) Bad Ronald (00:16) The View from Chickweed's Window (02:08) Big Planet (01:05) Emphyrio (00:23) The Blue World (00:45) Lyonnesse (04:14) Vance Integral Edition (05:38) Ebooks based on the VIE (01:53) The Languages of Pao (01:44) Lyonnesse (01:21) Vance's Crime Novels (01:46) SF Writers and crime writing (00:16) Frederick Brown (00:19) Madball~Frederick Brown (00:15) Night of the Jabberwock~Frederick Brown (00:03) The Screaming Mimi~Frederick Brown (00:16) The Fabulous Clipjoint~Frederick Brown (00:13) Windup (02:41) Image based on the illustrations by Jack Gaughan to “The Dragon Masters” by Jack Vance, Galaxy August 1962.

W tym tygodniu mamy dla was klasyczny, przekrojowy odcinek Myszmasza w którym, nie da się ukryć poszliśmy na ilość. Mówimy o siedmiu książkach! Trzech filmach! I całym jednym, ale za to dość już starym serialu. Serdecznie zapraszamy do słuchania o „1917”, „Emmie”, powieści „A Memory Called Empire” i książkach z uniwersum Griszy – a to Read more The post #249 – Grisza for Mysza first appeared on Myszmasz.

Episode 107"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Final OverviewDiscussion of themes, characters, whether or not we'd be up to read the sequel, and the unexpected downside of putting prose on the screen. Scott and Anita agree on which part was their favourite. Plus, we announce our next featured novel!The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Very Deep, Much Meaning - "A Memory Called Empire" Final Overview

Episode 106"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, AftermathThe denouement sees a coronation, a series of funerals, and a neat little book-end to Mahit's journey to the Empire. Scott still has some suspicions about the fate of at least one character.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Her Literal Ivory Tower - "A Memory Called Empire" Aftermath

Episode 105"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter Twenty-OneEverything comes to a head in a climactic address to the Empire, and then we get what Anita calls "the Lion King ending." Is this our final chapter with Mahit? What plot threads are still dangling?The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! The Most Symbolic - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Twenty-One

Episode 104"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter TwentyMahit is taken to the Emperor's secret bunker, and a daring plan is hatched which will end two coups and save Lsel station in one fell swoop. Scott, at least, is skeptical things will end so cleanly.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Not His Dump Stat - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Twenty

Episode 103"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter NineteenBack in the safe hands of Nineteen Adze, Mahit and Three Seagrass put together a plan to save Lsel Station. Meantime Anita has some questions about Thirty Larkspur's motivations.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Shifty Flower Politicians - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Nineteen

Episode 102"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter EighteenThere's fighting in the streets, and intrigue behind the scenes, as the Teixcalaanli political situation starts to come to a head. Scott and Anita discuss it in length, and wonder if this this is the last we'll see of an important character.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! The Coup Is Coming From Inside The House - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Eighteen

Episode 101"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter SeventeenMahit awakens hearing a voice in her head, which is a real improvement on her circumstances, and finally has an idea where she stands. Meanwhile, Scott and Anita continue to discuss the trustworthiness of her cohorts.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Why Is There A Spy Here?! - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Seventeen

Lit & Liquor's triumphant return with the first of our brand new episodes is somewhat diminished by book quality this week, but don't worry, we pull through the good and the bad like always. Mostly with the aid of, you guessed it, extra liquor. Pulling us through the rough patches this week is a Dowager Empress, a drink of Kassandra's creation featuring our Liquor of the Week, Empress 1908 Gin. This delicious drink was paired with two books that were decidedly less pleasant on the palate: "We Hunt the Flame" by Hafsah Faizal, and "A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine. It is in these books which we learned that you totally can have brain surgery in a black market alley and go on to save the world a mere 11 hours later, or make a dark ninja assassin hero too angsty for even Kassandra and Ashley to enjoy--a feat they would have said was completely impossible.As sadly happens so often on L&L...we were proved wrong. Welcome back to our brand new and current bi-weekly episodes, folks. We've missed you all.

Episode 100"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Interlude 3Lsel council is not all working from the same information, and the Councilor for Minors is gambling with everything on the line. Meantime, Scott has an accusation regarding an assassination attempt on Mahit, and we forget to mention it's our hundredth episode!The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Murder on the Teixcalaanli Express - "A Memory Called Empire" Interlude 3

Episode 99"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter SixteenBrain surgery leads to a surreal face-off between three personalities, and some surprising revelations. Meanwhile, Anita and Scott hypothesize about what one Lsel Station councilor may be keeping from the others.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Answer Dump - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Sixteen

Episode 98"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter FifteenSneaking past Mists and heading out to the suburbs, as everyone seems to be watching our heroes but not actually stopping them. Meantime, Scott and Anita notice something off about the chain of events this chapter.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Transteixcalaanlitzlimism - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Fifteen

Episode 97"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter FourteenA meeting with Ten Pearl at the science ministry finally starts to give us some answers, and put some pieces of the puzzle together. Scott and Anita are worried the foreshadowing for a character doesn't paint a pretty picture.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Foreshadowing WHYYYY?! - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Fourteen

Episode 96"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter ThirteenThe gang crashes at Twelve Azalea's, we finally see One Lightning on the page, and Mahit once again comes close to finding an answer, only to have another roadblock thrown up in her path. Scott and Anita agree the book is pretty good so far.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! The Most Immoral of Brain Techs - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Thirteen

Episode 95"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter TwelveOut on the street again, Mahit visits a power player to try and finally get more answers, and somehow leaves with less. Anita and Scott try to puzzle out what's going on in the background, where we can't see it happening.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! I Don't Trust All You Snakes - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Twelve

Episode 94"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter ElevenIt sure seems like Mahit will never have another good night's sleep, as she returns to her ambassadorial suite for the first time in days. Meantime, Anita and Scott discuss Lsel station's seeming lack of culture.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Doesn't Quite Translate - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Eleven

Episode 93"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Interlude 2We get a brief look into the fragility of an imago back on Lsel Station. Meanwhile, Anita and Scott mull over some possible motivations for Yskander's murder within the imperial court.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! It's Been, What? Four Days? - "A Memory Called Empire" Interlude 2

Episode 92"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter TenMahit finally has a frank, one-on-one with Emperor Six Direction, and learns what Yskandr's deal with him really was and why. Meantime, Anita and Scott try to resolve why another character is involved in the succession.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! The Next Best Thing - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Ten

Episode 91"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter NineIn the span between the party and morning, war were declared. Mahit scrambles to make sense of it, and comes to a stunning realization. Scott has a compelling theory about the imperial succession, while Anita wonders about untangling the logic puzzle our protagonist finds herself in.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! War With Breakfast - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Nine

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Arkady Martine, a speculative fiction writer and in her secret identity as Dr. Anna Linden Weller, she is an historian of the Byzantine Empire and a city planner. She writes about border politics, rhetoric, propaganda and the edges of the world, and coincidentally all of this is wrapped into her first novel, A Memory Called Empire, published in March by Tor. A great publishing house for SF for the past gazillion years. A Memory Called Empire takes us on a journey in time and space to a place that is so far alien to our world (what should be worlds) and yet is also so familiar. Politics, betrayal, trust and culture bind together this work in such a way, that we marvel at the labyrinthine texture of an empire that mirrors those that Arkady studies and even names the characters, many unpronounceable by me, in the same manner (or mirror) as ancient cultures on Earth. The book opens doors to the reader that we didn’t even know existed but also draws on the legacies given us by so many other writers of the last two centuries

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Arkady Martine, a speculative fiction writer and in her secret identity as Dr. Anna Linden Weller, she is an historian of the Byzantine Empire and a city planner. She writes about border politics, rhetoric, propaganda and the edges of the world, and coincidentally all of this is wrapped into her first novel, A Memory Called Empire, published in March by Tor. A great publishing house for SF for the past gazillion years. A Memory Called Empire takes us on a journey in time and space to a place that is so far alien to our world (what should be worlds) and yet is also so familiar. Politics, betrayal, trust and culture bind together this work in such a way, that we marvel at the labyrinthine texture of an empire that mirrors those that Arkady studies and even names the characters, many unpronounceable by me, in the same manner (or mirror) as ancient cultures on Earth. The book opens doors to the reader that we didn’t even know existed but also draws on the legacies given us by so many other writers of the last two centuries

Episode 90"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter EightMahit takes advantage of an opportunity to wander Palace-Earth by herself, and runs into a few new colourful characters. Scott also forgot to actually hit record, so we had to do it twice.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Bad At Party - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Eight

Episode 89"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter SevenThe long awaited poetry contest arrives, and Mahit rubs shoulders with the movers and shakers of the empire! When the poetry gets weird, Scott and Anita can't quite agree on everyone's motives.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! A Poet of Noet - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Seven

Episode 88"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, InterludeA return to Lsel Station brings with it more information about a mysterious looming threat, and Scott and Anita wonder if some of the council members are focused on the wrong enemy. Plus, more intrigue!The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Is This Our Others? - "A Memory Called Empire" Interlude

Episode 87"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter SixSome new information about the true turmoil at the heart of the empire comes to light, as we get set to meet some of the major power players. One of Scott's theories is proven right, and Anita is curious about Mahit's value.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Space is Full of "Mrruh?" - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Six

Episode 86"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter FiveMahit arrives in possible safety, and learns more about the interesting political climate she's arrived in. Scott speculates on another possible player in the game, while Anita wonders if anyone is trustworthy.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! "I'd Hit That" Moment - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Five

Episode 85"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter FourA new day brings with it new dangers for Mahit, who has a blast at a breakfast meeting. Scott and Anita discuss the Sunlit, and nearly turn the show into a Game of Thrones-cast.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! A Bowl of Poison for Breakfast - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Four

Episode 84"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter ThreeSome skulduggery around the Judiciary leads to the introduction of a new player and a high-stakes game of truths. Meantime, Scott and Anita come up with their Teixcalaanli names.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Do You Even Sneak? - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Three

Episode 83"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter TwoMahit helps us learn a bit more about Teixcalaan culture, then dips into the Ambassadorial mail bag. Meanwhile, Scott and Anita try not to choke on smoke, while discussing mysterious ship movements.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Uncultured, Uncivil, Oaf - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Two

Episode 82"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter OneWe plunge right into The City, and an alien culture, as our main character learns a little about the fate of her predecessor. Scott and Anita discuss this world, and also bring back an old segment when a mystery seems to be afoot.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Give Us An Ambassador! - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter One

Episode 81"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, PreludeWe begin our journey into our fifth novel by getting hung up on if it's a PRE-lude or a PRAY-lude, and the issues with pronunciation go downhill from there. Scott and Anita agree this is an evocative start to the novel!The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Anita and Scott Learn to Speak - "A Memory Called Empire" Prelude

Today, the gang talks about their final thoughts on Martine's “A Memory Called Empire.” We conclude with some lessons we've learned through analyzing her work, and we share our favorite bits! Thing of the Week: Pasión de las PasionesHomework: Find a piece of world building that you love and come up with another way to use it in your work in progress. Close Reading Series: Texts & TimelineNext up is Character! Starting July 7, we'll be diving into three short stories by C.L. Clark. These are all available for free through Uncanny Magazine. Character: “You Perfect, Broken Thing,” “The Cook,” and “Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home” by CL Clark (starting July 7) And a sneak peak on the rest of the year… Tension: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (starting September 1) Structure: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (starting October 13) Sign up for our newsletter: https://writingexcuses.comCredits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.Join Our Writing Community! PatreonInstagramYouTubeFacebookTwitterOur Sponsors:* Check out rosettastone.com/today to get 50% off Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership! Use our code TODAY for a limited time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We've spent the last month talking about "A Memory Called Empire, and now, we are so excited to welcome the author, Arkady Martine, to the show! On today's episode, we talk with Arkady about the origins of her novel, and dive into how she navigated the dense and intricate world-building. Arkady gives us advice on what not to do, where to look for your first ideas, and what her writing process looks like. Thing of the Week: “The Shamshine Blind” By Paz PardoHomework:Using the character and the story you are currently working on, look at the nearest building you can see out your window, and describe it from their point of view. What does that say about the world that you are in and the world that they are in? Close Reading Series: Texts & TimelineNext up is Character! Starting July 7, we'll be diving into three short stories by C.L. Clark. These are all available for free through Uncanny Magazine. Character: “You Perfect, Broken Thing,” “The Cook,” and “Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home” by CL Clark (starting July 7) And a sneak peak on the rest of the year… Tension: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (starting September 1) Structure: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (starting October 13) Sign up for our newsletter: https://writingexcuses.comCredits: Your hosts for this episode were DongWon Song and Erin Roberts. Our guest was Arkady Martine. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.Join Our Writing Community! PatreonInstagramYouTubeFacebookTwitterOur Sponsors:* Check out rosettastone.com/today to get 50% off Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership! Use our code TODAY for a limited time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What cultural and worldbuilding information is embedded within the smallest of word choices? Today, we dive into three specific sections from throughout Martine's “A Memory Called Empire”:  the word for empire, assimilation and naming, and learning the word for bomb. We unpack how Martine uses language to establish important principles of how the world works. Thing of the Week: The Gilded Age - Created and Written by Julian Fellowes  Julian Fellows (on HBO Max) Homework:Write a scene that describes a fictional piece of literature— whether that's a poem, a song, or a story— that means something to the people in the story you're telling. Here's a link to buy your copy of “A Memory Called Empire” if you haven't already:https://bookshop.org/lists/close-readings-season-19Sign up for our newsletter: https://writingexcuses.comCredits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.Join Our Writing Community! PatreonInstagramYouTubeFacebookTwitterOur Sponsors:* Check out rosettastone.com/today to get 50% off Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership! Use our code TODAY for a limited time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

How do you use language and scale to focus your writing? Today, we think about scale and movement across vast spaces. What do characters' movements tell us about empires and also—force? We talk about Martine's incredible work establishing an empire across time, not (just) space. We read aloud some of Martine's writing, and try to understand exactly how they work, and what they're doing to build the novel's world. A refresher on why Worldbuilding is essential and some working definitions of how we want to talk about it. After the break, we discuss why we chose this book and highlight what it does well. As always in our close reading series, we distill each text's elements into approachable steps for you to take in your own writing. Thing of the Week: Softboiled eggs in an instant pot: 1.5 cups of fridge-cold water. Add 2-6 eggs onto the little trey. Pressure cook for low on one minute, and then release the pressure after 90 seconds. Remove the eggs (use tongs!), and put them in a bowl of fridge-cold water for one minute. Now, try them! If thye're too runny, then for your next bath, increase your wait time for pressure release by 5 seconds. If they're too firm, reduce the wait time by five seconds. That one variable: how long you wait before releasing pressure, is the only one you need to worry about. (Does this resonate with our study of worldbuilding? Maybe? DM us on Instagram and tell us what the metaphor or analogy is for you! @writing_excuses ) Homework:Take one of your works in progress, and write three paragraphs, each describing a different kind of scale: 1. A scale of time2. A scale of place/ space3. Emotional scale (fear, joy, ambition, sadness)Here's a link to buy your copy of “A Memory Called Empire” if you haven't already:https://bookshop.org/lists/close-readings-season-19Sign up for our newsletter: https://writingexcuses.comCredits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.Join Our Writing Community! PatreonInstagramYouTubeFacebookTwitterOur Sponsors:* Check out rosettastone.com/today to get 50% off Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership! Use our code TODAY for a limited time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Why is worldbuilding is essential in your writing? Today, we answer this question and dive into some working definitions of how we want to talk about it. After the break, we discuss why we chose this book Arkady Martine's “A Memory Called Empire” and highlight what it does well. We dive into the elements that help make Martine's worldbuilding so accessible and effective. Thing of the Week: “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman (think about what it teaches you about POV!)Homework: Pick your favorite fictional worlds and for each write down three defining attributes that establish culture, legal systems, and physical spaces.Here's a link to buy your copy of “A Memory Called Empire” if you haven't already:https://bookshop.org/lists/close-readings-season-19Sign up for our newsletter: https://writingexcuses.comCredits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.Join Our Writing Community! PatreonInstagramYouTubeFacebookTwitterOur Sponsors:* Check out rosettastone.com/today to get 50% off Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership! Use our code TODAY for a limited time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sometimes we know the action and themes of your story, but you don't know how to build an economy that supports those. Well today, we explain just how to do that! What are some questions you can ask yourself about the worth of certain goods and services in the world you're building? What would a post-scarcity world look like and ask of your characters and how would it shape their wants? We loved recording this episode, it brought up so many interesting questions for us, and we hope it does the same for you! Thing of the Week: Bury Your Gays by Chuck TingleHomework: Come up with three catch phrases that someone who grew up in your economy would know. For example the difference between “There ain't no such thing as a free lunch” vs. “See it, fix it.”A Reminder! That starting next week (May 12th!), we'll be focusing on Worldbuilding and reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. If you're going to buy this book, we have this bookshop link available for you to do so! (If not, go support your local library!) https://bookshop.org/lists/close-readings-season-19Sign up for our newsletter: https://writingexcuses.comCredits: Your hosts for this episode were Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar, Mary Robinette Kowal, and DongWon Song. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.Join Our Writing Community! PatreonInstagramYouTubeFacebookTwitterOur Sponsors:* Check out rosettastone.com/today to get 50% off Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership! Use our code TODAY for a limited time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

How do you find the right size for your story? And speaking of size, what do novellas do differently than both short stories and novels? What even is the difference between a novel and a novella? How many characters do they usually have? How many subplots? How do you know if your story should take the form of a novella or a novel? We dive into all these questions (and…you guessed it… more!) in our conversation. A note on the structure of Season 19: in between our close reading series (six episodes where we dive into an element of craft through a close reading of a specific text), we'll be doing two wild card episodes! These episodes are random topics that our hosts have been wanting to tell you about, we just didn't know where they fit. So we MADE a place for them to fit! Thing of the Week: Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall (a collaborative, storytelling-based RPG)Homework:Take a short story that you either love or have written and write a list of things that could be added to expand it to novella length. Now do the same for a novel, but make it a list of things that might need to be cut.A Reminder! That starting May 12th, we'll be focusing on Worldbuilding and reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. If you're going to buy this book, we have this bookshop link available for you to do so! (If not, go support your local library!) https://bookshop.org/lists/close-readings-season-19Sign up for our newsletter: https://writingexcuses.comCredits: Your hosts for this episode were Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar, Mary Robinette Kowal, and DongWon Song. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.Join Our Writing Community! PatreonInstagramYouTubeFacebookTwitterOur Sponsors:* Check out : betterhelp.com/WX* Check out rosettastone.com/today to get 50% off Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership! Use our code TODAY for a limited time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

As we conclude our first deep dive of our close reading series, we want to explore how the evolution of voice helped carry readers throughout "This Is How You Lose The Time War." We also talk about the relationship between character arcs and language, learning and voice. Stay tuned for next week's episode, where we interview Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar on what it was like to write “Time War” together! Thing of the Week: Princes WeekesHomework:Write a short outline of your work noting where the voice changes and evolves to reflect the character growth and change rather than focusing on the plot beatsA ReminderThat starting May 12th, we'll be focusing on Worldbuilding and reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. If you're going to buy this book, we have this bookshop link available for you to do so! (If not, go support your local library!) https://bookshop.org/lists/close-readings-season-19Sign up for our newsletter: https://writingexcuses.comCredits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.Join Our Writing Community! PatreonInstagramYouTubeFacebookTwitterOur Sponsors:* Check out rosettastone.com/today to get 50% off Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership! Use our code TODAY for a limited time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today we get to talk to the inimitable Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar. Amal and Max are on the podcast to tell us about how they wrote a book together (hint: they didn't write it together in the form of one voice.) They talk to us about the practice of writing letters, collaboration, and the revelation of friendship. They talk about the complexity, harmony, and cadence of two-author projects. We also talk about that voice in your head that criticizes your writing, and how to work with it and harness your authentic desire to tell a certain story.  Thing of the Week: From Amal- Hollow Night From Max- Talking Man by Terry Bisson Homework:From Max and Amal: Take a passage of something you've written and rewrite it in three different ways: as if it were being sung, as if it were being shouted, and as if it were being whispered. A Reminder! That starting May 12th, we'll be focusing on Worldbuilding and reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. If you're going to buy this book, we have this bookshop link available for you to do so! (If not, go support your local library!) https://bookshop.org/lists/close-readings-season-19Sign up for our newsletter: https://writingexcuses.comCredits: Your hosts for this episode were Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar, Mary Robinette Kowal, and DongWon Song. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.Join Our Writing Community! PatreonInstagramYouTubeFacebookTwitterOur Sponsors:* Check out : betterhelp.com/WX* Check out rosettastone.com/today to get 50% off Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership! Use our code TODAY for a limited time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy