Podcast appearances and mentions of Paul J Mcauley

With Gary about to leave for the World Fantasy Convention to be held in New Orleans next week, and with Jonathan in the process of assembling anthologies on the most recent iterations of space opera, we spend most of our time discussing the characteristics, history, and too-common misuse of that venerable term. While we do touch briefly on the etymology of 'space opera', and on the pulp-era adventures that Wilson Tucker had in mind when he rather contemptuously coined the term in 1941, most of the discussion focuses on how the idea has evolved since M. John Harrison set out to demolish the old-school space opera with The Centauri Device in 1974, the efforts of Paul J. McAuley and others to define a new space opera in the 1980s (and Jonathan and Gardner Dozois's The New Space Opera anthologies of 2007 and 2010), the influence of media, and more recent examples ranging from James S.A. Corey's Expanse series to Aliette de Bodard's Xuya universe, Nnedi Okorafor's Binti series, and other authors who have energetically begun to reclaim space opera for a more diverse cast of characters. We fully expect enthusiastic disagreements. As always, we hope you enjoy the episode. See you all again after World Fantasy!

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. Scholar, photographer, editor, artist, author, and winner of many Ditmar and Aurealis Awards Cat Sparks joins Gary to discuss the comparative experience of Australia vs the US in the current crisis, her own doctoral research in SF and climate fiction, missing out on ICFA this year, the attractions of comfort-reading mysteries, the virtues of Paul J. McAuley, and her forthcoming collection of stories. Books mentioned include: Dark Harvest by Cat Sparks The Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths The Quantum Magician by Derek Kunsken War of the Maps by Paul McAuley Monstrous Heart by Claire McKenna Repo Virtual by Corey J. White The Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French Photography mentioned: Cat's nature photography:  Wall Safari!    

Ed talks about Ian Watson's novel 1000 Year Reich and Del reviews Something Coming Through by Paul J. McAuley. The Interview is Split Worlds and Planetfall author, Emma Newman. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Our final piece of audio fiction for June is "Dead Men Walking" written by Paul J. McAuley and read by Kate Baker.   First published in Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2006. Subscribe to our podcast.

Coming Up This Week 03:40 Interview: Fred Pohl and Jack Vance 05:15 Fact Article: Science News by J.J. Campanella 45:50 Main Fiction: Rocket Boy by Paul J. McAuley 01:09:00 Fact Article: Salon Futura by Cheryl Morgan 01:51:15 Narrators: FHN See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fact Article: Transcribers Project by Robyn Bradshaw 03:30 Transcriber Blues by David Bradshaw Promo: The Neutron Flow Podcast 14:23 Main Fiction: A Brief Guide To Other Histories by Paul J. McAuley 16:00 Fact Article: Doc Savage by J.J. Campanella 01:16:30 StarShipSofa Interrogations Kristine Kathryn Rusch Narrators: Paul Caggegi See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.