7 - Middle-Aged Women Aren't Coming of Age (with my mom)

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This week my mom joins me to talk about middle-aged women protagonists in fantasy and science fiction. With especial focus on Bujold's Cordelia and Ista, we talk about the value of competence, and hooking readers without a coming-of-age story.

Bonus references to the romance genre, Eifelheim, and Ancillary Justice, plus I begin to question whether I've come of age.

The order(s) of Bujold's Vorkosigan sequence

Pop Culture Happy Hour - The Romance Novel Special

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6 - Cover Art with Aidan Moher

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This week I'm joined by Aidan Moher, creator of the Hugo award winning A Dribble of Ink blog.  We talk about cover art, including the cover of his own short story collection and the covers created by Irene Gallo's team at TorDotCom for their new novella lineup.

James S. A. Corey covers

Eye of the World and Black Sun Rising

 

TorDotCom Novella Covers

Matt Wallace's post about joining the Novella imprint & working with Irene Gallo

 

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5 - "Galloping Narwhals"

After a hiatus last week, I'm back talking about book signings, my initial troubles with Uprooted and why I think Grace of Kings is an important books. 

Also a memory of Lord of the Rings.

Links:

Rocket Talk discussion of Uprooted (which I am saving until I finish it, but you will probably enjoy now!)

My post about telling The Hobbit to my 4-year old.

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Interview with Troy L. Wiggins

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This episode I am joined by Troy L Wiggins (@troylwiggins) to talk about some of his history with the genre.  Troy blogs at afrofantasy.net and is a published author as well as reader.  Two recent posts from Troy's blog include - In Defense of Sword and Soul and Heart of the City: Examining Half-Resurrection Blues and the Urban in Urban Fantasy. 

Some early genre book titles (and authors): Chronicles of Narnia, David Eddings, The Hobbit, driven from the genre by Lord of the Rings and brought back by Redwall, also Eragon.

Other formative authors and titles: Zora Neale Hurston, Walter Mosley, Hampton Sides - Hellhound on his Trail

Minister Faust Interview with N. K. Jemisin

Some Sources - Apex, Shimmer, Skiffy & Fanty (Short and Sublime roundups by @cecilykane), Io9 roundups

SFF Authors / Stories/Anthologies/Books recommended in this podcast -

Short Fiction reviewers - @ClowderOfTwo / QuickSipReviews.Blogspot.com, Ethan Robinson's Marooned Off Vesta, @sffmicroreviews

David Anthony Durham's Acacia - "Directly responsible for deciding to write Fantasy"

 

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Ancillary Justice (2 of 2)

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Ethan (@esjewett) and I continue our discussion of Ancillary Justice (part 1).  Beginning with discussion of the politics and ideology of the book, and continuing with the contrasting roles and psychology of Breq and Seivarden.  

Also a bit on the structure of the book, and then Ethan and I discuss my initial dissatisfaction with the conclusion of the novel.  I am somewhat persuaded.

Oh, yeah, spoilers.

Finally, Ethan shares a series he returns to frequently - Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising sequence.

Quotes -

"The platonic ideal of the novel"

"Ann Leckie should make as much money as possible off of this book"

"Literally shooting the body"

Links - 

Part 1

My initial review of Ancillary Justice

Book Smugglers recent reread of Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising sequence

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