22 - "I tried to read the words, but the pictures kept intruding"

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This week, Parrish joined me to talk about Saga volumes 1-3.  I'm mostly a prose reader, but whenever I've mentioned my interest in comics, people keep pointing me to Saga.  Parrish and I talked about Saga and the differences (and similarities) between comics and prose fiction.  Oddly, this discussion is basically spoiler-free.

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21 - The Buried Giant pt 2

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The Buried Giant (cover)

This episode, Maureen Kincaid Speller (@maureenkspeller) and I conclude our discussion (part 1) of The Buried Giant, beginning with the figure of the boatman, and maintaining a focus on the personal relationships.

Our discussion covers the tussle between the personal and the political, anachronisms and the construction of a composite pre-Norman Britain, and moves to the conclusion of the novel as Axl and Beatrice meet the boatman who will carry them across the river.

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20 - How Funny People Still Are About Genre

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This week, Maureen Kincaid Speller and I discuss The Buried Giant, our own responses & critical reactions, and the creation of national myths. (part 2 is here)

Critical Reactions

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and landscapes

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19 - Queer Romance in Fantasy with Carl Engle-Laird

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This episode I'm joined by Carl Engle-Laird, an editor for tordotcom (though Carl is speaking wholly for himself in this episode).  We discuss queer romance in science fiction and fantasy - some of the things that distinguish queer romances from heterosexual romances in the tradition, and the impact this has on readers.  We touch on the trope of the tragic queer & talk about Carl's reading history and the impact of diving through tordotcom's slush pile.

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18 - The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin

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This episode, Troy Wiggins (Twitter, BookRiot) & Khaalidah (Twitter) join me to discuss N. K. Jemisin's brutal and spectacular The Fifth Season, the first book of the Broken Empire trilogy.

We discuss the difficulties in classifying this masterful book, the skill with which Jemisin portrays oppression, and the various relationships in the book.

We also referred to a couple of reviews, from Foz Meadows (reacting to Alabaster's identity as a gay man whose story ends tragically) and Christina Vasilevski (drawing parallels between The Fifth Season and the Black Lives Matter movement)

Jemisin wrote a post about using 2nd Person to narrate Essun's POV.

Previous interview with Troy

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