This week the Coode Street Podcast, or part of it, is on the move! With  Readercon 24  in full swing, Gary has travelled to Burlington, Massachusetts and has corralled award-winning author of  Little Big  and the  Aegypt  sequence, John Crowley, and long-time friend of the podcast Peter Straub to take part in a fascinating discussion of genre and other things. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!

00:00  Introduction (flawed)

02:00  Discussion of reading and being influenced by early science fiction from the ’50s and ’60s, and the path from there to reading literature.

12:40  On how genre works and what makes the SF ideational space function. Mention of Bob Shaw’s classic “Light of Other Days”.

19:00  Peter discusses writing about fear, reading Ballard, and other influences.

30:00  On reading work as science fiction, including mention of John’s novel  The Translator.

35:00  On how writing SF/F is accepted to day in a way that it was not before.

40:00  Peter discusses his novel  In the Night Room.

43:00  Story McGuffins and the death of the author.

50:00  Sequels, Lin Carter, book signings.

58:00  A brief discussion of what’s next from Peter and John.

As discussed in the podcast, you can  order the 25th Anniversary Edition  of  Little Big,  or just check it out.