We had problems. That’s why the podcast is late. Â It was Saturday morning. The sun was up in Perth, and we were set to record (well, it was snowing in Garyland, but you know what I mean). We got to discussing all sorts of things like recommended reading lists and such, then something at Gary’s end went pffft! We resumed on a landline, but the quality does drop out somewhat about half way through. Our sincere apologies for that. We hope it will all be back to normal for #38 next week. Â In the meantime, enjoy!
Well, since I’m working on the copyedits with the authors, it must be okay to release the table of contents for Eclipse Four. There were all sorts of dramas, but I’m very pleased with the end result. The final ToC is:
Introduction, Jonathan Strahan
“Slow as a Bulletâ€, Andy Duncan
“Tidal Forcesâ€, Caitlin R. Kiernan
“The Beancounter’s Catâ€, Damien Broderick
“Story Kitâ€, Kij Johnson
“The Man in Greyâ€, Michael Swanwick
“Old Habitsâ€, Nalo Hopkinson
“The Vicar of Marsâ€, Gwyneth Jones
“Fields of Goldâ€, Rachel Swirsky
“Thought Experimentâ€, Eileen Gunn
“The Double of My Double Is Not My Doubleâ€, Jeffrey Ford
“Nine Musesâ€, Emma Bull
“Dying Youngâ€, Peter M Ball
“The Panda Coinâ€, Jo Walton
“Touristsâ€, James Patrick Kelly
You can see the subtle but classy cover (and incidentally pre-order the book) over here. I should also add that I am already reading the first stories for Eclipse Five (heck, I’ve bought one!)
Not much from me of late, except podcasts, for which some apologies. It’s been hot here, there’s been school holidays, and I’ve been working intermittently on new projects (on which some updates soon).
For the most part we’ve spent the last couple days either working or hiding from the heat, occasionally catching up on Oscar nominees like True Grit, The Kids Are All Right, The King’s Speech, and so on, most of which were terrific. We have five of the Best Picture nominees to see, and don’t really want to see several of those, but may anyway.
The kids are back to school this week which may increase overall productivity and balance, but not before we see Sufjan Stevens on Thursday and Amanda Palmer on Friday. There are also, believe it or not, holidays and house repairs to plan. Busy times, as always.
It all seems so long ago, but yesterday morning Gary and I climbed in the pod to discuss the Crawford Awards, Shaun Tan’s Oscar nomination, genre terminology, and Margo Lanagan’s Yellowcake. We rambled, but kept it all to a reasonable length. As always, we hope you enjoy it.