Well, not so much rivers as airport lounges. In nine days I fly out for Brighton and the World Fantasy Convention. There’s a relatively short five or so hour long hop to Singapore and then the biggie to London. I’m flying Singapore Airlines and, as long as I can finagle an empty seat I’ll be fine. Â And then London. It should be enormous fun, and World Fantasy itself looks great. I can’t wait.
Between now and then I have a lot to do. I am late on delivering one project, and need to get some more done on the “best of the year” before heading off. There is SO much reading to do that it’s sort of mindboggling and numbing. Â I also need to edit a batch of Locus columns, read stories, contract some things and so on. Lots and lots to do.
In the run up to the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton our podcasting heroes are keeping it pretty much one-on-one, with no guest again this week. Â In amongst other rambling, Gary and Jonathan they talk about some overlooked books of 2013 (Gary had a list), what “overlooked” means, and how a book gets to be noticed in the first place.
This week, just following the publication of her major short story collection How the World Became Quiet, we are joined by Nebula Award and SFWA Vice President Rachel Swirsky to discuss writing short stories, the business of science fiction and much more.
As always, we would like to thank Rachel for joining us, and hope you enjoy the podcast!
After a long sequence of discussions with wonderful guests, it’s just Gary and Jonathan alone in the Waldorf Room once more. This week, after a brief chat about the forthcoming World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, their attention turns to how literary canons are formed, the potential toxicity of the canon forming concept and other matters. No books were sold in the making of this podcast.
As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast. Next week we’ll be back with special guest Rachel Swirsky.
With WorldCon a dwindling memory, Jonathan and Gary are joined by passionate, articulate and always fun to talk to special guest Printz, Hugo, Nebula, Campbell and Sturgeon award-winning writer Paolo Bacigalupi and discuss his brand new middle-grade novel Zombie Baseball Beatdown, exciting news about his second adult SF novel The Water Knife, new YA novel The Doubt Factory, and much more.
