Tales from the Trunk
2021-03
Episodes
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Hello, and welcome to season 3!
This time around, we're joined by Kelly Robson (@kellyoyo), whose new collection, Alias Space, comes out April 30th, 2021, from Subterranean Press! Kelly reads her story, "Deadfall," which she wrote as a futurist-in-residence during a conference, and we dive right into talking about what being a futurist is all about.
Things we mentioned in this episode:
A. M. Dellamonica
Stan Rogers
The Book of Dragons, edited by Jonathan Strahan
The Newsflesh series, by Mira Grant
Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
Shaw Broadcasting
Stantec Engineering
Nakoda (Stoney) Tribe
Lenape (Delaware) Tribe
Karl Schroeder
IBM
Madeline Ashby
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Futurescapes
Oculus VR
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Codex Writer's Group
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Nanowrimo
Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
An Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon
Subterranean Press
Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood
Join us again on April 16th, when our guest will be Nino Cipri!
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
This time on book tour, we're joined by returning guest Karen Osborne (@karenthology) to talk about Engines of Oblivion, the amazing sequel to last year's Architects of Memory, and conclusion of the Memory War duology. Karen reads us an excerpt from the book, and we take some time to talk about some of her favorite bits both that made it into print and that got taken out in edits.
Things we mentioned in this episode:
The Imperial Radch Trilogy, by Ann Leckie
Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee
Wandavision
"Agatha All Along"
Interstellar
Mass Effect
The Expanse
"The Sky is a Neighborhood," by Foo Fighters
"Trip Switch," by Nothing but Thieves
"Daddy Lessons," by Beyonce, featuring the Dixie Chicks
Don't Touch That: An Anthology of Parenthood in SFF, edited by Jaymee Goh
Join us again next time, when my guest will be Kelly Robson!