The Coode Street Podcast

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Today Jonathan chats with Saga Press editorial director Joe Monti who has worked with some of the best writers and artists in science fiction and fantasy and has worked as a literary agent and as a book buyer for a major book chain. In a serious mood, they talk about the impact of the Great and Terrible Pause on book publishing, what Joe has been reading, and what he's publishing. Books mentioned include: The Vlad Taltos Series by Steven Brust Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin The Down Days by Ilze Hugo The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Machine by Elizabeth Bear The Residence by Andrew Piper Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse    

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Today Jonathan sits down with Alyx Dellamonica to talk about writing Dealbreaker - the sequel to their L.X Beckett novel Gamechanger - how living through the pandemic sometimes feels like being stuck in Brendan Fraser's 1999 movie Blast from the Past, the wonders of science, and the comfort of fine crime novels. Books mentioned include: Gamechanger by LX Beckett Nature Obscura: A City's Hidden Natural World by Kelly Brenner The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad #5) by Tana French The Aud Series (The Blue Place, Stay, & Always) by Nicola Griffith

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. The distinguished "literary horror" icon Brian Evenson chats with Gary about his relationship to genre, whether or not it’s a good idea to read catastrophe fiction in a time of catastrophe, the rewards of reading Gene Wolfe and rereading Algernon Blackwood, and his own forthcoming story collection, The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell. Books mentioned include: Last Days by Brian Evenson Catastrophe and Other Stories by Dino Buzzati The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell Interlibrary Loan by Gene Wolfe A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe Incredible Adventures by Algernon Blackwood The Willows by Algernon Blackwood    

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Gary is joined by science fiction's dean of baseball stories Rick Wilber, whose most recent collection is Rambunctious: Nine Tales of Determination, to discuss the virtues of Kim Stanley Robinson, the appeal of Korean baseball or the minor leagues, and why baseball has such a strong appeal for mainstream literary novelists and writers from the United States. Books mentioned include: Rambunctious: Nine Tales of Determination by Rick Wilber Three Californias by Kim Stanley Robinson The Resisters by Gish Jen Enemy Rising: The Cursed Chronicles by C.J. Fisher The Night Soldiers novels by Alan Furst      

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. The multi-talented Elizabeth Hand joins Gary for a discussion of writing in different genres and the good fortune of having readers who follow you from one to the other, the pleasures of returning to Tolkien or to classic ghost stories, the delights of the TV series The Detectorists, and her upcoming noir crime novel, The Book of Lamps and Banners. Books mentioned include: The Book of Lamps and Banners by Elizabeth Hand "The Owl Count", in Conjunctions 74: Grendel’s Kin Sin Eater by Megan Campisi State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" by Stephen King      

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. As the great and terrible pause grinds on Jonathan spends ten minutes or so talking to Joe Abercrombie about reading for research, Shelby Foote, westerns, some books he's reading, and his own new books, A Little Hatred and The Trouble with Peace. Books mentioned include: A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie Lionheart by Ben Kane Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy by John Julius Norwich The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote Journal of the Gun Years by Richard Matheson Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry      

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Another quiet afternoon, so Gary spends ten minutes with multiple Hugo-winning Michael Swanwick about Karl Schroeder, Roger Zelazny, Duke Ellington, collaborating with Gardner Dozois, and Michael’s own remarkable trilogy of genre-mixing stand-alone novels. Books mentioned include: The Iron Dragon’s Mother by Michael Swanwick The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus by Michael Swanwick City Under the Stars by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick Stealing Worlds by Karl Schroeder Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny  

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Gary is joined by the wonderful Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy-nominated E. Lily Yu who chats about staying curious and involved during stressful times, being kind to yourself, her forthcoming novel On Fragile Waves, and, incidentally, setting blenders on fire and reading cookbooks as condensed narratives. Books mentioned include: On Fragile Waves by E. Lily Yu (forthcoming in December) The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World: The Definitive Guide to Adapting and Succeeding in High-Performance Careers by Neil Irwin A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker Rambunctious by Rick Wilber      

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Is ten minutes enough? Not when you're talking to multiple award-winning, bestselling, and widely loved duo Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch who join Jonathan to discuss reading during The Great and Terrible Pause, the importance of supporting creators who are not assholes, the many adaptations of The Taking of Pelham 123, and more!  Books mentioned include: Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear Machine by Elizabeth Bear Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo The Force by Don Winslow The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by John Godey Agency by William Gibson    

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Jonathan is joined by Newbery Medal and World Fantasy Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill to discuss the joys of listening to audiobooks, the importance of reading gently, and much more. Books mentioned include: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories by Kelly Barnhill The Ogress at the Far End of Town by Kelly Barnhill (coming next year) The Book of Delights by Ross Gay The Changeling by Joy Williams Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Terry Pratchett audiobooks LeVar Burton reads... (podcast ) What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah (read by Levar Burton)