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David and Perry look at Australian literature, ranging from a book about bushrangers written in serial form in 1882 to modern science fiction.
Reading overload (00:30)
Comfort reads (01:50)
Hugo Award nominations (02:47)
Nebula Awards short list (07:58)
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (00:05)
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (00:17)
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (00:22)
The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk (00:42)
Black Sun by Rebecca Rowanhorse (00:22)
Network Effect by Martha Wells (01:22)
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (03:35)

Such is Life by Joseph Furphy (04:42)
The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower (08:12)
Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood (08:47)
Dispersion by Greg Egan (05:59)
The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard (07:52)
Falling Towards England by Clive James (04:42)
The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (01:36)
Discussion with W. H. Chong (21:14)
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (04:03)
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (02:04)
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott (03:53)
Underland by Robert McFarlane (03:24)
Reading multiple genres (02:41)
Poetry (00:29)
New translation of Beowulf (01:43)

Wind-up (02:15)
Illustration: "Fire's On!" by Arthur Streeton.