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The Coode Street PodcastEating the Fantastic: Episode 217: Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan StrahanAll round good guy Scott Edelman was at the recent World Fantasy Convention, and took Gary and Jonathan out for lunch and a chat. That chat became the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic, Scott's terrific podcast.
If you're interested, you can hear the episode here.
2024-01-281h 22The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 543: The Year in Review and Other DigressionsWelcome to episode 2 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week, in the second of our main season of twenty-six hour-long episodes, our hosts Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan talk to Locus Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Liza Groen Trombi and award-winning writer Daryl Gregory about the year in science fiction and fantasy.
The annual Locus Recommended Reading issue is due out at the beginning of February featuring an overview of the year, the 50th Locus Reader's Poll and annual recommended reading list, so it seemed like a good time to talk trends, themes, books, and more. A...2021-01-3155 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 541: John Clute and Science Fiction Repeating the FutureWelcome to Season 12 of the Coode Street Podcast. This year we're repeating our commitment to bring you at least twenty-six hour-long episodes where our hosts, Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan, talk about science fiction and stuff with little or no coherent purpose, and occasionally interact with interesting people. There will also be additional episodes and bits and pieces, but they'll come in due time.
John Clute and Science Fiction Repeating the Future
This week we're delighted to be joined by the venerable John Clute, who talks to us from a weirdly deserted Camden Town in London...2021-01-161h 01The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 474: Ten Minutes with Jane YolenTen 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.
Legendary Grand Master Jane Yolen shares with Gary some delightful personal news, as well as her advice to aspiring authors on how the lockdown can be seen as a gift to writers, the pleasures of "munchie" writing like Cat Valente or Gregory Maguire, the short stories of Theodora Goss, and Linda Barnes's Carlotta Carlyle mysteries.
Books mentioned include:
The...2020-07-0916 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 390: Ten Minutes with Alastair ReynoldsTen 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 Alastair Reynolds spends ten minutes talking with Jonathan about unexpectedly sunny weather in Wales, the challenges of focussing on reading and work at the moment, the immersive pleasures of diving into an enormous book by Neal Stephenson, and much more.
Books mentioned include:
Bone Silence by Alastair Reynolds
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
The Best of Gene Wolfe by Gene...2020-04-1813 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 387: Ten Minutes with Fran WildeTen minutes with... sees Coode Street presenters Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe talk to readers and book lovers from around the world about what they're reading and what's getting them through this strange time.
Today Gary talks to Fran Wilde, fresh off her nominations for a Hugo Award for her story "A Catalog of Storms" and a Lodestar Award for her novel Riverland. We talk a little about Riverland, what’s she’s currently reading (or re-reading, in some cases for her MFA classes at Western Colorado University), the value of poetry in times of stress, and h...2020-04-1514 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 379: Ten Minutes with Ellen KlagesTen 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 this strange time.
Today Gary spends ten minutes with World Fantasy and Nebula Award-winning author Ellen Klages, who most recently added the New York Historical Society Children's Book Prize and the Ohioana Book Award for Out of Left Field to her resume. It turns out that Jonathan persuaded her to try the first volume of Adrian McKinty's Sean Duffy series—the same ones he and James Brad...2020-04-0609 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 377: Books in the Time of CoronavirusThis week, Jonathan and Gary are back together (with no guests) for the first time in several weeks, and we discuss the inevitable: the current pandemic, and the various ways in which it was and was not anticipated by past science fiction narratives—not only of worldwide plagues but of alien invasion stories and tales of isolation. But we also find time to touch upon the reading we’ve both been up to, including Gene Wolfe’s final novel, Lavie Tidhar’s reinvention of the Arthurian tales By Force Alone and some recent titles edited by Jonathan himself, including Zen Cho’...2020-04-0558 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 363: Books We're Looking Forward to in 2020After last week’s episode where Jonathan and Gary discussed their favourite books from 2019, this time they talk about books they're looking forward to in 2020 (a few of which, in fairness, they’ve already seen or in Jonathan’s case even edited).
It’s a pretty varied list, and probably incomplete, so feel free to suggest more titles that we might not have known about. Overall, though, 2020 is starting off as a pretty promising year.
Gary's list
Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
William Gibson, Agency
M. John Harrison, The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
N.K. Jemisi...2020-01-191h 03The Coode Street PodcastCoode Street Roundtable 2.1: Annalee Newitz’s The Future of Another TimelineWelcome to the first episode of the second season of The Coode Street Roundtable, a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panellists James Bradley, Ian Mond, Gary K. Wolfe, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel.
Annalee Newitz’s The Future of Another Timeline
This month James, Ian, Gary and Jonathan discuss the latest book from Annalee Newitz. It’s described by publisher Tor Books as follows:
1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car...2019-09-221h 15The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 354: Influence, impact, the sense of wonder, and other critical missionsThis week marks the publication of Jonathan’s new hard-SF anthology Mission Critical, the title of which reminded Gary of the first SF serial he read, Hal Clement’s Close to Critical. This lead, by our usual process of carefully structured random free association, to a discussion of Clement as an example of an author whose fiction is not widely read anymore, but whose influence nevertheless shows up even in writers who may not have read him. In Clement’s case, it was carefully extrapolated SF environments and creatures, but Jack Vance and Clifford Simak are also mentioned as writers w...2019-07-101h 02The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 353: New projects and old booksThis week Jonathan and Gary are back, fitting another episode in between travel, work, and family commitments. Gary opens up with a thoroughly reasonable discussion about writers from the 1990s and 2000s who may have published major works but have fallen from sight in recent years, while Jonathan attempts to get Gary interested in a new segment. Along the way there's discussion of the history of anthologies and whether genre fiction is more likely to be the home of theme anthologies, a new Gwyneth Jones book on the work of Joanna Russ, the state of various Library of America...2019-06-171h 03The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 336: 2018 Novels to Read...Readers talk to other readers. They share information about the books and stories they love. They recommend. It's as natural as breathing. Those recommendations lead to a broader commentary, to lists and canons and all sorts of other things. This week Jonathan and Gary discuss the way we talk about books, the nature of recommending, and much more.
As promised, this episode contains recommendations for books published during 2018 that Jonathan and Gary thought were of interest and might make for rewarding reads for Coode Streeters. As always, these are personal recommendations and not a whole lot more. T...2018-09-151h 11The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 325: World Fantasy Awards, Kate Wilhelm and moreWith nominations for the 2018 Hugo Awards closing shortly, Jonathan and Gary headed to the Gershwin Room to discuss nominating for the Hugos, the recent proposal to change the name of the young adult (not a Hugo) award and to discuss at length their respective nominees for the 2018 World Fantasy Awards.
Towards the end of the podcast, Jonathan and Gary became aware of the sad news that Kate Wilhelm had died, and spend some time remembering one of the most important SF and mystery writers of the 20th century.
We don't usually get to this, but in...2018-03-111h 10The Coode Street PodcastREPOST: Episode 71: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Ursula K. Le Guin!Six years ago Gary Wolfe and I were privileged enough to get to chat with Ursula K. Le Guin about science fiction. The reason for the discussion was Margaret Atwood's book of essays, In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination, which discusses her thoughts on science fiction in some detail. It is a marvellous discussion and one we thought we'd repost, given the sad news of Ursula's death today.
2018-01-2453 minThe Coode Street PodcastREPOST: Coode Street Roundtable 4: Paul McAuley's Into EverywhereRepost
With awards season upon us, we thought it might be worthwhile to re-release our spoiler heavy roundtable discussions for last year. The fourth 2017 awards-eligible book we discussed was Paul McAuley's Into Everywhere.
Welcome to the fourth episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel.
Paul McAuley's Into Everywhere
This month Coode Street co-host Gary Wolfe joins us to discuss In...2017-02-191h 04The Coode Street PodcastREPOST: Coode Street Roundtable 3: Patricia A. McKillip's KingfisherRepost
With awards season upon us, we thought it might be worthwhile to re-release our spoiler heavy roundtable discussions for last year. The first 2017 awards-eligible book we discussed was Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky.
Welcome to the third episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel.
Patricia A. McKillip’s Kingfisher
This month Tiptree Award...2017-02-141h 26The Coode Street PodcastREPOST: Coode Street Roundtable 2: Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the SkyRepost
With awards season upon us, we thought it might be worthwhile to re-release our spoiler heavy roundtable discussions for last year. The first 2017 awards-eligible book we discussed was Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky.
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Welcome to the second episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel.
Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sk...2017-02-091h 04The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 289: Baseball, Bob and more
The Coode Street Podcast stumbles towards its three hundredth episode with another discursive chat between co-hosts Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe. Topics this week include Bob Dylan, the Nobel and accepting awards; baseball in science fiction; and other stuff which, if we were honest, we might admit we don’t remember.
Nonetheless, time was spent and we hope you enjoy the episode. Next week, World Fantasy, Columbus, Ohio, and more!
2016-10-2356 minThe Coode Street PodcastCoode Street Roundtable 7: Lavie Tidhar’s Central StationWelcome to the seventh episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel. With James busy with housemoving and such, we're joined by award-winning critic Gary K Wolfe.
Lavie Tidhar’s Central Station
This month we discuss Central Station, the latest book from Lavie Tidhar. It’s described by publisher Tachyon as follows:
A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million peopl...2016-08-281h 04The Coode Street PodcastCoode Street Roundtable 4: Paul McAuley's Into EverywhereWelcome to the fourth episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel.
Paul McAuley's Into Everywhere
This month Coode Street co-host Gary Wolfe joins us to discuss Into Everwhere, the latest novel from Paul McAuley. It’s smart, engaging hard SF adventure described by its publisher as follows:
The Jackaroo, those enigmatic aliens who claim to have come to help, gave humanity acces...2016-05-011h 04The Coode Street PodcastCoode Street Roundtable 3: Patricia A. McKillip's Kingfisher
Welcome to the third episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel.
Patricia A. McKillip’s KingfisherThis month Tiptree Award winning writer Nike Sulway and Coode Street co-host Gary K. Wolfe join Jonathan and Ian to discuss Kingfisher, the latest novel from World Fantasy Award and Mythopoeic Award winner Patricia A. McKillip. It’s a lyrical, funny, and sometimes challenging novel about family and desti...2016-03-271h 26The Coode Street PodcastCoode Street Roundtable 2: Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky
Welcome to the second episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel.
Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the SkyThis month Coode Street co-host Gary Wolfe joins us to discuss All the Birds in the Sky, the second novel from Hugo Award winning author Charlie Jane Anders. It's a warm, humane, funny, and genuinely engaging novel described by its publisher as follows:
...2016-02-271h 04The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 261: Gene Wolfe, John Clute and A Borrowed ManWelcome to the first of Coode Street’s seasonal hiatus episodes. This November Gary and Jonathan were in Saratoga Springs for the World Fantasy Convention. Over the weekend they recorded several conversations that will come out over the coming weeks.
In this first podcast, they sit down with living legend Gene Wolfe to discuss his latest novel, A Borrowed Man. The publisher describes the book like this:
A Borrowed Man: a new science fiction novel, from Gene Wolfe, the celebrated author of the Book of the New Sun series.
It is perhaps a hundred years in the fu...2015-12-271h 04The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 220: William Gibson, Eileen Gunn, and Chris Brown
Welcome to The Coode Street Podcast, an informal weekly discussion about science fiction and fantasy featuring award-winning critics and editors Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe. The Coode Street Podcast debuted in 2010 and has been nominated for the Hugo, British Science Fiction, and Aurealis awards.
This week Jonathan and Gary talk to old friend Chris Brown, and very special guest William Gibson , in a discussion that ranges from William’s recent novel The Peripheral to the influences of writers as diverse as Mervyn Peake, Philip K. Dick, Alfred Bester, and Avram Davidson and the question of what it means to wri...2015-02-081h 17The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 208: Caitlin R Kiernan, Peter Straub and the literary uses of fantasyThis past weekend the World Fantasy Convention was held in Arlington, Virginia. As part of the festivities, the Coode Street Podcast team produced the second ever "live" Coode Street Podcast. This time the wonderful Caitlin R. Kiernan and Peter Straub joined Jonathan and Gary to discuss:
The Literary Uses of FantasyPanelists: Jonathan Strahan, Gary K. Wolfe, Peter Straub, Caitlin R. Kiernan
Description: The Coode Street Podcast discusses the literary uses of fantasy with Peter Straub and other special guests. Why do writers clearly capable of realistic, character-driven stories choose to introduce fantastic elements, some of them extreme, into th...2014-11-1557 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 175: We return and talk about new books in 2014It's been a long time since the last episode. In late November Jonathan and Gary sat down to record a final episode before commencing a lengthy hiatus. After nearly two months, though, normal service returns!
This week Jonathan and Gary announce the winner and shortlist for the 2014 Crawford Award, begin thinking about Loncon3 (the 2014 World SF Convention), and discuss the books they're looking forward to in 2014.
Lists will be added, but these are the books Jonathan's Looking Forward to in 2014:Wolves, Simon Ings (Gollancz, January)
Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG, February)
The Best of Ian McDonald, Ian McDonald (PS Pu...2014-01-251h 07The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 143: A journey from new SF to politicised editingOnce again our hardy commentators, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, climbed the stairs to the Waldorf Room, high above the Coode Street Motel Six, took in the breathtaking views of the science fiction field that can only be seen from the Gernsback Bar, and held forth on matters SFnal, including new and recent SF, awards and anthologies, and just dipped their toes into the beginnings of a possible discussion of politicised editing. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast. See you next week!2013-05-181h 11The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 133: On Locus, recommended reading, Neptune's Brood and moreThis week the Coode Street team headed back to the Waldorf Room high in the Coode Street Motel Six to discuss the annual Locus Year in Review issue, the publishing industry, and other matters. We also briefly discuss two forthcoming novels, Guy Gavriel Kay's River of Stars and Charles Stross's Neptune's Brood.
The Locus Recommended Reading List is online, as is the annual Locus Poll and a list of links to recommended short fiction. As discussed during the episode, both Gary Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan work for Locus and were actively involved in compiling the recommended reading list. You can subs...2013-02-031h 00The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 126: In which rambling continues...After a long delay due to technical issues with our hosting service, Podbean, we are now able to bring you the latest episode of The Coode Street Podcast. Episode 126 was recorded on Sunday, 9 December by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, who rambled about various subjects to do with science fiction and fantasy. The recording was done so long ago, though, that neither podcaster quite remembers what they discussed or is willing to listen to the podcast to find out what. If you do listen to the podcast, please consider describing this episode in the comments. "General rambling", commenters are r...2012-12-111h 03The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 125: Of lists and ramblingIn one of our most problem-free podcasts of recent times, Gary Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan return to the Waldorf Room high atop the corporate tower that is the Coode Street Motel Six to discuss lists, the Locus All-Time Poll that has just closed, and essays/articles by Paul McAuley on "Lets Put the Future Behind Us" and Jonathan McAlmont on "Annoyed with the History of Science Fiction", with passing reference to Gary Westfahl and Paul Kincaid (but only passing). Along the way lists were made, recommendations avoided, and a laugh or two was had. It's one of our longest podcasts...2012-12-011h 21The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 119: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!This week Gary and I sit down with very little planned and just talk about us. We spent a little time discussing:
Gary's Library of America series
Eclipse: Online
We hope you'll forgive our poor planning self-indulgence and that you enjoy the podcast!2012-10-141h 02The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 114: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!This week Gary and I have a quick sixty-six minute chat about Fourth Generation SF, some of my anthologies, WorldCon, the SF Awards Database, and so on. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-08-251h 05The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 113: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, James Patrick Kelly, and John Kessel!This week award-winning authors and celebrated anthologists James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel join Gary and I to discuss their upcoming anthology Digital Rapture, their anthology work generally, and whether science fiction has a mission! As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast.2012-08-191h 21The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 111: Live with Gary K. WolfeOnce again Gary and Jonathan ascend to the Waldorf Room high above the Coode St Motel Six, to find there's not all that much happening in SF right now (where IS that World Fantasy Awards ballot?), and so they discuss books to give to people who are interesting in reading SF for the first time and a possible Coode St Award.2012-08-051h 06The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 110: Live with Gary K. WolfeAfter a final July hiatus we're back! This weekend Gary and I headed to the Waldorf Room to discuss thoughts on Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 and SF set within our Solar System, World Fantasy Award Lifetime Achievement recipients Alan Garner and George R.R. Martin, and recent issues at Readercon. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-07-291h 14The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 109: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Caitlin R. Kiernan & Peter Straub!!After a short break, we're back! Gary travelled to Massachusetts to attend Readercon 23 and managed to persuade convention guests of honor Caitlin R. Kiernan and Peter Straub to join us to discussCaitlin's most recent novel The Drowning Girl, writing, Readercon and much, much more. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-07-141h 07The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 107: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Gavin Grant & Kelly Link!After much re-scheduling, this weekend authors, editors, and Small Beer supremos Gavin Grant and Kelly Link join Gary and I in the Waldorf Room to discuss publishing, science fiction and, well, stuff. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-06-241h 07The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 106: Live with Gary K. Wolfe & Kij Johnson!With the Locus Awards weekend in full swing in Seattle, Kij Johnson joined Gary in the official Coode St Suite and Jonathan in his office at home via the magic of Skype to discuss her amazing new Small Beer short story collection, At the Mouth of the River of Bees, transgressive fiction, gender, life and other stuff.
The conversation was intriguing and engaging, and one we intend to revisit in coming weeks. A small warning: the Gods of Skype were not on our side and there are some audio difficulties with the recording, though things do improve. Our apologies for...2012-06-161h 16The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 105: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!Episode 105, in which Jonathan joins Gary in achieving ConventionFail by failing to record a single podcast at Continuum 8 (the Australian National Science Fiction Convention), but instead gets to discuss the convention, the Writer & the Critic podcast, the Tiptree awards and Jonathan possibly having said too much elsewhere, and the recent death of Ray Bradbury. All in all, an episode we hope you enjoy. We will be back this weekend with #106, where we hope to have Kij Johnson join us as a guest.2012-06-121h 03The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 104: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!And with the Waldorf Room closed, Gary and I retired to the wine bar high atop the Coode Street Motel 6 to chat about stuff. These notes might be more clear, were I not rushing for a plane, but I can guarantee it contains waffling and is definitely 100% Coode!2012-06-011h 04The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 103: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!The Coode Street Productions Multinational World Domination Unit sent Gary to Madison, Wisconsin with the idea that, perhaps, we might do a Wiscon-related podcast. Time and circumstance meant that instead we spent far too long discussing the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. What is it they say: "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men. . Gang aft agley". Still, as always we hope you enjoy the podcast. We'll try to sneak another episode in before I, Jonathan, head East and into the rising damp of Melbourne and Natcon!2012-05-2859 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 102: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!With the sun slowly setting over the Coode Street Motel 6, Gary and I headed for the Waldorf Room to record episode 102 of the podcast. For the first time in two years we had show notes, we had plans, and we had news: surely nothing could go wrong! Surely!
We had much to discuss:
the Nebula Awards winners, which had just been announced;
feedback from Cheryl Morgan on Episode 101 and whether women write rigorous SF;
gender and whether the gender of the author affects how we perceive the genre of their work;
and more! Really.
For those seeking show notes, we d...2012-05-201h 08The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 101: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!From high atop the Coode Street Motel Six, deep in the Waldorf Room, Gary and I fired up the podcasting equipment to bring you episode 101 where, finally, we come to an appreciation of which convention we correspond to, while discussing the recently released Campbell Memorial Award ballot, the SF Hall of Fame, and other things. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast.2012-05-121h 00The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 99: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!On the cusp of our 100th episode Gary and I fire up Skype to talk about year's bests, awards, genre and other stuff. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-04-281h 08The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 98: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Nnedi Okorafor!After taking time off last week, Gary and I are back with Nnedi Okorafor, award winning author of Who Fears Death, Akata Witch and many other wonderful books and stories to discuss African science fiction, Nigeria, the World Fantasy Award and much, much more. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast and will see you next week when we resume our normal weekly schedule!
2012-04-221h 17The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 97: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Liza Groen Trombi!Chicon 7, the 70th Annual World Science Fiction Convention, has announced the nominees for the 2012 Hugo Awards (see list here). This morning, just hours after the ballot was announced, Gary and I were joined by Locus Executive Editor Liza Groen Trombi to chat about the ballot and all things Hugo. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-04-0850 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 96: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!With Gary now safely home from Florida and all of that ICFA craziness, we sat down to discuss recent events. Most prominent on our minds was Christopher Priest's passionate but somewhat controversial discussion of the Arthur C. Clarke Award nominees. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-04-051h 03The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 95: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Ellen Klages, Karen Lord and Nalo Hopkinson!In the second of two podcasts recorded at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Gary and I are joined by Ellen Klages, Karen Lord, and Nalo Hopkinson for a discussion on writing, cover art and many other things. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-03-301h 09The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 94: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Andy Duncan and Karen Joy Fowler!With the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in full swing, Gary called in with Andy Duncan and Karen Joy Fowler to discuss genre, short stories, writing novels, Andy's first short story collection in eleven years, The Pottawottamie Giant and Other Stories, and much more! As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-03-241h 07The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 93: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Peter Straub!With the Gene Wolfe event about to hit full swing in sunny Chicago, all sorts of fun things are happening in the windy city. This morning (Perth time) our good friend Peter Straub was visiting Gary's stylish Chicago pied-à-terre, so we fired up the podcast and had a pre-dinner chat about literary boundaries, modern horror, writing, Caitlin Kiernan and much much more. As always, our thanks to Peter for joining us. We hope that you'll enjoy the podcast. Next week: ICFA!2012-03-1757 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 92: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Michael Dirda!This week we're joined by Pulitzer Prize award winning critic Michael Dirda to discuss his new book on Conan Doyle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Gene Wolfe and the golden age of story. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-03-111h 06The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 90: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!And then we rambled... After several weeks hosting some wonderful guests, this week Gary and I just fired up Skype and rambled away about stuff: the Nebulas, some old Hugos, whether having a Golden Age at all is a good idea. While we apologise for the self-indulgence, we nonetheless hope you enjoy the podcast. Only ten more till the big one!2012-02-261h 10The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 89: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Barry Malzberg!This week Gary and I are joined by Campbell Memorial Award winning author Barry Malzberg to discuss the Library of America's American Science Fiction Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s, how the '50s were the last "Hot Time" in science fiction (or not), and other matters science fictional. As always, we hope you enjoy the discussion.2012-02-181h 05The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 87: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!This weekend Gary and I discussed the Locus Recommended Reading list (very briefly), Gwenda Bond's wonderful news, Saladin Ahmed's new novel, subgenre's and answered a lot of reader questions from Twitter. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-02-0458 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 86: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! (and Sophie!)This week Gary and I start off discussing aspects of compiling 'best of the year' anthology, touch on genre drift and blur, move on to a few recent stories we've greatly admired, and then invite Sophie back at the very end of the 'cast for a quick chat about her recent reading. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast.2012-01-291h 01The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 83: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!For the first regular podcast of 2012 Gary and I answer listener "Cam from Canada's" questions about Gene Wolfe (or try to), foreshadow some stuff for future episodes, briefly discuss Hugo nominations opening, chat about John Crowley's work and some other stuff. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2012-01-071h 04The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 82: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! With New Year's Eve beckoning, but just out of reach, Gary and I fired up the pod one last time for 2011 to discuss Rusty Hevelin, the memory of the field, the year we had, and all sorts of other things.
On a serious note, we would like to deeply and sincerely thank everyone who appeared as a guest, commented on the blog, tweeted or blogged about the podcast, voted or nominated it for an award, said something nice about the podcast in passing in an elevator or at the bar - basically, everyone who has responded to it in any w...2011-12-311h 02The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 80: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!This week Gary and I discuss, among a handful of select boutique subjects influence, copyright, and the current discussion over the World Fantasy Awards. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast. See you next week!2011-12-181h 07The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 79: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Paul Cornell!With the holiday season upon us, Gary and I invited novelist, comics and TV writer (notably for Doctor Who and Action Comics) and long time podcast listener Paul Cornell to join us on the podcast to discuss all sorts of interesting things in what proved to be a very enjoyable conversation. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast and will see you again next week!2011-12-111h 25The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 78: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!With many thanks to young Sophie for joining us last week, Gary and I fired up our microphones and chatted about a veritable miscellany of SFnal stuff, including audiobooks, recommended reading, and such. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast. If all goes to plan, we'll be back next week with Paul Cornell.
NB: My apologies for a technical hitch about an hour into the recording. You'll know it when you get to it.2011-12-041h 15The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 77: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Sophie Strahan!This week Gary and I decided to vary things a little, inviting my ten-year-old daughter Sophie to join us to discuss a younger reader's view on story, character and such. It makes for a very different Coode Street podcast, but we hope you'll enjoy it, as always. Normal programming will resume next week!2011-11-261h 00The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 76: Live with Gary K. WolfeThings are still a little wobbly because jetlag and such, but Gary and I fired up Skype this morning and spent some time talking about the ways information gets used online, the SF Encyclopedia, when it's a good time to do a "Best of" collection and I spent a little time raving about Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2011-11-191h 07The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 75: Live with Gary K. WolfeHaving spent the past three weeks traveling (where his microphone disappeared in-transit), a heavily jetlagged Jonathan contacted Gary in Chicago to discuss the San Diego World Fantasy Convention, traveling, Amazon.com, and a number of other things. Our apologies if Jonathan's heavily jetlagged state led to a more garbled than usual discussion. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast, and will see you next week!2011-11-1457 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 70: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!After a lot of discussion about buzz and best of the year matters, Gary and I wrench our attention away from such matters and move on to discuss the one true mission of science fiction, the matter of small presses in SF (a little), and the new new new new new space opera. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2011-10-091h 06The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 69: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!As a continuation of our discussion on finding the best books of the year and understanding how buzz is generated, this week Gary and I turned to our reader's comments (both here and over at my blog) about buzz; the New Wave and women in SF, and much more. We also repeat our call for reader's to tell us about their best books of the year, which we hope to continue to discuss in coming months. Listener Tansy Rayner Roberts has posted her terrific 'Best of the Year so far' list, and we'd like to see yours!2011-10-011h 08The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 68: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Ian Mond!!This week Gary and I invited Ian Mond from The Writer and the Critic to join us to discuss recommending books and how buzz is generated around new or upcoming books each year. We discuss the very welcome feedback we received on the subject before we began to ramble in earnest, going on to discuss currently overlooked writers like Thomas M. Disch, Michael Bishop and Zenna Henderson, sport in science fiction and fantasy, the delicate balance between literature and science in hard SF, and many other things. Gary and I would like to thank Ian for joining us, and I'd...2011-09-251h 29The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 67: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!It doesn't feel like it, but the end of the science fiction year is not too far away, so Gary and I thought, in response to Ian Mond's of Writer and the Critic, that we'd discuss possible award-likely texts, how books get buzz, and much more. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast.2011-09-171h 07The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 66: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!After a sojourn due to Father's Day, when we ran the very well received Jo Walton episode, Gary and I are are back on deck to discuss young adult science fiction, Ian McDonald, his new novel Planesrunner, Daryl Gregory and his new collection, robots and computerised houses, and a bit of waffle on the subject of Orson Scott Card and "Hamlet's Father". As always we hope you enjoy the podcast. See you next week!2011-09-111h 03The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 65: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Jo WaltonGary and I travelled to Reno, Nevada to attend Renovation, the World Science Fiction Convention for 2011. Over the weekend we recorded a handful of podcasts with friends, old and new, that we see to seldom. We'll be publishing these over the coming month. The first in the series is with Jo Walton, author of Among Others and Farthing, where we discussed that novel, science fiction, her Hugo blogging and many other things. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast.2011-09-031h 00The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 64: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!Last weekend Gary and I were in the slightly surreal space station environment of the Atlantis Casino in Reno, Nevada for the World Science Fiction Convention, where we recorded upcoming podcasts with Ian McDonald, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Jo Walton. This weekend we're home and discuss the con (briefly), vow to avoid discussing awards too much, look at the work of Caitlin R. Kiernan and discuss the use of language in SF. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast.2011-08-2754 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 62: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!With WorldCon bearing down on us like a freight train, there is packing to be done, panel preparation to be considered, and travel details to be finalised. Despite all of that, Gary and I found a moment to record the latest episode. As always, we hope you enjoy it!2011-08-0657 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 60: Live with John Clute and Gary K. Wolfe!In 1975 Peter Nichols, John Clute and Brian Stableford launched a project that would ultimately last for more than thirty six years, exceed four million words of careful scholarship, occupy at least three publishers, win many awards, and be recognised as the most important reference work in the science fiction: The Science Fiction Encyclopedia.
This week encyclopedist, writer, editor, and critic John Clute joined Gary and I to discuss the coming September launch of the third edition of the SFE, the history of the project, and the exciting SF Gateway project which is being launched by Gollancz at around the same...2011-07-221h 06The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 59: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!As the weather in Perth turns cooler, and presumably as Spring prepares to give way to Summer in Chicago, Gary Wolfe and I once again take the chance to ramble on all subjects SFnal. This morning Gary was just home from a local convention and we discussed Marion Zimmer Bradley, art vs. craft, Robert Silverberg, and gender in genre. A pretty typical day on Coode St. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast.2011-07-0956 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 58: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!After a long week, and a flight home from Seattle for Gary we were back in the pod this morning where we discussed what people feel awards are for and how we react to them, how the year in science fiction and fantasy is going so far, Osama by Lavie Tidhar, and The Essential Lucy Sussex. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!2011-07-021h 04The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 57: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Terry Bisson, and Greg BearRoving reporter Gary K. Wolfe checked in live from Seattle, where he and many of SF's glitterati are gathered for the annual Locus Awards and the SF Hall of Fame, to discuss the Hall of Fame, the death of the paperback market and how it affected the SF field, first novelists and new writers, and a little more. We were joined by Greg Bear (who sadly had to leave half way through) and Terry Bisson. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast.2011-06-2653 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 56: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Ellen Datlow and Peter StraubThis week Gary's on the road again, traveling to the East Coast to attend the HWA's Stoker Awards weekend. He persuaded Ellen Datlow and Peter Straub to join us on the podcast to discuss horror, genre boundaries and related topics.2011-06-181h 00The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 55: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!With Gary home from his ICFA board meeting in Florida and Wiscon, we sat down to discuss cyberpunk, the 'movement and radical hard SF, Steampunk!, first novels and a few other things. No awards were mentioned in the recording of this podcast.2011-06-111h 08The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 54: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Eileen Gunn, Ellen Klages, and Geoff Ryman!Last weekend Gary traveled to Madison, Wisconsin - home of Wiscon - where in amongst fine dinners and even finer conversation he managed to find time to ask Eileen Gunn, Ellen Klages and Geoff Ryman to join us on the podcast to discuss the 20th anniversary of the Tiptree Awards, Wiscon, the value of short fiction, and other things. Many, many thanks to Eileen, Ellen and Geoff for joining us. We hope you enjoy it, as always, and will see you next week!2011-06-031h 11The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 53: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Karen Lord!Last weekend Crawford Award-winning novelist Karen Lord joined Gary and I live from an undisclosed location in the Caribbean (well, when we say 'undisclosed' a LOT of frogs and just a few motorcycles seemed to know just where Karen was at the time) to discuss the impact of cultural perceptions on fantasy, her novel Redemption in Indigo, and a handful of other things. We experienced a few recording dropouts (for which we apologise), but Skype struggled to link Perth, Chicago and the Caribbean and did its very best. We hope you enjoy the podcast as much as we enjoyed recording...2011-05-2656 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 52: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Liza Groen Trombi!This morning (Perth time) the Science Fiction Writers of America gathered in Washington DC to present the Nebula Awards. The ceremony was videocast (see it here) and the winners were announced to festive celebration (results are here).
In the immediate aftermath Gary and I asked Locus editor-in-chief Liza Groen Trombi to join us in the pod to discuss the Nebulas, the winners, what happened to the Grand Master award, and other fun stuff. We hope you enjoy it, as always!
I should also report that this was one of two podcasts we recorded this weekend. In the other one, likely pu...2011-05-2243 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 51: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!With birthday celebrations now receding into the past (no baked goods were harmed in the recording of this podcast), Gary and I turn our attention once more to matters at hand. The Locus Awards nominees have been announced, so we discuss the usefulness of awards, how 2010 looks in retrospect, and how 2011 looks from here (with specific mention of China Mieville's Embassytown, Greg Egan's Clockwork Rocket, Michael Swanwick's Dancing with Bears, Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch, and Jo Walton's Among Others), and I set Gary a reviewing challenge. We hope you enjoy it, as always!2011-05-141h 33The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 49: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!I'm back from Swancon, Gary's grading papers in Chicago, and it's a typical Friday evening/Saturday morning at Coode Street. This weekend we talk (for a long time!!!) about the sad news that Joanna Russ has died, Swancon, and lots and lots about awards (all sorts of awards). As always, we hope you enjoy it!2011-04-301h 25The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 48: Live with Gary K. WolfeWith Swancon upon us, Gary and I pre-recorded (!) a chat about epic fantasy and such. Enjoy!
2011-04-2252 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 47: Live with Gary K. WolfeFighting the flu, and with Swancon just around the corner, I got Gary on the line to discuss small presses, Geoff Ryman and The Child Garden, new Joan Aiken, Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch, and some other things. Rambling conversation ensued...2011-04-171h 12The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 46: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Farah Mendlesohn, and Tansy Rayner RobertsIn last week's episode Gary and I discussed the work of the late Diana Wynne Jones. Our discussion raised comments from several people that we'd not done justice to Jones, and so we invited Farah Mendlesohn (author of Diana Wynne Jones: Children's Literature and the Fantastic Tradition) and author and critic Tansy Rayner Roberts to join us to discuss Jones' work, legacy and place in the science fiction and fantasy field. We'd like to thank both of them for joining us in the pod. 2011-04-091h 05The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 44: Live with Gary K. WolfeAnd we're back to normal. Gary returned to Chicago from ICFA to dine with China Mieville and write his column, while Jonathan was struck down by an unpleasant bug. Nontheless, climbing from his sick bed, he called Gary to discuss awards, book collecting, using genre as a lens, and some other stuff. As always, they hope you enjoy this podcast!
Oh, and thank you! The Coode Street Podcast has been nominated for a 2011 Ditmar Award. Thank you to every one who nominated and congratulations to our fellow nominees from Galactic Suburbia, Bad Film Diaries, and The Writer and the Critic!2011-03-261h 04The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 43: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Karen Burnham, Jeffrey Ford, and Liza Groen TrombiConvention season is upon us and, on the eve of his birthday, Gary K. Wolfe has ventured out into aligator-infested Florida in search of conversation, con-buddies and, above all else, boat drinks! In the first of what might just be a series of one podcasts, Gary invited Locus Publications editor-in-chief Liza Groen Trombi, editor and critic Karen Burnham, and award winning author Jeffrey Ford (visiting from the wilds of New Jersey) to sit down and join us in a fairly impromptu and rambling podcast.
Starting without an agenda (or in truth and kind of plan at all) we discuss science f...2011-03-191h 02The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 42: Live with Gary K. WolfeWith the Galactic Suburbanites celebrating their birthday just a couple of days ago, Gary and I once again jumped into the pod to record episode 42 (well, 45 if you include the non-series eps) where we discuss George R.R. Martin's Dance, the Kindle, the iPad, thrillers vs. science fiction, self-publishing, ICFA, and throw in a bit of digital waffle. This is the last podcast before Gary heads off for his 65th birthday (!), so we hope you enjoy it. We'll see you next week!2011-03-121h 04The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 41: Live with Gary K. WolfeAmongst audio chaos and another mumble about the weather, Gary and I jumped into the Pod to discuss the recently released Clarke and Stoker ballots, Shaun Tan's Oscar win, community and other bits and pieces. We hope you enjoy this rather rambling instalment...2011-03-051h 01The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 16: Live with Gary K. Wolfe (redux)On 21 August 2010 Gary and I recorded and published Episode 16 of the podcast. There have been historic problems with the upload and so, in attempt to fix this, I'm republishing it here at the new host. I do apologise for any duplication people might experience by my doing so. We will be recording the new podcast shortly and it will be up in the next day or so. Here is what what we said of Episode 16 all those months ago:
"Although we’re having a Federal election here in Australia, and I had to get out and fulfil my democratic obligations, I s...2011-03-051h 25The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 40: Live with Gary K. WolfeIt was a bright and sunny morning - the annual excoriation of the masses here in Perth, and a particularly vicious one - so Gary and I fired up Skype and had a long chat about the Nebula Awards, how e-readers are impacting on the management of the reviewing cycle, the work of Peter S. Beagle and some other stuff. As always, we hope you enjoy it!2011-02-261h 25The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 39: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Garth Nix! (redux)And it's another weekend. This morning Garth Nix, bestselling author of the 'Keys to the Kingdom' and 'Old Kingdom' series, among many wonderful novels, joined Gary and I in the pod to discuss what 'young adult' means, the current troubles with bookselling and book publishing, ebooks, his forthcoming novels Troubletwisters (with Sean Williams) and A Confusion of Princes and lots more stuff in a special 'Pink Drinks' edition of The Coode Street Podcast. Enjoy!
2011-02-201h 17The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 24: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Alisa Krasnostein, Karen Burnham and Francesa MaymanLive from the Locus/Twelfth Planet Press in the World Fantasy Convention 2010 dealer's room, Gary and I chat with Alisa, Karen and Francesca about World Fantasy, women at conventions, and all sorts of other stuff. We ramble. The sound quality may be affected by the venue, along with random background announcements, but we hope you like it!
2010-10-3132 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 10: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Elizabeth Hand, and Peter StraubGary Wolfe checks in from Readercon in Burlingham MA and brings guests Elizabeth Hand and Peter Straub to the table. This time we discuss:
the art of the novella
why Readercon is worth attending
outsider art, Henry Darger, crypto-aviation,
and all sorts of other neat stuff.
We hope you enjoy it as always and will see you next weekend!
2010-07-111h 01The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 7: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Amelia BeamerAuthor, critic, photographer, and Locus editor Amelia Beamer joins Gary and I for a new podcast as our first ever guest. Amelia was only just home from Locus HQ in Oakland, Gary was taking some time out from reading for his column in Chicago, and I was still pottering around after breakfast while the kids are off at swimming lessons in Perth. I once again showed my lack of technical skills in the audio arena, but we discussed:
being a first-time novelist, writing and The Loving Dead;
Kim Stanley Robinson's astounding new short story; and
the SF Signal...2010-06-191h 21The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 6: Live with Gary K. WolfeEvery Saturday morning now Gary and I fire up Skype to record the latest in our series of chats. Gary's usually not that long home from his office in Chicago, while I'm mostly still pottering around after breakfast while the kids are off at swimming lessons. We did it again yesterday morning, and we once again reveal our collective lack of technical skills in the audio arena and briefly mention:
getting contributor's copies,
re-editing classic books,
ebook design and the iPad,
books I'd like to see exist that don't,
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson and how humanists...2010-06-131h 13The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 5: Live with Gary K. WolfeGary calls in from Florida and we talk about all sorts of stuff in our latest chatfest.
2010-06-061h 08The Coode Street PodcastEpisode2: Live with Gary Wolfe!In the second of our regular series of weekly podcasts Gary Wolfe and I discuss canon formation, Joanna Russ, and all sorts of other stuff. It’s kinda long. I accidentally messed up the first take so this actually is a complete re-recording. We hope you like it. Right now we plan to do this pretty much every week. Comments are welcome!
2010-05-1559 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 1: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! [REPOST]In case you were wondering where the Coode Street Podcast began, here's episode 1 from way back in May 2010.
Here is the first full-length Coode Street podcast. Recorded just minutes ago, Gary and I discuss what it means to work and review for Locus, SF’s attraction to the ‘new’ in new weird, new space opera and new sword and sorcery, career pressure on short story writers, as well as books by China Mieville and others. We also mention some books we’re looking forward to. With a little luck we’ll podcast regularly (every week or two), so...2010-05-0853 min