WFC and Overthinking Fiction
It is November, time for John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson to saddle up for a guestless catch-up episode.
John recounts his attending the World Fantasy Convention, and tells of the booty he procured. Fred lists his culture consumed. Jeff thinks aloud of the many factors that both influenced and tainted his recent readings.
Subjects discussed include the personalities of book merchants and buyers, how the physical layout of a con impacts its enjoyment, the pitfalls of retro trade-dress, comic book adolescents, The optimal length of Sherlock Holmes stories, and some observations about dealers rooms.
Listen to this episode (1 hour, 9 minutes)
Show Notes
Show Notes
Twelve Tomorrows, edited by Bruce Sterling
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume 1, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Percolated Stars, by Rhys Hughes
Eastern Standard Tribe, Cory Doctorow
Mothership Zeta, edited by Mur Lafferty
Collision of Realities, edited by Lars Schmeink and Astrid Boger
The Goddamned, by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera
Wayward Omnibus 01, by Jim Zubkavich, Steven Cummings, Tamra Bonvillain, John Rauch
Aliens/Vampirella, by Corinna Bechko and Javier Garcia-Miranda
Additional Show Notes
Collision of Realities on Google Books
Swords of Sorrow, by Gail Simone
Unfollow, by Rob Williams and Michael Dowling
Last Sons of America, by Philip Kennedy Johnson and Matthew Dow Smith)
