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TJ and Travis discuss writing romance, managing expectations of different audiences, and the importance of books as escapism and refuge.

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About TJ Klune:

TJ KLUNE is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories.

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• Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
• Last Days by Adam Nevill
• Episode 13 by Craig DiLouie

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Brian and Travis discuss the business lessons he learned through self-publishing, the sheer work that goes into complex epic fantasy, and how incredibly cool we both were in high school marching band.

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About Brian McClellan:

Brian McClellan is an American epic fantasy author from Cleveland, Ohio. He is known for his acclaimed Powder Mage Universe and essays on the life and business of being a writer.

Brian now lives on the side of a mountain in Utah with his wife, Michele, where he writes books and nurses a crippling video game addiction.

Brian's novels include the Powder Mage Trilogy (Promise of Blood, The Crimson Campaign, and The Autumn Republic), Gods of Blood and Powder (Sins of Empire, Wrath of Empire, and Blood of Empire), and the Valkyrie Collections (Uncanny Collateral and Blood Tally).

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• Page Break Podcast by Brian McClellan
• Valheim Game

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John and Travis discuss the difficulty of writing during lockdown, the historical context for kaiju films, and the value of books as entertainment.

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About John Scalzi:

JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular SF authors of his generation. His debut Old Man's War won him the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, and Redshirts (which won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel), and 2020's The Last Emperox. Material from his blog, Whatever, has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. The Kaiju Preservation Society is his latest standalone novel from Tor Books. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.

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• Travel by Bullet by John Scalzi - Audiobook
• The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
• Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

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Vanessa and Travis discuss discuss who society views as monsters, the trickiness of time travel, and how to write a book you just can't put down.

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About Vanessa Len:

Vanessa Len is an Australian author of Chinese-Malaysian and Maltese heritage. An educational editor, she has worked on everything from language learning programs to STEM resources, to professional learning for teachers. Vanessa is a graduate of the Clarion Workshop in San Diego, and she lives in Melbourne.

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Peng and Travis discuss the interconnection of plot and character, throwing out half of a first draft, and of course… so many fascinating facts about maps.

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About Peng Shepherd:

Peng Shepherd is the nationally bestselling author of The Cartographers, The Book of M, and The Future Library.

Her second novel, The Cartographers, was a USA Today, LA Times, and a national Independent Bookstores bestseller. It was named a Best Book of March by The Washington Post, as well as a Pick of the Month by Good Morning America, Amazon, Apple, Real Simple, Buzzfeed, Bustle, and Goodreads, and was featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition.

Her first novel, The Book of M, won the 2019 Neukom Institute for Literary Arts Award for Debut Speculative Fiction, and was chosen as a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Elle, Refinery29, and The Verge, a Best Book of the Summer by the Today Show and NPR On Point, and has been optioned for television.

A graduate of New York University’s MFA program, Peng is the recipient of a 2020 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

She was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where she rode horses and trained in classical ballet, and has lived in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., New York, and Mexico City.

When not writing, she can be found planning her next trip or haunting local bookstores.

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About Lauren Panepinto:

After 15 years designing and art directing book covers, Lauren Panepinto has worked in every publishing genre and collaborated with artists of all disciplines. As the Creative Director of the Orbit Books division of the Hachette Book Group, she has been developing covers for commercial fiction, genre fiction, and graphic novels, as well as overseeing the advertising and promotion visuals of the imprint brands overall. She has designed bestselling covers for Iain Banks, Mira Grant, James S. A. Corey, Brent Weeks, and Gail Carriger, among many others.   Not content to just design covers, Lauren has written about science fiction and fantasy art for ImagineFX magazine, io9.com, Orbitbooks.net, and as a columnist at Muddy Colors. Lauren has been very active in the role of art business education, not only at a panelist, presenter, and portfolio reviewer at San Diego ComicCon, New York ComicCon, Spectrum, and Illuxcon, but also as an adjunct professor in the graduate level Center for Publishing at NYU, as well as a frequent guest lecturer at numerous art schools. Lauren has curated gallery shows for the Society of Illustrators in New York City and Krab Jab in Seattle. She is a frequent art competition judge, most recently for the Society of Illustrators in New York and Los Angeles, Infected by Art, and ImagineFX’s Rising Stars issue.   Lauren graduated from The School of Visual Arts with a degree in Graphic Design and Advertising. She has worked in fashion (Perry Ellis), television (MTV), and for boutique design firms, but found her true calling in book publishing. She has worked at three of the "Big Five" publishing companies: St. Martin's Press/Picador Books, then Doubleday/Random House, and now Hachette Book Group.

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Fonda and Travis discuss the nitty gritty of her worldbuilding process, how to craft an impactful action scene, and how in invest readers in morally grey characters.

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About Fonda Lee:

Fonda Lee is the author of the epic urban fantasy Green Bone Saga (beginning with Jade City and continuing in Jade War and the forthcoming Jade Legacy) _and the science fiction novels _Zeroboxer, Exo and Cross Fire.

Fonda is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, as well as a three-time winner of the Aurora Award (Canada’s national science fiction and fantasy award), and a multiple finalist for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Oregon Book Award. Her novels have garnered multiple starred reviews, been included on numerous state reading lists, named Junior Library Guild selections, and appeared on Best of Year lists from NPR, Barnes & Noble, Syfy Wire, and others. Jade City has been translated in multiple languages and optioned for television development.

In addition, she has written acclaimed short fiction and comic books for Marvel. She is a frequent speaker and instructor at writing workshops including Viable Paradise and Clarion West.

Fonda is a former corporate strategist and black belt martial artist who loves action movies and Eggs Benedict. Born and raised in Canada, she currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

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Josiah and Travis discuss the perils of social media, approaching prose with a poet's ear, and how the strongest characters often originate from their flaws.

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About Josiah Bancroft:

Before settling down to write fantasy novels, Josiah Bancroft was a poet, college instructor, rock musician, and aspiring comic book artist. When he is not writing, he enjoys drawing the world of the Tower, and cooking dinner without a recipe. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Sharon, their daughter Maddie, and their two rabbits, Mabel and Chaplin.

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Freya and Travis discuss the best gins, building books around an emotional spine, and the highlights of her unofficial Smut Writing Course.

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About Freya Marske:

Freya Marske lives in Australia, where she is yet to be killed by any form of wildlife. She writes stories full of magic, blood, and as much kissing as she can get away with. Her hobbies include figure skating and discovering new art galleries, and she is on a quest to try all the gin in the world. Her short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction, Andromeda Spaceways, and several anthologies. In 2020 she was awarded the Australian National SF (Ditmar) Award for Best New Talent.

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Melissa and Travis discuss the battle tactics of LARPing, writing settings as a character, and her tried and true Oh Shit Chain method of writing.

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Melissa Caruso Recommends:

• The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick
• The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

About Melissa Caruso:

Melissa Caruso was born on the summer solstice and went to school in an old mansion with a secret door, but despite this auspicious beginning has yet to develop any known superpowers. Melissa has spent her whole life creating imaginary worlds, and in addition to writing is also an avid LARPer and tabletop gamer. She graduated with honors in Creative Writing from Brown University and has an MFA in Fiction from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Melissa's first novel, The Tethered Mage, was shortlisted for a Gemmell Morningstar Award for best fantasy debut.

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John and Travis discuss Viking reenactment, the pros and cons of various melee weapons, and the best way to escape from a suit of mail.

About John Gwynne:

John Gwynne studied and lectured at Brighton University. He’s played double bass in a rock ’n’ roll band and traveled the USA and Canada. He is married with four children and lives in Eastbourne, where he is part of a Viking reenactment group. When not writing, he can often be found standing in a shield wall with his three sons about him. His dogs think he is their slave.

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Joe and Travis discuss how he developed his unique writing voice, the nonfiction books he used to research the Age of Madness, and how to most effectively torment his readers.

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About Joe Abercrombie:

Joe Abercrombie was born in Lancaster in 1974, spent much of his youth in imaginary worlds, and left school with a good idea of how to make stuff up. After graduating from Manchester University he worked as a TV editor, but he never stopped making stuff up, and his first book, The Blade Itself, was published in 2006. He has since written eight more novels and a collection of stories in his First Law and Shattered Sea series. He lives in Bath with his wife Lou and their three children Grace, Eve and Teddy, and makes stuff up full-time.

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Xiran and Travis discuss the book's anime inspiration, Chinese history and mythology, and Batman's dietary preferences.

Xiran Jay Zhao Recommends:

• The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis
• Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan
• Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

About Xiran Jay Zhao:

Xiran Jay Zhao is a first-gen immigrant from small-town China who was raised by the Internet. A recent graduate of Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University, they wrote science fiction and fantasy while they probably should have been studying more about biochemical pathways. You can find them on Twitter for memes, Instagram for cosplays and fancy outfits, and YouTube for long videos about Chinese history and culture. Iron Widow is their first novel. Their website is xiranjayzhao.com.

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Cat and Travis discuss writing queernormative worlds, pushing back against and reimagining the classics, and the story behind the infamous Captive Prince announcement of 2019.

C.S. Pacat Recommends:

• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
• Superman by Tom Taylor
• Only a Monster by Vanessa Lin

About C.S. Pacat:

C.S. Pacat is the USA-Today best-selling author of Dark Rise, the Captive Prince trilogy, and the GLAAD-nominated graphic novels Fence.

Born in Australia and educated at the University of Melbourne, C.S. Pacat has since lived in a number of cities, including Tokyo and Perugia, and currently resides and writes in Melbourne.

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Cameron and Travis discuss blacksmithing, the impact of writing groups, and the art and joy of writing villains.

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About Cameron Johnston:

Cameron Johnston is the British Fantasy Award and Dragon Awards nominated author of dark fantasy novels The Traitor God and God of Broken Things. He is a swordsman, a gamer, and an enthusiast of archaeology, history and mythology. He loves exploring ancient sites and camping out under the stars by a roaring fire. 

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Lauren and Travis discuss the joys of fanfiction, the power of online communities, and how to craft an emotional story that readers can find comfort in.

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About Lauren Shippen:

LAUREN SHIPPEN, author of The Infinite Noise, is a writer best known for her work in fiction podcasts. She is the creator and sole writer of the popular audio drama, The Bright Sessions. She also wrote MARVELS, an audio adaptation of the popular comic and co-produced the #1 podcast Passenger List, for which she received a BBC Audio Drama Award, Webby, and British Podcast Award. Lauren was named one of Forbes's 2018 30 Under 30 in Media and one of MovieMaker Magazine's and Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch. She was born in New York City and grew up in Bronxville, New York. She currently lives in Seattle.

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Shelley and Travis discuss crafting hyperemotional stories, tackling complex gender feels, and the importance of writing what you love.

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About Shelley Parker-Chan:

Shelley Parker-Chan is an Asian-Australian former diplomat and international development adviser who spent nearly a decade working on human rights, gender equality and LGBT rights in Southeast Asia. Named after the Romantic poet, she was raised on a steady diet of Greek myths, Arthurian legend and Chinese tales of suffering and tragic romance. Her debut novel She Who Became the Sun owes more than a little to all three. In 2017 she was awarded an Otherwise (Tiptree) Fellowship for a work of speculative narrative that expands our understanding of gender. She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her family.

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Claire and Travis discuss using your phone for self-defense, writing nonlinear emotional character arcs, and how we can each live a little more sustainably in our daily lives.

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About Claire North:

Claire North is a pseudonym for the author Catherine Webb. Her first book under the Claire North name was the word-of-mouth bestseller The First Fifteen lives of Harry August, which is currently being adapted as movie by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and will be directed by ‘Maze Runner’ director Wes Ball.

North has since published several critically acclaimed novels and won the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Award, and has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, the Locus Award and the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award. Her novels have sold over 750,000 copies in the English language and have been sold in translation in over 20 territories.

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Megan and Travis discuss fractal plotting, the creeping social impact of artificial intelligence, and the secret to a compelling plot twist.

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About Megan E. O'Keefe:

Megan E. O'Keefe is the author of the Scorched Continent trilogy and The Protectorate series. Her short fiction appears in Shimmer, Podcastle, and Barnes & Noble. Megan's debut fantasy novel, Steal the Sky, won the Gemmell Morningstar Award and her space opera debut, Velocity Weapon, was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award.

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Tasha and Travis discuss what makes a compelling romance, drawing widely on history and mythology, and taking the leap into writing an epic fantasy trilogy.

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About Tasha Suri:

Tasha Suri is the award-winning author of The Books of Ambha duology (Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash) and the epic fantasy The Jasmine Throne. She is an occasional librarian and cat owner. She has won the Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds) Award from the British Fantasy Society and has been nominated for the Astounding Award and Locus Award for Best First Novel. When she isn’t writing, Tasha likes to cry over TV shows, buy too many notebooks, and indulge her geeky passion for reading about South Asian history. She lives with her family in a mildly haunted house in London.

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Suyi and Travis discuss how writers can apply strategic project culture to their work, how distinct story engines power our favorite stories, and researching 15th century African empires.

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About Suyi Davies Okungbowa:

Suyi Davies Okungbowa is the author of Son of the Storm (Orbit, May 2021), first in The Nameless Republic epic fantasy trilogy, and the godpunk novel, David Mogo, Godhunter (Abaddon, 2019). His shorter works have appeared internationally in periodicals like Tor.com, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Strange Horizons, Fireside, _and anthologies like _Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda and Year's _Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. _He earned his MFA at the University of Arizona.

He tweets at @IAmSuyiDavies and is @suyidavies on Instagram. Learn more at suyidavies.com.

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Victoria and Travis discuss how she builds new worlds, ways to apply screenwriting techniques to writing novels, and the pressure of following up the massively successful Red Queen series with something new.

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About Victoria Aveyard:

Victoria Aveyard is an author and screenwriter, born and raised in a small town in Western Massachusetts. She has a BFA in Writing for Film & Television from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Her books include four #1 New York Times bestselling and _USA Today bestselling novels, two New York Times bestselling novellas, a New York Times bestselling short story collection. She lives full-time in Los Angeles with her dog Indy. Realm Breaker, the first installment in her next young adult fantasy series comes out May 4th, 2021.

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Gabriela and Travis discuss Slavic folklore, the portrayal of women in fantasy, and how to make time for writing when time for yourself is hard to come by.

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About Gabriela Houston:

Gabriela was born and raised in Poland, brought up on a diet of mythologies and fairy tales. She spent her summers exploring the woods, foraging and animal tracking with her family. At 19, Gabriela moved to London to study English Literature and obtained a Masters degree in Literatures of Modernity. She has worked as an assistant editor and as a freelance writer. Gabriela’s short stories have been selected for the Editor’s Choice Review by Bewildering Stories and have been featured on the Ladies of Horror Fiction podcast. She lives in London with her husband and two children.

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Elizabeth and Travis discuss the unlikely origin story for the Absolute Book, her contribution to the mythology of Purgatory, and the future of The Vintner's Luck series.

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About Elizabeth Knox:

Elizabeth has been a full time writer since 1997. She has published twelve novels and three autobiographical novellas and a collection of essays. Her best known books are The Vintner’s Luck, and The Dreamhunter Duet. (Dreamhunter and Dreamquake). Her latest is The Absolute Book. Elizabeth has an ONZM, is an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate, and won the Prime Minister’s Award if Fiction in 2019. Elizabeth teaches World Building at Victoria University and lives in Wellington, New Zealand with her husband, Fergus Barrowman, and her son, Jack.

You can find Elizabeth Knox on Twitter as @ElizabethKnoxNZ or at her website elizabethknox.com.

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Cherae and Travis discuss post-colonial war narratives, editing audio short stories for PodCastle, and of course, the secret behind Touraine's killer biceps.

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About C. L. Clark:

Cherae graduated from Indiana University's creative writing MFA. She's been a personal trainer, an English teacher, and an editor, and is some combination thereof as she travels the world. When she's not writing or working, she's learning languages, doing P90something, or reading about war and [post-]colonial history. Her short fiction has appeared in_ Beneath Ceaseless Skies, FIYAH, PodCastle_ and _Uncanny. _

You can follow Cherae on Twitter as @c_l_clark, on Instagram as @clclarkwrites, or at their website clarkwrites.wordpress.com.

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E. J. and Travis discuss building character through fight scenes, the difficulty in removing the patriarchal elements of society, and that amazing yet underrepresented fantasy creature: the chimera.

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About E. J. Beaton:

E. J. Beaton is the author of the fantasy novel The Councillor. She has previously published a poetry collection, Unbroken Circle (Melbourne Poets Union), and has been shortlisted for the ACU Prize for Poetry and the Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize. She studied literature and writing at university, and her PhD thesis included analysis of Machiavellian politics in Shakespearean drama and fantasy literature. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.

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Sarah and Travis discuss the wonders of vine ripened tomatoes, pushing back against narrative ableism, and how our identities are defined by the people around us.

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About Sarah Gailey:

Hugo award winner Sarah Gailey lives and works in California. Their nonfiction has been published by Mashable and the Boston Globe, and their fiction has been published internationally. Their novel, Magic for Liars, was an LA Times bestseller. You can find links to their work at www.sarahgailey.com. They tweet @gaileyfrey.

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Teresa and Travis discuss the women spies of World War 2, the Nazi attempt to create super soldiers with methamphetamine, and the struggle to research historical fascism in a world that uncomfortably mirrors the past.

About T. Frohock:

T. Frohock has turned a love of history and dark fantasy into tales of deliciously creepy fiction. A real-life cyborg, T. has a cochlear implant, meaning she can turn you on or off with the flick of a switch. Make of that what you will. She currently lives in North Carolina, where she has long been accused of telling stories, which is a southern colloquialism for lying.

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Mike and Travis discuss how to make the most of the Save the Cat plotting method, tricks to writing compelling and natural dialogue, and the thrill of writing an official Star Wars story.

Listen to the audio trailer for Mike Chen's Star Wars short story "Disturbance".

About Mike Chen:

Mike Chen is the author of Here And Now And Then (a finalist for Goodreads Choice - Best Sci-Fi, CALIBA Golden Poppy, and the Compton Crook Award) and A Beginning At The End ("a brilliant, fragile path through the darkness" -- Library Journal). His short fiction is featured in Star Wars: From A Certain Point Of View -- The Empire Strikes Back, and he has covered geek culture for sites such as Tor.com, The Mary Sue, and StarTrek.com. In a previous life, he covered the NHL for Fox Sports, SB Nation, and other outlets. A member of SFWA, Mike lives in the Bay Area with his wife, daughter, and rescue animals.

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The discussion takes a deep dive into worldbuilding, touches on tabletop games that spiral out of control, and just might feature some truly terrible accents.

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• A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Scienceby Michael S. Schneider
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• "As Tight as Any Knot" by M.A. Carrick
• Cockney Past and Present: A Short History of the Dialect of London by William Matthews
• The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
• Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
• Dice Tales by Marie Brennan
• New Worlds, Year One: A Writer's Guide to the Art of Worldbuilding by Marie Brennan
• Marie Brennan's Patreon

About M.A. Carrick:

M.A. Carrick is the joint pen name of Marie Brennan (author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent) and Alyc Helms (author of the Adventures of Mr. Mystic). The two met in 2000 on an archaeological dig in Wales and Ireland — including a stint in the town of Carrickmacross — and have built their friendship through two decades of anthropology, writing, and gaming. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Jordan and Travis discuss the differences in performing on stage and behind a mic, making the most of creative burnout, and adorable prehistoric monsters.

About Jordan Cobb:

Jordan is a New York City based actress and writer. She trained at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied at the Experimental Theatre Wing, Classical Studio and Stonestreet Studio and minored in creative writing.

After graduating, she founded two production companies—Black Lace and Laser Beams, and No Such Thing Productions—which focus on the development of new and innovative audio drama podcasts. Jordan works as head writer and producer for both companies, and she voices the characters in numerous audio fiction shows.

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Sam and Travis discuss her contractual obligation to bring her fellow lawyers cake, the difficulty of rewriting an entire book from scratch, and the pure joy that comes with poisoning your friends.

About Sam Hawke:

Sam Hawke considered several careers (including zookeeper) before choosing law, getting a black belt in jujitsu and starting writing. She grew up and still lives in Canberra, Australia, where she and her husband are currently raising two small ninjas and two idiot dogs.

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Jonny and Travis discuss how horror writers evoke fear, how societal fears change over time, and his future career in horror.

About Jonathan Sims:

Jonathan Sims is a writer, performer and games designer whose work primarily focuses on the macabre, the grotesque, and the gentle touch of creeping dread. He is the mind and the voice behind acclaimed horror podcast The Magnus Archives, as well as story-game design duo MacGuffin & Co., and some of your favourite nightmares. He lives in Walthamstow with the two best cats and an overwhelming backlog of books that he really should get round to.

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Victoria and Travis discuss the time she was arrested for hitchhiking in France, the behind the scenes details of the Addie LaRue film, and holding onto defiant joy in the year that is 2020.

About V.E. Schwab:

VICTORIA “V.E.” SCHWAB is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including the acclaimed Shades of Magic series, Villains series, This Savage Song, and Our Dark Duet. Her work has received critical acclaim, been featured in the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post and more, translated into more than a dozen languages, and has been optioned for television and film. When she’s not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, she lives in Edinburgh, Scotland and is usually tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming up monsters.

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Anna and Travis discuss dealing with imposter syndrome, historical Italian longsword fighting, and why grimdark fantasy books should never be shelved in the children's section of the book store.

About Anna Stephens:

Anna is a UK-based author of gritty epic fantasy. Her debut novel, Godblind, was published through Harper Voyager in June 2017, with the sequels coming in 2018 and 2019. You can sign up to her newsletter here: https://anna-stephens.com/get-in-touch/

Anna has a BA (Hons) in Literature from the Open University and has wanted to be a writer for as long as she can remember. She much prefers the worlds she makes up to the real thing, even if most of her characters meet sticky ends.

Anna lives with her husband, a huge book, music and movie collection, and no pets. She intends to remedy this lack of furry friends as soon as fame and fortune strike.

You can help her realise her twin dreams of being an author and a proud dog-walker by buying her book. Thanks.

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Essa and Travis discuss sound designing the Marvel Cinematic Universe, how to write found families, and the process of creating a bubble multiverse that bends the laws of physics.

About Essa Hansen:

Essa Hansen grew up in beautifully wild areas of California, from the coastal foothills to the Sierra Nevada mountains around Yosemite, before migrating north to the Canadian Rocky Mountains. She has ranched bison and sheep, trained horses, practiced Japanese swordsmanship, and is a licensed falconer. She attended the Vancouver Film School and works as a sound designer for SF and fantasy feature films (IMDB). Essa lives with her British Shorthair cat Soki in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Christopher and Travis discuss the secret Eldest film that almost was, what readers can expect for the future of the Fractalverse, and perhaps most importantly: the timeless art of the terrible pun.

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• Sea of Stars by Jennifer Hale
• Talita Paolini's Paolini Method books

About Christopher Paolini:

Christopher Paolini is the author of the international bestsellers Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance, as well as The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm. His debut science fiction novel, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, is now available. He resides in Paradise Valley, Montana, USA.

You can find Christopher Paolini on Twitter as Paolini, Instagram as Christopher_Paolini, or at his website paolini.net.

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Rebecca and Travis discuss her conflicted emotions at saying goodbye to the Poppy War series, revisit her powerful acceptance speech after winning the Astounding award for best new writer, and question the role of fantasy in a world whose problems may demand a more direct response.

About R.F. Kuang:

Rebecca F. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, Chinese-English translator, and the Astounding Award-winning and Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award nominated author of the Poppy War trilogy. Her work has won the Crawford Award and the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.

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Yoon and Travis discuss Yoon's experience with watercolor and animation, the important role of art in culture, and how colonization seeks to undermine and destroy that role.

About Yoon Ha Lee:

A Korean-American sf/f writer who received a B.A. in math from Cornell University and an M.A. in math education from Stanford University, Yoon finds it a source of continual delight that math can be mined for story ideas. Yoon’s novel Ninefox Gambit won the Locus Award for best first novel, and was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke awards; its sequels, Raven Stratagem and Revenant Gun, were also Hugo finalists. His middle grade space opera Dragon Pearl won the Locus Award for best YA novel and was a New York Times bestseller. Yoon’s short fiction has appeared in publications such as F&SF, Tor.com, and Clarkesworld Magazine, as well as several year’s best anthologies.

You can find Yoon on Dreamwidth, on Twitter as @deuceofgears, and on Instagram as @deuceofgears. You can find his art at deuceofgears.com and his music at soundcloud.com/deuceofgears.

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Alix and Travis discuss the power of stories, her unique method for crafting memorable prose, and weaving witchcraft into an alternative history.

About Alix E. Harrow:

Alix E. Harrow is an ex-historian with lots of opinions and excessive library fines, currently living in Kentucky with her husband and their semi-feral children. She won a Hugo for her short fiction, and has been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. Find her at @AlixEHarrow on Twitter, or at her website alixeharrow.wixsite.com/author.

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Djèlí and Travis revisit his blog post on diversity in the Wheel of Time TV show, discuss the founding of FIYAH Literary Magazine, and talk about the history of slavery in film.

About P Djèlí Clark:

Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, P. DJÈLÍ CLARK spent the formative years of his life in the homeland of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago. P. Djèlí Clark is the author of the novellas The Black God’s Drums, winner of a 2019 Alex Award from the American Library Association; The Haunting of Tram Car 015; and A Dead Djinn in Cairo. His short story “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington” (Fireside Fiction) has earned him both a Nebula and Locus award. He is loosely associated with the quarterly FIYAH: A Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction and an infrequent reviewer at Strange Horizons. He currently resides in New England and ruminates on issues of diversity in speculative fiction.

You can find him on Twitter as @pdjeliclark, at his website www.pdjeliclark.com, and at his blog disgruntledharadrim.com.

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Cee and Travis talk about adding emotional churn to your writing, the big gorgeous dresses of 18th century fashion, and her time as an extra in the Canadian television industry.

About C.L. Polk:

C. L. Polk (she/her/they/them) is the author of the World Fantasy Award-winning debut novel Witchmark, the first novel of the Kingston Cycle. Her newest novel, The Midnight Bargain, is upcoming in 2020 from Erehwon Books.

After leaving high school early, she has worked as a film extra, sold vegetables on the street, and identified exotic insect species for a vast collection of lepidoptera before settling down to write silver fork fantasy novels.

Ms. Polk lives near the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, in a tiny apartment with too many books and a yarn stash that could last a decade. She rides a green bicycle with a basket on the front.

She drinks good coffee because life is too short. She spends too much time on Twitter. You can subscribe to her free newsletter on Substack.

Her website is clpolk.com.

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Andrea and Travis talk about treating magic like computer programming, what she learned from querying for 13 years, and the real-life bone shard that inspired the novel.

About Andrea Stewart:

Andrea Stewart is the daughter of immigrants, and was raised in a number of places across the United States. Her parents always emphasized science and education, so she spent her childhood immersed in Star Trek and odd-smelling library books. When her (admittedly ambitious) dreams of becoming a dragon slayer didn't pan out, she instead turned to writing books. She now lives in sunny California, and in addition to writing, can be found herding cats, looking at birds, and falling down research rabbit holes.

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Karen and Travis talk about her experience playing the most sci-fi of all musical instruments, what her research on the psychology of confined spaces recommends for getting through quarantine, and why private companies will ultimately win the space race.

About Karen Osborne:

Karen Osborne is a writer, visual storyteller, and violinist. Her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Fireside, Escape Pod, Robot Dinosaurs, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. She is a member of the DC/MD-based Homespun Ceilidh Band, emcees the Charm City Spec reading series, and once won a major event filmmaking award for taping a Klingon wedding. Her debut novel, Architects of Memory, is forthcoming in 2020 from Tor Books.

You can find Karen Osborne on Twitter as @karenthology or at her website, www.karenosborne.com. You can also support her through her Patreon, where you can get access to exclusive short stories and behind the scenes content.

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Django and Travis discuss the art of receiving critique, the dubious ethics of training young children to become Jedi, and how to design a fantasy world to fit the story you want to tell.

About Django Wexler:

Django Wexler is the author of flintlock fantasy series The Shadow Campaigns, middle-grade fantasy The Forbidden Library, and YA fantasy The Wells of Sorcery. His latest is epic fantasy Ashes of the Sun. In his former life as a software engineer, he worked on AI research and programming languages. He currently lives near Seattle with his wife, two cats, and a teetering mountain of books. When not writing, he wrangles computers, paints tiny soldiers, and plays games of all sorts.

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Linden and Travis discuss the time Linden ended up as an extra on The Walking Dead, consulting an astrophysicist to get the "science" part of science fiction as accurate as possible, and how the #MeToo movement influenced The First Sister.

About Linden A. Lewis:

Linden A. Lewis (she/they) is a queer writer and world wanderer currently living in Madrid with a couple of American cats who have little kitty passports. Tall and tattooed, Linden exists only because society has stopped burning witches.

Linden attended the Odyssey Writing Workshop in 2016, and her short fiction has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #215. She is represented by Alexandra Machinist at ICM Partners in New York City.

While there is a 95% chance Linden is a cryptid, she can often be spotted in the wild cosplaying or acting (yes, she appeared in an episode of The Walking Dead). Nowadays, she is most frequently found lurking on both Instagram and Twitter @lindenalewis, or at her website www.lindenalewis.com.

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Cole and Travis discuss the power of audio fiction, practical advice for aspiring voice actors and sound designers, and the importance of representation in the media we consume.

Things Mentioned This Episode:

• Unplaced
• Godsfall and the Rise of the Demigods
• Project Ozma
• Pary of One
• Jeff Stormer's Editing Process
• Piece of Cake Podcasting Newtork
• What Will Be Here?
• Vega: A Sci-Fi Adventure
• Dreambound

About Cole Burkhardt:

Cole Burkhardt currently resides in Washington D.C and has tried everything from streaming tabletop games on Twitch to spelunking deep underground. They are the Creator and CoProducer of the Piece of Cake Podcasting Network, a network devoted to helping people of color within the podcasting industry. He has been in a variety of podcasts including Godshead Incidental and Unplaced and is the writer and director of Null/Void. When they're not voice acting or editing audio, they are going to conventions across the East Coast, discussing gender and sexuality in video games and anime. You can find more of him on his website coleburkhardt.carrd.co/ or on Twitter as @KingColeMiner

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Jonathan and Travis discuss some of his favorite short stories, how novice and veteran readers can approach discovering short fiction, and of course, dragons.

Jonathan Strahan (www.jonathanstrahan.com.au) is a World Fantasy Award award-winning editor, anthologist, and podcaster. He has edited more than 90 books, is reviews editor for Locus, a consulting editor for Tor.com, and co-host and producer of the Hugo-nominated Coode Street Podcast.

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Kate and Travis discuss the Hawaiian Islands method of writing, how to approach the world-building of new cultures, and the history of Alexander the Great.

Kate Elliott has been writing science fiction and fantasy for 30 years, with 27 books in print. Her most recent novel is Unconquerable Sun, gender-swapped Alexander the Great in space. She is best known for her Crown of Stars epic fantasy series, the Afro-Celtic post-Roman alt-history fantasy (with lawyer dinosaurs) Cold Magic, and YA fantasy Court of Fives. Her particular focus is immersive world-building & centering women in epic stories of adventure & transformative cultural change. She lives in Hawaii, where she paddles outrigger canoes & spoils her schnauzer.

You can find her online at her official website, her blog, and as @KateElliottSFF on Twitter.

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Travis and Shannon discuss the upcoming Netflix adaptation of the books, how historical accounts often read like angry Yelp reviews, and how stories can be a mirror in which we can find hope and understanding in our own lives.

S. A. Chakraborty is the author of the critically acclaimed and internationally best-selling The Daevabad Trilogy. Her work has been nominated for the Locus, World Fantasy, Crawford, and Astounding awards. When not buried in books about thirteenth-century con artists and Abbasid political intrigue, she enjoys hiking, knitting, and re-creating unnecessarily complicated medieval meals. You can find her online at www.sachakraborty.com or on Twitter and Instagram at @SAChakrabooks, where she likes to talk about history, politics, and Islamic art. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, daughter, and an ever-increasing number of cats.

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Travis and Kai discuss the pros and cons of switching your keyboard layout to avoid wrist strain, some lesser-known facts about ancient Roman history, and the challenges of writing a series out of order.

K.A. Doore grew up in Florida, but now lives in cherry-infused Michigan. During the day, she develops eLearnings. At night, she wrangles a small child. In between, she writes fantasy. The Chronicles of Ghadid is her trilogy debut, beginning with The Perfect Assassin from Tor Books.

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Rowenna Miller, a self-professed nerd from the Midwest, is the author of fantasy novels TORN, FRAY, and RULE. When she's not writing, she enjoys trespassing while hiking and recreating historical textiles.

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Travis and Lindsay talk about how her experience as a Russian cybersecurity analyst applies to her writing, the joys of working with a collaborative writers room, and how iconic superheroes have evolved over time with the changing political landscape.

Lindsay Smith is the author of the YA espionage thrillers Sekret, Skandal, and Dreamstrider, all from Macmillan Children's. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and dog, where she writes on international issues in cybersecurity.

You can find Lindsay at her website or on Twitter as @LindsaySmithDC.

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The two of them talk about the challenges of writing nonhuman characters, amazing books they wish more people were reading, and what the future holds in store for Murderbot.

Check out the full virtual book tour schedule for Network Effect here.

Martha Wells has written many fantasy novels, including The Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads), the Ile-Rien series (including The Death of the Necromancer) as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, media tie-ins (for Star Wars and Stargate: Atlantis), and non-fiction. She has won a Nebula Award, two Hugo Awards, an ALA/YALSA Alex Award, two Locus Awards, and her work has appeared on the Philip K. Dick Award ballot, the BSFA Award ballot, the USA Today Bestseller List, and the New York Times Bestseller List. Her books have been published in sixteen languages.

Find Martha at her website, blog, or as @MarthaWells1 on Twitter. You can support Martha by buying her books or pledging to her Patreon.

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The two of them talk about the art of reviewing, common publishing misconceptions, and what exactly being an anthology editor means. They may also mention some good old-fashioned Kansas City.

Jared Shurin has edited or co-edited over two dozen anthologies of original fiction, including The Djinn Falls in Love, The Lowest Heaven, The Book of the Dead, and The Outcast Hours. He is the co-founder and editor of the award-winning pop culture website Pornokitsch and the not-for-profit publishing house Jurassic London. He has been a finalist for the World Fantasy, Shirley Jackson, Locus and Hugo Awards, and he has twice won the British Fantasy Award.

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Listen to Chris Magilton's Audio Drama:

• Among the Stars and Bones

Check Out His Voice Acting in These Shows:

• Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services
• Copperheart

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Daniel suggested Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames. Travis proposed The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards. They each read both books and share their thoughts with each other.

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Jump Into K.S. Villoso's Books:

• The Wolf of Oren-Yaro
• The Agartes Epilogues Complete Trilogy
• Blackwood Marauders

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Read The Empire of Dust Series:

• The Court of Broken Knives
• The Tower of Living and Dying
• The House of Sacrifice

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Read Devin's Books:

• We Ride the Storm (Book 1 of The Reborn Empire)
• In Shadows We Fall (standalone novella)

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Read Daniel Olesen's Books

• The Eagle's Flight (it's free!)
• The Prince of Cats

History Books Mentioned

• The Discarded Image by C.S. Lewis
• The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan

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• Read Calvin's review for Of Shadow and Sea, or buy the book here.
• Read Travis's review for Of Sea and Shadow, or buy the book here.

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• Fantasy Book Review

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Read Timandra's Books:

• Touch of Iron (Book 1 of The Living Blade Trilogy)
• Queens of the Wyrd
• Art of War Anthology
• Lost Lore Anthology

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And the sequel, The Hanged Man, releases on December 17th! You have just enough time to read The Last Sun and catch up before the story continues.

Read The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards

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Read Laura's Books:

• God of Gnomes (as Demi Harper)
• Danse Macabre
• Art of War Anthology
• Lost Lore Anthology

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Read Jonathan French's Books

• The Grey Bastards
• The True Bastards
• The Exiled Heir

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Read RJ Barker's Books:

• Age of Assassins (Book 1 of the Wounded Kingdom trilogy)
• The Bone Ships (Book 1 of The Tide Child trilogy)

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Hosts: Hiu, Kop, Jenia, Tam

Books Mentioned:

• Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
• The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
• Middle Game by Seanan Mcguire
• We Lie with Death by Devin Madson
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
• Carrie by Stephen King
• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
• Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
• Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Cat Valente
• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
• Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
• The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Other Mentions:

• Krista D. Ball’s “Is ‘Good’ Good Enough? – Marketing’s Effect on What We Read & How to Change It”
• Perpetual Pages booktube video debunking “I Only Read Good Books”

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We don't know, but that doesn't stop us from talking about them.

Today's Team: Jenia, Hiu, Kop, Tam, Travis

Books Mentioned

Jenia:

• City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
• Temeraire by Naomi Novik (Book 1: His Majesty's Dragon)
• Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Burning Bright by Melissa McShane
• The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Hiu:

• The Sleeping Dragon by Jonny Nexus
• The Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White
• Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft

Tam:

• The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

Travis:

• Someone Like Me by M.R. Carey
• How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper

Kop:

• The Spec Set by Taya Okerlund
• The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
• Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

Other Mentions

• "In Search of Doors" by V.E. Schwab
• "There's Room For All Of Us At The Fantasy Inn" by Krista D. Ball
• bestfantasybooks.com

Music

• Intro: "The Legend of Iya" courtesy of https://philter.no
• Outro: "A Quest Unfolds" courtesy of https://philter.no

Transcripts: Detailed show notes and full transcripts can be found at https://thefantasyinn.com

Some bloggers are not introduced in this episode and will be introduced at a later time.

Music: "The Legend of Iya" courtesy of https://www.philter.no

Detailed show notes and full transcripts can be found at thefantasyinn.com.