The Coode Street Podcast
Episodes
Limekiller by Avram Davidson
27 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Between 1997 and 2003 I was a reviewer for Locus. Growing demands on my time from my work as reviews editor for the magazine and as an anthologist ev...
Episode 248: Spokane, Hugo Awards and the Future
24 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
With Gary only just returned from Spokane and the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention, we sit down to discuss the success of Sasquan, the successfu...
Episode 247: Talking about inclusion and fandom
24 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Two weeks ago we were fortunate enough to have Nina Allan and Renay as guests on the Coode Street Podcast (Episode 244: Renay, Nina Allan & the Weight...
Episode 246: Aliette de Bodard and The House of Shattered Wings
22 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week saw the release of Nebula Award winning author Aliette de Bodard’s powerful and engaging fourth novel, The House of Shattered Wings....
Episode 245: Ian McDonald and Luna
15 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In a recent interview with Locus, Hugo and Campbell Award-winning author Ian McDonald discussed his new hard SF novel, Luna: First Moon: ‘My nex...
Episode 244: Renay, Nina Allan & the Weight of Fannish History
08 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by reviewer, critic, podcaster and one half of the Ladybusiness team, Renay, and British Science Fiction Award winning author ...
Episode 243: Michael Swanwick and his two rogues
31 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome very special guest Michael Swanwick, discussing his new 'Darger and Surplus' novel Chasing the Phoenix, the origins of the Darg...
Episode 242: Time runs out for the Hugos and more
25 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As time slowly runs out to vote for the most controversial Hugo Awards in recent times, our intrepid commentators sit down to discuss the joy ...
Episode 241: Samuel R. Delany
18 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have a very special episode of the Coode Street Podcast indeed. During his recent appearance as Guest of Honor at Readercon 26 in Bur...
Episode 240: Karin Tidbeck, Cheryl Morgan and Archipelacon
11 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Over the weekend of June 25-28 Gary travelled to distant and beautiful Mariehamn in the land of the midnight sun where he was to appear as a guest ...
Episode 239: Archipelacon, World Fantasy and more
05 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, with Gary returned from Archipelacon in Finland, we touch once again upon the problems of translation, the Finnish Weird, the internatio...
Episode 238: Kim Stanley Robinson and Aurora
27 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by Hugo and Nebula Award winning writer Kim Stanley Robinson to discuss generation starships, how we might live in space,...
Episode 237: On Nebulas and more
21 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief, unplanned hiatus due to scheduling and personal issues (meaning that Gary got more involved in the Nebula weekend than he intended to),...
Episode 236: On books to look for
01 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Every year there are thousands of books published and any one of them could appeal to you. To help you find great new books, Locus publishes a list ...
Episode 235: Elizabeth Hand and Building the Mystery
23 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we pay a return visit to World Fantasy Award winning author Elizabeth Hand, discussing her new short novel Wylding Hall, the British folk...
Episode 234: On World Fantasy Awards, Life Achievement and other rambles
17 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we sit down and discuss the World Fantasy Awards, the Life Achievement Award, and quite a lot more. Another old-fashioned ramble for the Coo...
Episode 233: Paolo Bacigalupi and The Water Knife
08 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by the Hugo and Nebula Award winning Paolo Bacigalupi, who is just about to publish his first science fiction novel for adults...
Episode 232: On canon formation (again)
03 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we return, without guests, to a topic with which we have annoyed listeners in podcasts for years—the idea of SF canon formation: who gets...
Episode 231: Ian Mond, James Bradley and the 2015 Hugo Novel Shortlist
26 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week James Bradley and Ian Mond join Jonathan to discuss the five novels that have made the final Hugo Awards ballot. The shortlisted novels...
Episode 230: K J Parker and the history of a writer
21 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s very special episode is a conversation with the superb and formerly mysterious K.J. Parker, whose newest work The Two of Swords begins...
Episode 229: On books, history, awards and such
12 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This has been a busy year for the Coode Street Podcast, talking to interesting guests, covering a wide-range of issues, and being syndicated by our fr...
Episode 228: John Scalzi and Alisa Krasnostein
05 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
With Swancon 40, the 2015 Australian National Science Fiction Convention, in full swing Jonathan sat down with convention guest of honour John Scalzi...
Episode 227: Ken Liu, Joe Monti and The Grace of Kings
29 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gary* is joined by award-winning author Ken Liu and Joe Monti, Executive Editor at Saga Press, to discuss Ken's exciting debut novel The Gr...
Episode 226: Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Signal to Noise
22 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend Silvia Moreno-Garcia joins us to talk about her debut fantasy novel, Signal to Noise. Described in an upcoming issue of Locus as “...
Episode 225: Biancotti, Lanagan, Westerfeld and Zeroes
15 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Deborah Biancotti, Margo Lanagan, and Scott Westerfeld join Gary and Jonathan in the Gershwin Room (aka Skype) to discuss their exciting...
Episode 224: Kelly Link Gets in Trouble
08 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome the remarkable Kelly Link, celebrating her new collection Get In Trouble, her recent anthology with Gavin Grant , her career in...
Episode 223: Alisa Krasnostein, Sean Wright, Tehani Wessely and the Aurealis Awards
01 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As the Aurealis Awards reach their twentieth anniversary, Jonathan sits down with Aurealis Awards judging co-ordinator Tehani Wessely, publisher Alisa...
Episode 222: Forthcoming Books with Liza Trombi
01 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We are always on the look-out for new and exciting books to read, and always want to know what we should keep an eye out for. For years we've relied...
Episode 221: Joe Abercrombie and Sean Williams at the Perth Writers Festival
21 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a difference to writing for younger readers? Do they want or need different kinds of stories? Do they have different expectations from older ...
Episode 220: William Gibson, Eileen Gunn, and Chris Brown
08 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Coode Street Podcast, an informal weekly discussion about science fiction and fantasy featuring award-winning critics and editors Jon...
Episode 219: On Short Story Collections and such
01 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan returns and our heroes spend some time discussing the history and nature of short story collections in science fiction and fantasy. Warning: ...
Episode 218: Harlan Ellison, Bill Schafer and the Volcano
26 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, in honor of the new Subterranean Press volume The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison, we are joined by Harlan...
Episode 217: James Morrow, SF, Satire, Religion, and Other Matters
18 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome James Morrow, one of SF’s premier satirists, whose new novel Galapagos Regained is just out, taking on Darwinism, Victorian rel...
Episode 216: Guy Gavriel Kay and the Legend of the Lost Podcast
10 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
More than two years ago, at the 2012 World Fantasy Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Gary and Jonathan sat down with Guy Gavriel Kay to discuss his then...
Episode 215: On Short Stories, the Possibility of Ruts and other matters
04 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Suddenly our intrepid heroes, still mostly living on vacation time,realised that they needed to put out another episode of the podcast. Plans for a le...
Episode 214: Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Live in DC!
26 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The third of our short series of podcasts recorded at the World Fantasy Convention in Washington DC, this one features a particularly laughter-filled ...
Episode 213: Helen Marshall and Robert Shearman
21 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week the first of our series of World Fantasy Convention 2014 podcasts. Award-winning writers Helen Marshall and Robert Shearman sit down with ...
Episode 212: James Bradley and the Year in Review
14 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode before our Christmas hiatus, Jonathan and Gary are joined by award-winning writer and critic James Bradley to discuss the best b...
Episode 211b: Kij Johnson and Reimagining Genre’s Past
07 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Coode Street Podcast is fortunate to have a small group of guests who have appeared on the show more than once. This week we welcome back our most...
Episode 210: Genevieve Valentine and all the things
30 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gary and Jonathan are joined by the wonderful Genevieve Valentine who talks intelligently, coherently and very interestingly about televis...
Episode 209: The Beginning of the End of 2014
23 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We went to Washington DC to celebrate the 40th World Fantasy Convention and came back to the first books and stories of 2014. As long-time listeners k...
Episode 208: Caitlin R Kiernan, Peter Straub and the literary uses of fantasy
15 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This past weekend the World Fantasy Convention was held in Arlington, Virginia. As part of the festivities, the Coode Street Podcast team produced t...
Episode 207: Kameron Hurley and The Mirror Empire
02 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week Hugo Award winning author of the God's War Trilogy Kameron Hurley joins Gary and Jonathan to discuss her new novel The Mirror Empire, win...
Episode 206: Peter Halasz, Robert J. Sawyer and Canadian SF
26 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In recent weeks Coode Street has discussed the national SF scenes in the United Kimgdom, Australia and China. This week we are joined by Peter Halasz ...
Episode 205: Ken Liu and Chinese Science Fiction
19 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from our recent conversations about British and Australian Science Fiction, this week we invited Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award wi...
Episode 204: Books we're looking forward to, or the shopping list episode
05 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gary and Jonathan, aware that the Festive Season and more are in front of us all, sit down with the most recent 'Forthcoming Books' issue of...
Episode 203: Alisa Krasnostein, Sean Williams and the State of Australian SF
29 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Sure that we were on to something, we decided to follow up last week's discussion of the State of British SF with Paul Kincaid and Nina Allan with a...
Episode 202: Nina Allan, Paul Kincaid and the State of British Science Fiction
20 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week something special. Following on from conversations at the London Worldcon and articles by Martin Petto * and others, Gary and Jonathan ar...
Episode 201: Moving on...
13 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Time to get back to the conversation and put the wonderful LonCon experience behind us. With episode 201, Jonathan and Gary sit down to continue their...
Episode 200: Robinson, Silverberg, Walton and Loncon!
05 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of the three time Hugo Award nominated Coode Street Podcast went out to the world on Saturday 8 May 2010. There was no inte...
Episode 199: Loncon, Hugos and the future of SF
02 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
And we're back! After traveling for far too long and having had a wonderful time in London at what may have been the biggest and best WorldCon ever,...
Episode 198: John Clute, science fiction and Loncon
20 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
With Loncon3, the largest WorldCon in history disappearing into the rear-view mirror, convention guest of honour John Clute joins Gary and Jonathan on...
Episode 197: Readercon, the World Fantasy Awards and more
20 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
With our intrepid hosts preparing to head off to Europe for a sojourn in France before attending WorldCon in London (the biggest Worldcon ever!!), it ...
Episode 196: Bill Shafer and Subterranean Press
05 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week our intrepid podcasters are joined by Subterranean Press publisher and founder Bill Schafer to discuss science fiction, publishing and the ...
Episode 195: Joe Monti and Saga Press
01 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by Joe Monti, executive editor of the newly formed Saga Press. We discuss bookselling, the current marketplace...
Episode 194: Daniel Keyes and Questions from the audience
23 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Our intrepid podcasters discuss the sad news about the recent passing of Flowers for Algernon author Daniel Keyes and answer questions from the audien...
Episode 193: Academic Exercises, genre and pants
15 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gary is back from Florida and our brief hiatus is at an end. We discuss K J Parker's Academic Exercises, some movies seen by Gary, and genre...
Episode 192: Anne Leckie, gender and Ancillary Justice
01 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh from winning the Kitschie, the BSFA, the Clarke, and the Nebula Award, Ann Leckie joins us on the podcast to discuss Ancillary Justice, writ...
Episode 191: Jeff VanderMeer and the Southern Reach
24 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
An exciting week at Coode Street as New York Times bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer joins us in the Gershwin Room to discuss his new "Southern Rea...
Episode 190: James Bradley, science fiction, awards and more
18 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
With Gary busy with other commitments. long-time friend of the podcast James Bradley drops by to talk about his new upcoming novel Clade, the value of...
Episode 189: Joe Abercrombie, Half a King and dark fantasy
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by Joe Abercrombie, internationally best-selling author of the 'First Law' novels. His latest book Half-a-King, his first for...
Episode 188: Mary Rickert and The Memory Garden
03 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
With debut novel The Memory Garden just days from release, and a major new novella "The Mothers of Voorhisville" out at Tor.com, Mary Rickert joins ...
Episode 187: On the perception of SF today and some rambling
27 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a while since our two intrepid podcasters journeyed together to the Gershwin Room high above the Coode Street Motel Six to ramble over an ea...
Episode 186: Hugo Awards 2014 with John DeNardo and Tansy Rayner Roberts repost
20 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, has announced the nominees for the 2014 Hugo and Campbell Awards. As is our practice, this week w...
Episode 185: Heinlein, Awards and such
13 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
With awards season picking up, we try to avoid talking about them and pretty much fail. There is other stuff: on reading Heinlein today and the new bi...
Episode 184: Nnedi Okorafor and Lagoon
06 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of the publication of her new adult science fiction novel, Lagoon, the wonderful Nnedi Okorafor joins our intrepid podcasts to discuss th...
Episode 183: On nominating for the Hugos and Lucius Shepard
30 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As always, we get everything the wrong way round. Having just returned from the glades of Florida, a land of mocktails and alligators, Gary joins Jona...
Episode 182: Steven Erikson and Ian McDonald
22 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gary is in Florida at the International Conference in the Arts where he is joined by Steven Erikson, author of the bestselling 'Malazan Emp...
Episode 181: Eileen Gunn, questionable practices and the purposes of science fiction
09 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by Nebula Award winning writer Eileen Gunn to discuss her new short story collection, Questionable Practices...
Episode 180: Kelley Eskridge, Nicola Griffith, Hild, historicity and genre...
03 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Battling the fickle beast that is Skype, this week Jonathan and Gary talk to Kelley Eskridge and Nicola Griffith about the recently released Nebula ...
Episode 179: James Bradley, Garth Nix, Sean Williams and Australian SF
23 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Faced with another relentless summer's day in Perth and icy Chicago winter evening, Jonathan and Gary turn to long-time friends of the podcast James B...
Episode 178: On importance and important science fiction
16 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
With a new season of the Coode Street Podcast well under way, Gary and Jonathan connected up between the icy wilds of Chicago and the sunny streets of...
Episode 177: Kij Johnson, science fiction and the Booker Prize
09 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As snow and ice freeze the North American heartlands, long-time friend of the podcast Kij Johnson agreed to travel across a frozen Kansas City to find...
Episode 176: Liza Groen Trombi and the Locus Recommended Reading List.
02 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Every February US science fiction and fantasy industry trade journal Locus publishes an annual 'Year in Review" issue that includes overviews, summ...
Episode 175: We return and talk about new books in 2014
25 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It'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...
Episode 174: Rachel Swirsky Redux
13 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Coode Street Podcast is a full service podcast. While Gary and Jonathan are on vacation, we asked long-time listener Cat Sparks to select some cla...
Episode 173: Ellen Datlow Redux
06 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Coode Street Podcast is a full service podcast. While Gary and Jonathan are on vacation, we asked long-time list...
Episode 172: Robert Shearman and Howard Waldrop Redux
29 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Coode Street Podcast is a full service podcast. While Gary and Jonathan are on vacation, we asked long-time listener Cat Sparks to select some cla...
Episode 171: Graham Joyce redux
23 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Coode Street Podcast is a full service podcast. While Gary and Jonathan are on vacation, we asked long-time listener Cat Sparks to select some cla...
Episode 170: Live with Neil Gaiman
14 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Gaiman is always wonderful to sit down and talk to about how great stories are created, and is always ready to discuss how the great writers of ...
Episode 169: Live with Paul McAuley
07 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This October the Coode Street commentary team travelled to Brighton, England for the 2013 World Fantasy Convention. In amongst too much drinking and l...
Episode 168: Terminology, hard SF and other inexactiudes
30 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
After an unexpected break the Coode Street Podcast returns to discuss the use of terminology in genre, Linda Nagata’s recent io9 article on hard S...
Episode 167: On Hild, History, Genre and WFC
17 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week our two commentators, emerging from the pall of jetlag and the reality of impending deadlines, turn their attentions to what is intrinsic to...
Episode 166: From the far side of jet lag (REUPLOAD)
11 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A re-upload of the most recent episode. The previous version omitted 2-3 mins from the end of the file. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Episode 166: From the far side of jet lag
09 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Warning: This Podcast Contains Incoherent Rambling. Freshly returned from the 2013 World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, England, our intrepid podca...
Episode 165: Questions from the audience
26 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
While our intrepid podcasters brave the wilds of London, a new episode for you (hopefully)! With no specific topic in mind, and having sent a greetin...
Episode 164: Notes from just beneath the debt ceiling
20 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In which the Coode Street team philosophize about the nature of science fiction, what the future means, whether it is inevitable or knowable, and what...
Episode 163: On overlooked books of 2013...
13 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In the run up to the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton our podcasting heroes are keeping it pretty much one-on-one, with no guest again this week. ...
Episode 162: Live with Rachel Swirsky
05 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, just following the publication of her major short story collection How the World Became Quiet, we are joined by Nebula Award and SFWA Vice ...
Episode 161: On the toxicity of literary canon
28 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
After a long sequence of discussions with wonderful guests, it's just Gary and Jonathan alone in the Waldorf Room once more. This week, after a brief ...
Episode 160: Live with Paolo Bacigalupi
20 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
With WorldCon a dwindling memory, Jonathan and Gary are joined by passionate, articulate and always fun to talk to special guest Printz, Hugo, Nebula,...
Episode 159: Live with Kij Johnson and John Kessel
14 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
At the recent San Antonio WorldCon, Gary was joined by special guest co-host Kij Johnson and award-winning author John Kessel (both long time friends ...
Episode 158: Live with Malcolm Edwards and David G. Hartwell
06 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live in San Antonio, Texas at LoneStarCon 3, this week's episode sees our intrepid podcasters once again depending on the vagaries of hotel i...
Episode 157: Live with Ellen Datlow
30 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend in San Antonio, Texas the 71st World Science Fiction Convention is in full swing. Parties are being held, discussions had, panels atten...
Episode 156: Live with Sofia Samatar
22 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jonathan and Gary are joined in the Gershwin Room by Sofia Samatar, author of the brilliant debut fantasy novel A Stranger in Olondria, wh...
Episode 155: Live with Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages
18 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A little late due to technical issues, but here is Episode 155 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week we asked master storytellers Andy Duncan and Ell...
Episode 154: Live with James Bradley
11 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
With WorldCon looming in the near future and news of the World Fantasy Awards just around the corner, award-winning writer and critic James Bradley j...
Episode 153: On Sharknado, politics, and international SF
28 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
It was another typical day in the office for the Coode Street team. Having taken the time and made the effort to ascend to the Gershwin Room (there ar...
Episode 152: The discussion continues
27 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
After all of the excitement of broadcasting from ReaderCon with Rob Shearman and Howard Waldrop, Gary and Jonathan turn back to more typical discussio...
Episode 151: Live with Robert Shearman and Howard Waldrop
14 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The great Lost Podcasts of 2012 are a part of Coode Street Podcast lore. A sad and painful memory of four wonderful conversations ever lost to perfidi...