A critical book club from the Ancillary Review of Books. Host Jake Casella Brookins invites writers, scholars, and critics to discuss thorny works of science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres.
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A critical book club from the Ancillary Review of Books. Host Jake Casella Brookins invites writers, scholars, and critics to discuss thorny works of science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres.
Host: Jake Casella BrookinsMusic by Giselle Gabrielle GarciaArtwork by Rob PattersonOpening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughTranscribers: Kate Dollarhyde and John WM ThompsonReferences:World Science Fiction Convention in SeattleThe Hugo AwardsNorwesconKevin Black - Publications Division HeadCatherine Hardwicke's Twilight, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer"Full Moon" by the Black GhostsArticle about John Anderson’s Beachcomber Museum, with link to the short documentaryDr. Kaitlyn CasimoThe Allen InstituteBrandon O'Brien - Poet Laureate for the Seattle WorldconThe Speculative Poetry InitiativeInterstellar Flight PressThe Translated Hugo Initiative“Summit Sound” by the Jack Straw Cultural Center“Mole” by Elizabeth McQueen“What You have become” by Kate ClarkOlympia Coffee RoastingThe Mountain in the Sea by Ray NaylerAlien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky99% Invisible readalong of Robert Caro’s The Power BrokerHugos ThereHugo Girl!Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by Jordan S. CarrollAbigail NussbaumSFPoetry.orgStrange Horizons, Uncanny, Asimov’s, AnalogCalypso by Oliver K. Langmead
A Meal of Thorns
A critical book club from the Ancillary Review of Books. Host Jake Casella Brookins invites writers, scholars, and critics to discuss thorny works of science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres.
