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Publisher |: Grigg & Middlemiss

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Books,; Fiction,; Movies,; Science Fiction,; Society & Culture,; TV & Film

Categories Via RSS |: Arts,; Books,; Fiction,; Science Fiction,; Society & Culture

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Two ex-chairmen of the World SF Convention talk about books, movies, science fiction fandom, and much else.

Two ex-chairmen of the World SF Convention talk about books, movies and anything else we feel like.

People |: David Grigg (@david_r_grigg),; Perry Middlemiss
Country Of Origin |: Australia
Produced In |: Melbourne, Victoria
Premiere Date |: 2019-04-22
Frequency |: Monthly
Explicit |: No

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89 Available Episodes (89 Total) / Average duration: 01:13:12

Date Duration Most Reviewed Highest Rated

89 Available Episodes (89 Total)Average duration: 01:13:12

Apr 12, 2023

01:00:51

David and Perry discuss a number of books dealing with alternate or parallel streams of time, and analyse in depth the novel Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, and the BBC television series based on it.

Introduction (01:50)
General News (06:03)
- Phillip K. Dick Award Winner 2023 (01:18) -- City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- BSFA Awards 2023 (03:13) -- The Extractionist by Kimberly Unger
- Chengdou Worldcon (01:21)
What we've been reading lately (12:36)
- Pavane by Keith Roberts (06:38)
- Civilisations by Laurent Binet (05:55)
Discussion of Life After Life, TV series and novel (39:16)
Windup (00:39)

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Mar 20, 2023

01:15:49

Perry and David discuss their recent reading of crime novels, or were they merely crime-adjacent novels? You can choose!

Introduction (02:09)
Loss of three good friends (01:49)
- Charles Taylor
- Valma Brown
- Eve Harvey
ChatGPT - new developments (07:10)
General News (08:37)
- Nebula Awards (02:18)
- Hugo Awards (01:00)
- BSFA Awards (01:06)
- Aurealis Awards (01:56)
- Nominating for the Hugo Awards (01:44)
Crime Fiction (53:49)
- Unforgiven by Sarah Barrie (04:22)
- Seeking Whom He May Devour by Fred Vargas (09:10)
- In Her Blood by Nicky Crutchley (04:20)
- The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout (07:21)
- Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson (04:43)
- In the Woods by Tana French (08:26)
- Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down (08:09)
- Exiles by Jane Harper (06:42)
Windup & Next Episode (01:45)

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Mar 02, 2023