Show Notes
Darkwitch Rising by Sara Douglass.
Mothers and Other Monsters by Maureen F. McHugh.
Despite a serious bout of "con funk", Michael and Evo pony up to bring everyone a couple of great interviews.
First up is Sara Douglass telling us about Darkwitch Rising and the Troy Game series from her home in Australia. Listen to a top-selling fantasy writer delve into the realms she's created.
We then talk to Maureen F. McHugh about her short story collection Mothers and Other Monsters, and her desire to jumpstart a new subclass of family-themed and mother-focused science fiction.
Evo, Joe and Tee dive into The Library to present a diverse swath of new books, and the Dragon will be freshly fed a surprise treat.
Good to hear from Tee again. There's just something about him that livens up any gathering.
Oh, and after reading Legacy, I have to say (in the nicest way) that you are a evil, evil man. I now have to wait for the next Morevi book! You are planning to write that soon, right?
Sorry to hear that you guys got sick, it's no fun (first year ever that I hadn't been sick at least once). I take it the drugs left you guys out of it, since I've been looking for the season 1 disc you guys wanted the bands' info for, but it hasn't shown up yet...
(I feel kinda sorry for the postal workers who will come in contact with that viri-infested envelope...nevermind, I don't. But I will wear gloves! And a dustmask.)
I think it was this episode where you were talking about cloning and how more SciFi authors need to write about as a kind of 'what could go wrong'. You should try reading CJ Cherryh's Cyteen trilogy. Several of the main characters are clones, and in at least one case an attempt is made to raise the clone as much like the original as possible, partly because of politics, but also because they really need her brand of genius.
Cyteen was written in 1988 but Cherryh still managed to cover most of what look to be the biggest issues once human cloning starts.
I think it was this episode where you were talking about cloning and how more SciFi authors need to write about as a kind of 'what could go wrong'. You should try reading CJ Cherryh's Cyteen trilogy. Several of the main characters are clones, and in at least one case an attempt is made to raise the clone as much like the original as possible, partly because of politics, but also because they really need her brand of genius.
Cyteen was written in 1988 but Cherryh still managed to cover most of what look to be the biggest issues once human cloning starts.
Sorry about the duplicate post. For some reason the 'post' never completes, so I cancelled it the first time and tried to redo it.