Episode 49: Delving Down Under

<p>David and Perry look at Australian literature, ranging from a book about bushrangers written in serial form in 1882 to modern science fiction.</p> <ul><li>Reading overload (00:30)</li> <li>Comfort reads (01:50)</li> <li>Hugo Award nominations (02:47)</li> <li>Nebula Awards short list (07:58) <ul><li>Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (00:05)</li> <li>The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (00:17)</li> <li>Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (00:22)</li> <li>The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk (00:42)</li> <li>Black Sun by Rebecca Rowanhorse (00:22)</li> <li>Network Effect by Martha Wells (01:22)</li> <li>Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (03:35)</li> </ul> </li> <li>Such is Life by Joseph Furphy (04:42)</li> <li>The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower (08:12)</li> <li>Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood (08:47)</li> <li>Dispersion by Greg Egan (05:59)</li> <li>The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard (07:52)</li> <li>Falling Towards England by Clive James (04:42)</li> <li>The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (01:36)</li> <li>Discussion with W. H. Chong (21:14) <ul><li>The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (04:03)</li> <li>Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (02:04)</li> <li>The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott (03:53)</li> <li>Underland by Robert McFarlane (03:24)</li> <li>Reading multiple genres (02:41)</li> <li>Poetry (00:29)</li> <li>New translation of Beowulf (01:43)</li> </ul> </li> <li>Wind-up (02:15)</li> </ul> <p><a href='https://wp.me/paV2KN-fZ'>Click here for more info and links</a></p> <p>Illustration: "Fire's On!" by Arthur Streeton.</p>