Episode 45: Not Waving but Drowning

<p>David and Perry talk about the books they've been reading lately, ranging in length from novellas to a nine-volume, almost million-word opus written entirely in the form of letters. And a rather damp theme emerges...</p> <ul><li>World SF Convention and Hugos (04:24)</li> <li>Clarissa Harlowe by Samuel Richardson (05:35)</li> <li>The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (10:48)</li> <li>The Glass Hotel by Emily St.John Mandel (07:17)</li> <li>Shadow in the Empire of Light by Jane Routley (05:54)</li> <li>The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (00:01)</li> <li>The Greenwood Duology by Emily Tesh (07:35) <ul><li>Silver in the Wood (01:31)</li> <li>Drowned Country (04:15)</li> </ul> </li> <li>The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison (25:16) <ul><li>Discussion with Lucy Sussex (20:36)</li> </ul> </li> <li>Windup (00:55)</li> </ul> <p>"Not Waving but Drowning" is the title of a poem by Stevie Smith, written in 1972.</p> <p><a href='https://wp.me/paV2KN-fe'>Click here for more information and links</a>.</p> <p>Photo by Ayyub Yahaya from Pexels</p>