Whew, it is really summer, isn’t it? And I’m welcoming guest second chair Claire Rousseau to share our Summer 2020 book previews, natter on about our quarantine media, and review NK Jemisin’s latest novel The City We Became. (Spoilers, I loved it, with one reservation that was emotionally big but tiny in the scope of the book.) Claire is a longtime friend, a recent Hugo finalist, and enthusiastic reader of SF, so I feel very lucky to have her on. Unless something goes awry, Whiskey Jenny should be back next time, which will also be lovely! You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below, or download it directly to take with you on the go!
Here are the time signatures if you want to skip around!
1:20 – Quarantine media we’re consuming
25:45 – Summer Book Preview
42:11 – NK Jemisin’s The City We Became
And here’s a list of everything we talked about!
Claire Rousseau YouTube Channel
Radio Free Fandom
She-Ra (Netflix show)
Nimona, Noelle Stevenson
The Great (Hulu show)
Vulture recaps of The Great
Catherine the Great on the Extra History Channel
DC’s Harley Quinn
The Extraordinaries, TJ Klune
The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune
The Great British Sewing Bee
Sweet Magnolias (Netflix)
Rick and Morty
A Song Below Water, Bethany Morrow (my review)
Hugo Finalists for 2020
Die, Kieran Gillen and Stephanie Hans
Dallas Art Fair
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, Zen Cho
Little Eyes, Samanta Schweblin, trans. Megan McDowell
Fever Dream, Samanta Schweblin, trans. Megan McDowell
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians, H. G. Parry
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, H. G. Parry
Take a Hint, Dani Brown, Talia Hibbert
Get a Life, Chloe Brown, Talia Hibbert
Party of Two, Jasmine Guillory
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, Roseanne Brown
Deal with the Devil, Kit Rocha
Boyfriend Material, Alexis Hall
Seven Devils, Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
Toil and Trouble, edited by Tess Sharpe
Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir
Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir
Star Daughter, Shveta Thakrar
Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Rovina Cai
The City We Became, NK Jemisin
You can find Claire on YouTube and Twitter, as well as at her podcast, Radio Free Fandom. You can get at me on Twitter, email the podcast, and friend me (Gin Jenny) and Whiskey Jenny on Goodreads. As a brand new feature, you can also follow me (Gin Jenny) and Whiskey Jenny on Storygraph! If you like what we do, support us on Patreon. Or if you wish, you can find us on iTunes (and if you enjoy the podcast, give us a good rating! We appreciate it very very much).
Credits
Producer: Captain Hammer
Photo credit: The Illustrious Annalee
Theme song by: Jessie Barbour
Transcripts by: Sharon of Library Hungry
Transcript is coming soon!