Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Fiction About Unprecedented Situations
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Exhalation
Exhalation by Ted Chiang is a critically acclaimed collection of science fiction short stories exploring profound philosophical questions, memory, and technology.
Discussed“Ted Chang will be here to talk about his new Story collection exhalation”
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The Need
The Need by Helen Phillips is an inventive and gripping novel that explores the disorienting realities of modern motherhood through a surreal, metaphysical lens.
Discussed“Howen Phillips joins us now her new novel is called the need it is her second novel for adults her first was the beautiful bureaucrat she's also written collections of short stories and a book for children”
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Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang is an acclaimed collection of speculative short fiction exploring complex philosophical, linguistic, and scientific concepts.
Discussed“he has a new short Story collection exhalation with nine short stories and is the author of a previous collection of short fiction the story of your life and others which was published in 2002”
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The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
Discussed“and I'd love you to talk a little bit about the first story in the collection which it's not set in the future even some of your stories feel set in the future but they're really about the past this one feels set in the past and is about the past can you talk about the merchant and The Alchemist”
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The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling
Discussed“and that story and for me I think the most powerful story in the collection my mind is the truth of fact the truth of feeling in which the technology is that people can record every moments of their lives”
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The Mueller Report
The Mueller Report is the official public document detailing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election.
Discussed“so since you sit next to me in the office you know that I'm lowkey obsessed with the Russia investigation in the Muller report and funnily enough it it is touching on the publishing industry quite a bit this year so robt Muller gave us testimony in Washington this week it was widely watched and Publishers have really taken advantage”
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Trust Exercise
Susan Choi's novel Trust Exercise is a complex narrative that explores a high-pressure performing arts high school while constantly upending reader expectations through startling structural shifts.
Discussed“I'm reading a novel called trust exercise by Susan Choy”
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The British Are Coming
The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson is a comprehensive historical account detailing the early stages of the American Revolution.
Discussed“I am reading Rick Atkinson's the British AR coming”
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The English and their history
The English and their history by Robert Tombs is a comprehensive, sprawling historical survey that traces the evolution of English identity and national development across the centuries.
Discussed“and it reminded me of a book that I talked about on the podcast about a year ago the English and their history by Robert Toms which is also had had its period where it looks at the American Revolution from the perspective of the British and you really see it a totally different way from the way that it”
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Love and trouble
Discussed“and the one I read most recently is called love and Trouble by CLA deeder and it came out in 2017”
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Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“thank you so much for being here and for talking about the new book which is called again and exhalation”
“Howen Phillips joins us now her new novel is called the need it is her second novel for adults her first was the beautiful bureaucrat she's also written collections of short stories and a book for children”
“Howen Phillips's new novel is called the need reviewed this week in The Thrillers issue of the New York Times book”
“it doesn't feel cheaper or more gimmicky than say atonement where it's um one character you know somebody um recasting events from the past in an attempt to redeem herself”
“I'm reading trust exercise by Susan Choy”
“Rick Atkinson's the British are coming”
“I read love and Trouble by CLA derer”
“I read love and Trouble by CLA derer”