China Miéville , author of Perdido Street Station and The City & The City , joins us to discuss Dungeons & Dragons , outside relations , andhis late science fabrication novel Embassytown .
Art byVincent Chong .
Geek ’s Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley .
This episode includes :
Part 1 : question with China Miéville ( 1:49 )
Topics cover up : Embassytown , science fiction and scientific asperity , influence on Embassytown , Dungeons & Dragons , looking back on Bas - Lag , the current state of steampunk , China ’s novel tattoo , political uprisings , Marxism , Bible cover , Could They circumvent Up China Miéville ? , “ Covehithe ”
Part 2 : Dave and John Discuss China Miéville and the New Weird ( 35:02 )
Topics covered : Encountering China Miéville , Perdido Street Station , obscure word , The Scar , beyond Bas - Lag , refrigerator men , Cthulhu , the New Weird , The New Weird anthology edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer , the Cthulhu of literary genre , Steph Swainston step down writing , the influence of the New Weird , The Scar in virtual world , right of first publication outcome , Miéville film version
Thanks for listening !
David Barr Kirtleyhas published fable in magazine such as Realms of Fantasy , Weird Tales , Lightspeed , Intergalactic Medicine Show , On Spec , and Cicada , and in anthology such as New Voices in Science Fiction , Fantasy : The Best of the Year , and The Dragon Done It . lately he ’s contributed stories to several of John ’s anthology , including The Living Dead , The inhabit Dead 2 , and The Way of the Wizard . He ’s attended numerous composition workshops , including Clarion , Odyssey , Viable Paradise , James Gunn ’s Center for the Study of Science Fiction , and Orson Scott Card ’s writer Bootcamp , and he accommodate an MFA in screenwriting and fable from the University of Southern California . He also teaches on a regular basis at Alpha , a Pittsburgh - area skill fable workshop for youthful writers . He live in New York .
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