Ep. 157: Constructing an Alternate History with P. Djèlí Clark, Mary Robinette Kowal & Sophie Burnham (Masterclass Panel)
Episode description
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly for a masterclass panel on Constructing an Alternate History, featuring authors P. Djèlí Clark, Mary Robinette Kowal and Sophie Burnham. During the panel, they lay out the foundations of alternate history stories, discussing what an alternate history is, what these stories can achieve, the divergence point, cause and effect, balancing real history vs. imagined history, bringing modern ideas/concerns into an alternate history, the legitimacy of history, historical research and more.
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P. Djèlí Clark is an academic historian and the award-winning author of Ring Shout, A Master of Djinn, The Black God's Drums, Abeni's Song and more.
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Mary Robinette Kowal is the award-winning author of The Lady Astronaut series, The Glamourist Histories series and more.
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Sophie Burnham is the author of Sargassa, her debut novel.
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Adrian M. Gibson is the author of Mushroom Blues, which you can purchase here.
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M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves and Thick as Thieves.
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Greta Kelly is the author of The Queen of Days, The Frozen Crown and The Seventh Queen.
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