603: Witness for the Airship

This episode features a book with fantasy zombies and a book with alien hive minds. Talk about range! Our Book Club reconvenes to discuss the fantasy mystery “Witness for the Dead,” a standalone book set in the world of “The Goblin Emperor”, and “A Desolation Called Peace,” the conclusion of the duology begun in the award-winning “A Memory Called Empire.” Plus: What are we reading?

Book Club: "A Desolation Called Peace" and "Witness for the Dead"

Jason Snell with Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty and Erika Ensign

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Referenced Works Witness for the Dead [Amazon] [Apple] A Desolation Called Peace [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links

What are we reading?

Scott:

• A Practical Guide to Conquering the World - KJ Parker
• Jade Legacy - Fonda Lee
• Light From Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki

Erika:

• Across the Green Grass Fields - Seanan Maguire
• City of Stairs - Robert Jackson Bennett

Glenn:

• Palatino: The Natural History of a Typeface - Robert Bringhurst
• Index, A History of the - Dennis Duncan
• The Glass Key - Dashiell Hammett

Dan

• The Liar’s Knot (Rook and Rose) - M.A. Carrick
• Braking Day - Adam Oyebanji
• The Steerswoman - Rosemary Kirstein

Jason:

• A Master of Djinn - P. Djeli Clark
• The Last Graduate - Naomi Novik
• The Shattered Skies - John Birmingham
• Family Trade / Merchant Princes series - Charles Stross

Time codes for skippers:

00:32:35 - Discussion for “A Desolation Called Peace”

00:58:54 - “What Are we Reading?”

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