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603: Witness for the Airship

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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

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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