Podcast bestie Ann Michelle Harris joined us for a wide-ranging conversation about her debut novel North, and all things publishing and writing. If you've ever wondered how stray thoughts can become a novel, now is your chance to find out!

Ann Michelle is a published author, lawyer, and contributor to the Hugo-winning fanzine, Nerds of a Feather. 

Want a signed copy of North? Join us for the book launch on January 18th from 2:00pm-4:00pm at Eagle Eye Books in Decatur, GA!

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Purchase North by Ann Michelle Harris

Ann Michelle's website

Ann Michelle on Nerds of a Feather

Halfway to Life Day Cookbook Special

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Y2K Hugo winner A Deepness in the Sky sure is long! And oh hey, happy new year!

Skip ahead about 9 minutes from the start if you want to avoid a discussion of neighbor parking drama.

DM: Lori

CW/TW: SA

Music by Pets of Belonging

Hey, you know what? This wasn't so bad!

There's about 20 extra minutes of chitchat at the end, mostly about Endurance (the Shackleton Expedition). Feel free to ignore it!

DM: Haley

CW/TW: we discuss animal death in Endurance during the post-episode chitchat

Transcript Library 

Music by Pets of Belonging

It's a(nother) stressful week, so you can have little an early episode, as a treat. Hang in there. 

This month we read and discussed Naomi Kritzer's Hugo-winning short story, Better Living Through Algorithms. You can read it for free or listen to it thanks to Clarkesworld!

This is a wide-ranging discussion where we used the story as more of a jumping-off point to talk about a lot of other things, from sailing to crossfit to facial recognition software. 

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Picture Me Coding, ft. Amy

It's showtime! Happy Halloween, listeners!

This month we read The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. We were joined by special guest and delightful person and ambitopia expert, author Redfern Jon Barrett! We had so much fun chatting with Redfern that this is a bit of a maxisode. Digressions abound. 

DM: Haley

CW/TW: brief discussion of SA

Redfern’s website

Purchase Proud Pink Sky

Ambitopia: Futures Beyond the Binary

Amy's guest appearance on Picture Me Coding

Music by Pets of Belonging

It was fun! It was windy! Lori and Kevin tell all.

Boring warning: at about 17:45, you're gonna hear like 5 minutes of voice notes about dogs. Feel free to turn off the podcast. 

Eating noise warning: if you make it this far, at 22:05-22:25, Lori will loudly eat a tea cake, so skip that if you can't stand mouth noises. 

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Well, what else were we supposed to call it?

This month we read Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep, suggested by listener Raj. Thanks, Raj!

Amy is DM.

Music by Pets of Belonging

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Jo Walton's review

Being gay and doing crime, all across space and time!

Our long-awaited, most cursed episode is finally here. Requested by Haley and Raj.

Lori is DM.

Music by Pets of Belonging

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Strange Horizons Review - Adri Joy

Interview with the authors

The Joy of Reading Books You Don't Entirely Understand

The 12 Days of Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood

Over five years ago, we test drove this thing. It's rough, but we hope you'll enjoy it!

For various reasons, we had to push back our planned schedule. This is How You Lose the Time War will drop in August, followed by A Fire Upon the Deep in September.