S20 Ep13: In Which Mur Attends Wole Talabi's Creative Alchemy

Transcript

"The primary driver of my sense of success is, 'do I feel happy with what I've done?'" - Wole Talabi

Mur chats with Wole Talabi, an engineer turned author (but still engineer). They discuss the Schrodinger's Cat of publishing, the thrill of rewriting old stories for new audiences, and the joy of challenging the norms of fiction.

Links:

• Wole Talabi

• Nebula Awards

• Hugo Awards

• Locus Awards

• Sidewise Awards for Alternate History

• Lightspeed Magazine (with Wole's interview)

• Caine Prize

• Namwali Serpell and her short story "Account"

• 99 Fleeting Fantasies

• Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology

• Glasgow 2024 Worldcon (World Science Fiction Convention)

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CREDITS Theme song by John Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja, and files hosted by Libsyn (affiliate link)

"From Patent Memos to Nebula Nods with Wole Talabi" by Mur Lafferty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

April 17, 2024 | Season 20 Ep 13 | murverse.com