Two Chairs Talking
2020-04
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Perry and David celebrate the first anniversary of this podcast by each talking about the best five books they've ever read.
Our podcast anniversary (01:18)
Tribute to Mervyn Binns (02:51)
Choosing our five favourite books (00:33)
Visited by the Suck Fairy (01:18)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (12:47)
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (08:27)
How we chose these books (02:00)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (07:22)
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (08:19)
The Tango Briefing by Adam Hall (09:20)
The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett (09:06)
Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond(07:13)
The Path Between the Seas by David McCullough (06:38)
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles (09:29)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (08:46)
Honourable mentions (03:27)
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Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
David and Perry, together with special guests W. H. Chong and Paul Carr, talk about how they first started to become SF/Fantasy readers, and in Paul's case, how he got into the space industry.
Coping with social distancing (01:38)
New Zealand World SF Con goes virtual (02:25)
Hugo Awards short list (02:07)
How we became SF/Fantasy readers (00:40)
Perry's introduction to the field (05:27)
Secret Seven & Famous Five by Enid Blyton (00:35)
Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting (00:24)
Astounding/Analog magazine (03:44)
David's introduction to the field (08:06)
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton (01:04)
The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit (02:18)
Cities in Flight by James Blish (00:55)
Kings of Space by W. E. Johns (00:44)
Edgar Rice Burroughs (00:39)
The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke (00:20)
Isaac Asimov (00:58)
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg (01:01)
Our next episode (01:58)
Interview with W. H. Chong (50:50)
Interview with Paul Carr (24:13)
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