Episode 45: Not Waving but Drowning

David and Perry talk about the books they've been reading lately, ranging in length from novellas to a nine-volume, almost million-word opus written entirely in the form of letters. And a rather damp theme emerges... World SF Convention and Hugos (04:24) Clarissa Harlowe by Samuel Richardson (05:35) The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (10:48) The Glass Hotel by Emily St.John Mandel (07:17) Shadow in the Empire of Light by Jane Routley (05:54) The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (00:01) The Greenwood Duology by Emily Tesh (07:35) Silver in the Wood (01:31) Drowned Country (04:15) The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison (25:16) Discussion with Lucy Sussex (20:36) Windup (00:55) "Not Waving but Drowning" is the title of a poem by Stevie Smith, written in 1972. Photo by Ayyub Yahaya from Pexels