Episode 80: Finding a place in the world

With co-host Perry still overseas, David discusses some recent awards and goes on to interview Rob Gerrand about writing and publishing in Australia, and then Murray MacLachlan about growing up in New Zealand and discovering science fiction and fantasy.

• Introduction (00:21)
• General News (03:31)
  • 2022 Hugo Award Winners (01:05)
  • David's Thoughts on the 2022 Hugos (00:44)
  • 2022 Astounding Award (00:31)
  • 2022 British Fantasy Awards (00:21)
  • 2022 Davitt Awards (00:44)
• Interview with Rob Gerrand (30:02)
  • The Millennium Job by Rob Gerrand (09:34)
  • How to publish a novel (02:00)
  • The Diplomat of Florence by Anthony Wildman (02:56)
  • Charm, Strangeness, Mass & Spin by Stephen Dedman (05:18)
  • The Future of Norstrilia Press (08:48)
  • Publishing through Substack (00:39)
• Interview with Murray MacLachlan (43:28)
  • Growing up in Dunedin, New Zealand (01:39)
  • The ages of reading (01:46)
  • Dangerous Visions and New Worlds by Andrew Nette et al. (01:28)
  • The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne (01:39)
  • Anderson's Bay (01:40)
  • Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne (00:51)
  • Tales from the Galaxies by Amabel Williams-Ellis (00:54)
  • Children's library in Dunedin (01:19)
  • Star Rangers by Andre Norton (00:12)
  • Wumpworld by Bill Peet (00:50)
  • Tintin by Hergé (00:06)
  • Asterix the Gaul by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo (00:37)
  • Non-fiction (00:30)
  • Chariots of the Gods by Eric Von Daniken (01:05)
  • Librarians (00:17)
  • The Ruins of Earth by Thomas Disch (01:41)
  • Bullying (01:57)
  • Comet in Moominland by Tove Janssen (00:34)
  • The library (00:41)
  • Noumenon (fanzine) (00:25)
  • Discovering fannish community in NZ (00:17)
  • National Association of Science Fiction (00:51)
  • Aotereapa (03:01)
  • Phillip Mann (02:08)
  • Early New Zealand SF writing (01:03)
  • Leaving Dunedin (00:56)
  • Space Time Bucaneers (fanzine) by Ian Gunn (00:29)
  • Attending conventions (01:22)
  • Coming to Australia (00:53)
  • Nova Mob (03:57)
  • Galaxy Books and Bernard Brosnan (01:15)
  • The Square Root of Man by William Tenn (00:14)
  • Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty (00:21)
  • The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance (00:26)
  • The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem (00:14)
  • The Ballad of Beta Two & Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany (00:09)
  • The Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard (00:32)
  • Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (00:40)
  • Tales of the Arabian Nights by Richard Francis Burton (00:26)
  • Underground comics (00:57)
  • Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (00:44)
  • Conclusion (01:01)
  • Link to unabridged version of this interview on SoundCloud
• Windup (00:20)

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