Hello, and welcome to season five (5) of Tales from the Trunk, where it’s my distinct pleasure to welcome Dr. Malka Older to the show to talk about her brand new novel, The Mimicking of Known Successes, out in just a few days on March 7th, 2023 from Tor dot com publishing! Malka reads us a couple of excerpts from the book, and then we geek out about putting puns in books because we can!
Things mentioned in this episode:
Infomocracy, by Malka Older
Tor.com Publishing
Brent Lambert
NaNoWriMo
Juliet Kemp’s episode
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles, by Malka Older
The Archive Undying, by Emma Mieko Candon
C.L. Polk’s recent book tour
Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk
Malka and Cee’s event, March 9th, 3:00 pm Pacific at Loyalty Bookstore
“Narrative Disorder,” by Malka Older
…and Other Disasters, by Malka Older
Daniel Jose Older
Meru, by S.B. Divya
The Terraformers, by Annalee Newitz
A Scatter of Light, by Melinda Lo
Malka’s mastodon, insta, and tumblr
Join us again in two weeks, when I’ll be talking with Suzan Palumbo!
Book Tour 39: Victor Manibo – Escape Velocity
Episode 60: Ivy Fox – Strapped
Book Tour 38: John Wiswell – Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Episode 59: Laura Blackwell – "Poor Prisoners"
Book Tour 37: A.D. Sui – The Dragonfly Gambit
Book Tour 36: Jo Miles – Ravenous State
Book Tour 35: Premee Mohamed – The Butcher of the Forest
2023 Awards Eligibility Roundup
Book Tour 34: Juliet Kemp – Song, Stone, Scale, Bone
Episode 58: Josh Storey – The Wolf That Waits at the End of All Things
Episode 57: Sean Markey – The Deadlands
Book Tour 33: Martha Wells – System Collapse
Episode 56: Best of the Trunk – Episode 37 with Lillian Boyd
Book Tour 32: Caitlin Starling – Last to Leave the Room
Episode 55: Celebrating One Hundred Trunkcasts with Sarah Gailey
Book Tour 31: Sarah Hollowell – What Stalks Among Us
Episode 54: Jessica Mary Best – Third Wheel
Book Tour 30: Aimee Ogden – Emergent Properties
Episode 53: Lor Gislason – ”My Body, My Body, and Me”
Book Tour 29: Chuck Tingle – Camp Damascus
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