This time around, I’m delighted to welcome back to the show Megan E. O’Keefe (@MeganEOKeefe) to talk about her brand new book, The Blighted Stars, out May 23rd from Orbit Books! In between saying “spaceship books” a lot, we talk about some things that got left out for the betterment of the book, some beloved tropes, and what else you can look forward to from Megan!
Things we mention in this episode:
Megan’s previous episode
Val’s last episode
K.B. Wagers’ last episode
Jaime Jones’ cover
The Archive Undying, by Emma Mieko Candon
Friends at the Table (of course)
The Imperial Radch Trilogy, by Ann Leckie
Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee
Velocity Weapon, by Megan E. O’Keefe
The Scorched Continent Trilogy, by Megan E. O’Keefe
The First Omega, by Megan E. O’Keefe
Cormac McCarthy
Philip K. Dick
Terry Pratchett
Final Fantasy XIV
The Bone Shard Daughter, by Andrea Stewart
Megan’s website, insta, twitch, and github
State machines
Pico air monitor
Micropython
Purple Air Dev
Ludum Dare
Johnny 5
Seek the Light, on Megan’s itch
Book Tour 29: Chuck Tingle – Camp Damascus
Episode 52: Foz Meadows – ”Blood Penance”
Book Tour 28: Emma Mieko Candon – The Archive Undying
Episode 51: Dee Holloway – River’s End
Episode 50: Brandon O’Brien – ”Content is Cuisine”
Book Tour 26: Ladz – Ice Upon a Pier
Episode 49: Suzan Palumbo – ”Fricatives”
Book Tour 25: Malka Older – The Mimicking of Known Successes
Episode 48: Aimee Ogden – Starstruck
Book Tour 24: C.L. Polk – Even Though I Knew The End
Episode 47: Juliet Kemp – Between Stars, Between Minds
2022 Awards Eligibility Roundup
Book Tour 23: Annalee Newitz – The Terraformers
Episode 46: C.L. Clark – The Bitch of Maradon
Episode 45: R.J. Theodore – Flotsam
Book Tour 22: Jordan Kurella – When I Was Lost
Episode 44: Héctor González – v o i d j u n k
Book Tour 21: Aidan Moher – Fight, Magic, Items
Episode 43: Aimee Kuzenski – Tilted
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