This week Hugo and Nebula nominee Wole Talabi joins Jonathan and Gary for a wide-ranging discussion celebrating the publication of his wonderful first novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon and his Hugo Award-nominated novelette, "A Dream of Electric Mothers".
We discuss the recent worldwide recognition of African SFF, his use of Yoruba religion and mythology in his novel, the importance of movies (especially heist movies)to his work, the nature of Africanfuturism, his attraction to SF as a professional engineer, and his future plans—including a new volume of short fiction due next spring.
Episode 395: Ten Minutes with Christopher Rowe
Episode 394: Ten Minutes with Sofia Samatar
Episode 393: Ten Minutes with Charles Stross
Episode 392: Ten Minutes with Cory Doctorow
Episode 391: Ten Minutes with Martha Wells
Episode 390: Ten Minutes with Alastair Reynolds
Episode 389: Ten Minutes with Gwyneth Jones
Episode 388: Ten Minutes with Ian McDonald
Episode 387: Ten Minutes with Fran Wilde
Episode 386: Ten Minutes with Tade Thompson
Episode 385: Ten Minutes with Liz Williams
Episode 384: Ten Minutes with Lavie Tidhar
Episode 383: Ten Minutes with Angela Slatter
Episode 382: Ten Minutes with Alex Irvine
Episode 381: Ten Minutes with Tamsyn Muir
Episode 380: Ten Minutes with Andy Duncan
Episode 379: Ten Minutes with Ellen Klages
Episode 378: Ten Minutes with Garth Nix
Episode 377: Books in the Time of Coronavirus
Episode 376: Ten Minutes with Naomi Kritzer
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
50 Tastes Of Gray
Dear Alice | Interior Design
Spider-Man Crawlspace Podcast
The Story of Mankind
Frankenstein
The Magnus Archives
The Moth