On this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, spend a mercifully few brief minutes talking about kittens and stolen skeletons before diving straight into the two books which are up for discussion: The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing [9:00] and Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler [55:40].
If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:36:25 for final remarks, including some corrections regarding the Aurealis Awards as well as information for Patreon supporters about how to vote for the upcoming Patron's Choice episode.
Next month, Kirstyn and Ian will be looking at pair of novels which have spent a loooooong time on the New York Times Bestseller list:
Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!
Episode 67: Confessions | White Tears
Episode 66: The Fisherman | By Light We Knew Our Names
Episode 65: The Underground Railroad | Exit West
Episode 64: The City of Woven Streets | Maresi
Episode 63: Hurricane Heels | Lauriat
Episode 62: Nevernight | The Grief Hole
Episode 61: Crossroads of Canopy | The Swan Book
Episode 60: Lagoon | Rosewater
Episode 59: Jagannath | The Core of the Sun
Episode 58: Bødy | Ghost Summer: Stories
Episode 57: Get in Trouble | What is Not Yours is Not Yours
Episode 56: Experimental Film | Aickman's Heirs
Episode 55: Savage Season | The Pillow Friend
Episode 54: Quicksand House | A Head Full of Ghosts
Episode 53: All the Light We Cannot See | The Girl on the Train
Episode 51: In the Skin of a Monster | A Single Stone
Episode 50: The Writer and Critic Fab 50
Episode 49: 'Afro SF' and 'The Sea Is Ours'
Episode 48: 'House of Small Shadows' and 'Slade House'
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