The Coode Street Podcast

This week, we are joined by distinguished critics Niall Harrison, late of Strange Horizons, and Liz Bourke, whose latest collection of reviews and essays is Sleeping With Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Aqueduct), to discuss the debut novels of 2017 that we’re all excited or curious about. Here are some of the titles that come up in the discussion: Annalee Newitz, Autonomous Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter Karin Tidbeck, Amatka Robyn Bennis, The Guns Above Lara Elena Donnelly, Amberlough Ruthanna Emrys, Winter Tide Cat Sparks, Lotus Blue Nicky Drayden, The Prey of Gods Marek Sindelka, Aberrant Prayaag Akbar, Leila Rivers Solomon, An Unkindness of Ghosts Megan Hunter, The End We Start From Mohsin Hamid, Exit West Christopher Brown, Tropic of Kansas Sam Miller, The Art of Starving N.J. Campbell, Found Audio There's a long list of debuts with links to reviews and ordering here.  Here are specific recommendations and shout-outs from L