Episode One Hundred and Six: Karen Thompson Walker

In This Episode:

Karen Thompson Walker drops in to dream a little dream with Christopher and Drew in the dreamy Damn Library to discuss her new novel, The Dreamers. They discuss outbreak fiction, writing about college, and what-if scenarios, as well as Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, which prompts a discussion of writing about sci-fi premises through non sci-fi means. And so much more!

The Ep. 106 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
Karen: The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson
Christopher: The Aviary Cocktail Book ed. by Micah Melton

ALSO MENTIONED:

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Inception (2010)
Outbreak (1995)
Blindness by Jose Saramago
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Spillover by David Quammen
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
The Fireman by Joe Hill
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Find Me by Laura van den Berg
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital by Lorrie Moore
Marlena by Julie Buntin
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Never Let Me Go (2010)

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew: Milkman by Anna Burns // The Make-Believe Association
Karen: The Oxford Very Short Introduction to… Series
Christopher: Severance by Ling Ma // Open Me by Lisa Locasico

The Damn Bar