142: Lindsay Ellis (AXIOM'S END) & Orson Scott Card's SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD

In This Episode:

Lindsay Ellis zooms on in to the Damn Library with her recently-NYT-best-selling Axiom's End! We talk ~around~ the plot of her novel, the joys of writing about 2007, who would be allowed to adapt it as a musical, and more. Plus, we talk about the second book in Orson Scott Card's Ender Saga and how sometimes you have to write a first book before you can get to the second.

The Ep. 142 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Lindsay: Network Effect by Martha Wells // Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Christopher: Antkind by Charlie Kaufman // Natural History by Carlos Fonseca, trans. by Megan McDowell
Drew: Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi // two from TOR Essentials (Among Others by Jo Walton & Blindsight by Peter Watts)

ALSO MENTIONED:

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Arrival (2016, directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heisserer)
”Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang
The Shape of Water (2017, directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry)
Invader Zim (2001 - 2006)
Stranger Things (2016 - present)
Awoken by Serra Elinsen
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Insurrections by Rion Amilcar Scott

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Lindsay: Lilith’s Brood by Octavia E. Butler // Spinning Silver by Rion Amilcar Scott
Drew: The World Doesn’t Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott
Christopher: Heart of Junk by Luke Geddes

The Damn Bar