178: Sequoia Nagamatsu (HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK) & Brenda Peynado's THE ROCK EATERS
In This Episode:
Sequoia Nagamatsu, author of How High We Go in the Dark steps into the Damn Library Pocket Universe and covers a lot of ground, both real and metaphysical. We get into why most pandemic novels don't focus on pandemics, how he put together some of the more wild chapters, and of course robot dogs. And then he brings out Brenda Peynado's The Rock Eaters, a collection of short stories that takes the figurative and makes it have weight - so of course Sequoia talks on what makes for a successful short story.
THE EP. 178 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Christopher - True Biz by Sara Noviç, Little Foxes Took up Matches by Katya Kazbek
Sequoia - The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa, a second telescope
ALSO MENTIONED:
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Severance by Ling Ma
Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler! by Olivia Koski & Jana Grcevich
Laserwriter II by Tamara Shopsin
“Five Characters in Search of an Exit” Twilight Zone
“Help for the Lovelorn” Felicity
Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
The work of George Saunders
The work of Kelly Link
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Christopher - Severance on Apple+ (dir. Ben Stiller), Jellyfish - Spilt Milk (1993)
Sequoia - Servant on Apple+ (dir. M Night Shyamalan, Reprieve by James Han Mattson
