Episode 013 - Spies and Espionage
09/20/16 • 68 min
This episode we take on books about Spies and Espionage, which meant extra painful reading for Anna. We tackle topics like how to pronounce John Le Carré’s name, if the Cold War is necessary for the spy-espionage genre, how to use Novelist to read diversely, whether we need a “Badass Women” subject heading, if spy novels are fundamentally boring, what to do when authors don’t write their own books, and if it ever hurts to call officers “dude”.
Your Hosts This Episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Amanda Wanner
Recommended
- Clementine by Cherie Priest
- Your Republic is Calling You by Young-Ha Kim, translated by Chi-Young Kim
- Cowboy Angels by Paul McAuley
- League of Unexceptional Children by Gitty Daneshvari (Middle Grade)
- The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
- The Bletchley Girls by Tessa Dunlop (Non-Fiction)
- Women Heroes of World War II by Kathryn J. Atwood (Non-Fiction)
- Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger (YA on the younger side)
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (try the audiobook - it’s good)
- Corporate Spies: the Pizza Plot (article)
Read
- By Tess Gerritsen:
- Spy School by Stuart Gibbs (Middle Grade)
- Harriet Spies Again by Helen Ericson and maybe Louise Fitzhugh (Middle Grade)
- From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
- Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Did Not Finish
- The Agency by Y. S. Lee
- Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (We can totally see why people like this one; it’s just not for Anna)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
Also read, not mentioned:
- Octopussy and the Living Daylights by Ian Fleming
- The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra (Recommended)
- Super Spy, and The Lost Dossiers by Matt Kindt (Comic)
- 2 Sisters by Matt Kindt (Comic)
This episode we take on books about Spies and Espionage, which meant extra painful reading for Anna. We tackle topics like how to pronounce John Le Carré’s name, if the Cold War is necessary for the spy-espionage genre, how to use Novelist to read diversely, whether we need a “Badass Women” subject heading, if spy novels are fundamentally boring, what to do when authors don’t write their own books, and if it ever hurts to call officers “dude”.
Your Hosts This Episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Amanda Wanner
Recommended
- Clementine by Cherie Priest
- Your Republic is Calling You by Young-Ha Kim, translated by Chi-Young Kim
- Cowboy Angels by Paul McAuley
- League of Unexceptional Children by Gitty Daneshvari (Middle Grade)
- The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
- The Bletchley Girls by Tessa Dunlop (Non-Fiction)
- Women Heroes of World War II by Kathryn J. Atwood (Non-Fiction)
- Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger (YA on the younger side)
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (try the audiobook - it’s good)
- Corporate Spies: the Pizza Plot (article)
Read
- By Tess Gerritsen:
- Spy School by Stuart Gibbs (Middle Grade)
- Harriet Spies Again by Helen Ericson and maybe Louise Fitzhugh (Middle Grade)
- From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
- Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Did Not Finish
- The Agency by Y. S. Lee
- Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (We can totally see why people like this one; it’s just not for Anna)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
Also read, not mentioned:
- Octopussy and the Living Daylights by Ian Fleming
- The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra (Recommended)
- Super Spy, and The Lost Dossiers by Matt Kindt (Comic)
- 2 Sisters by Matt Kindt (Comic)
Previous Episode
Episode 012 - Zines
Our “genre” this month (Zines!) is one that is close to our hearts. We discuss our extensive and not so extensive backgrounds in zine reading and creation, what distinguishes zines from other self-publishing efforts, how Matthew is a big cheater, whether the motivations behind writing zines is different from reading zines, when Amanda and Meghan used to be twins, the best time of day to make a zine, perzines, artzines, wordless zines, and Kirk/Spock fan fiction.
Your Hosts This Episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Amanda Wanner
Zines Read (in order of appearance):
- Never Finish Grad School
- Skillshot
- Taking the Lane #1, #2, #9 by Elly Blue
- Culinary Cyclist (zine?!)
- Fix your clothes by Raleigh Briggs
- Fashion (We couldn’t find it in the catalogue!)
- Great Chicken Escape by Nikki McClure
- Eggheads by Rick Quemado
- Puddles of Cute by Leda Zawacki
- Samurai Dreams #6
- Velo Vixen #1, #2 by Rachel Krause
- Long Distance #1 by Sassy Fran Circus
- Dropping out for Students by Cavegirl
- He/Her/Him Free/Frer/Frim by Adrian Prawns Sinclair, Sylvie LS, Jewels Generic
- The Jaded Review
- Astronaut and Alien by Jen Deberux
- Fluffah by Kelsey Smith
- A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation #1, #3, #6 by Joshua Chapman (aka Zachary)
- Peach Melba
Links:
- “Fa[n]zines by Teal Triggs and why you should not buy the book”
- The Copy Scams (music about making zines)
- Best Game Over (a card game about zines!)
- Meghan’s youtube video about making a zine
- Xtra Tuff (zine about fishing in Alaska)
- Zine Librarian Facebook Group
- Digitizing zines debate
- Kirk/Spock
- Interview with the creator of A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Software tools
Places and Events
- The Anchor Archive Zine Library
- The Independent Publishing Resource Center
- Vancouver Public Library's Zine Collection
- Vancouver Comics Arts Festival
- Olympia Zine Fest
- The Zine Pavilion at ALA
Matthew’s zine things
Next Episode
Episode 014 - Historical Fantasy
This episode we tackle a fantasy genre for the first time and once again ponder the question “How much history do you really want in your historical [genre]?” We encounter a lot of ghosts and westerns, but not nearly enough luchadores, wonder how steampunk fits into Historical Fantasy, and discuss the importance of research, the appeal of setting, and how authentic we should expect historical fiction to be in regards to race and gender. Plus: We say goodbye to Amanda :’(
Your Hosts This Episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray
Recommended
- Hellboy in Mexico by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Comic) (Recommended)
- Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
- The Girl With Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson
- Vermilion by Molly Tanzer
- The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
- His Majesty’s Dragon - Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik
- The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Read
- The Bone Collector’s Son by Paul Yee
- The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
- The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
- The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
- New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear
Did Not Finish
Other Books and Comics by order of mention:
- The SEA is Ours: Tales from Steampunk Southeast Asia (Recommended)
- John Carter by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
- The Sixth Gun by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurt
- The entire Hellboy universe by Mike Mignola and others (Recommended)
- Wise Child by Monica Furlong (Middle Grade) (Recommended)
- The Beetle by Richard Marsh
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Recommended)
- Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear (steampunk via science, no magic)
- The Professor’s Daughter by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert (Recommended)
- Obsidian and Blood by Aliette de Bodard (Recommended)
- The Others by Anne Bishop (Recommended—not historical at all, just really good contemporary pseudo-urban fantasy)
- The Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
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