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The Machine Was a Vampire
Episode 600
Published 4 years, 5 months ago
Description
In this six-hundredth episode of The Incomparable, recorded across two separate sessions, we talk about a whole bunch of novels—namely, our picks for the best SF/F novels of the first decade of The Incomparable, the 2010s! For our purposes, we’re designating the “decade” as 2010-2019. Along the way, we may ponder the most important question a reader should ask: Are there Zeppelins?
2010s book draft
Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Aleen Simms, Erika Ensign and David J. Loehr
Show Notes & Links
Round One:
- Scott - The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer
- Dan - The Rook - Daniel O’Malley
- Glenn - This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
- Jason - Among Others - Jo Walton
- Aleen - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
- Erika - A Closed and Common Orbit - Becky Chambers
- David - The Human Division - John Scalzi
Round Two:
- Scott - My Real Children - Jo Walton
- Dan - Caliban’s War - James S.A. Corey
- Glenn - The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstein
- Jason - 11/22/63 - Stephen King
- Aleen - The Calculating Stars - Mary Robinette Kowal
- Erika - The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
- David - The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djeli Clark
Round Three:
- Scott - Luna: New Moon - Ian McDonald
- Dan - Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
- Glenn - The Magician’s Land - Lev Grossman
- Jason - A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine
- Aleen - The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin
- Erika - Borderline - Mishell Baker
- David - The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi
Round Four:
- Scott - Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
- Dan - Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance - Lois McMaster Bujold
- Glenn - The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker
- Jason - Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
- Aleen - Strange Practice - Vivian Shaw
- Erika - Libriomancer - Jim C. Hines
- David - Day of the Doctor - Steven Moffat
Round Five:
- Scott - New York 2140 - Kim Stanley Robinson
- Dan - City of Miracles - Robert Jackson Bennett
- Glenn - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N.K. Jemisin
- Jason - Gnomon - Nick Harkaway
- Aleen - Hollow Kingdom - Kyra Jane Buxton
- Erika - Delia’s Shadow - Jamie Lee Moyer
- David - Noir - Christopher Moore
Also Mentioned/Not Picked (Compiled by Listener AJ):
Glenn:
- Uprooted - Naomi Novik (also Jason, Erika)
- Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
- How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe - Charles Yu
- Exhalation: Stories (including The Lifecycle of Software Objects) - Ted Chiang
Scott:
- Ninefox Gambit - Yoon Ha Lee
- Barsk - Lawrence M. Schoen (also Jason)
- Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
- Three Parts Dead - Max Gladstone
Dan:
- Gideon the Ninth (but not so much Harrow the Ninth) - Tamsyn Muir
- The Martian - Andy We
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