The Incomparable Mothership
#603
February 25, 2022
Book Club: “A Desolation Called Peace” and “Witness for the Dead”
Book Club: “A Desolation Called Peace” and “Witness for the Dead”
Witness for the Airship
This episode features a book with fantasy zombies and a book with alien hive minds. Talk about range! Our Book Club reconvenes to discuss the fantasy mystery “Witness for the Dead,” a standalone book set in the world of “The Goblin Emperor”, and “A Desolation Called Peace,” the conclusion of the duology begun in the award-winning “A Memory Called Empire.” Plus: What are we reading?
Listen to this episode (1 hour, 21 minutes)
Show Notes
What are we reading?
Scott:
- A Practical Guide to Conquering the World - KJ Parker
- Jade Legacy - Fonda Lee
- Light From Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki
Erika:
- Across the Green Grass Fields - Seanan Maguire
- City of Stairs - Robert Jackson Bennett
Glenn:
- Palatino: The Natural History of a Typeface - Robert Bringhurst
- Index, A History of the - Dennis Duncan
- The Glass Key - Dashiell Hammett
Dan
- The Liar’s Knot (Rook and Rose) - M.A. Carrick
- Braking Day - Adam Oyebanji
- The Steerswoman - Rosemary Kirstein
Jason:
- A Master of Djinn - P. Djeli Clark
- The Last Graduate - Naomi Novik
- The Shattered Skies - John Birmingham
- Family Trade / Merchant Princes series - Charles Stross
Time codes for skippers:
00:32:35 - Discussion for “A Desolation Called Peace”
00:58:54 - “What Are we Reading?”
