@garykwolfe.bsky.social
Critic, obsolete academic
Check out @garykwolfe’s review of THE OUTSPOKEN AND THE INCENDIARY by Terry Bisson: “I came away feeling as though I’d just staggered home from a great party with some of our smartest and most committed writers.”
12.12.2025 02:00 — 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0700 episodes seems like a lot (and we'll talk about it on the podcast soon), but glad to celebrate it with an old friend like Nnedi.
12.12.2025 03:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 11
Jonathan chats with James Bradley about what he's been reading, what he'd recommend and what he's working on right now.
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The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 10
Jonathan chats with Emily Tesh about what she's beenb reading, her podcast Eight Days of Dianna Wynne Jones, The Incandescent, and what's next!
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The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 9
Jonathan & Gary talk to Paul McAuley about what he's been reading, what he'd recommend, and what he has coming up!
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This was a delightful chat, and it always fascinates me to hear what books folks have been reading, and what's coming up.
08.12.2025 21:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 7
Jonathan talks to BSFA Award winner Aliya Whitely about what she's been reading, would recommend and has coming up.
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Always glad to chat with Nancy!
06.12.2025 05:21 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 5
Gary and Jonathan chat with Adrian Tchaikovsky about what he's been reading, what he has coming out, and what he'd recommend for the holidays.
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Explore @garykwolfe’s review of SNAKE-EATER by @tkingfisher.com: “its detailed and at times gritty depiction of a real community in a real environment might just make it more affecting.”
05.12.2025 02:00 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 4 - Martha Wells
Martha Wells joins Gary and Jonathan to discuss favourite books, seasonal favourites and what she's been working on.
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The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 3 - China Mieville
Today we sit down to talk to China Mieville about what he's been reading, what he enjoys at this time of the year, and what he has coming up.
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It's been only a few years since we lost Patricia, and this is a good way of reminding ourselves just how important she was.
28.11.2025 03:46 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Check out as @garykwolfe reviews THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025 edited by @nnedi.bsky.social & @johnjosephadams.com
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“If NOT WHAT I INTENDED is any indication, that series is still in good hands.” @garykwolfe reviews new work from @nancykress
06.11.2025 02:00 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0I also just chatted about your work on a panel at World Fantasy here in Brighton!
31.10.2025 18:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
“SPACE SHIPS! RAY GUNS! MARTIAN OCTOPODS! has something of the feel of an archeological dig... for those interested in the granular details of writers who did, in fact, shape much of modern SF” @garykwolfe reviews work edited by Richard Wolinsky
29.10.2025 01:00 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Kemi's one of the most promising younger writers, I think--and she knows a lot about the Permian extinction, as well.
19.10.2025 16:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Check out @garykwolfe’s review of MAKING HISTORY by K.J. Parker: “we’re left enjoying another fine example Parker’s deep sense of irony and chronically untrustworthy characters.”
17.10.2025 01:00 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Alix takes some risks with this one, and as usual it pays off beautifully.
11.10.2025 04:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A great chat with the always insightful Ken Liu.
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“That rare balance of wit and genuine dread has become one of Kingfisher’s most distinctive trademarks, and HEMLOCK & SILVER is another fine example of what her devoted horde of followers cherish in her work.” @garykwolfe reviews new work from @UrsulaV
16.09.2025 01:00 — 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0I think we were both missing Quinn, even though it had been years since either of us chatted with her.
07.09.2025 22:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Despite its apparently cozy trappings, this one also has political teeth, set in a future San Francisco newly liberated from--well, wait and see.
30.08.2025 02:26 — 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
"Lessons in Magic and Disaster is a convincing novel of character long before the spells even begin to kick in. At the same time, Anders’s voice is not without a bracing sense of anger... her most mature and personal novel to date, as well as her finest." -- Gary K. Wolfe, Locus Magazine
And finally! I saw the print version of @locusmag.bsky.social's wonderful review of Lessons (by the always fantastic @garykwolfe.bsky.social) a while ago, but now it's online and worth reading. It's so thoughtful and erudite:
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Back in the saddle.
24.08.2025 03:35 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pretty much my reaction as well, and I may not continue with it. Hawley's strength is quirky and morally compromised characters, but these seem drawn entirely from the Alien playbook.
23.08.2025 21:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Outspoken & Incendiary
Outspoken & Incendiary
The Outspoken & Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Science Fiction Writers @nisishawl.bsky.social @eileengunn.bsky.social @garykwolfe.bsky.social
15.08.2025 17:40 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1Coode Street 683: China Mieville joins Gary Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan to discuss Perdido Street Station and 25 Years of Bas Lag
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“A rich combination of dream vision, acerbic satire, intellectual playfulness, and human drama, KATABASIS should more than satisfy...” @garykwolfe reviews new work from R.F. Kuang locusmag.com/2025/08...
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