A Meal of Thorns 01 – THE SCAR with Dan Hartland

For the very first episode, host Jake Casella Brookins talks to Dan Hartland, critic and reviews editor, about China Miéville's novel THE SCAR, the genre of the New Weird, and many related works and ideas. Notes, Links, and Transcript Credits:Guest: Dan HartlandTitle: The Scar by China MiévilleMusic by Giselle Gabrielle GarciaArtwork by Rob PattersonOpening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughLinks & works referenced:Strange Horizons reviewsDan’s Snap! Criticism seriesCahokia Jazz by Francis SpuffordDan’s review of Cahokia Jazz at Strange HorizonsHim by Geoff RymanThe Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia SamatarCasella’s review of PHC at the Chicago Review of BooksThe West Passage by Jared PechačekPerdido Street Station and Iron Council by China MiévilleEmbassytown and The City and the City by China MiévillePirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber“Epic Pooh” by Michael Moorcock (pdf)“The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane (pdf)The Year of Our War by Steph SwainstonJustina RobsonThe Wall by Gautam BhatiaThe Etched City by K.J. Bishop“Infernal Transmutation: Remembering K.J. Bishop’s The Etched City” by J.R. Bolt @ TypebarRobert Jordan’s Wheel of Time seriesTerry Brooks’ Shannara seriesUrsula Le Guin’s fantasyKelly LinkCarmen Maria MachadoGraham Harman’s idea of overminingCormac McCarthyThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max GladstoneCasella’s bit about baseline genre familiarity in his ARB essay on TIHYLTTW.The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra ChandrasekeraChristopher PriestContactRSS feed | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | +lots of other platforms (let us know if it’s not on your favorite)You can follow A Meal of Thorns on Twitter and Bluesky.Email us at [email protected] the Show!You can support the podcast (and the Ancillary Review of Books) by joining our Patreon. For $5 and up, you get access to ARB’s exclusive monthly newsletter, our Discord community, and more to come.Interested in purchasing a book we mentioned on the show? Check the show notes for Bookshop links; we get a cut if you buy them through our Bookshop!It seems small, but it really does help: like and share our posts! Leave a comment or review wherever you find us. The internet’s kind of broken, but that kind of thing really does help people hear about the work we’re doing.