Critical Friends Episode 27: Pop Fiction

In this episode of Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, A. J Odasso and Electra Pritchett join Dan Hartland to talk about popular fiction. Science fiction and fantasy has a long and complex relationship with questions of popular culture. Where does this stand today?So often ignored or derided by so-called higher culture, how should critics approach it? And where should we situate it in our readings?A. J.'s review of The Vampire LestatElectra's review of The Icarus Coda by Timothy Zahn