Episode 453: Ten Minutes with Gregory Norman Bossert

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Gary is joined by award-winning author and ILM filmmaker Gregory Norman Bossert to talk about how the changes facing the movie industry may actually help new voices and new forms, the appeal of not-quite-classifiable stories of the New Weird and other contemporary movements, a new anthology in support of the nonprofit RAICES, podcasts and movies, and his own new short fiction. Short fiction mentioned includes: "The Night Soil Salvagers" by Gregory Norman Bossert (Tor.com, July) "Dear Boy" by Gregory Norman Bossert (Weird Fiction Review #10) "The Hearts of All" by Gregory Norman Bossert (Black Static #73) "Zima Blue" by Alastair Reynolds (and its TV adaptation on Love, Death, and Robots) Books mentioned include: The Unnamed Country by Jeffrey Thomas The Punktown series by Jeffrey Thomas The Troika by Stepan Chapman Vermilion Sands by J.G. Ballard Made to Order: Robots and Revolution by Jonathan Strahan, ed.,  Rambunctious by Rick Wilber Smoke Paper Mirrors by Anna Tambour The Finest Ass in the Universe by Anna Tambour The Well-Built City trilogy by Jeffrey Ford