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Aug 13, 2015 59 min

Episode Thirteen: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

from Portable Magic

This episode, we take a hopefully-not-too-grim look at the genre of post-apocalyptic fiction. Emily wonders why the genre attracts so many hyper-masculine writers and Kyle talks about one of his favorite and one of his least favorite novels. No spoilers to speak of in this episode. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 – 9:00: What We're Reading 9:00 – 1:00:00: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction What Emily's Reading: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison The Incorruptables by John Horner Jacobs What Kyle's Reading: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Other Works Mentioned: "Sleep Donation" by Karen Russell "Black Moon" by Kenneth Calhoun The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Road by Cormac McCarthy Farnham's Freehold by Robert Heinlein A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller, Jr. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel California by Edan Lepucky The Stand by Stephen King "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury Buying books at Powell's by using these affiliate links helps support the show! Do you love or hate to read about the end of the world? Email the show at [email protected] or tweet us @PortableMagicPC!

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