The Moon and the Sun, by Vonda McIntyre (feat. Sarah Elkins)

Hugos There Podcast

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Seth is joined by Sarah Elkins to discuss the 1998 Nebula Award winner for Best Novel, The Moon and the Sun, by Vonda McIntyre. Just a more or less typical episode.

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Time Codes:

Start – 2:26	Intro and a quick primer on the Nebulas
2:27 – 7:45	“Why this book?”
7:46 – 22:17	Plot summary, spoiler-lite discussion
22:18 – end	Spoiler discussion

Sarah’s links:

https://twitter.com/configures
https://penguicon.social/web/@Configures

Notes & Mentions:

Comps:

*The Structures of Scientific Revolution* by Thomas Kuhn (paradigm shifts) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions
*Forty Thousand in Gehenna* by C.J. Cherryh (science and bias) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Thousand_in_Gehenna
*A Memory Called Empire* by Arkady Martine (newbies at cutthroat court, detailed history & machinations, aging monarch) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Memory_Called_Empire
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin (what do you do when living in a corrupt society) — published 50 years ago! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas
*Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead* by Olga Tokarczuk who was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature two months after the novel’s US release (what do you do when living in a corrupt society) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_Your_Plow_Over_the_Bones_of_the_Dead