In the first of hopefully many Subgenre Spotlights, Bob Morrell joins me for a discussion on Pandemic Fiction. Who doesn’t want to think about pandemics?
Trigger warning for anyone who isn’t ready to talk about pandemics. Here we focus mostly on COVID-19 but also there’s substantial discussion of AIDS, so be warned.
Links & Notes:
Bob’s links:
https://twitter.com/wallet55
https://mastodon.social/@wallet55@toot.site
Mentioned in the podcast:
Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis (two pandemics in one!)
How High We Go in the Dark, by Sequoia Nagamatsu
The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton
World War Z, by Max Brooks
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart
Odd Billy Todd, by N.C. Reed
The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal, by Felix Salmon
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
Lock In, by John Scalzi
Outbreak (movie) – as a bad very Hollywood example of pandemic fiction
Contagion (movie) – a good example from Hollywood
The Last of Us (series)
I was quite surprised that neither of you mentioned the 2020 Nebula Award winner for Best Novel – A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598452/a-song-for-a-new-day-by-sarah-pinsker/
Interesting podcast otherwise. Listening for the Hugo Awards voting.
Thanks for checking out the podcast! And great recommendation. I’ll add it to the ever-growing list!