Ellen Kushner Opens the Way to Bordertown in Episode 37 of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

Ellen Kushner , phantasy author and radio receiver personality , joins us to discuss the Borderland shared - world anthology serial and whether or not your cell telephone set will work on the fringe of Faerie .

Art from the Bordertown anthology by Steve Stone .

Geek ’s scout to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley .

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This episode includes :

Part 1 : question with Ellen Kushner ( 1:26 )

Topics covered : The origins of Bordertown , the impact of Bordertown , plow with our quickly changing world , keep the details uniform , poesy and music , rooter participation , collaboration , writing LGBT character , change in the fantasy airfield , audio projection , funding public radio , the Interstitial Arts foundation

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Part 2 : Dave and John Discuss Anti - Fantasy Bias ( 34:24 )

issue cover : People who “ do n’t register that stuff , ” exchangeable prejudices , English prof , Game of Thrones vs. Rome , Shakespeare , “ writing style fiction ” and “ realistic fiction , ” religion & mythology , escape , bias within the fantasy field , implausible premises and sound question , elf intolerance , moral ambiguity , the “ farmboy defeats the Dark Lord ” trope , Dragonlance , boys not reading , the benefits of mental flexibility and heroic theatrical role models

Thanks for listening !

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David Barr Kirtleyhas published fiction in magazines such as Realms of Fantasy , Weird Tales , Lightspeed , Intergalactic Medicine Show , On Spec , and Cicada , and in anthologies such as New Voices in Science Fiction , Fantasy : The good of the Year , and The Dragon Done It . latterly he ’s contributed chronicle to several of John ’s anthologies , including The Living Dead , The Living Dead 2 , and The means of the Wizard . He ’s attended legion writing workshops , including Clarion , Odyssey , Viable Paradise , James Gunn ’s Center for the Study of Science Fiction , and Orson Scott Card ’s Writers Bootcamp , and he holds an MFA in screenwriting and fiction from the University of Southern California . He also teaches regularly at Alpha , a Pittsburgh - area science fable shop for young author . He live on in New York .

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