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Subplots, comedies, and scifi relationships, oh my! Andrea Phillips joins us for a discussion about science fiction, romance, and her new novel, Revision. We talk about why romance gets a bad rap, some excellent starting points for the interested reader, and much more!
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Here’s the episode (show notes are below):
Show Notes:
- Andrea’s Website
- Andrea’s Twitter
- Revision by Andrea Phillips!
- Works and Essays:
- “Romance and Science Fiction, Sittin’ in a Tree…” by Heather Massey
- “It’s 2015 and One Publisher is Still Trying to Dumb Down Sci-Fi Romance” by Heather Massey
- Sharon Shinn Angel Series (recommended by Andrea)
- Month of Sundays by Yolanda Wallace (lesbian romance Mike recommends)
- Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan (entertaining and insightful history of romance genre recommended by Julia)
- Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Action and Romance together in one! Andrea Recommends)
- Romantic comedy vs. Chick lit
- Bridget Jones’s Diary (Both)
- Sophie Kinsella (more of chick lit, sometimes clearly romance, but not always)
- Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes (Recced by Andrea as chick lit, very hard, not romance)
- Maeve Binchy
- Questionable Content (Mike recs as relationship based SF)
- Ferrett Steinmetz writes about his reaction to reading Twilight
- On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn (challenges instalove, recommended by Julia)
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein (brought up by Andrea, in the context of group/line marriage)
- “Jump Space” by Mary Anne Mohanraj in How to Live on Other Planets (A story featuring a group marriage recommended by Shaun)
- “I’m Alive, Love you, I’ll See You in Reno” by Vylar Kaftan (Nebula-nominated short story about love and FTL travel)
- Mass Effect (Video game series with romantic plot lines and non-straight characters)
- Her (Movie about man falling in love with Siri-style AI)
- Heather Massey
- Sci-Fi Romance Anthologies: Free of the Ghetto at Last (Article on Tor.com by Heather Massey)
- SFR Galaxy Awards (specifically for science fiction romance)
- PJ Schnyder
- Bookriot (A site for reviews, articles, recommendations)
- Promises, Promises by L-J Baker (A comedy fantasy lesbian romance, recommended by Julia)
Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0).
That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
