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Episode 73—Speculation on the Speculative

Print Run Podcast
Print Run Podcast
Episode • Jun 19, 2018 • 50m
This week’s show takes a look at the subtle differences between categories like literary science fiction/fantasy and speculative fiction, first in terms of craft and then in terms of selling category. What we find is that those two spheres are separate: the way an author envisions their own work often doesn’t line up with how it’s sold. So what makes a story with speculative or otherworldly elements “literary” or “SFF,” and how does that affect its writing, its readers, and the way it’s pitched and sold?

(Also we talk about the MPR Raccoon, who is not the hero we deserve but the hero we need.)

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