Episode 54: Hidden in the Shadows
Episode 54—Hidden in the Shadows
Science fiction writer Scott Pearson and cohost Ella Pearson interview Jaine Fenn, winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Short Fiction in 2016. Jaine tells us about her geek origins, how she got into writing, and her stories and books, including her new novel Broken Shadow, the second of her two-part Shadowlands series.
Segments
Intro :28
Life in Devonshire 1:29
Getting Geeky on the Telly 2:14
Finding Tie-In Fiction 4:10
A Storyteller’s Beginnings 7:25
Discovering Le Guin 8:35
The Linguistic Astronomer 10:20
Sidebar: Tolkien’s Granddaughter 10:44
Geeks at University 11:31
Linguistics in Writing 11:59
Astronomy and Maths 13:08
Generations Geek and Tolkien 14:26
Genre Writing as a Career 15:18
Role-Playing Games 17:43
Learning and Teaching Writing 19:00
Short Stories 19:39
Beginning Novels 21:29
The Hidden Empire Series 22:37
The Shadowlands Duology 25:19
Worldbuilding the Shadowlands 29:14
Language in the Shadowlands 33:48
Patriarchy and Class in Hidden Sun 38:57
The Ending of Hidden Sun 41:16
Sidebar: Living in the Past 42:00
Broken Shadow 48:45
Making the Reader Work 49:36
Playing Text Games 50:59
Writers and Synchronicity 51:56
What’s Next…Can’t Say 53:05
Star Trek: Discovery 53:57
Current Reading and Viewing:
The Corporation Wars 56:55
The Kingdoms of Elfin 57:27
The Good Place 58:40
The Expanse 59:55
Language in the Expanse and Sci-Fi 1:02:20
Star Trek, Canon, and Other Sci-Fi Shows 1:04:13
