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May 5, 2023 31 mins

This time around, I’m delighted to welcome back to the show Megan E. O’Keefe (@MeganEOKeefe) to talk about her brand new book, The Blighted Stars, out May 23rd from Orbit Books! In between saying “spaceship books” a lot, we talk about some things that got left out for the betterment of the book, some beloved tropes, and what else you can look forward to from Megan!

 

Things we mention in this episode:

 

Megan’s previous episode

Val’s last episode

K.B. Wagers’ last episode

Jaime Jones’ cover

The Archive Undying, by Emma Mieko Candon

Friends at the Table (of course)

The Imperial Radch Trilogy, by Ann Leckie

Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee

Velocity Weapon, by Megan E. O’Keefe

The Scorched Continent Trilogy, by Megan E. O’Keefe

The First Omega, by Megan E. O’Keefe

Cormac McCarthy

Philip K. Dick

Terry Pratchett

Final Fantasy XIV

The Bone Shard Daughter, by Andrea Stewart

Megan’s website, insta, twitch, and github 

State machines

Pico air monitor

Micropython

Purple Air Dev

Ludum Dare

Johnny 5

Seek the Light, on Megan’s itch

 

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