Bookbabble Episode 46: Swordplay with Swordskill – Chit-chat with Crystal Koo
Bookbabble Episode 46: Swordplay with Swordskill – Chit-chat with Crystal Koo
Recorded 21 Sept 2009
Babblers: Renee, Lone, Marcel, Donny with guests Gabriele Breder and Crystal Koo
Synopsis:
This week the group welcomes short story author Crystal Koo, joining us from Hongkong, while surprise guest Gabriele calls in from Frankfurt in this very interesting episode. Crystal, Gabriele and the gang talk short fiction, and have Crystal field most of them, considering that she’s a published short fiction author. Crystal reveals the subject of her undergrad thesis, and we get to talk a little about it too. True to Bookbabble fashion, there are plenty of other things that gets into the mix as well, including, but not limited to, hellish office moves, Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol, Oktoberfest (which begins in September) and cute puppies.
Note: I was kidding about the cute puppies, but who knows, really?
Show Length: 1:38:28 mins
Check out Crystal Koo online:
Authors Mentioned
- The Body, Hanif Kureshi
- Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureshi
- Peter Carey
- Ray Bradbury
- Ernest Hemingway
- Kurt Vonnegut
- David Mitchell
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- G. K. Chesterton
- Dorothy Parker
- Oscar Wilde
- Henry James
- Peter Høeg
- JRR Tolkien
- China Mieville (Shigekuni’s take on Mieville)
- Louis Cha/Jin Yong
Links
- Dan Brown’s 20 Worst Sentences
- Shigekuni’s Review of The Brooklyn Follies
- Ringcon – the Fantasy Convention
- Rocket Kapre
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