Bookbabble Episode 81: World Cup Babble
Bookbabble Episode 81: World Cup Babble
Recorded 7 July 2014
Synopsis: Bjorn, Marcel and Donny get together for a World Cup chat, a repeat of something the 3 of them did exactly 4 years ago. Besides spending half the podcast talking about the games leading up to the semi-finals, the gang also manages to pick books from each of the 4 semi-finalists: Brazil, Germany, Netherlands and Argentina. The picks would surprise you.
Sports Links
- Gary Neville on Diving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXMehv29jZw
- Lance Stephenson blowing in Lebron’s ear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPzQx0jP8Yg
The German Team
- Uwe Timm, “Die Entdeckung der Currywurst” (translated into English by Leila Vennewitz as “The Invention of Curried Sausage”)
- Uwe Timm, “Morenga” (translated into English by Breon Mitchell)
- Dishonorable mention: Gerhard Seyfried’s bestselling novels about colonialist Germany
The Brazilian Team
- Clarice Lispector, “The Stream of Life”
- Carmen L. Oliveira, “Rare and commonplace flowers – the story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares”
- Elizabeth Bishop, “Questions of Travel”
The Argentinian Team
- Julio Cortazar, “Hopscotch”
- Borges
- Nathan Englander, “The Ministry of Special Cases”
- German Kratochwil, “Das Scherbengericht”
The Dutch Team
- Hugo Claus, “The Sorrow of Belgium” (not actually Dutch)
- Maarten t’Hart – “Het psalmenoproer”
- Harry Mulisch – The Assault
Bonus: The Spanish Team
- Alberto Mendez – Blind Sunflowers
- Isaac Rosa – The Invisible Hand
SF recommendations not mentioned on the actual show
- Chang-Rae Lee “On Such a Full Sea“ (review by Ursula K. LeGuin http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/30/on-such-full-sea-chang-rae-lee-review)
- Ann Leckie – Ancillary Justice
- Mira Grant, “Feed”
- Philip Reeve – Mortal Engines
- Christopher Priest – The Adjacent
- SF Squeecast
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