On Saturday, Hildy SIlverman (twitter), Todd Dashoff, Deborah Stanish (twitter), and Anne K. Gray (twitter) joined me to talk about short stories, books, comics and other things we felt the audience should know about in Philcon’s first-ever “Things You Should Read but Don’t Know About Yet” panel.
I set up four speed challenges and asked the panelists to list up to five titles or authors they felt everyone might not know about but should, in categories including ‘short story,’ ‘novel,’ ‘anthology,’ and ‘grab-bag’.
We moved fast and the audience gamely tried to copy all the names down, but I promised I’d post the lists today, so here we are, with MORE still to come from panelists, so check back, and with links (trying to link to a variety of sources) as I’m able.
TYSRBDKAY Short Story / Short Story Author Lists
- “Lady Astronaut of Mars,” Mary Robinette Kowal (fantasy and science fiction)
- “Christmas Wedding,” Vylar Kaftan (fantasy and science fiction)
- Ken Liu (fantasy and science fiction)
- “Saurkraut Station,” Ferrett Steinmetz (fantasy and science fiction)
- Aliette de Bodard (science fiction and fantasy)
- Steven Barnes (a story in the Dark Matter anthology in particular)
- Yoon Ha Lee (science fiction)
- Maria Dhavana Headley (fantasy, literary)
- Sam J. Miller (fantasy, literary)
- Jack Ketchum (horror)
- Laird Barron (horror)
- Richard Parks (fantasy)
TYSRBDKAY Novel / Novel Author Lists
- James S.A. Corey
- Tobias S. Buckell (Crystal Rain, Hurricane Fever)
- Tananarive Due
- Minister Faust (The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad)
- Ben Aaronovich
- Alaya Dawn Johnson (The Summer Prince, Moonshine, Love is the Drug)
- Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle)
- Peter Clines (Ex-Heroes, Ex-Patriots, Ex-Communication, and others)
- Alex Bledsoe
- Devon Monk
- Nnedi Okorafor (Akata Witch, Zarah Windseeker)
- Justine Larbeleistier (“everything, including her blog”)
- John Scalzi
- Jonathan Maberry
- Tim Burke (literary-weird horror)
- Saladin Ahmed (Throne of the Crescent Moon)
- Andrea Hairston (Redwood and Wildfire)
- Nalo Hopkinson (Brown Girl in the Ring)
- Sophia Macdugal (Mars Evacuees)
- Genevieve Valentine (short stories, Catwoman, The Girls at the Kingfisher Club)
- Adam Christopher (The Burning Dark) **(hear Adam talk about TBD on Cooking the Books podcast!)
- Steven Gould (Jumper, EXO)
- E.C. Myers (Quantum Coin, Silence of the Six)
- Ernst Cline (Ready Player One)
TYSRBDKAY Anthology Lists
- Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History (Fox & Older, et al.)
- Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination (Adams)
- Any Ellen Datlow anthology – esp. Best of Horror and Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells
- Kaleidescope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (Rios, Raynor-Roberts, et al)
- Wild Cards (Martin, Snodgrass, et alia)
- Esther Freisner’s collections from Baen
- Women Destroy Science Fiction (Yant et al.)
- Dozois/St. Martin’s Year’s Best SF
- Unplugged
- The Other Half of the Sky (Andreadis et al)
TYSRBDKAY Grab Bag
- Locus Magazine for all things SF/F
- Gigantonotosaurus (long-form short stories)
- Strange Horizons
- Clarkesworld
- Apex Podcast
- Uncanny Magazine
- Saga (comic)
*Nota Bene: This list is growing as panelists get back to me with items I didn’t catch, so please check back; the links took a while to gather, so if I got one wrong, lmk and I’ll fix.
FRAN WILDE 