817: A Found Family of Monsters

Awards Book Club reconvenes for 2026, as we discuss Nebula-nominated novels “Katabasis” by R.F. Kuang, “Wearing the Lion” by John Wiswell, and “Death of the Author” by Nnedi Okorafor. The mood of the panel is… cautious. Also: What else are we reading?

2026 Awards Book Club, Part 1

Host Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, Erika Ensign, Heather Berberet, Scott McNulty, and Paul Weimer.

Referenced Works

Katabasis (theincomparable.com/topics/katabasis)

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Death of the Author (theincomparable.com/topics/death-of-the-author)

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Wearing the Lion (theincomparable.com/topics/wearing-the-lion)

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Show Notes & Links

Next Awards Book Club: “When We Were Real” by Daryl Gregory, “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones, and “Sour Cherry” by Natalia Theodoridou.

What are we reading?

• Paul: The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome (goodreads.com/book/show/210129441-the-fall-of-…) by Guy de la Bedoyere

• Aleen: The Night We Met (goodreads.com/book/show/240094398-the-night-we…) by Abby Jimenez

• Heather: Kushiel’s Dart (goodreads.com/book/show/153008.Kushiel_s_Dart) by Jacqueline Carey

• Erika: Hemlock & Silver (goodreads.com/book/show/217388302-hemlock-silver) by T. Kingfisher

• Scott: Outlaw Planet (goodreads.com/book/show/225553881.Outlaw_Planet) by M.R. Carey

• Jason: Children of Strife (goodreads.com/book/show/231953328-children-of-…) by Adrian Tchaikovsky, In the Blink of an Eye (goodreads.com/book/show/62072146-in-the-blink-…) by Jo Callaghan, and Guilty by Definition (goodreads.com/book/show/216594965-guilty-by-de…) by Susie Dent.

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