Stop explaining and start exploring: critic & reviewer Molly Templeton walks us through this gem of 1980s mass market fantasy, with many asides and theories on shifting patterns of publishing and reading patterns. Plus, we spill the beans on the most fun book club, also known as the most fun cult.

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• Guest: Molly Templeton
• Title: Moongather by Jo Clayton
• Host: Jake Casella Brookins
• Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia
• Artwork by Rob Patterson
• Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough

References:

• ARB’s Fundraiser! Donations & shares greatly appreciated!
• Kurt Vonnegut's asterisk
• John Darnielle's This Year
• "Cold Milk Bottle"
• "First Few Desperate Hours"
• Claire North's Slow Gods
• Hebe Stanton’s review at ARB
• Molly’s discussion of Slow Gods and being stuck on a book
• Gary Wolfe & Jonathan Strahan's Coode Street Podcast
• Arkady Martine & Ann Leckie
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Violet Allen's Prism, Plastic, Void
• Little Puss Press
• Casey Plett
• Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone’s This Is How You Lose The Time War
• Vajra Chandrasekera’s Rakesfall
• A.V. Marraccini’s We The Parasites
• Clayton’s Diadem from the Stars
• Brandon Sanderson
• Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea
• Forgotten Realms
• J.R.R. Tolkien's “On Fairy Stories” & Lord of the Rings
• Ged & the otak from Earthsea
• "Fridging" & "Bury Your Gays"
• The Arrowverse TV shows
• Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Film
• "Explaining vs Exploring"
• Bora Chung's Midnight Timetable
• The Toyota Tercel
• The soot-sprites from Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away
• C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner
• Bethany Jacobs’ This Brutal Moon, conclusion to The Kindom Trilogy
• Jacobs’ website
• Philip Pullman's The Rose Field
• The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey
• David Eddings’ The Belgariad
• Parallel Worlds Bookshop
• Cherryh's Rusalka & The Paladin
• The Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation & Prize
• Molly's writing at Reactor & Bluesky & Website