Ex Urbe

Novelist and political scientist Malka Older, author of Infomocracy, shares Ada’s interest in the political systems. With Jo Walton providing examples from the history of F&SF, they discuss speculative politics, historical disaster response, and how populations can respond to their needs.

Malka Older’s website and visit her on Twitter: @m_older

Read the first five chapters of Infomocracy

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Books Discussed in This Episode, compiled by Moti of The Argo Bookshop, Montreal.

• The Centenal Cycle by Malka Older:
  • Infomocracy: https://argobookshop.ca/item/M3YHMwEj9x5Sw-TkNBxTlg
  • Null States:https://argobookshop.ca/item/M3YHMwEj9x4nNl6sQb0ApA
  • State Tectonics: https://argobookshop.ca/item/pAG4rDFNcoyJuLvuB9Ca6g
• … and Other Disasters by Malka Older: https://argobookshop.ca/item/tyUMM5Ufkv6zPm2kZF_E7w
• Thessaly: the Complete Trilogy by Jo Walton: https://argobookshop.ca/item/M3YHMwEj9x6vnvHwc_uV2Q
• Terra Ignota by Ada Palmer:
  • Too Like the Lightning: https://argobookshop.ca/item/M3YHMwEj9x51JMYcNRbaxg
  • Seven Surrenders: https://argobookshop.ca/item/M3YHMwEj9x6EY5QtEPzM-A
  • The Will to Battle: https://argobookshop.ca/item/M3YHMwEj9x5EnAFaOXkVDg
  • Perhaps the Stars: https://argobookshop.ca/item/M3YHMwEj9x4xbHoaFh6ROA
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson: https://argobookshop.ca/item/OFG34itBLfCrun-zkzTVtw
• Fall Revolution by Ken Macleod:
  • Fractions: https://argobookshop.ca/item/M3YHMwEj9x6EDkwuXXEtsw
  • Divisions: https://argobookshop.ca/item/M3YHMwEj9x4GVLoAd_wsNQ
• Friday by Robert A. Heinlein: https://argobookshop.ca/item/-3LJc4kA0y59sxj1WFTskQ
• Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany: https://argobookshop.ca/item/Ax7DZdJI-O7M8y3a-BgT-w
• Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas: https://argobookshop.ca/item/Jd6JHrA6K4bRCBdL5IIISA
• Lucy on the Line – song by Tim Griffin: https://griffined.org/song/lucy-on-the-line
• ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
• The Rift by Walter Jon Williams: https://argobookshop.ca/item/SO2SUfpl0KMzTXncjxs3ZA
• Mission Improbable by Lee Clarke: https://argobookshop.ca/item/1TXKFZJ3NEdzDq3cBqpihg
• Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh: https://argobookshop.ca/item/UPIo6TXaL3VFt-A9Y-W_Bg

Books we’re excited about:

• Jo: A House in the Mountains by Caroline Moorehead: https://argobookshop.ca/item/rC8Hn_GwKfQ5Wgz2_JiEyg
• Malka: Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz: https://argobookshop.ca/item/L0V8Hcd1Mxbfb4-qMhzsRQ
  • (Also the Will Darling books by KJ Charles, starting with Slippery Creatures: https://argobookshop.ca/item/6n4bD-xstIj3VE4uwBbVNw)
• Ada: Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar & Dave Johnson: https://argobookshop.ca/item/bEeMEJpkzXqZhWOIgXXnaw