Episode #169: Interview w/ James Reich author of Skinship

Returning after 67 episodes one of my favorite writers in the
field James Reich returns to Postcards from a Dying World to talk
about his new Science Fiction novel that I described as Silent
Running directed by a young David Cronenberg with an unlimited
budget. Reich’s novel Song My Enemies Sing was one of my top
reads of 2018, and this new novel is even better. Skinship is a
fantastic entry in the tradition of Generation ship novels.


In this discussion, we talk about the passing of Barry Malzberg,
how James got into the genre, the tradition of Generation ship
novels, and the origin of this novel. We go a good 45 minutes
without spoilers and then go deep on the ending. After talking
about this novel with James at PKD festival it was the book I was
most excited about reading this year.