A Meal of Thorns 61- REVENANT GUN with Alexandra Pierce

“I don’t know what planet they’re on, but I know about the earrings!” We’ve got a very unusual space opera to read through this time around, one that takes questions of empire and identity to interesting places; critic and editor Alexandra Pierce joins to discuss. Credits: Guest: Alexandra Pierce Title: Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough References: 2026 Le Guin Prize Shortlist episode with Roseanna Pendlebury Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell The Crawford, Ignyte, and British Fantasy awards Ian Mond’s episode on Tiny Deaths Wickhills by Premee Mohamed Behind the Gate by Amparo Dávila, translated by Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson Ninefox Gambit & The Raven Stratagem Skyrim & Baldur’s Gate 3 C.J. Cherryh, Vernor Vinge, David Brin Cherryh’s The Faded Sun The New Weid & Grimdark Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch books Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called…