105: That Mr. Hitler Seems Nice

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2012

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Our Book Club reconvenes to discuss Jo Walton’s Small Change trilogy of novels, “Farthing,” “Ha’Penny,” and “Half a Crown.” (We fire off the spoiler horn before each novel.) These novels explore an alternate-history in which Britain makes peace with Nazi Germany, and focus on a detective who just wants to do his job—but his job keeps changing in increasingly awful ways.

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0:00.0	The Incomparable Podcast, number 105, September 2012.
0:15.1	Welcome back to The Incomparable Podcast.
0:17.2	I'm your host, Jason Snell, and I am convening another edition of our book club.
0:22.7	We are going to be talking about a trilogy of books by sci-fi writer, I guess sci-fi and fantasy
0:29.3	writer Joe Walton, who we love. We recommended her book, among others, extremely highly.
0:36.5	And now we're going to talk about this trilogy of books set in an alternate history universe in the aftermath of World War II.
0:47.9	Joining me today are the very well-read Scott McNulty.
0:53.9	Hi, Scott.
0:55.0	Hello.
0:55.9	It's good to have here.
0:57.2	It's good to be here.
0:58.3	Does it make you feel good that everything you say you know is going to cause extra work for that poor guy who's trying to make a supercut of everything you've ever said on the incomparable?
1:07.7	I feel very, very sorry for him.
1:10.4	I don't know.
1:10.7	He volunteered to do it, though.
1:11.8	Yes, he did.
1:12.2	It's his own fault.
1:13.0	You've dug your own grave, mister.
1:15.1	Yeah, exactly right.
1:16.3	And now that'll be in there because every time you talk, it's more work for him.
1:20.0	Just talk a lot.
1:21.5	Also joining us Dan Moran.
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