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Ep 553 - Among Others, by Jo Walton

Overdue

Headgum

Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This love-letter to sci-fi, libraries, and friends forged through literature is also a fairy tale of sorts about a young girl saving her world. Is the magic real? Probably!

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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0:00.0

This is a head gum podcast.

0:05.3

A book publishing is a glamorous world Andrew filled with money, privilege and three martini

0:10.3

lunches.

0:11.3

Or is it?

0:12.3

Or is it?

0:13.3

Yeah, yes, it is.

0:14.3

It is, Andrew.

0:15.3

If you're like us, Craig and Andrew, and want to dive into the messy power struggle scams

0:19.8

an unfathomably bad behavior within the book world, then I recommend I Craig checking

0:24.6

out missing pages, an all new investigative podcast from the Pogglomerate.

0:29.1

It's hosted by literary critic and publishing insider Beth Ann Patrick, who spills the

0:34.0

tea on some of the world's most famous and infamous book figures.

0:39.6

On this week's episode, writers dreams of wealth and fame don't always mesh with the publishing

0:44.5

industry's reality.

0:46.2

With help from a literary agent and a cynical, ex-publishing professional, Beth Ann breaks

0:51.0

down the lifespan of a book and the overworked and underpaid workers who make the industry

0:55.8

barely run.

0:58.5

Firing pages is worth the hype.

0:59.8

I mean, where else, Andrew?

1:01.1

Can you hear about your favorite authors publishing insiders and a circus of NYC media elites

1:06.1

telling the real story, unfit for print and perfect for podcasting?

1:10.3

Sounds pretty good, Craig.

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