Making Magic in Fiction w/ Garth Nix
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Amanda’s childhood dreams come true as we’re joined by award-winning author Garth Nix. We learn how Nix creates magical worlds, hear his top tips on writing, throw some shade at Tolkein, and chat about his new novel Angel Mage. Remember: The answers are within us.
This week, Amanda recommends the Reluctant Royals series by Alyssa Cole.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about death and religious institutions.
Guest
- Garth Nix is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Old Kingdom series and the new novel Angel Mage.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spear with Podcast, a boosy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.0 | Every week, we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:07.7 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:08.6 | And this is episode 148. |
| 0:10.2 | Wait for it. |
| 0:10.7 | I know you read the title already, but like, Jesus Christ, making magic and fiction with Garth Nix. |
| 0:14.9 | Are you okay? |
| 0:16.0 | No, my tummy. So I made you a stout float with the good vegan ice cream because I know your tummy does not like the lactose. |
| 0:40.9 | No, my tummy delicate. |
| 0:42.1 | But I thought, you know, since this is a childhood dream of yours, Amanda, I would make something that was reminiscent of your childhood. |
| 0:49.2 | Well, I greatly appreciate that. And adding booze to situations I remember finally from childhood is pretty much the definition of like adulthood for me. Yeah. I mean, what's the point of being an adult if you can't |
| 0:59.4 | relive your childhood a little bit? I don't know. Nothing. Do you know who I bet makes amazing floats? |
| 1:05.6 | I bet it's our new patrons. It's our new patrons. James, be a me up Scotty. Amazing. |
| 1:10.7 | Constitina, Stoneman, Frida, Millie, Alex, Addie, Caitlin, Sadie, and AIM. |
| 1:16.0 | Hey, there's a lot of you today. There's a lot of you, and you all have wonderful names. |
| 1:19.8 | You are joining the ranks of our supporting producer-level patrons, Philip, E.or, Megan, |
| 1:23.9 | Skyla, Samantha, Sammy, Josie, Neal, Jessica, and Phil Fresh, and our legend-level patrons, |
| 1:29.7 | Audra, Chris, Mark, Cody, Mr. Folk, Sarah, Sandra, and Jack Marie. |
| 1:33.9 | Everyone deserves an ice cream float. All the names you just said, ice cream floats of our hearts. |
| 1:38.7 | Oh, that's wonderful. They're the scoop of ice cream on top of a very good porter. |
| 1:43.5 | Oh, so delicious. I love that so much. And speaking |
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