Roundtable: Piranesi

Roundtable: Piranesi Words by Harvey Weir Image by Giovanni Battista Piranesi Use of voice in Piranesi Piranesi is a 2020 novel by Susanna Clarke. Narrated by the title character through his journal entries, it describes Piranesi’s life in the House, a strange marble structure of twisting corridors and imposing statues. the House floods periodically, during […]

Roundtable: Ancillary Justice

Roundtable: Ancillary Justice Words by A. M. Bueman Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice is a story that works on many levels. Not a war story . . . Unlike much of the space opera genre, Ancillary Justice centres problems of language and translation, religion and faith, culture and propriety. The sociological and psychological take precedence over […]

Roundtable: Lanny

Roundtable: Lanny Words by Harvey Weir Max Porter’s Lanny was published in 2019. A poet long before he was a prose author, Porter has infused his second novel with the beauty of his verse, as well as the disregard of form often seen in contemporary poetry. This essay is intended as a writer’s aid, and […]

Roundtable: The Traitor Baru Cormorant

Roundtable: The Traitor Baru Cormorant Words by A. M. Bueman Seth Dickinson’s debut novel The Traitor Baru Cormorant is a favourite among Meridian Australis members. When given the opportunity to wax lyrical about the book, Arden, Dom and Kaz all came together to discuss the work on our Roundtable. Kaz captured some of our thoughts, […]

Roundtable: This is How You Lose the Time War

Roundtable: This is How You Lose the Time War Words by Harvey Weir Harvey examines their deep dive with Kaz and Jason into what makes the novella tick. This Is How You Lose the Time War is a collaborative novella published in 2019, by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar. It depicts the interstellar, time-travelling rivalry […]