Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones

"'But why should a few people suffer a lot,' he said, 'so that a lot of people shouldn't suffer at all?'" Thwarted tragedy, the useful myth of Christianity, and sad teen trios that transcend racism.  Transcript available here , and next week we'll be doing Charmed Life!

"I sing for Osfameron, I move in more than one world."   The power of art, the divided self, and Walemark. Transcript available here . Next week will be a mid-season break, but we'll be back in two weeks with Power of Three! 

"Soon only Sirius was scratching and tearing at the dark, and he only kept on because he had a dim notion that anything was better than cold nothingness."  Politics, parenting, sex and death. [NB: We had a special very small guest on this one, so if you hear the occasional kick or wail against the infinite difficulty of being alive, just remember: it's thematic!] Transcript available here . N...

'He could only think of one solution: "Should have been me to hit you, I suppose. I will if you like."'   Revenge, violence, and several attempted murders [yakety sax].  (tw: it's a DWJ but this one has more than the usual amount of discussion of child abuse) Transcript available here . Next week we will be discussing Dogsbody! Also, there were some technical issues resulting in somewhat...

"Wouldn't you say it was worth it to be really happy for a while, even if you knew you were going to end up sad ever after? Loki, Brunhilde, and the archetypal Diana Wynne Jones Cricket Boy.   (Transcript available here.)

Eight episodes on the first nine children's books of Diana Wynne Jones, coming soon to an RSS feed near you.