{"id":9280,"date":"2015-12-29T09:27:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T13:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9280"},"modified":"2015-12-31T18:54:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T22:54:20","slug":"episode-148-the-guest-list-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-148-the-guest-list-2015","title":{"rendered":"Episode 148 – The Guest List 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s time for our year-end Virtual Memories<\/strong> tradition: The Guest List!<\/em> I reached out to 2015’s podcast guests and asked them about the favorite book(s) they read in the past year, as well as the books or authors they’re hoping to read in 2016! More than 30 responded with a\u00a0dizzying\u00a0array of books. (I participated, too!) So now that you’ve got your Hanukkah and\/or Christmas gelt, the Virtual Memories Show<\/strong> offers up a huge<\/em> list of books<\/a> that you’re going to want to read! Get ready to update your wish lists!<\/a><\/p>\n

This year’s Guest List<\/em> episode features selections from nearly 3 dozen of our recent guests! So go give it a listen<\/a>, and then visit our special Guest List<\/em> page<\/a> where you can find links to the books and the guests who responded.<\/p>\n

(Also,\u00a0check out the 2013<\/a> and 2014<\/a> editions of The Guest List<\/em> for more great book ideas!)<\/p>\n

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The guests who participated in this year’s Guest List<\/em> are Derf Backderf, Anthea Bell, John Clute, Michael Dirda, Matt Farber, Jonathan Galassi, Brad Gooch, Langdon Hammer, Liz Hand, Jennifer Hayden, Ron Hogan, Dylan Horrocks, David Jaher, Kathe Koja, Jonathan Kranz, Peter Kuper, Lorenzo Mattotti, JD McClatchy, Scott McCloud, Michael Meyer, Dan Perkins (a.k.a. Tom Tomorrow), Summer Pierre, Witold Rybczynski, Dmitry Samarov, Elizabeth Samet, Liesl Schillinger, Posy Simmonds, Levi Stahl, Rupert Thomson, Irvine Welsh, Warren Woodfin, Jim Woodring, Claudia Young, and me, Gil Roth! Check out their episodes at our archives<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Nothing’s Gonna Bring Me Down\u00a0by David Baerwald, used with permission from the artist. Most of the episode was recorded at Virtual Memories Manor on a Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a>\"\". A few segments were recorded by the guests and e-mailed in (which is to say: don’t blame me!). Processing was done in Audacity and Logic Pro.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2015 It’s time for our year-end Virtual Memories tradition: The Guest List! I reached out to 2015’s podcast guests and asked them about the favorite book(s) they read in the past year, as well as the books or authors they’re hoping to read in 2016! More than 30 responded … <\/p>\n

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