Episode 07: The Kingdoms

Fantasy Fiction enthusiast David Gates joins Amy in a discussion about Natasha Pulley's The Kingdoms. This is the story of Joe Tournier who arrives in the city of Londres in the French Colony of England in 1898 with no memory of who he is and how he got there. When Joe steps off a train he has a postcard in his pocket written in forbidden English, with a postmark dated 1805 though it inexplicably bears the image of a recently-constructed lighthouse.
Joe’s search for his identity leads him to the Outer Hebrides and back and forth through stone portals that take him on a dangerous quest to reunite with his family without changing the course of history—or erasing his own existence. Amy and Dave discuss the pros and cons of audio books and when it is ok to throw in the towel on a book.

Books and Resources discussed:

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Munro's Books Store, Victoria, B.C.
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
N.K. Jeminsin, author
Succession, HBO
Schumacher, Netflix
LuLaRich, Amazon

Amy interviewed David's wife Jill Schmelke in Season 1, episode 4. To hear that interview click here: A Light in the Dark