Critical Friends Episode 22: Romancing The Genre
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April 6, 2026 · 55 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the appeal and future of romance and romantasy in science fiction and fantasy literature.
In this episode of Critical Friends , the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Jenny Hamilton and Anushree Nande join Dan Hartland to discuss romance and romantasy. A huge proportion of science fiction and fantasy works and sales are now accounted for by this form. But what is its appeal? What is it doing? And where is it going? Jenny's review of Into The Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum Anushree's review of The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains by Reena McCarty
People in this episode
Host: Dan Hartland
Guests: Jenny Hamilton, Anushree Nande
Topics covered
- romance
- romantasy
- science fiction
- fantasy
- literary criticism
Keywords
- romance
- romantasy
- science fiction
- fantasy
- literary criticism
- book reviews
- SFF
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Into The Midnight Wood, The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains
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