This month, Adrian is joined by listener, poet, & publisher Charlotte Geater (@tambourine) to discuss Rupetta, by N.A. Sulway.

Rupetta is an under-appreciated historical SF novel about a clockwork woman & the human women through history who act as her caretakers. It won the James Tiptree, Jr. award in 2013, and was recently re-published in ebook format.

Charlotte & Adrian discuss the publishing history of the book, Sulway's other works, historiography, folk tales, and the metaphors by which we understand consciousness.

Works & links mentioned include:

* An interview with Sulway about one of the folk histories that inspired Rupetta

* Another interview on other influences

* The Jaquet-Droz automota in Neuchatel, Switzerland

* Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

* Exhalation by Ted Chiang

* Tender: Stories by Sophia Samatar

* Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

* Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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