High-concept Novels

Host Jacob Shymanski and guest Red Széll talk about "high-concept" novels. Stories whose premises are distinctly creative and take big risks. Together they examine the practical limits of creativity.
Titles mentioned in this episode include:
“Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir
“Jaws” by Peter Benchley
“Jurassic Park” by Michael Crichton
“Nineteen Eighty-Four” by George Orwell
“Animal Farm” by George Orwell
“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins
“Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel
“The Day of the Triffids” and “The Midwich Cuckoos” by John Wyndham
“The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
“The Last Murder at the End of the World” by Stuart Turton
“The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka
“The Power” by Naomi Alderman
“Falling Animals” by Sheila Armstrong
“Perdido Street Station” and “The City & the City” by China Miéville
"The Library of Babel" by Jorge Luis Borges
This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.