David and Perry look at Australian literature, ranging from a book about bushrangers written in serial form in 1882 to modern science fiction.

• Reading overload (00:30)
• Comfort reads (01:50)
• Hugo Award nominations (02:47)
• Nebula Awards short list (07:58)
  • Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (00:05)
  • The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (00:17)
  • Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (00:22)
  • The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk (00:42)
  • Black Sun by Rebecca Rowanhorse (00:22)
  • Network Effect by Martha Wells (01:22)
  • Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (03:35)
• Such is Life by Joseph Furphy (04:42)
• The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower (08:12)
• Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood (08:47)
• Dispersion by Greg Egan (05:59)
• The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard (07:52)
• Falling Towards England by Clive James (04:42)
• The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (01:36)
• Discussion with W. H. Chong (21:14)
  • The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (04:03)
  • Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (02:04)
  • The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott (03:53)
  • Underland by Robert McFarlane (03:24)
  • Reading multiple genres (02:41)
  • Poetry (00:29)
  • New translation of Beowulf (01:43)
• Wind-up (02:15)

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Illustration: "Fire's On!" by Arthur Streeton.