{"id":22269,"date":"2016-08-23T10:04:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T14:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=22269"},"modified":"2017-08-28T16:55:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T20:55:24","slug":"its-time-for-thai-food-with-resa-nelson-in-episode-16-of-eating-the-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/23\/its-time-for-thai-food-with-resa-nelson-in-episode-16-of-eating-the-fantastic\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time for Thai food with Resa Nelson in Episode 16 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I arrived home late last night from the Kansas City Worldcon, where I visited seven BBQ joints and recorded five more episodes of Eating the Fantastic. But before we get to any of those, it&#8217;s time for the first of three episodes captured during last month&#8217;s Readercon. <\/p>\n<p>My guest and I wandered off from the con hotel to Quincy&#8217;s Pad Thai, from which Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, seems to have ordered takeout a <em>lot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Joining me was Resa Nelson, whose story \u201cThe Dragonslayer\u2019s Sword\u201d I published in the first issue of <em>Science Fiction Age<\/em>. My decision to purchase the story was validated when at the end of our first year, I tabulated thousands of subscriber surveys and discovered readers had voted that tale their second-favorite story&#8212;and their #1 fantasy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ResaNelson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ResaNelson-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ResaNelson\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ResaNelson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ResaNelson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ResaNelson-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ResaNelson-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We discussed how the short story of hers I&#8217;d published in <em>Science Fiction Age<\/em> grew into not just a single novel, but a series of novels, why she watches the Japanese  movie <em>The Mystery of Rampo<\/em>  before beginning any new writing project, what she learned from the hundreds of film interviews she did for <em>Realms of Fantasy<\/em> magazine,  and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/eatingthefantastic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PatreonDonationButton-300x68.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"68\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PatreonDonationButton-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PatreonDonationButton-768x175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PatreonDonationButton.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can pull up a chair to the table&#8212;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScottEdelmanResaNelson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScottEdelmanResaNelson-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ScottEdelmanResaNelson\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScottEdelmanResaNelson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScottEdelmanResaNelson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScottEdelmanResaNelson-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScottEdelmanResaNelson-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1) Subscribe at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/eating-the-fantastic\/id1083737796\">the iTunes store<\/a>, where you can also download a few  of the first 15 episodes.<\/p>\n<p>2) Use the RSS feed of <a href=\"http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss\">http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> to grab it for whatever device you use to listen to your podcasts.<\/p>\n<p>3) Or simply click the embed below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4612140\/height\/240\/width\/480\/theme\/legacy\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/\" height=\"240\" width=\"480\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here, as promised at the end of the podcast, is what Resa and I had for lunch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Scallion pancakes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScallionPancakesPadThai.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScallionPancakesPadThai-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ScallionPancakesPadThai\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScallionPancakesPadThai-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScallionPancakesPadThai-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScallionPancakesPadThai-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ScallionPancakesPadThai-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yellow curry with duck<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/YellowCurrywithDuckPadThai.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/YellowCurrywithDuckPadThai-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"YellowCurrywithDuckPadThai\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/YellowCurrywithDuckPadThai-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/YellowCurrywithDuckPadThai-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/YellowCurrywithDuckPadThai-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/YellowCurrywithDuckPadThai-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Ginger and scallion beef<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GingerScallionBeefPadThai.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GingerScallionBeefPadThai-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"GingerScallionBeefPadThai\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GingerScallionBeefPadThai-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GingerScallionBeefPadThai-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GingerScallionBeefPadThai-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GingerScallionBeefPadThai-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next episode will feature Jeffrey Ford, followed by F. Brett Cox.<\/p>\n<p>And after that? Since all of my Worldcon plans came off, you&#8217;ll be able to listen in on meals with David D. Levine, Adam-Troy Castro, Alyssa Wong, Kathleen Ann Goonan, and Robert Reed. Why not subscribe so you get to hear them first?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I arrived home late last night from the Kansas City Worldcon, where I visited seven BBQ joints and recorded five more episodes of Eating the Fantastic. But before we get to any of those, it&#8217;s time for the first of three episodes captured during last month&#8217;s Readercon. 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