3min chapter

Conlangery Podcast cover image

Conlangery #111: Interview with JS Bangs

Conlangery Podcast

CHAPTER

The Struggles of Writing Speculative Fiction

There's all sorts of words in English that carry enormous cultural baggage dragging along behind them. Whereas valet immediately screams costume drama. Different writers try to solve this problems in different ways. I don't have a final answer to this. There's more than just language when you're doing that kind of world building thing.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode