Interview with Robert Jackson Bennett - Hugo-winning author of The Tainted Cup!

Robert Jackson Bennett, Hugo-winning author of The Tainted Cup, A Drop of Corruption, The Founders Trilogy, The Divine Cities Trilogy, and more. We got to interview Robert fresh from his Hugo win for The Tainted Cup - by far the best SFF book of last year! We couldn't be more excited to talk about it with him and get our burning questions answered - will there be more about the leviathans in the rest of the series?! Join the book club on discord:   / discord   To listen on the go search 'Hugonauts' on your podcast app of choice Next episode we'll be discussing the classic dystopia I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman - subscribe so you don't miss it. We talked with Robert about: Timestamps 00:00 Intro 1:07 Winning the Hugo for best novel 3:04 Brent the hat-eater 4:22 Why plant life as technology? 7:58 Bringing modernity into fantasy 10:49 A fantasy empire that's the good guys 16:05 Ana Dolabra's origins 19:26 Will we learn more about the titans? 21:07 Teasers about the 3rd book 22:08 RJB's other fantasy series 23:53 Mild spoilers - Din and Ana's quirks #thetaintedcup #robertjacksonbennett #hugonauts #fantasy #authorinterviews #fantasybooks #booktube #bookrecommendations #dropofcorruption #hugoawards