1: We'll Always Have Zeppelins

Published: Aug. 22, 2010, 9 p.m.

b'In the very first episode ever of The Incomparable, recorded before we even knew what we were going to be called, we talk about a whole bunch of novels, including China Mieville\\u2019s \\u201cThe City and The City,\\u201d Paolo Bacigalupi\\u2019s \\u201cThe Windup Girl,\\u201d and Cory Doctorow\\u2019s \\u201cFor the Win.\\u201d We mispronounce some of their names, float an idea for books that burn themselves, and ask the most important question a reader should ask: Are there Zeppelins?'