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A podcast by three red-headed fantasy authors talking about everything from academic mythology to dick jokes (and sometimes, both at once), as well as the role of fanfiction as an integral yet oft-overlooked part of the literary conversation and in the broader cultural context. It is, obviously, a podcast of extremely deep literary merit.
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Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Episode 40: Extravaganza
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
*bangs on pots and pans* It's the Extravaganza! We're answering listener questions and definitely not sneaking in a question or two of our own! This is all completely legitimate and above-board!
What We’re Into Lately
Hither Page by Cat Sebastian
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite,
Kaleidotrope podcast
Jenn Lyons’ Ruin of Kings
Lots of Good Omens stuff, including:
Raven (singlecrow)’s Good Omens fic
“Salinity (And Other Measures of Brackish Water)” by drawlight
“A Stone’s Throw From Jerusalem” by RC_McLachlan
“TwoFish” by Grindylowe
“the mortifying ordeal of being known (biblically)” by FlipSpring
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Bi, Episode 29 of Be the Serpent
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
astolat’s Steve/Sam stories
“Dangerous if Unbound” by astolat
astolat’s Game of Thrones fics
Tales from the Trunk, Hilary Bisenieks’s podcast
Freya’s story in Analog
BtS Episode 36 “There’s No Place Like Home”
The Legend of Zelda series, Breath of the Wild specifically
Hugo nominated fancasts:
For Next Time
"Cheesecake and the Art of Political Warfare" by Sakana Sara
Transcript:
The transcript of this episode is available here. As always, we are incredibly grateful to our scribes!
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Episode 39: The Serpents' School of Witchcraft and Wizzzardry
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
On this episode, we're talking wizards! We're comparing the magic systems of Brandon Sanderson's The Emperor's Soul and RB Lemberg's "Geometries of Belonging". Also, Freya has designed a fun game for Alex and Macey!
What We’re Into Lately
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons
Chronin by Alison Wilgus
Catalyst by Jennifer Mace
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Lots of Good Omens shit, including:
Alex’s Good Omens fanvids “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Hallelujah”.
“vintage demon art, vape pens, & other treasures” by kyrilu
“Don’t Stop Me Now” and “My Best Friend” fanvids
"Making An Effort: Queer (Trans) Masculinity in the Ethereal & Occult Beings of Good Omens"
Much Ado About Nothing (2011)
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis
DA:I fanfiction
Analog July/August Issue (ft. Freya’s short story)
Wayward Children series
Freya’s fairy fic ‘Hood & Glove’
Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee
The Birdverse section of R.B. Lemberg’s website
Kingdom (2019-)
“What We Named the Needle" by Freya Marske
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
The Elenium series by David Eddings
The Tamuli series by David Eddings
The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
For Next Time
Nothing! It's the Episode 40 Extravaganza!
Transcript
The transcription for this episode can be found here. Thanks as always to our wondrous scribes, the lights of our life!
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Episode 38: A Hugo Award Special -- The Novels of 2018
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
On this episode, we're doing a bird's-eye view of the six finalists from this year's Best Novel ballot of the Hugo Awards!
What We’re Into Lately
Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Prince of Air and Darkness by M.A. Grant
Borne by Jeff Vandermeer
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold
Good Omens (the miniseries)
Other Stuff We Mentioned
The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal (Freya misquotes the second title as The Fated Stars)
Record of a Spaceborn Few and The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Chants from A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland
Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, and Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
Hannibal Lecter from The Hannibal Lecter series by Thomas Harris
Space Opera by Cat Valente
Saga Press
Eurovision 2019 Iceland
Eurovision 2019 Australia
The Starlit Wood (‘Navah Wolfe anthology’)
N.K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth trilogy
For Next Time:
"Geometries of Belonging" by RB Lemberg
Transcription:
The transcript of this episode can be found here. Sing, muse, of the work of the scribes!!