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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 Jan 29, 2020
Episode 53: The Untamed (featuring guest star Ruoxi Chen!)
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
On this episode, the Serpents are welding themselves to their bullshit with the help of a friend, glamorous guest star and kickass editor Ruoxi Chen! We're yelling about the Chinese fantasy drama, The Untamed! Welcome to Year Three of the podcast!!
What We’re Into Lately
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System
SV Wishes by Feynite
“Linger in the Sun” by etymologyplayground
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Lymond Chronicles series by Dorothy Dunnett
Captive Prince trilogy by C. S. Pacat.
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by 墨香铜臭
“A Civil Combpaign” by Ariaste (two combs reference)
Tall Once More In The Spring Wind by Fayjay
Books by Robert Jackson Bennett
For Next Time
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Transcription:
The transcript for this episode is available here. We're dramatically grabbing the wrists of our darling scribes (Tess, Sara, Kelle, Millie) and staring yearningly into their eyes as they play our love song on a hill somewhere.
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Bonus Episode: Strange Horizons Special!!
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
WHAT'S THIS? An episode on a Wednesday that isn't an Episode Wednesday!? Yes, it's true! Last year we pitched in to help our esteemed colleagues at Strange Horizons with their Kickstarter by pledging to do a special episode if they reached a certain landmark amount of donations. This week, we're bringing you that episode and talking about three amazing short stories that Strange Horizons published! The tentpoles this week are “Hunting the Viper King” by Kathryn Harlan, “Regret, Return, Reignite” by Audrey R. Hollis, and “Truth Plus” by Jamie Wahls.
What We’re Into Lately
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Altogether by Brill Harper
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
Hoshigaki by writer168
Five Kingdoms for the Dead by Evil Is A Relative Term
Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
Connections (TV series)
Other Stuff We Mentioned
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
How We Got To Now by Steven Johnson
Connections by James Burke
“Many Hearted Dog and the Heron Who Stepped Past Time”
“What We Named the Needle” by Freya Marske, in Analog
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin
“Super Little Dead Girls” by Nino Cipri
“Remains” by Basingstoke
“Wrap Me in Oceans Wide” by Marissa Lingen
“Notes on a Resurrection” by Natalia Theodoridou
“The Wind Whispers Secrets To The Sea” by Jordan Kurella
“Sequestration; Vitrification” by AJ Lucy
“The King’s Mirror” by M.K. Hutchins
“Cassandra Draws the Four of Cups” by Ruthanna Emrys
“Who Has Never Loved a Gentle House?” by Osahon Ize-Iyamu
“Sublet” by Ian Kappos
For Next Time
It's back to your regularly scheduled on-our-bullshit with next week's episode, which is still about The Untamed!
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here. BONUS THANKS to our scribes for taking on this bonus episode!
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Episode 52: Let Us Tell You Our Thoughts on Yaoi...
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
On this week's episode, we're reminiscing about some of our favorite anime and talking a little about how it influenced our writing! The tentpoles for this episode are: Hikaru no Go, Yakitate!! Japan, and Princess Tutu.
What We’re Into Lately
The Untamed & Untamed fic
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Gilded Cage by K.J. Charles
Mutual Admiration Society: How… by Mo Moulton
The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Thief by Ava March
Mo Dao Zu Shi donghua
Mo Dao Zu Shi by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Any Old Diamonds by K.J. Charles
Finding Faeries by Alexandra Rowland
Coppelia (ballet)
Midsummer Night’s Dream (ballet)
Romeo and Juliet (ballet)
Nutcracker (ballet)
Swan Lake (ballet)
Ugly Duckling (ballet)
Cinderella (ballet)
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
For Next Time
Transcript
The transcript of this episode is available here. We cherish our scribes so much, and you should too!
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
Episode 51: How to Romance Your Dragon
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
On this episode, we're talking about dragons, specifically dragons that shapeshift into a hot person so you can kiss them. Well, ok, in one of the tentpoles a girl smooches the actual dragon-shaped dragon, but we'll get to that. The tentpoles this week are In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard, the movie On Drakon, and “O Captain, My Captain” by novembersmith.
What We’re Into Lately
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
The Impossible Contract by K.A. Doore
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Dragon’s Bait by Vivian Vande Velde
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Beauty and the Beast
The Sound of Music (1965)
The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard
The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Hornblower Saga by C.S. Forester
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
King Uther Pendragon
Hamlet’s King Claudius
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Three Things One Can Do with a Dragon
“East of the Sun, West of the Moon”
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Be The Serpent Episode 15: My (Psychic, Firebreathing) Little Pony
Cruel Enchantment, a short story collection by Janine Ashbless
“The Dragon’s Bride” by Janine Ashbless
“Treasured” by Dira Sudis, Sealcat
For Next Time
Transcription
The transcript of this episode is available here. Picture us throwing bouquets of roses at our wonderful scribal team!!