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Episode 114 – Tim Powers's "Declare” with special guest Pete Johannsen
Pete Johannsen joins us to discuss Tim Powers's "Declare”, using amber beads as tokens, books found on your doorstep, the language and pace of spy no…
4 years, 6 months ago
Episode 113 – Michael Moorcock's "The Jewel in the Skull” with special guest Menion (AKA Rob)
Menion (AKA Rob) joins us to discuss Michael Moorcock's "The Jewel in the Skull”, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the influence of Burroughs on Moorco…
4 years, 7 months ago
Episode 112 – William Hope Hodgson's "The House on the Borderland” with special guest Lucas Zellars
Lucas Zellars joins us to discuss William Hope Hodgson's "The House on the Borderland”, natural history as a science, out of body experiences, b-movi…
4 years, 7 months ago
Episode 111 – Glen Cook's "The Black Company” with special guest Jason Lutes
Jason Lutes joins us to discuss Glen Cook's "The Black Company”, Dungeon World, Ursula K. Le Guin, conquistador helmets, swords-for-hire, what makes …
4 years, 8 months ago
Episode 110 – Fred Saberhagen's "Changeling Earth” with special guest Rev. Dak Ultimak
Rev. Dak Ultimak joins us to discuss Fred Saberhagen's "Changeling Earth”, the DCC RPG zine scene, reclaiming H.P. Lovecraft, tanks and UFOs in fanta…
4 years, 8 months ago
Episode 109 – Ursula K. Le Guin's "A Wizard of Earthsea” with special guest Ellen Kushner
Ellen Kushner joins us to discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's "A Wizard of Earthsea”, Choose Your Own Adventure books, the explosion of Tolkien's popularity,…
4 years, 9 months ago
Patron Book Club 107 – Ellen Kushner’s “Swordspoint” with our Patron Book Club
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Ellen Kushner's "Swordspoint", typing up D&D character sheets on a typewriter, normalized gay content, the 8…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 108 – Gene Wolfe's "The Shadow of the Torturer” with special guest Moss Bosch
Moss Bosch joins us to discuss Gene Wolfe's "The Shadow of the Torturer”, socially intimate games, tasty and tender world building, reading a book wi…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 107 – Ellen Kushner's "Swordspoint” with special guest Angela Lemus-Mogrovejo
Angela Lemus-Mogrovejo joins us to discuss Ellen Kushner's "Swordspoint”, the indie tabletop roleplaying game scene, questioning why fantasy is wedde…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 106 – C.L. Moore's "Jirel of Joiry” with special guest Cora Buhlert
Cora Buhlert joins us to discuss C.L. Moore's "Jirel of Joiry”, used book store finds, kisses as stand-ins for sex, the appropriateness of using genr…
4 years, 11 months ago