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Episode 120: Emerald House Rising by Peg Kerr [transcript]
Peg Kerr's Blog
Next Time: Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang
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Episode 45: The Odyssey by Homer (Translated by Emily Wilson) [transcript]
NYTimes "The First Woman to Translate the Odyssey into English"
Emily Wilson Recorded Talks
Next Time: Emerald House Rising by Peg Kerr
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Episode 119: Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill [transcript]
https://www.mollyoneillwrites.com/
Next Time: Emerald House Rising by Peg Kerr
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Episode 118: The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa [transcript]
Translator Jesse Kirkwood
Next Time: ?
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Episode 117: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis [transcript]
Willis’ blog
Next Time: The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa
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Episode 116: The Last Soul Among Wolves by Melissa Caruso [transcript]
Next Time: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
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Episode 115: The Saint of Steel series by T. Kingfisher [transcript]
Next Time: The Last Soul Among Wolves by Melissa Caruso
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Episode 114: A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan w/ Daniel
Next Time: ?
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Episode 113: The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso [transcript]
Melissa Caruso’s Patreon
Next Time: A Crown of Swords?
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Episode 112: The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland [transcript]
Next Time: The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
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Episode 111: Sunshine by Robin McKinley [transcript]
There Is No Sequel to Sunshine - Robin McKinley's Blog
Next Time: The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland
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Episode 110: Hexwood by Diana Wynne Jones [transcript]
Content warning: Neil Gaiman (brief mention)
Diana Wynne Jones interview
Next Time: Sunshine by Robin McKinley
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Episode 109: Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan, a conversation with Daniel
Next Time: Acorna by Anne McCaffrey & Margaret Ball
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Episode 108: Greenwing and Dart by Victoria Goddard [transcript]
I misremembered when the addiction reveal is -- it's much sooner! Mid-point of book 1
Reading Order - The Nine Worlds by Victoria Goddard Wiki
Nine Worlds Starter Set (EBOOK BUNDLE) – Victoria Goddard
Next Time: Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
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Episode 107: Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel [transcript]
Next Time: Greenwing & Dart by Victoria Goddard
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Episode 105: Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner, book 2 of the Fallen Gods trilogy
Next Time: Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel
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Episode 95: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells [transcript]
Murderbot Diaries Reading Order:
- All Systems Red
- Artificial Condition
- Rogue Protocol
- Exit Strategy
- Fugitive Telemetry
- Network Effect
- System Collapse
Next Time: Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner
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Episode 105: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke [transcript]
Twenty Years of Tracking Near-Earth Objects | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Near-Earth_Object_Studies
Books of The Times - The New York Times
Next Time: re-release of Murderbot episode
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Episode 104: The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog
Next Time: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
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Episode 103: Gateway by Frederik Pohl [transcript]
Frederik Pohl bibliography - Wikipedia
Next Time: Vorkosigan Saga Wrap Up
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Episode 102: The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez [transcript]
https://sjimen.itch.io/two-weeks-at-carlisle-manufacturing
Next Time: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
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Episode 101: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emma Orczy [transcript]
The White Feather Movement - Historic UK
Beat it Batman – this foppish baronet was the world’s first superhero | The Guardian
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy | Project Gutenberg
The Scarlet Pimpernel Flower
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How I started vs How it's going
Next Time: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emma Orczy
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Episode 100: Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan [transcript]
The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words | Books | The Guardian
Next Time: 100 episodes and nearly 5 years of podcasting!
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Episode 99: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer [transcript]
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/books/2024/07/22/kentucky-meg-shaffer-best-selling-author-of-the-wishing-game/74332718007/
Next Time: Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan
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Episode 98: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart [transcript]
Next Time: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
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Episode 97: The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton [transcript]
Next Time: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
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Episode 96: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner [transcript]
Next Time: The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
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Episode 95: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells [transcript]
Murderbot Diaries Reading Order:
- All Systems Red
- Artificial Condition
- Rogue Protocol
- Exit Strategy
- Fugitive Telemetry
- Network Effect
- System Collapse
Next Time: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
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Episode 94: Komarr and A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold [transcript]
Next Time: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
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Episode 93: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez [transcript]
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez - playlist by randomhousebooks | Spotify
Welcome to Night Vale ep. 13 - A Story About You
Next Time: Komarr and A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Episode 92: New Spring by Robert Jordan [transcript]
With special guest: the Other Wheel of Time Friend
Next Time: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
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Episode 91: Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold [transcript]
Next Time: New Spring by Robert Jordan w/ special guest, the Other WOT friend
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Episode 90: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch [transcript]
Next Time: Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Episode 89: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher [transcript]
Next Time: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
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Episode 88: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold [transcript]
Next Time: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
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Episode 87.2: The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan [transcript]
with guest Daniel
Next Time: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Episode 87.1: The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan [transcript]
with guest Daniel
Next Time: The Fires of Heaven, part 2
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Episode 86: Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold [transcript]
Next Time: who knows!
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Episode 85: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty [transcript]
Next Time: Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Episode 84: Planetfall by Emma Newman [transcript]
Next Time: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty.
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Episode 83: Little Thieves by Margaret Owen [transcript]
Little Thieves | Margaret Owen
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Grimms' Fairy Tales
Next Time: Planetfall by Emma Newman
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Episode 82: In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker [transcript]
Kage Baker's Archived Website
Next Time: Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
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Episode 81: Lockwood and Co. by Jonathan Stroud [transcript]
http://www.jonathanstroud.com/index.html
Next Time: In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
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Episode 80: The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo [transcript]
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/10/113_202193.html
Chi-Young Kim: http://www.chiyoungkim.com/about.html
Next Time: Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud
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Original Episode Date: Sept. 27th, 2021
Episode 33: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins [transcript]
Next time: The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo
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Episode 79: Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold [transcript]
Next Time: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (re-release)
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Episode 78: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn [transcript]
www.tracydeonn.com
Next Time: Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold, can’t stop won’t stop
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Episode 77: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin [transcript]
A Wizard of Earthsea
The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
Next Time: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
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Episode 76: In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan [transcript]
Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds: Part One, Part Two
Next Time: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Episode 75.2: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
Listen to Daniel’s WOT podcast here
Next Time: In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
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Episode 75: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
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Next Time: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, Part 2!
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Episode 74: The Kingston Cycle: Stormsong and Soulstar by C.L. Polk [transcript]
https://clpolk.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopronoun
Next Time: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, w/ Daniel
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Episode 73: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold [transcript]
Next Time: ?? A Mystery.
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Exactly what the title says. You can listen to the episode to hear a longer explanation, or not! I'm not your supervisor.
Episode 72: The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold [transcript]
Next Time: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Episode 71: My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due [transcript]
Next Time: The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Episode 70: Babel by R.F. Kuang [transcript]
Opium Wars - Wikipedia
The HarperCollins Strike
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Episode 69: Eldrie the Healer by Claudia J. Edwards [transcript]
Next Time: Babel by R.F. Kuang
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Episode 68: The Serpent Gates Duology: The Unspoken Name and The Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood [transcript]
https://aklarkwood.com/
Next Time: Eldrie the Healer by Claudia J. Edwards
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Episode 67: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova [transcript]
The Elizabeth Kostova Foundation
Little Free Libraries
Next Time: The Serpent Gates duology by A.K. Larkwood
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Episode 66: Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott [transcript]
Baba Yaga story: Full text of "VASILISA THE BEAUTIFUL"
Next Time: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
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Episode 65: Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson [transcript]
https://www.nalohopkinson.com/gallery
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/ti-jean-and-his-brothers/prologue
Next Time: Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
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Episode 64: Witchmark by C.L. Polk [transcript]
Next Time: Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
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Episode 63: The Quick by Lauren Owen [transcript]
Next Time: Witchmark by C.L. Polk
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Episode 62: Shards of Honor and Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold [transcript]
Recommended: Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee
Next Time: The Quick by Lauren Owen
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Episode 61: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett [transcript]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin
Next Time: ??? a mystery!
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Episode 60: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester [transcript]
The Tyger by William Blake
Tā Moko, Maori tattoos
Next Time: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
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Episode 59: The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan, with returning guest Daniel.
Next Time: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
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Episode 11 (re-release): Dracula by Bram Stoker [transcript]
"The Real History That Went Into Dracula" article by Dacre Stoker
The Annual Bram Stoker Festival
Recommended media:
Castlevania (Netflix)
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
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Episode 58: The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin [transcript]
Next Time: Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
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Episode 57: Solaris by Stanisław Lem [transcript]
Next Time: The Telling by Ursula Le Guin?
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Episode 56: From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout [transcript]
Jenny Trout Talks About Her Name
Next Time: Solaris by Stanisław Lem
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Episode 55: Persuasion by Jane Austen [transcript]
Persuasion on Project Gutenberg
See you in September!
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Episode 54: Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel [transcript]
A.K. Ramanujan's "Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation"
Velcheru Narayana Rao's "A Ramayana of Their Own: Women's Oral Tradition in Telugu"
Next Time: Persuasion by Jane Austen
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Episode 53: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux [transcript]
The Phantom of the Opera on Project Gutenberg
Music mentioned in the book!
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Episode 52: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd [transcript]
The "Noodle Incident"
Agloe, New York
Writing Excuses Podcast
Next Time: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
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Episode 51: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston [transcript]
Harlem Renaissance
"Looking for Zora"
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Episode 50: Odder Still by D.N. Bryn [transcript]
Bryn's website
NetGalley - Advanced Reader Copies!
Next Time: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
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Episode 49: The Chosen by Chaim Potok [transcript]
Next Time: Odder Still by D.N. Bryn
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Episode 48: A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross [transcript]
Giveaway for this book runs from May 9nd-May 22nd, 2022.
Next Time: The Chosen by Chaim Potok
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Episode 47: Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee [transcript]
Yoon Ha Lee on Patreon
Quinacridone Gold Paint
Korea under Japanese Occupation 1910-1945
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Episode 46: The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan with returning guest Daniel!
Daniel's podcast Reinventing the Wheel of Time
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Episode 45: The Odyssey by Homer (Translated by Emily Wilson) [transcript]
NYTimes "The First Woman to Translate the Odyssey into English"
Emily Wilson Recorded Talks
Next Time: The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
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Episode 44: Jade City by Fonda Lee [transcript]
How to Donate to Support Ukraine
Next Time: The Odyssey, trans. Emily Wilson
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Episode 43: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh [transcript]
Footprint Calculator
Next Time: Jade City by Fonda Lee
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Episode 42: A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw [transcript]
MasterClass on Magical Realism
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Episode 41: David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa [transcript]
Creole Languages
Nigerian Pidgin
White People, Black Authors Are Not Your Medicine (The Guardian)
Next Time: A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
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Episode 40: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison [transcript]
Map of the Elflands
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Episode 39: On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
Our overall review: interesting, but weird
Next Time: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
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Episode 38: Redwall series by Brian Jacques [transcript]
Redwall Opera
Liverpool Fishermen album
Ask Brian Contest
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Episode 37: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab [transcript]
Not Like the Other Girls
Monkey's Paw Story
What Bridgerton Gets Wrong About Corsets
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Episode 36: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Introduction to us and Robert Jordan: 0:00:55 - 0:19:10
The World and History of Wheel of Time: 0:19:18 - 0:41:15
How the characters interact with each other: 0:41:24 - 1:01:44
The long journey: 1:01:53 - 1:37:34
The end and what might be next: 1:37:42 - 2:00:45
Daniel Recommends: Sandman by Neil Gaiman & The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Cara Recommends: Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon & Queen's Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
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Episode 35: Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs [transcript]
Content warnings for discussion of racism and lynching. Lynching specific reference timestamps: 14:14 - 16:09
Pulp magazines
Edgar Rice Burroughs Archive
Leopold II of Belgium
Equal Justice Initiative Report on Lynching
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Episode 34: Tea From an Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan [transcript]
Cyberpunk
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Episode 33: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins [transcript]
Next time: Tea From an Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan
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Episode 32: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor [transcript]
Okorafor Talks Afrofuturism
Non-Western Fantasy Books from 2020
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Episode 31: Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey [transcript]
Recommended: Circle of Magic by Tamora Pierce
Next time: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
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Episode 30: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley [transcript]
Recommended: The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
Next time: Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
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Episode 29: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones [transcript]
Youngest Child Wins Trope
Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star by John Donne
Recommended: Gail Carson Levine
Howl's Moving Castle movie
Next time: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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Episode 28: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey [transcript]
Content warnings for discussion of rape: 10:26-12:22
Recommended: Sing the Light by Louise Marley
Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
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No review this week! Catch y'all next time.
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Episode 27: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
With special guest Jeremy!
Recommended: Wayfarers by Becky Chambers
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Next time: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
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Episode 26: The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell [transcript]
Chris Riddell’s Works
Children’s Laureate
Gold leaf
Recommended: Beauty by Robin McKinley
Next time: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
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Episode 25: Sabriel by Garth Nix [transcript]
Recommended: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Next time: The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell
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Episode 24: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan [transcript]
Little Free Library
Recommended: Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce
Next time: Sabriel by Garth Nix
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Episode 23: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien [transcript]
Recommended: Redwall by Brian Jacques
Next time: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
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Episode 22: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome [transcript]
Map of the Tour
Recommended: Persuasion by Jane Austen
Next Time: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Episode 21: Circle of Magic series by Tamora Pierce [transcript]
Tamora Pierce’s Patreon
The UK Titles
Recommended: Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn
Next time: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
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Episode 20: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [transcript]
Recommended: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Next time: Circle of Magic by Tamora Pierce
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Episode 19: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee [transcript]
Recommended: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Next time: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
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Episode 18: Uprooted by Naomi Novik [transcript]
Recommended:
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Next time: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
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Episode 17: The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley [transcript]
Recommended: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Next episode: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
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Episode 16: The Road to Underfall by Mike Jefferies [transcript]
Recommended:
The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon
Twilight's Kingdoms by Nancy Asire
Next episode: The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
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Episode 15: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams [transcript]
Wanda Diaz Merced TED Talk: Hearing the Stars
Recommended:
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV Show)
The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
Next episode: The Road to Underfall by Mike Jefferies
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Episode 14: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett [transcript]
GNU Terry Pratchett
Newspaper Clipping
(Also, I said December 22nd and meant December 21st. Oh well.)
Next episode: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams on January 4th.
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Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaiman
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Episode 13: Nevernight by Jay Kristoff [transcript]
Content warnings: sex, torture, murder.
Recommended media:
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
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Episode 12: Neuromancer by William Gibson [transcript]
Content warnings: drug use, incest, sex, murder.
More About Cyberpunk
Recommended media:
Altered Carbon (Netflix)
Blade Runner Movies
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
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Episode 11: Draculaby Bram Stoker [transcript]
"The Real History That Went Into Dracula" article by Dacre Stoker
The Annual Bram Stoker Festival
Recommended media:
Castlevania (Netflix)
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
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Episode 10: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf [transcript]
Content warning: brief mention of suicide, which happens on page in the book.
History of ISBNs
Bloomsbury Group
Quantum Mechanics
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Episode 9: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner [transcript]
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Howl's Moving Castleby Diana Wynne Jones
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Episode 8: East by Edith Pattou. [transcript]
"East of the Sun, West of the Moon"
More on Fairytale origins
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The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
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Episode 7: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley [transcript]
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Song of the Lioness and Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce
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Episode 6: The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor [transcript - includes spoiler episode]
Media like this:
Welcome to Night Vale (book)
It Devours! (book)
The Magnus Archives (podcast)
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Episode 6, part 2: The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
EXTREME SPOILERS EDITION
Episode Five: Wayfarers Series by Becky Chambers [transcript]
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Star Trek: The Next Generation (tv show)
The Color of Distance by Amy Thomson
Terry Pratchett Quote
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Episode Four: School of Light by Jody Lynn Nye [transcript]
Media like this:
MirrorMask (2005 movie)
Welcome to Night Vale (podcast)
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Episode Three: Twilight's Kingdoms trilogy by Nancy Asire [transcript]
Other media like this: The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon
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Episode Two: The Princess Brideby William Goldman [transcript]
Media like this:
The Princess Bride (1987 movie)
As You Wish by Cary Elwes
Uprooted and Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
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Episode One: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell [transcript]
Shotridge Native American Art
Beyond Buckskin
Media like this: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
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