Death Sentence

Arammu, by HERUVIM from the album Mercator

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Heruvim - Arammu heruvim.bandcamp.com/track/arammu

Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo - Radioactive Dreams chatpile.bandcamp.com/track/radioa...

Web of Angles and Another Cyberpunk Langdon and Eden kick things off by talking about the uses of awards - how to follow them, what they're good for, and why! Then, they dive into John M. Ford's parallel reality version of cyberpunk wi

Langdon and Eden kick things off by talking about the curational uses of literary awards.

Then, John M. Ford's alternate version of cyberpunk with Web of Angels, his debut novel. Galactic phone lines and weird space opera, in a rough book that brims with passion!

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Arammu, by HERUVIM from the album Mercator

Music played:

Heruvim - Arammu heruvim.bandcamp.com/track/arammu

Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo - Radioactive Dreams chatpile.bandcamp.com/track/radioa...

Massive congrats to @vajra.me! As you might know, we loved Rakesfall and had Vajra on to discuss the book, colonialism, voice, weird time structures, the complicated legacy of Arthur C. Clarke and more!

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Yearning Arrows; Cloven Suns, by ARROWS 4 track album

Hey everyone, bit of a slow down in output as Eden tries not to get worked to death. It's not going well. But we have some killer books for you so stay tuned. In the meantime, let's listen to some weird metal together.

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Eddington and Weapons Naruto run with us to the local picture house to watch a double bill of Ari Aster's Eddington and Zack Cregger's Weapons, with Kayte Terry of the excellent Tender Subject podcast. Music by Umulamahri

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NEW EPISODE

@wormbuxx.bsky.social from @tendersubject.bsky.social joins us at the Movies! We have watched Eddington and Weapons and have the full range of opinions, from hatred to liking to not sure!

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I'm 1h into this episode and it is excellent 🤌

Make sure to check out @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, they have a lot more sick stuff in their roster!

Fearful Symmetry, by Rintrah from the album The Torrid Clime

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Rintrah - Fearful Symmetry rintrahmusic.bandcamp.com/track/fearful-symmetry

Kayo Dot - Oracle By Severed Head kayodot.bandcamp.com/track/oracle-by-severed-head

One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve Langdon and Eden discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but,

We discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but, "One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve"! Body horror and familial obsession mix in this arresting and clever novella about a man sawed in half!

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🌞 NEW EPISODE ☀️

Ishiguro season finishes with 2022's Klara and the Sun, the story of a M3gan learning what it is to love. We also talk about anime because of Satan.

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Dissociative, by Hypomanic Daydream from the album The Yearning

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Hypomanic Daydream - Dissociative hypomanicdaydream.bandcamp.com/track/dissociative

Editrix - The Big E editrix.bandcamp.com/track/the-big-e

The Multitude of Existence and North Continent Ribbon This time around, Langdon and Eden peer into the world, which is actually many things and not just one (and that's good!) Then, they take a look at Ursula K. Le Guin award nominee, Ursula Whitcher's

Langdon and Eden peer into the world, which is actually many things and not just one (and that's good!)

Then, they look at @yarntheory.bsky.social's North Continent Ribbon! Weird ships, radical politics, and interesting AI mix in this short story suite!

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we do literally have a dungeon on there

Eden is part of this awesome initiative to add a Translated Speculative Fiction award to the Hugos! If you've listened to the podcast, you know how much amazing Speculative Fiction in non-English languages is out there. We should recognize them!

Kepler-186 f, by Mathilde from the album 32 Décembre

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Imipolex - Martian Blood Mother imipolex.bandcamp.com/track/martia...

The Futility of War and Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness Langdon and Eden kick things off by asking the important questions: which member of the Friends cast would you follow into battle? They also discuss the inherent futility and horror of war. Then, the

We start by asking the important questions: which member of the Friends cast would you follow into battle?

Then, we tackle Roger Zelazny's feverish Creatures of Light and Darkness, touching on myth, explosive prose, and Zelazny's unfortunate misogyny.

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PHD, by Knives from the album GLITTER

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Knives - PHD knivesnoise.bandcamp.com/track/phd

Everfair, Colonialism, and Better History Fiction Gareth and Eden explore Nisi Shawl's Everfair, a mostly successful attempt at writing better, less racist, and more

New episode! We explore Nisi Shawl's Everfair, a mostly successful attempt at writing less racist and more "complete" historical fiction. Nuclear dirigibles, proto-socialist societies, and lots and lots (and lots) of character PoVs mix with complex racial identities!

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He's going to the House Absolute to negotiate with the Autrach. He will be frightened by Dr. Talos's play.

uuuggghhh forgot to say music played - this is the music I played on this episode :P At the end :P Like always :P Prog death :P Enjoy :P

BIG NEWS: @erikhane.bsky.social at @headwaterlit.bsky.social is now my literary agent, and he'll be working with me to get a book called Just Plain Evil published (possibly with a cover that looks like a Neon Genesis Evangelion episode title card, as illustrated below).

Changeling, by Changeling from the album Changeling

Changeling - Changeling

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Growing Up Weightless and the John M. Ford Revival Eden flies solo on this episode, diving deep into the masterful, subtle, and rich Growing Up Weightless by the criminally under-read and under-recognized John M. Ford. Lunar politics, coming of age, a

Eden flies solo on this episode, diving into the masterful, subtle, and rich Growing Up Weightless by the under-read and under-recognized John M. Ford. Lunar politics, coming of age, and weird interstellar drives clash in this unique, hard sci-fi bildungsroman!

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Slave Agent - Forced to Suffer slaveagent.bandcamp.com/track/forced-to-suffer

Grails - Silver Bells grails.bandcamp.com/track/silver-bells

Calypso and Topographical Verse Langdon and Eden kick things off by discussing their favorite Metallica tracks and also how good Metallica really are. Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's

Langdon and Eden kick things off by discussing their favorite Metallica tracks and also how good Metallica really are.

Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's "Calypso", a beautiful, if limited, verse novel about terraforming, memory, personhood, and endings.

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Kazuo Ishiguro - Nocturnes DEATH // SENTENCE · Episode

NEW EPISODE!

Nocturnes isn't Kazuo Ishiguro's best loved book, but it does let us talk about ambition, editing and The Driving Crooner - but first some 🎮 GAMER TALK 🎮

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HEY! me and Gareth had a lot of fun! check it out!

Lyta Gold - Dangerous Fictions Are books... dangerous? A lot of people think so, from Moms For Liberty to the mostly-imaginary internet spectre of the censorious Puriteen. Lyta Gold joins us to talk about which books are most dange

NEW EPISODE!

@lytagold.bsky.social joins us to ask the question: are books dangerous? Which books are dangerous? Are there any non-dangerous books? Probably not.

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