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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

BOOKED SOLID: A New Canaan Library Podcast for Adventurous Readers Across All Genres - April 26, 2024 18:10 - 28 minutes
Kathleen, Kat, and James come face to face with unexpected horrors and unfriendly in-laws in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s book Mexican Gothic. Join our hosts as they discuss the Gothic novel, the strangling grasp of the patriarchy, and the terror of the fungi kingdom. To place a hold on any of the titl...

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Episode 84: Weird Era feat. Myriam Lacroix

Weird Era - April 26, 2024 13:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
This week, Alex talks to Myriam Lacroix about her novel, How It Works Out, queer fiction, the Canadian literary landscape, love as hunger, and parallel worlds. About Myriam Lacroix: MYRIAM LACROIX was born in Montreal to a Québécois mother and a Moroccan father, and currently lives in Vancouver. ...

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Rerun: Hoopla Gods and Interlibrary Loan Ghosts

Swords & Starships - April 26, 2024 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
This is a callback from our first season in 2021! Brittney and Joshua review two books they got through the library's interlibrary loan program and the streaming service Hoopla. Both of these services are free so long as you have a library card and a Coos Bay area zip code. Find us at: Podcas...

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The Paradiso, Canto Thirty One by Dante Alighieri

Words in the Air - April 25, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Read by Dave Luukkonen (English) Read by Lino Pertile (Italian)   Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

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Before the End: Stories from the World of Cedain REACTION (Spoiler-Lite)

Fantasy for the Ages - April 24, 2024 18:37 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Jim's bringing a Book Blast to you today, a spoiler-lite reaction to John Palladino's upcoming next edition to his grimdark fantasy series The Tragedy of Cedain. Technically though, this is a companion book, a collection of 11 short stories set in the same world as the core series, backstories o...

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Weekly Channel Update: April 23, 2024

Fantasy for the Ages - April 24, 2024 05:18 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
It's been a busy week, full of books, movies, shows, and people. Lots of people - because it was JORDANCON 2024. Let me tell you about it. #fantasy #SFF #scifi #weeklyupdates #booktube #booktuber #JordanCon We hope you'll Like and Subscribe! Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jMWyVJ6qK...

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3 Body Problem: Review of the Netflix Show

Fantasy for the Ages - April 24, 2024 05:18 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Jim recently completed viewing the first season of FX's 3 Body Problem, available on Netflix. He'd read the trilogy a few months ago in preparation. Was the effort worth it? Is the show any good? Here's his thoughts. (Spoiler-lite.) #SciFi #SFF #3bodyproblem #fantasy #Booktube #Booktuber ...

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The Paradiso, Canto Twenty Three by Dante Alighieri

Words in the Air - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Read by Juliet Prew (English) Read by Lino Pertile (Italian)   Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

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Top 5 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Worlds I Wish Were Real

Fantasy for the Ages - April 20, 2024 13:12 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Authors have done some amazing work with worldbuilding, bringing to life before our imaginations some incredible places to visit or live. Here Jim tried to rank what would be his Top 5 locations. How many would you agree with? #SciFi #SFF #Witcher #fantasy #Booktube #Booktuber #top5 We h...

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The Witcher Novels: Jim's Thoughts

Fantasy for the Ages - April 19, 2024 22:36 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
The Witcher novels are a mixed bag, some great, some... well, it's complicated. In this episode Jim gets into it. This is actually still spoiler-lite, as Jim doesn't spend a lot of time in the plot. He's more discussing the structure and premises of the books. Oh, and he may go off about Netfl...

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Episode 83: Weird Era feat. Lauren Oyler

Weird Era - April 19, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
About Lauren Oyler: Lauren Oyler's essays on books and culture appear regularly in The New Yorker, the New York Times, the London Review of Books, Harper's, and other publications. Her debut novel, Fake Accounts, was published in 2021. She lives in Berlin. About No Judgement: From the national b...

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The Ruins (2008) Movie Review

Swords & Starships - April 19, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Are those plants... moving? Join Brittney and Joshua as they chat about horrifying plant life in this 2008 teen horror! The Ruins (2008) - IMDb Things We Mentioned Zoroastrianism | Definition, Beliefs, Founder, Holy Book, & Facts | Britannica Taken (2008) - IMDb Hostel (2005) - IMDb The to...

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The Purgatorio, Canto Thirty One by Dante Alighieri

Words in the Air - April 18, 2024 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Read by Terry Casburn (English) Read by Lino Pertile (Italian)   Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

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A Night in the Lonesome October REACTION (Spoiler-Lite)

Fantasy for the Ages - April 17, 2024 23:59 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Jim reacts spoiler-lite to yet another novel by Roger Zelazny, one of his last books, and something that feels quite different from other Zelazny literature he'd read. Now, is that a good different, or a bad different. WAFO #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober #SFF #mystery #fantasy #Booktube #Bookt...

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Weekly Channel Update: April 16, 2024

Fantasy for the Ages - April 17, 2024 23:57 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Now that we're fully into the swing on a new episode every day, we think we can justify giving ONE of those days to a simple weekly update, mentioning what we've been up to over the past seven days - books read, things watched, stuff done. Mostly these will feature Jim/Father, but we're sure we'...

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Jim's Top 10 Supporting Characters of Fantasy

Fantasy for the Ages - April 16, 2024 02:32 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
I'm bringing another Top 10 list to you today, thinking of my favorite supporting characters in fantasy stories (or fantasy-adjacent). There were SO MANY to consider, but I've whittled it down to a top 10. At least, for today. How many will you agree with? #fantasy #SFF #scifi #top10 #booktube...

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Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles

I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere - April 15, 2024 18:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 107 ratings
“I am one of the hounds” [STUD]   The golden age of Hollywood brought us stars like William Powell and Myrna Loy, and of course Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. In Elizabeth Crowens' new novel Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles, we find them (and Dashiell Hammett) intervowen in a story that...

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SPECIAL EPISODE 014: Our new friend, J.M. Wallace!

A Court of Fandoms and Exploration - A Podcast. - April 15, 2024 04:15 - 52 minutes
ACOFAE Podcast Presents: SPECIAL EPISODE 014: Our new friend, J.M. Wallace! ACOFAE welcomes to the podcast Romantasy author J.M. Wallace to discuss her new audio release Heir of Shadows and Ice! JM and ACOFAE keep things spoiler free and discuss everything from ironing out the writing process, fi...

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The Purgatorio, Canto Thirty by Dante Alighieri

Words in the Air - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Read by Juliet Prew (English) Read by Lino Pertile (Italian)   Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

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Jim's Top 20 Favorite Surprise Movie Endings

Fantasy for the Ages - April 14, 2024 20:08 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Here's another fun movie list, the top 20 movies I've enjoyed that have a surprise ending. I've done this "spoiler-lite," revealing none of the endings, just in case there are some you haven't yet seen. Which I hope you will. Not surprisingly, nearly all of these movies are either SFF or SFF-ad...

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HYPNOGORIA 257 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXXIV

Hypnogoria - April 14, 2024 04:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
In this final chapter of the history of Universal horror we look at the last four fright flicks! A final outing for director Jack Arnold with The Monster of the Campus, discover the secret of The Leech Woman, unearth The Thing Had Could Not Die, and find a vampire in the Wild West in Curse of th...

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The Chronicles of Amber, Books 6-10 REACTION (Spoiler-Lite Review)

Fantasy for the Ages - April 13, 2024 22:41 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Jim reacts spoiler-lite to the follow-up to Roger Zelazny's first five books of The Chronicles of Amber. Written in the 80's and early 90's, these books have a different feel than their predecessors. Is that a good different, or a bad different? ... Yes? Come hear Jim's conflicted thoughts. #Ch...

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Foundation REACTION (Spoiler-Lite Review)

Fantasy for the Ages - April 13, 2024 22:40 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Zach has finally given Foundation a try, classic science fiction of Isaac Asimov that his dad enjoyed DECADES ago. Pre-Zach. What does Zach think? Is it still relevant? One thing we can say - Zach isn't happy... #Foundation #SFF #SciFi #booktube #booktuber We hope you'll Like and Subscribe! ...

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Episode 82: Weird Era feat. Cameron Russell

Weird Era - April 12, 2024 14:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
About Cameron Russell: Cameron Russell has spent the last twenty years working as a model for clients including Prada, Calvin Klein, Victoria’s Secret, H&M, Vogue, and Elle. With over forty million views, her TED talk on the power of image is one of the most popular of all time. She is the co-fou...

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Short: Outdoorsy Movie Taglines!

Swords & Starships - April 12, 2024 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Let's play a game! In today’s episode can you guess the outdoorsy movies based on their taglines?  Get your thinking caps on and let's see who can guess them all! Things We Mentioned: Llamas with Hats (youtube.com) The Ruins (2008) - IMDb Find us at: Podcast Website: https://swordsstarship...

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Chesapeake Bay Monsters REACTION (Spoiler-Lite Review)

Fantasy for the Ages - April 11, 2024 13:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Here's a fun, unique, and layered story about the monsters people are experiencing and being troubled by around Chesapeake Bay, and the chaos that results. All is not as it seems... #ChesapeakeBayMonsters #SFF #SciFi #fantasy #booktube #booktuber We hope you'll Like and Subscribe! Join us on...

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The Purgatorio, Canto Ten by Dante Alighieri

Words in the Air - April 11, 2024 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Read by Matthew Sykes (English) Read by Lino Pertile (Italian)   Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

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Light Bringer - Full Spoil Review (Red Rising 6)

Fantasy for the Ages - April 09, 2024 13:13 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
With a name like "Light Bringer," surely this 6th book of Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga is going to rebound from the darkness of "Dark Age," the previous volume. Right? ... Right??? #RedRising #SFF #SciFi #fantasy #booktube #booktuber We hope you'll Like and Subscribe! Join us on Discord: ...

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159. The Prisoner's Throne: “We’re here for the Jude and Cardan of it all.”

A Court of Fandoms and Exploration - A Podcast. - April 08, 2024 04:15 - 1 hour
ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Prisoner's Throne: Welcome back to Elfhame, things are a bit wild at the moment. Oak is in prison and The High King and Queen are going to do something about it in 3 days. 3 days Oak! Get it together! Jumping off right from where the The Stolen Heir ended, The Prisone...

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The Inferno, Canto Twenty Six by Dante Alighieri

Words in the Air - April 08, 2024 04:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Read by Christopher Kendrick (English) Read by Francesco Bausi (Italian)   Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman