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Episode 56: The Title of the Episode

Be The Serpent

English - March 11, 2020 10:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 97 ratings
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On this week's episode, we're diving into a very self-referential discussion of the metatext! Tentpoles this week are the film The Handmaiden, the fanfic “Steve Rogers at 100,” and A Choir of Lies by our very own Alexandra Rowland.


 


What We’re Into Lately


Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri


Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri


The Impossible Contract by K. A. Doore


Georgette Heyer


The Untamed


The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xu


Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xu


The Simplest Way Forward by harriet_vane


 


Other Stuff We Mentioned


Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild


1917


Eddie Izzard bit


Pirates


Overinvested


Written by the Victors by Speranza


Fingersmith by Sarah Waters


A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland


An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears


Person of Interest (or, the Husbands and Wives show)



For Next Time


The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis


 


Transcription


The transcript for this episode is available here! Appreciate your local scribes and their hard work by reading their margin comments--they've been metatexty this whole time, wow!