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The Wood Between the Worlds
Skeleton Songs
English - December 18, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBVideo Games Leisure Arts Books videogames video games games stories narrative cultist simulator book of hours fiction game writing books Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Lord of the Rings + Narnia + Jane Austen = ?
A smash-hit 800-page faux-Victorian novel of realist magic and alternate histories, of course! Welcome to the world of Susanna Clarke, whose rules-based, Mametian and very 'English' magic system is one of the best we've had the good fortune to meet.
Join us for a discussion of made-up magical scholarship, urban versus natural magic, whether you should consider the Land of Faerie for your next holiday destination, and 'the beauty of grey'.
Games / books mentioned in this episode, for your gaming / reading pleasure:
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
- Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke
- The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories, by Susanna Clarke
- Harm's Way, by Colin Greenland
- Take Back Plenty, by Colin Greenland
- Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees
- The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
- Cultist Simulator + BOOK OF HOURS, by us
- Deus Ex, by Ion Storm
- "Time Enough At Last", by John Brahm and Rod Serling
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