TMTYR Episode #82: Oh, I Had Some Brews (Conjure Wife, Hugos There crossover)

It’s the TMTYR/Hugos There Podcast crossover you’ve all been waiting for! For Halloween 2019, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 2019/1944 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel winner, Conjure Wife, by Fritz Lieber, and its three (!) movie adaptations. We’ve been warned by at least one woman that any female readers/listeners may hate read/watch. We understand … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #82: Oh, I Had Some Brews (Conjure Wife, Hugos There crossover) →

It’s the TMTYR/Hugos There Podcast crossover you’ve all been waiting for! For Halloween 2019, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 2019/1944 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel winner, Conjure Wife, by Fritz Lieber, and its three (!) movie adaptations.

We’ve been warned by at least one woman that any female readers/listeners may hate read/watch. We understand this.

Rankings!:

Colin:

book
1962 film
1980 film
1944 film

James:

book
1962 film
1980 film
1944 film

Seth:

1962 film
book
1980 film
1944 film

Notes:

Original Novel from Unknown Worlds:

http://www.unz.com/print/Unknown-1943apr-00009/?View=PDF

Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962 film) on Amazon Video (no longer Prime, sorry):

https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Witch-Janet-Blair/dp/B009EOBB4C

History of the book’s publication:

https://www.blackgate.com/2014/02/15/lust-women-and-the-devil-seven-decades-of-fritz-leibers-conjure-wife/

Chris Rock bit on taking credit for things you’re supposed to do (content warning: all the n-words):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0B_ekSrsEk

Scriabin’s Piano Sonata #9 (hot garbage):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENxotmXmvGw