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Triple Bladed Sword

A podcast about the Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror we read, watch, and play. Your host is Mike Perschon, a professor of English at MacEwan University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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44:02

Entering the Conversation

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2021/09/17

Analysis and Argument, Part 2 - Entering the Conversation. Literary theorist Kenneth Burke compared scholarly writing and research to an ongoing conversation. This week, we talk about the first stage of writing a research paper, when we gather ideas and determine focus, and how that's easier to do when we read and listen to what others have to say.Photo credit: @alexisrbrown on Unsplash Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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42:40

How to Write a Summary

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2021/09/10

A lecture from my English 102 Analysis and Argument course about how to write a summary, based on A Brief Guide to Writing From Readings by Stephen. W. Wilhoit and They Say, I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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50:59

The Book ISN‘T Always Better

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2021/09/07

One year of podcasting! This is my first anniversary episode, and I'm devoting it entirely to the triple blades that make up Linda Hutcheon's adaptation theory: telling, showing, and interacting, or as I always say here, read, watch, and play. You'll learn why the book isn't always better than the movie and that sometimes, adaptations aren't interested in being true to "the original." I dance around the IPs of Harry Potter, Star Wars, the Lone Ranger, and the Wizard of Oz, to name just a few.

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26:23

Spoiler Alert! Spoilers don't Spoil: Office Hours...

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2021/08/16

This may come as a surprise, but surprises aren't as big a deal to your enjoyment of a movie or book as you might think. Taking a look at our spoiler-obsessed culture through the lens of the Alien franchise of films, books, and games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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36:18

Little Green Men and Fire-Breathing Dragons: Office...

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2021/07/30

This week I bore you all to tears by explaining my approach to course design, using a Speculative Fiction course on aliens and dragons as a case study. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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11:18

What Can You Do With an English Degree? Office Hours...

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2021/07/23

I thought I'd answer this perennial question for my commencement speech to our English grads this year. Bonus poetry and Terry Pratchett! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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18:38

Dungeons and Detentions: Office Hours 2021 - Episode 7

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2021/07/16

With a new Dungeons and Dragons movie in production, I got thinking about why movies about games often fail as adaptations, while shows like Critical Role and Harmonquest succeed. What do the streamers have that Hollywood doesn't? The answer lies in an unholy synthesis of '80s teen flicks and that D&D Saturday morning cartoon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:11

Dopamine and Dragons: Office Hours 2021 - Episode 6

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2021/07/09

Contrary to what the madness of the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s taught me, it turns out tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons don't cause suicide, but might just be a really great prescription for robust mental health. How can a game involving mind flayers and intellect devourers do this? Jane McGonigal's book, Reality is Broken has some answers for you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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24:32

Indigenous Voices: Short Fiction and Uncertainty:...

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2021/07/02

This week I'm contemplating the question I've been asking myself, "Should I celebrate/observe/cancel Canada Day" through the lens of Indigenous writer Richard Van Camp's brilliant short fiction. As with some of the great literary short stories, the epiphanies are left to the listener! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22:54

Superheroes Bright and Shiny, Dark and Gritty: Office...

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2021/06/25

Today I'm talking about the last two DCEU movies, Wonder Woman 1984 and Zack Snyder's Justice League, and how both work to give us epic meditations on loss and grief. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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17:54

To Boldly Go From Homophobe to Ally: Office Hours...

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2021/06/18

In honour of Pride Month, a reflection on my journey from homophobia to allyship via Star Trek: The Next Generation, Clive Barker's dark fantasy novels, and Gandalf! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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19:42

Paperback Crush: Children's Fiction beyond Narnia:...

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2021/06/11

This week, I'm talking about Gabrielle Moss's totally tubular Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction, teaching Children's fiction in University, and how looking at teenage paperbacks might lead us to learning about really important moments in the representation of marginalized voices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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19:46

How to Do Nothing: Office Hours 2021 - Episode 1

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2021/06/03

I'm back! I needed a break, and while I was doing nothing for a while, I was reading Jenny Odell's How to Do Nothing. It got me thinking about my days as a pastor, but also how painting fantasy minis is how I currently practice Sabbath, or the art of doing nothing. This is the first in my "Office Hours" series for 2021, shorter episodes that are meant to emulate the sorts of conversations I have with students when they visit me in my office. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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52:07

Station Eleven Part 11: "After the Plague" and...

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2021/03/26

We come to the end of our journey in the postapocalyptic wastelands of books, comics, films, and games with T.C. Boyle's short story "After the Plague" and the final part of Station Eleven. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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50:48

100 Years of Horror, Part 11: It Follows:

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2021/03/26

This week, we look at David Robert Mitchell's brilliant twist on so many conventions of earlier horror films, from the slasher to the zombie to the supernatural curse in It Follows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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50:41

Station Eleven Part 10: "The Prophet" and Mad Max:...

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2021/03/19

Another study of film language, this time using George Miller's high-octane masterwork, Mad Max: Fury Road. We'll see how the movie and Station Eleven share the same story while looking at how each narrative addresses the theme "Survival is Insufficient." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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59:16

100 Years of Horror, Part 10: The Ring

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2021/03/19

Ghost stories and an adaptation of Japanese Horror this week as we hit the 2000s. Relying exclusively on film language, I analyze the way Gore Verbinski's The Ring hems in its narrative to provide the ultimate fake out ending. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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43:05

Station Eleven, Part 9": The Terminal" and Stranger...

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2021/03/12

This week, we look at making the familiar unfamiliar in the seventh part of Station Eleven, bringing it into conversation with Craig Raine's riddle poem "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" and Nathan Pyle's webcomic, Stranger Planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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100 Years of Horror, Part 9: Scream

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2021/03/12

When I originally envisioned my 100 Years of Horror, I didn't think I'd include a film, to underscore that many see it as a low point in the history of the horror film. But by popular acclaim, friends and student wore me down with the question, "What about Scream?" The answer is finally here, and it has to do with media-savvy '90s teens, the guy who wrote Dawson's Creek, and one of the "movie brats" of the '70s reinventing himself for a new generation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:11:48

100 Years of Horror, Part 8: The Thing

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2021/03/05

In this episode, I get to talk about one of my favourite movies of all time, John Carpenter's The Thing. And as you might expect, I go on a little long about body horror, great edits, shooting on location, and a discussion of how the direct horror of showing the Thing results in a little suggestive horror, since seeing the Thing isn't the same thing as knowing what it is we're seeing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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