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11:14

111.11: City by P. D. Smith

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2022/12/11

Advent day 11: City, a guidebook for the urban age by P.D. Smith find out more here Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

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12:14

111.10: Ultraviolet

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2022/12/10

Advent calendar day 10: Ultraviolet (TV series, 1998 with Jack Davenport, Idris Elba, Suzannah Harker) Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

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14:01

111.9: Sapphire and Steel by Big Finish

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2022/12/09

Advent calendar day 9: Sapphire and Steel audio plays by Big Finish The image I used is from Andrew Orton’s site, who created several covers for the first series (see this page) and has some other interesting pages (I love the Minimalist Dr Who graphics) Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp //…Read more 111.9: Sapphire and Steel by Big Finish

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11:01

111.8: Scott Pilgrim

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2022/12/08

Advent calendar day 8: Scott Pilgrim by Brian Lee O’Malley Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

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13:42

111.7: Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces

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2022/12/07

Advent day 7: Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey and Dan Harmon’s Story Cycle (plus Christopher Vogler) Links, etc. This is Dan Harmon’s story circle (graphic from https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/dan-harmon-story-circle/) And here’s a cycle I noted for Beyond the Wall where “Order” is the Village and “Chaos” is Beyond the Wall from here (old DepartmentV site, bit of a…Read more 111.7: Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces

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11:49

111.6: the Books of Abarat by Clive Barker

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2022/12/06

Advent 6: the Books of Abarat by Clive Barker Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

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13:18

111.5: Paper Girls

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2022/12/05

Advent day 5: Paper Girls by Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

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11:36

111.4: Tenet

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2022/12/04

Advent calendar day 4: TENET, entropy and time travel Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

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12:18

111.3: White Fang by Jack London

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2022/12/03

Advent calendar day 3: White Fang by Jack London. Animals, their gods and gods’ laws. Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

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17:39

111.2: Cordwainer Smith’s Instrumentality of Mankind

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2022/12/02

Advent calendar day 2: space travel in the universe of Cordwainer Smith’s Instrumentality of Mankind space travel // sacrifice // journeys // closed environments Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

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16:43

111.1: The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

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2022/12/01

On day 1 of the advent calendar I ramble about The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie magical realism // hooks // nested stories // metamorphosis // Nephilim RPG Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

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1:21

Episode 111: The Fictoplasm Advent Calendar

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2022/11/30

This is the Fictoplasm Advent Calendar. I’ll update this post with links to each new episode! Mmm, jingle bells. Episodes None yet… Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

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31:49

110: Breakers (and other time loops)

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2022/02/27

Breakers — Saving Harper Ross (dir. Chason Laing) TV Tropes: Time Loops image credit Introduction 00:07 // Synopsis 01:00 (book and film) // Other media and time loops 08:45 (Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow, Palm Springs, Before I Fall, Russian Doll) // Remarks 14:17 (insiders and outsiders, organising the day, end of the day) //…Read more 110: Breakers (and other time loops)

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36:26

109: The Running Man by Richard Bachman

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2022/02/07

The Running Man by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) The Running Man (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, directed by Paul Michael Glaser) Introduction 00:07 // Synopsis 01:40 (book and film) // Remarks 13:11 (scope, legality, arena, timeframe, higher authority; games commission, hunters, runners, the underground; playing — sandbox, sprint/night witches versions) // Media 31:51 (Series 7: The Contenders;…Read more 109: The Running Man by Richard Bachman

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36:38

108: Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson...

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2022/01/18

Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jannson The Map! Intro 00.07 // Synopsis 01.33 // Remarks 13.33 (OSR modules; OSR branding vs. mainstream RPGs; sandboxes, internal consistency, ecology, liminal spaces) // Media 33.11 (Fear of a Black Dragon Gardens of Ynn, Hilda, Tequendria and other OSR titles) // Thanks 35.35 Patreon Support this podcast on The…Read more 108: Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson (Patron’s Choice)

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43:15

107: Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

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2022/01/06

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert Children of Dune (TV Miniseries) (Image is of the Gerry Grace cover for Children of Dune) Intro 00:07 // Synopsis 01:15 // Remarks 26:51 (narrative transformation of Fremen and House Atreides, Pharaonic Imperium, The Hero’s Journey and the Monomyth, agency in an established timeline) // Media 39:32 Patreon Support…Read more 107: Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

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2021/12/31

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33:56

106: Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

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2021/12/24

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Children of Dune (TV Miniseries) (image source: isfdb.org) Intro 00:07 // Synopsis 01:39 // Remarks 13:21 (humans as special weapons, Bene Gesserit and Bene Tleilax, shapers and mechanists, law and chaos, changing face of Arrakis, plot structure and pacing, noble houses under siege) // Media 30:12 Patreon Support this podcast…Read more 106: Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

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50:34

105: Dune by Frank Herbert

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2021/11/21

Dune by Frank Herbert Dune (1984 film) directed by David Lynch Frank Herbert’s Dune (TV miniseries) Dune (2021 film) directed by Denis Villeneuve Intro 00:07 // Synopsis 01:47 // Extra 20:17 // Remarks 26:06 (transhumanism, worms as dragons, ecological mysteries) // Media 36:39 (screen versions, best actors, RPGs) Patreon Support this podcast on The Fictoplasm…Read more 105: Dune by Frank Herbert

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58:19

104: Interview with Frances Hardinge

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2021/10/31

I’m interviewing Frances Hardinge! We talk about her novels including The Lie Tree and A Face Like Glass, her ideas and characters, unreliable landscapes, closed communities and islands, literary influences, and ghost stories. 00:06 preamble 01:02 Frances’ fiction (The Lie Tree, A Face Like Glass, research inc. cheese making) 21:56 Literary influences (and ghost stories…Read more 104: Interview with Frances Hardinge

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