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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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42:26

Station Eleven Part 8: Game Narrative and "The...

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2021/03/05

This week I get reflective about possible worlds and forking paths with a discussion of part 7 of Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven and a few apocalyptic and postapocalyptic games, including the video game Plague Inc., the board game Pandemic, and the storytelling game The Quiet Place along with some ideas from Jorge Luis Borges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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48:51

Station Eleven, Part 7: "Toronto" and The Walking...

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2021/02/27

Since Station Eleven is about comics and a few critics compare Emily St. John Mandel's novel to more violent postapocalyptic narratives like The Walking Dead, I thought it would be worth taking a look at Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore's brilliant graphic novel, Days Gone Bye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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59:20

100 Years of Horror, Part 7: The Exorcist

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2021/02/27

Director William Friedkin, Screenwriter William Peter Blatty, and actor Linda Blair have all called The Exorcist a "theological thriller," refusing to admit that the top grossing horror movie of all time is really a horror film. Looking at how the film using editing to build a narrative of transformation from innocence to malevolence, I argue that ultimately, it still deserves the title of one of the scariest horror movies of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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51:01

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 100 Years of Horror,...

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2021/02/19

This week we hit the 1970s, which for my money, is the greatest decade of horror film yet. So great, that I had to examine two movies, starting with Tobe Hooper's notorious The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. What makes this film one of the greatest horror movies ever? And why was it banned in Britain for over 20 years when it never really shows any explicit gory violence? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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47:42

Station Eleven Part 6: "The Starship," Calvin and...

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2021/02/16

This week, I don't really talk much about Station Eleven, but instead talk about one of its great moments of intertextuality (besides every other academic's favourite from this novel, Shakespeare): Bill Watterson's beloved and brilliant comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes. I use some strips to discuss what comics are, how Station Eleven references them, and then how to read them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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42:57

Station Eleven Part 5: ”I Prefer You with a Crown”...

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2021/02/05

This week we explore the idea of "everyday apocalypse" at length by reading Part 3 of Station Eleven, "I Prefer You With a Crown" in concert with James P. Blaylock's short story "War of the Worlds." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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54:54

100 Years of Horror, Part 5: Night of the Living Dead

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2021/02/05

We arrive at the point that many horror film scholars have called the beginning of the modern horror film: George A. Romero's seminal zombie flick, Night of the Living Dead. This time, the blood is chocolate syrup, but the guts are real, and the monsters are the neighbors--literally. Come find out about the movie Romero made with friends, family, and real cops!SHOW LESS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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50:12

Station Eleven Part 4: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"...

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2021/01/30

This week we learn about Alfred Korzybski's idea that "The Map is Not the Territory," as we head into the postapocalyptic future of Station Eleven, comparing the second part, "A Midummer Night's Dream" with Walter Van Tilburg Clark's dark short story, "The Portable Phonograph." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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100 Years of Horror, Part 4: Horror of Dracula

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2021/01/30

Welcome to the 1950s, the decade of atomic horror in America, and Hammer Horror in the UK! This week, we look at Hammer Films' Dracula (1958) aka Horror of Dracula in the United States. We've got full-colour gore! Low budgets and low necklines! And Grand Moff Tarkin at his most energetic. Spoiler: Peter Cushing is the greatest Van Helsing ever, and Christopher Lee was pure evil before he ever touched that Palantir in Lord of the Rings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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47:20

Station Eleven Part 3: The Stand and The Theatre

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2021/01/22

This week, we turn to the prologue to Stephen King's post-apocalyptic epic, The Stand to act as a contrast to Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven. We also learn about Poe's Theory of the Unity of Effect and delve further into the joys of Intertextuality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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53:28

100 Years of Horror, Part 3: Cat People

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2021/01/22

This week's installment of 100 Years of Horror takes us into the 1940s and a discussion of the studio system, and how that system was instrumental in Val Lewton's decision to use "suggestive horror" in an innovative shift away from a European Gothic Past into the American Urban Present of Cat People. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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54:28

100 Years of Horror, Part 2: The Bride of Frankenstein

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2021/01/15

Jumping from the silent era to the 1930s, this week's selection from a century of horror film is the pinnacle of the Universal Monsters films, James Whale's masterpiece, The Bride of Frankenstein. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Station Eleven Part 2: Contagion and The Theatre

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2021/01/15

This week, we learn more about the way Narrative Theory approaches Story and Narrative by comparing Steven Soderbergh's film Contagion with "The Theatre," the first part of Emily St. John Mandel's novel, Station Eleven. After a crash course in film language using Contagion as our case study, I look at how the intensity of the film helps us understand how Mandel is creating a kinder, gentler apocalypse in Station Eleven. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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57:16

100 Years of Horror, Part I: Nosferatu

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2021/01/08

We embark on a journey of terror, looking at 100 years of horror movies. We begin our journey with F.W. Murnau and Albin Grau's classic silent film, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. This episode discusses some misconceptions about the film, the ways in which it is like (and unlike) Stoker's Dracula, and how we can be a "sympathetic audience" to old horror movies that no longer have the power to scare a contemporary viewer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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44:01

The Christmas Episode 2020

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2020/12/21

My first Christmas episode, in which I probably say "whimsy" too much, but make some recommendations for you to read, watch, and play over the Holiday season (which goes until January 6 if you want it to). 0:00 - Introduction (with festive music!) 2.43 Reading Recommendations 3:09 Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (Science Fiction) 10:23 Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (Fantasy) 17:25 All the Bells on Earth by James P. Blaylock (Horror)26:20 Watching Recommendations 26:30 Doctor

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47:52

Station Eleven Part 1 - Judging A Book by its Cover

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2020/11/23

This episode introduces a new season/course, Media Across Narrative. Our focus is Emily St. John Mandel's novel Station Eleven, which we will use as our central pillar to a semester-long investigation of the apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic genres. In this episode, I take judge Station Eleven by its cover -- or rather, covers, and explain the difference between story and narrative using Noah's Ark, one of the first apocalyptic works of written narrative in the world! Hosted on Acast. See

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Gravity - Sound

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2020/11/17

The final episode of the Narrative in Film series! This week, I'm looking at how sound works as cinematic language, with Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity as our case study. Rabbit trails include why Gravity isn't science fiction, and why Neil DeGrasse Tyson needs to stop punching holes in the fabric of film reality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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46:31

Star Wars: Editing

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2020/11/02

This week, I'm standing on the shoulders of giants Will Brooker and Linton Davies as we discuss how editing contributes to cinematic language, with Star Wars as our case study. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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50:35

Get Out: Acting

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2020/10/26

In this lecture, we're talking about that aspect of cinematic language everyone thinks they're an expert on: acting! Our case study for the week is Jordan Peele's excellent horror flick, Get Out. Just in time for Halloween! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:07:45

Fellowship of the Ring: Cinematography

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2020/10/19

This week, I'm looking at Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring with a focus on cinematography, which is one of the areas this film won an Academy Award for. It's an epic episode for an epic film! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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