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103: Verdigris Deep by Frances Hardinge

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2021/10/31

Verdigris Deep by Frances Hardinge Intro 00:06 // Synopsis 01:00 // Remarks 10:21 (small communities, NPCs’ desires, surprise powers and downsides, the spirit world) // Media 19:58 (Amelie, Wonderfalls, Touch, Joan of Arcadia) Patreon Support this podcast on The Fictoplasm Patreon! Music Credits Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube…Read more 103: Verdigris Deep by Frances Hardinge

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41:51

102: A Nomad of the Time Streams by Michael Moorcock...

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2021/10/22

A Nomad of the Time Streams by Michael Moorcock (Millenium edition 1993, ISBN 1-85798-033-6) Intro 00:06 // Cover by Mark Reeve 01:20 // Foreword 02:12 // Synopsis 05:09 (The Warlord of the Air 06:37, The Land Leviathan 12:45, The Steel Tsar 19:27) // Remarks 24:37 (temporal adventurers, politics) // Place in the sequence 37:43 Patreon…Read more 102: A Nomad of the Time Streams by Michael Moorcock (Eternal Champion vol 6)

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101: Luther Arkwright by Brian Talbot

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2021/09/24

The Adventures of Luther Arkwright by Brian Talbot (including Heart of Empire) Big Finish audio adaption with David Tennant, Siri O’Neal, Paul Darrow Luther Arkwright RPG by the Design Mechanism (see Reviews from R’lyeh take here) Imagine Magazine issue 14 Intro 00:06 // Synopsis 03:24 (The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, Heart of Empire) // Remarks…Read more 101: Luther Arkwright by Brian Talbot

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43:31

100: The Invisibles by Grant Morrison

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2021/09/06

The Invisibles (volume 1) by Grant Morrison Intro 00:06 // Synopsis of volume 1 01:48 // Remarks 20:13 (Mage: the Ascension and Department V) // Media 32:21 (The Matrix, Over the Edge, Nephilim, Sorcerer, Unknown Armies, Continuum, The Mega City Book Club Podcast) Patreon Support this podcast on The Fictoplasm Patreon! Music Credits Music is…Read more 100: The Invisibles by Grant Morrison

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31:30

99: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (patron’s choice)

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2021/08/15

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Intro 00:06 // Synopsis 01:16 // Remarks 08:39 (unreliable narrators, how to host a murder mystery, closed worlds, the dead) // Media 25:19 (The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again, plus games, video games) Patreon Support this podcast on The Fictoplasm Patreon! Music Credits Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com //…Read more 99: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (patron’s choice)

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1:34:46

98: Marvel 1602 with Paul Baldowski

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2021/07/28

Marvel 1602 With special guest Paul Baldowski of Just Crunch games, author of the Dee Sanction, The Cthulhu Hack and more! Intro 00:07 // Synopsis 02:53 (spotting Marvel characters, Strange=Dee and Fury=Walsingham, pocket universes, three act structure, hating on bards) // Commentary 35:50 (the Dee Sanction and the Cthulhu Hack, the Duffer’s Guide to Historical…Read more 98: Marvel 1602 with Paul Baldowski

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1:35:23

97: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky...

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2021/07/13

Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky With special guest Andy from the Breakfast in the Ruins podcast! Intro 00:07 // Premise 05:25 // Characters 08:56 // Prologue & part 1 24:14 // Part 3 (Andy’s favourite bit) 44:43 // Part 4 54:11 // Tarkovsky’s Stalker and other media from 1:00:02 (inc. The Lighthouse, Hard…Read more 97: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (feat. Breakfast in the Ruins)

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96: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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2021/06/27

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Intro 00:07 // Synopsis 02:25 // Remarks 12:12 (paired characters 12:16, locked room mysteries and LARP 20:38, magic and Thanergy 26:52) // Media 32:01 (Sabriel) Patreon Support this podcast on The Fictoplasm Patreon! Music Credits Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube Samples: “Is…Read more 96: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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95: Sailing to Utopia by Michael Moorcock

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2021/06/13

Sailing to Utopia by Michael Moorcock (Millenium 1993 ISBN 1-85798-032-8) comprising The Ice Schooner, The Black Corridor, The Distant Suns, Flux Intro 00:07 // The cover 01:26 // The foreword 03:21 // Synopsis 05:31 (The Ice Schooner 05:34, The Black Corridor 10:41, The Distant Suns 14:44, Flux 18:01) // Remarks 21:56 // Final thoughts and…Read more 95: Sailing to Utopia by Michael Moorcock

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94: The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers

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2021/05/30

The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers Intro 00:07 // Synopsis 02:00 // Remarks 13:08 (magic, history, time travel, fate and determinism) // Other Media 31:08 (Time and Again, Bid Time Return, TimeCop, Continuum) Links The Fictoplasm Patreon The Anubis Gates on TV Tropes Music Credits Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // free…Read more 94: The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers

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36:29

93: the Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

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2021/05/15

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Intro 00:07 // Synopsis 01:28 // Themes 12:46 (hard and soft SF, exploration, survival, skills, celebrating discovery and forming relationships) // Media 28:30 (The Expanse, Form Grows Rampant, The Forever War, Gateway, Diaspora) Links What would the Smart Party Do? Shawn Tomkin interview The Expanse Form Grows Rampant The…Read more 93: the Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

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1:21:43

Episode 92: Corum by Michael Moorcock (feat. Dirk the...

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2021/05/08

With Dirk the Dice from The Grognard Files The first book of Corum (volume 4 of the Eternal Champion) by Michael Moorcock. Intro 00:07 // Introducing Dirk 00:45 // Dirk and Corum 1:55 // The book, and this edition 11:02 // The cover 16:05 // Rodney Matthews 18:45 // the foreword 19:55 // Synopsis 24:20…Read more Episode 92: Corum by Michael Moorcock (feat. Dirk the Dice)

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6:39

Episode Zero: What is Fictoplasm? (Patreon launch)

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2021/04/17

High time I did an episode zero! This episode is timed to coincide with the Patreon launch for Fictoplasm, where you can support the show (and get some perks as well). Music Credits Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // free music archive Samples: “Is that you or are you you?” from Reappear…Read more Episode Zero: What is Fictoplasm? (Patreon launch)

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45:33

91: The Princess Bride

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2021/04/04

The Princess Bride by William Goldman Intro 00:06 // Synopsis 01:32 // Themes 09:59 (Ruritania, Inigo Montoya) // RPG combat systems 28:50 (Lace & Steel, The Riddle of Steel, Burning Wheel, Three Rivers) // Media 41:50 (Le Bossu, The Duellists, Hawk the Slayer) Links Dave Rawlings of the London Longsword Academy discusses the Princess Bride…Read more 91: The Princess Bride

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90: Invisible City

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2021/03/28

This episode Ralph is joined by Tom McGrenery to discuss the Brazillian urban fantasy Netflix series Invisible City Timestamps Synopsis 02:51 // Themes I: Brazilian Myth 18:29 // Themes II: Urban Fantasy 29:24 // Media 58:30 (Changeling the Dreaming, Nephilim, Highlander, Elephant and Macaw Banner, Hilda) // Tom’s other stuff 71:50 (Revolution comes to the…Read more 90: Invisible City

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89: Kong Skull Island

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2021/03/16

A brief episode discussing Kong: Skull Island Music Credits Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // free music archive Samples: “Is that you or are you you?” from Reappear // “Another version of you” from Thoughtless

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33:22

88: the OA

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2021/02/20

The OA: crossing dimensions and living alternate versions of your life, Investigation vs. Mystery, exotic matter and general relativity via intepretive dance Timestamps Intro 00:07 // Synopsis 02:15 // Themes 10:52 // mystery vs investigation, Ron Edwards’ Sorcerer, alternate timelines, pressure of dimensional travel, small changes in the remixed world, how to cross dimensions through…Read more 88: the OA

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87: Desolation Jones feat. Radio Free Albemuth

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2021/01/29

Desolation Jones by Warren Ellis, illustrated by J.H. Williams III (1-6), Danijel Zezelj (7-8) Radio Free Albemuth by Philip K. Dick Show Notes Introduction 00:07 // Synopsis 01:40 // Desolation Jones 01:42 // Radio Free Albemuth 08:31 // Themes and RPGs 15:00 // Other Media 28:16 // Screen 28:26 // RPGs and other games 30:32…Read more 87: Desolation Jones feat. Radio Free Albemuth

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13:09

86: StormHack!

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2021/01/17

In this short episode I’ll pitch the game StormHack!, available for download. Links fictoplasm.itch.io Other games: Whitehack The Black Hack Beyond the Wall Music Credits Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // free music archive Samples: “Is that you or are you you?” from Reappear // “Another version of you” from Thoughtless

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28:30

85: The Sundial by Shirley Jackson

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2020/12/28

In the last episode of 2020, I cover The Sundial by Shirley Jackson and discuss how to turn it into a pseudo-LARP based on the UK indie game Witch: the Road to Lindisfarne. Show Notes Introduction 00:07 Synopsis 02:04 Remarks 13:21 – Boundaries – No appeals to authority – Hierarchies – Oracles and weirdness RPG…Read more 85: The Sundial by Shirley Jackson

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