Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast
Books & Literature
College-level conversations about sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and weird fiction with writer G.L. McDorman.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Books & Literature
Description:
College-level conversations about sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and weird fiction with writer G.L. McDorman.
Language:
English
Episodes
Ep. 73: The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
4/25/2024
More horror for children.
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Duration:00:33:42
Ep. 72: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
3/28/2024
Glenn and Jay talk medievalism in Narnia.
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Duration:00:57:56
Ep. 71: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
2/22/2024
Glenn and Jay talk Ishiguro's dreamy Arthurian fantasy.
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Duration:02:17:33
Ep. 70: The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
1/25/2024
Teleportation, the Second World War, and H.P. Lovecraft.
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Duration:00:33:43
Ep. 69: The House With a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs
11/30/2023
Horror for children!
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Duration:00:29:44
Ep. 68: To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld) by Philip Jose Farmer
10/26/2023
Surrealist salvation!
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Duration:00:48:44
Ep. 67: Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
9/28/2023
Platonic forms, amnesia, and Shakespeare!
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Duration:00:31:58
Ep. 66: The Golem by Gustav Meyrink
8/31/2023
Murder and madness in fin-de-siecle Prague!
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Duration:00:54:46
Ep. 65: The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
7/27/2023
H.G. Wells has to get back to the future.
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Duration:00:30:25
Ep. 64: The Fisherman by John Langan
6/29/2023
Grief and the Cthulhu Mythos.
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Duration:00:40:35
Ep. 63: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
5/26/2023
The inevitable collapse of global capitalism, it's inevitable return, and also woolly mammoths.
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Duration:00:40:09
Ep. 62: The Star King by Jack Vance
4/27/2023
It's Quentin Tarantino in space.
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Duration:00:30:41
Ep. 61: Finch by Jeff VanderMeer
3/30/2023
It's mushroom people all the way down.
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Duration:00:30:13
Ep. 60: Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
3/23/2023
Glenn and Jay talk medievalism in their first supernatural-horror book.
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Duration:01:41:43
Ep. 59: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
2/23/2023
That's no asteroid ...
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Duration:00:26:10
Ep. 58: The World of Null-A by A.E. Van Vogt
2/8/2023
A future dystopia.
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Duration:01:43:31
Ep. 57: The Deep by John Crowley
1/26/2023
It's either a story about robots, seed ships, and light-sails; or it's a story about kings, castles, and court intrigue. Who can say?
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Duration:00:34:25
Ep. 56: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
1/9/2023
A classic response to Starship Troopers.
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Duration:01:58:18
Ep. 55: The Dry Salvages by Caitlin R. Kiernan
11/24/2022
In space, no one can hear you scream.
Grab a copy of G.I.L.T by Alisa Kwitney.
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Duration:00:29:51
Ep. 54: Dune by Frank Herbert
11/7/2022
Feudalism. In space!!!
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Duration:02:25:47