Tangental Diatribe

Time Magazine 100 Greatest Fantasy of all time, and Audio Listening

An Irishman and a Swede walk into a bar, what resulted was a conversation about The Time Magazine's 100 greatest fantasy of all time, Audio Books and Real World Quotes in Fantasy.  We also had a chat about Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy; and Traitor of Rome, by Simon Scarrow.

 

Time Stamp:

00:02:03, Audio Books

00:09:20, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian

00:18:37, Simon Scarrow, Traitors of Rome

00:31:17, Real World Quotes in Fantasy

00:33:58, Time Magazine, 100 Greatest Fantasy of all Time

 

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Dresden is Dead, and the Internet of Things

An Irishman and a Swede walk into a bar, what resulted was a conversation about The Internet of Things, how to spell Olaf, and the death of Harry Dresden.  We also had a chat about Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson; Cyber Punk; Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir; The Trouble with Peace, by Joe Abercrombie; and Raised by Wolves.

 

Time Stamp:

00:01:49, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash & Cyber Punk

00:17:59, The Internet of Things

00:24:48, Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

00:26:45, Joe Abercrombie, The Trouble with Peace

00:33:25, Jim Butcher, Battleground  *****Spoilers*****

00:47:39, Raised by Wolves

 

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Magic Systems, and Ethnic Cleansing

An Irishman and a Swede walk into a bar, what resulted was a conversation about Magic Systems, Betting, and Ethnic Cleansing.  We also had a chat about Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir; Detective Novels by Michael Connelly and Stephen King; The Good Country Equation, by Simon Anholt; and The Sword of Fire, by Katharine Kerr

 

Time Stamp:

00:02:01, Ethnicity

00:08:30, Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

00:18:02, Michael Connelly & Stephen King, Harry Bosch & Mr. Mercedes

00:26:12, Simon Anholt, The Good Country Equation

00:35:05, Katharine Kerr, Sword of Fire

00:42:20, Magic Systems

 

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Queen of Storms, and Cake at Gender Reveal Parties

An Irishman and a Swede walk into a bar, what resulted was a conversation about the Queen of Storms by Raymond E Feist; the War Eternal Trilogy by Rob J Hayes; How to run an Empire and get away with it by KJ Parker; The problem with gender reveal parties; Feminism in Fantasy; and why betting is stupid.

 

Time Stamp:

00:02:07, Bourbon taste testing

00:09:30, Raymond E Feist, Queen of Storms (Spoiler Free)

00:14:45, Raymond E Feist, Queen of Storms (Spoilers)

00:29:45, Rob J. Hayes, The War Eternal

00:39:20, KJ Parker, How to Run and Empire and get away with it

00:59:30, Betting

 

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Dresden, and the problem with Handsome People

An Irishman and a Swede walk into a bar, what resulted was a conversation about the new Harry Dresden book; The King of Ashes by Raymond E Feist; the Empire of a Hundred Houses by Tom Lloyd; Star Trek; and the problem with handsome people.

 

Time Stamp:

00:02:07, Raymond E Feist, The King of Ashes

00:09:30, Tom Lloyd, Empire of a Hundred Houses

00:18:30, Ed McDonald, Crowfall

00:19:42, Star Trek and Male Masculinity

00:28:45, Handsome People

00:35:19, What we do in the Shadows

00:37:18, Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files - Spoiler Free

00:45:20, Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files - Major Spoilers

 

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Reviews, and the Existential Crisis that is Humanity

An Irishman and a Swede walk into a bar, what resulted was a conversation about reviewing books, and the problems with calculating how many people your life is worth.

We also talk about the BobiVerse (Again); The Monarchies of God (Again); The Great Siege: Malta 1565; Turkey; Epilogues; The Immortal Throne by Stella Gemmell; Devolution by Max Brooks; and Leif's continuing attempts to derail this Fantasy podcast.

 

Time Stamp:

00:03:01, Dennis E Taylor, BobiVerse

00:18:55, Paul Kearney, The Monarchies of God

00:22:40, The Great Siege: Malta 1565, Ernie Bradford

00:28:00, Turkey

00:32:00, Epilogues

00:38:20, The Power of Humanity

00:48:00, Stella Gemmell, The Immortal Throne

00:51:56, Max Brooks, Devolution

 

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Best Fantasy You Have Never Read, and Rating Systems

An Irishman and a Swede walk into a bar, what resulted was a conversation about the the best fantasy books you have never read.

We also talk about Rating Systems; how terrible Good Reads is; The City by Stella Gemmell; the Murder Bot series by Martha Wells; If we would turn to cannibalism in a dystopian world; and if Leif will ever read any fantasy books.

 

Time Stamp:

00:02:27, Martha Wells, Murder Bot Series

00:10:10, Rating Systems

00:16:30, Stella Gemmell, The City

00:29:30, Enders Game

00:35:30, Best Fantasy You have never read (A not so good list)

00:41:39, Best Fantasy You have never read (A slightly better list)

 

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Dragon Lance and Zen Thought

An Irishman and a Swede walk into a bar, what resulted was a conversation about the Dragon Lance Series, and Zen Thought.

We also talked about Parasite; Seveneves by Neal Stephenson; Legacy of Ash by Mathew Ward; and fantasy series based on RPGs.

 

Time Stamp:

00:03:50, Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

00:12:50, Mathew Ward, Legacy of Ash

00:25:00, Kings of the Wyld

00:28:42, Dragon Lance

00:45:40, Zen Thought

00:57:02, Series based on RPGs

01:05:32, Parasite and Movies and TV

01:40:48, Back to Dragon Lance

 

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Pet Peeves, or why we love and hate fantasy

An Irishman and a Swede walk into a bar, what resulted was a conversation about fantasy literature and other things.

This week we take a look at what annoys us most about the world of Fantasy Literature, also the works of Mark Lawrence, and KJ Parker.  Leif also can't pronounce an authors name, and that is fun.

 

Time Stamp:

00:02:00, SciFi or Fantasy

00:05:00, Mark Lawrence

00:20:50, KJ Parker

00:30:38, Paulo Baciglloupi

00:36:50, Pet Peeves

Genres and Sub-genres of Fantasy

Join us, Ronan V and Leif, as we take a look at Genres and Sub-genres of Fantasy.  Also taking a look at the works of Mike Morris, and Siri Pettersen.

 

Time Stamp:

Bugbears, 00:00:53

Mike Morris, 00:04:20

Siri Pettersen, 00:17:41

Sub-Genres of Fantasy, 00:57:40