A podcast by three red-headed fantasy authors talking about everything from academic mythology to dick jokes (and sometimes, both at once), as well as the role of fanfiction as an integral yet oft-overlooked part of the literary conversation and in the broader cultural context. It is, obviously, a podcast of extremely deep literary merit.
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A podcast by three red-headed fantasy authors talking about everything from academic mythology to dick jokes (and sometimes, both at once), as well as the role of fanfiction as an integral yet oft-overlooked part of the literary conversation and in the broader cultural context. It is, obviously, a podcast of extremely deep literary merit.
On this week's episode, we're talking about postapocalyptic fiction, specifically stories set in the wake of a climate apocalypse. The tentpoles are Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse, the fanfic "Moebius" by AuroraNova and Mad Max: Fury Road.
What We’re Into Lately
The House of Niccolò series by Dorothy Dunnett
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
Parks and Recreation
The World Figure Skating Championship
A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
love, in fire and blood by cicer
Practical Creativity by Raph Koster
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Be the Serpent, Episode 3: Apocalypse Sometime, Maybe Next Tuesday
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Be the Serpent, Episode 38: A Hugo Award Special — The Novels of 2018
“Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time” by K.M. Szpara
The Old Guard
Atomic Blonde
Studio Ghibli movies
James Bond movies
“Peer Gynt” by Grieg
The first Mad Max movie
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Mass Effect games
The ending of Mass Effect 3
Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha
Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
The Day After Tomorrow
Who Should Live In Flooded Old New York? by Brooke Bolander
Embers by Vathara
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin
Lotus Blue by Cat Sparks
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
The Sea and Summer (aka Drowning Towers) by George Turner
‘The Fall of Civilizations’ podcast
How We Get to Carbon Zero by Bianca Nogrady
The Expanse
Space Sweepers
Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
Macey’s Fun Facts Bronze Age Mediterranean Corner
1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline
The most famous and meme-able trader to ever live, Ea-nasir
For Next Time
Crimson Peak film
Content Warnings
Gore and implied sexual assault in Mad Max: Fury RoadGore and (urban fantasy standard) violence in Trail of LightningTranscription
The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you as always to our brilliant team of scribes!!
Be The Serpent
A podcast by three red-headed fantasy authors talking about everything from academic mythology to dick jokes (and sometimes, both at once), as well as the role of fanfiction as an integral yet oft-overlooked part of the literary conversation and in the broader cultural context. It is, obviously, a podcast of extremely deep literary merit.
