Book Review – Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
Imagine if the Royal Library of Alexandria had not been destroyed in flames. In Ink and Bone, Rachel Caine uses this alternate history speculation to craft a universe where the “Great Library” has survived and flourished through the centuries, expanded with satellite institutions around the world. The cultural influence and political power of the Library is significant, holding absolute control over written knowledge. Ownership of printed books is illegal, but Library-approved materials are ‘mirrored’ from the original texts through alchemy by Obscurists to personal blank ‘book’ instruments of Library design called Codexes.
270. Logan’s Run (1976) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure”
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode270LogansRun/SandF%20–%20Episode%20270%20–%20Logan's%20Run.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS(I’ve temporarily disabled comments on this post because of an excess number of irritating spam. I’ll enable comments again in the future. If you’d like to get in touch about the episode, send us an email.) Carousels, Popsicle people, and protein from the sea, oh my! In this very special “Childhood Destruction” edition of Torture Cinema, the entire crew (minus Mike) join forces to talk about David’s childhood movie crush, Logan’s Run. We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 270 — Download (MP3) Show Notes:
Mining the Genre Asteroid: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Donald Hogan is a spy. Meanwhile, his roommate, Norman House, suspects nothing of this. To him, Donald is a self employed dilettante. Bookish, maybe, but not a bad guy. Norman has other things to occupy him, like his rising star at General Technics. General Technics is a corporation vast enough and powerful enough to contemplate a political and economic takeover of an small, refugee-laden African nation which by all rights should be absorbed, conquered, or writhing in civil war and discontent like much of the continent. And yet it is not. Why?
129. Dystopia, Why So Prevalent? — w/ Andrew Liptak and James Decker (A Discussion)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShowseasonFourEpisode129–DystopiaWhySo/Sandf–Episode129–DystopiaWhySoSeriousWAndrewLiptakAndJamesDecker.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSDystopia, dystopia, dystopia! Noted critic Andrew Liptak and author James Decker join Paul and I to discuss why we think dystopian narratives are so prevalent in the 20th and 21st centuries. We talk definitions (the problems and practicalities), a little history, and more. Plus, we also take a moment to talk about our favorite aliens (what are yours?) and James’ new book, The Burn Zone. We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 129 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 48:26) Andrew’s Website James’ Website Shaun’s New Post on Dystopia Buy James’ book! It’s good stuff. You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible. Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
