184 episodes

Brainwashing myself into loving science fiction, one book at a time.

SFUltra Sean McTiernan

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 8 Ratings

Brainwashing myself into loving science fiction, one book at a time.

    SFULTRA #29 - Liege-Killer - Christopher Hinz

    SFULTRA #29 - Liege-Killer - Christopher Hinz

    "I fire myself ten times a day
    I throw myself in a watery grave
    With fourteen horses on top of my head
    I hear the voice again and again" - I Fire Myself, Mary Timony

    • 1 hr 12 min
    SFULTRA #28 - The Third Eye - Lobsang Rampa

    SFULTRA #28 - The Third Eye - Lobsang Rampa

    "​eurt si em tuoba yas yeht gnihtyrevE" - Euphoria, Kendrick Lamar (intro sample from The Wiz)
    I'm happy to welcome back Matt to tackle this terrible book. Matt's youtube channel Bookpilled is one of the main inspirations behind SFUltra and his engaging, thoughtful reviews make him official YouTube Book GOAT. His patreon is worth it and then some.
    Matt's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Bookpilled
    Matt's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Bookpilled

    • 1 hr 9 min
    SFULTRA #27 - Monarch - Candice Wuehle

    SFULTRA #27 - Monarch - Candice Wuehle

    “...Thank God you let me crash on your couch
    Who's my God that I’m prayin' to now?

    Made her go home, felt the virus
    Web of life is my weed, false dreams stripped by silence

    Deals they had us sign, for years, it had mе blind
    Think I had to hit rewind and think about why I do shine

    My whole family cursed, now get the fuck out my ride

    Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin'

    If a killer say shit, then get these motherfuckers
    ...
    Get the fuck out” - Buzzcut Feat. Danny Brown - Brockhampton

    • 1 hr 36 min
    SFULTRA #26 - Radiant Terminus - Antoine Volodine

    SFULTRA #26 - Radiant Terminus - Antoine Volodine

    "You lie in the graveyard
    Well you're rotting away
    When I talk to you daily
    You've got nothing to say

    You lie in the graveyard
    Well you are down making plans
    Well you control all my thoughts
    Well you make dust fall"
    - Graveyard , B******e Surfers

    • 1 hr 4 min
    SFULTRA #25 - Mumbo Jumbo - Ishmael Reed

    SFULTRA #25 - Mumbo Jumbo - Ishmael Reed

    "Fear stalks the land. (As usual; so what else is new?)" - Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo

    • 1 hr 47 min
    SFULTRA #24 - Blue Lard - Vladimir Sorokin

    SFULTRA #24 - Blue Lard - Vladimir Sorokin

    "He looked round her drawing-room and marvelled how he, who prided himself on not being able to endure any-thing in bad taste, could tolerate this chamber of horrors. Everything, he mused, was beautified by his passion.." - Laughter In The Dark, Vladimir Nabokov

    One year anniversary blog: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sfultra-year-1-99301744

    • 2 hrs 12 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

paulduane1 ,

Meticulously researched

If you like underground horror movies (or 'scum cinema' as Sean accurately describes it) you can't do better than this very well researched deep dive into the weirder corners of this weird world. I think I know a few things but I'm always learning more from this podcast!

Stoneybatter ,

A great guide to obscure film classics

A fine Irish film podcast with a detailed and intelligent critique of two different thrillers in each episode. The presenter links them thematically, and discusses them in the context of a fantastically wide and enthusiastic knowledge of cinema in general.

He concentrates on genre stuff and older obscurities, and seems to pick only films he loves. Particular strengths include Asian cinema, heist movies and the kind of 70s American film where an aspirational lowlife in a crumpled coat screws up for two hours and dies. Quite a few were new to me, and the podcast makes a great case for tracking them down. I'd be surprised if you don't discover something new to love here.

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