Wizards & Spaceships

Rachel A. Rosen & David L. Clink
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Welcome to Wizards and Spaceships, the only podcast that’s about wizards and also about spaceships. Well, probably not, but it does involve wizards, spaceships, and the things we love (and complain about) in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

  1. Oct 15

    Cosmic Horror ft. Devinder Thiara and Jesse Scoble

    Happy Halloween! There's no shortage of horrors, but the best one is the horror found in forces that are so large, so abstract, or upsetting that to engage with them directly would drive you insane. With us to discuss cosmic horror are Devinder Thiara and Jesse Scoble, co-creators of a new comic, Dead Money. Show notes: https://jdstudios.art/Devinder on FacebookJesse on BlueskyJesse’s SubstackMoby Dick illustration with the eye Your new TBR/TBW list: Call of Cthulhu RPGThe Three-Body Problem, Liu CixinAlien franchiseThe Thing (1982)H.P. LovecraftConan, Robert E. HowardSwamp Thing, Alan MooreHellblazercomicsPreacher, Garth EnnisThe Invisibles, Grant MorrisonHammers on Bone, Cassandra Khaw Aliens the Board GameBlindsight, Peter Watts Laundry Files, Charles StrossMove Under Ground, The Damned Highway, and I Am Providence by Nick MamatasTrue DetectiveLovecraft Countryby Matt RuffDavid’s poem inPolar BorealisThe Devil’s Highway, Luis Alberto UrreaThe Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValleThe Undead Sorceress, JF Garrard The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones Continue the conversation on the Wizards & Spaceships Discord or on Facebook!

  2. Sep 15

    Are We Having Fun Yet? ft. Peter Watts

    It’s the 20th anniversary of Blindsight! David and Rachel sit down in Rachel’s living room with marine biologist, critically acclaimed author, and enemy-of-the-state Peter Watts to drink two bottles of wine and talk about theories of consciousness, cigar-shaped harbour seals, the climate collapse, and why dystopian sci-fi authors are in fact childishly optimistic. Additional audio engineering by Rick Innis. Show Notes: RiftersThe Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt?The Sheep Look Up, John BrunnerThe Limits To GrowthPhilosophical ZombieConsciousness and its function, David M. RosenthalMichael Timothy BennettErik Hoel Mirror TestThe Hidden SpringArthur Jafa Continue the conversation on the Wizards & Spaceships Discord or on Facebook!

  3. Aug 15

    This Episode is Epic ft. Sophus Helle

    The podcast is part of the oral tradition, and joining us to talk about ancient epics, living texts in dead languages, Babylonian Pride parades, and how all of this relates to sci-fi, fantasy, and horror is writer, translator, and cultural historian Sophus Helle. Show notes: Sophus’ websiteElectronic Babylonian LibraryBabylonian Myths, Sophus HelleCritical Antiquities, including Human: Babylonian Reflections on Labour, Sophus HelleBeowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, J.R.R. TolkienBeowulf: A New Translation, Maria Dahvana Headley The Complete Mahabharata (online)The Mahabharata (Penguin Classics)Ovid's Metamorphoses: A New Translation, C. Luke SoucyQuery, Zilla NovikovThe Ur-Pisode: The Queer Heart of the Epic of Gilgamesh, ft. Julian Gunn Continue the conversation on the Wizards & Spaceships Discord or on Facebook!

  4. Jul 15

    What the Big 5 Don’t Tell You ft. Jeremy Szal

    A contract with one of the five big publishing companies means placement in bookstores and libraries, reviews in major publications, award nominations, and a huge advance—even a chance to get on the bestsellers list. But is this actually the case? Joining us to talk about how the sausage gets made is Jeremy Szal, author of the Common Trilogy. Show Notes:Jeremy’s websiteFollow him on:BlueskyInstagramTikTok“Everything is random in publishing. Success is random. Bestsellers are random. So that is why we are the Random House!” Are there more libraries or McDonald’s?Author (and professional chef) Rohan O’Duill trying out one of the recipes from the Sad Bastard Cookbook Continue the conversation on the Wizards & Spaceships Discord or on Facebook!

  5. Jun 15

    Indigenous Survivance for the Zombie Apocalypse ft. Daphne Singingtree

    So you've trashed the world. An EMP or a nuclear bomb or a plague of zombies have taken out civic infrastructure—now it's your chance to show off your survival skills. Fortunately, there's an incredible resurgence of Indigenous post-apocalyptic fiction that offers alternative visions to surviving collapse. In this episode, we talk to author, educator in Plant Medicine & Midwifery, and hippy prepper Daphne Singingtree about how to survive and thrive after the end. We're nominated for an Aurora Award for Best Fan-Related Work! Check out the ballot (and consider casting a vote for us) at the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. Show Notes Daphne's websiteDaphne's socialsZaniyan1632, Eric FlintEmberverse, SM Stirling A Paradise Built In Hell, Rebecca SolnitBraiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall KimmererMoon of the Crusted Snow and Moon of the Turning Leaves, Waubgeshig RiceThe Marrow Thieves and Hunting By Stars, Cherie DimalineFuture Home of the Living God, Louise ErdrichTrail of Lightning, Rebecca RoanhorseThis Place: 150 Years RetoldBlood Quantum (2019)Night Raiders (2021)The Last of Us Season 1, Episode 3, "Long Long Time." [Check out Rachel's guest appearance on Two Old Farts where we talk about it!]The Hunger GamesCascade, Rachel A. RosenStar Trek: TNG: "The Inner Light" TerminatorYears Of Rice and Salt and The Ministry For the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson

  6. May 15

    Didactic Fiction ft. Vajra Chandrasekera, Samantha Mills, and Gregory A. Wilson

    Welcome to our new season! To celebrate, we’re kicking it up a notch by holding an all-star roundtable of some truly incredible writers. Vajra Chandrasekera, Samantha Mills, and Gregory A. Wilson join us to discuss didactic genre fiction. Is it a skill problem? Is it a media literacy problem? Can you hammer home a message without alienating (sorry/not sorry) your audience? We're nominated for an Aurora Award for Best Fan-Related Work! Check out the ballot (and consider casting a vote for us) at the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. Show Notes: Vajra's websiteSamantha's websiteGregory's websiteGuillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein)Dante’s InfernoKatabasis, R.F. KuangRabbit Test, Samantha MillsA Sound of Thunder, Ray BradburyDune, Frank HerbertThe Witcher, Andrzej SapkowskiLe Roman de SilenceFrom the Notebooks of Doctor Brain, Minister FaustThe Time Machine, H.G. WellsIsland of Doctor Moreau, H.G. WellsStar Trek TOS: Let That Be Your Last BattlefieldOne star review of Pride and PrejudiceWorld Bank literacy statsGrendel, John Gardner

  7. Apr 15

    In Praise of Difficult Women ft. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Genre fiction is full of strong, independent women, badass heroines, brave Final Girls, and virginal princesses. Frankly, we’re getting a little sick of it? For our season finale, with us to discuss difficult women is the queen of messy, complicated, and antiheroic female protagonists herself, the legendary Silvia Moreno-Garcia! Show NotesSilvia's websiteSilvia's Instagram and ThreadsSignal To Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (find out why Rachel is correct and all of the Goodreads reviewers are wrong)Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-GarciaCountess by Susan PalumboUnknown Number: The High School Catfish Rachel’s Problematic Faves Bellis Coldwine (The Scar by China Miéville)Baru Cormorant (The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickson)Essun (The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin)Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power by Nate Stevenson) David’s Problematic Faves Morgan Le Fay (Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory)Cersei Lannister (A Song Of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin)Jadis (The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis) Silvia’s Problematic Faves Eleanor and Theodora (The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson)Constance and Merricat (We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson)Everything by Tanith LeeRebecca and Rachel (Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier)Emma Bovary (Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert) Are they genre? Nah, but we still love them Cass Neary novels by Elizabeth HandGone Girl by Gillian FlynnWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithLolita by Vladimir NabokovWashington Square by Henry JamesAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

  8. Mar 15

    Amazing Stories 100th Anniversary ft. Steve Davidson, Kermit Woodall and Lloyd Penney

    We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Amazing Stories Magazine. It started way back in March or April, of 1926, depending on who you ask. With us to talk about the magazine's past, present, and maybe even the next hundred years, are its publishers and editors: Steve Davidson, Kermit Woodall and Lloyd Penney. Show notes: Amazing Stories Magazine onlineWikipedia's entryGalactic CentralSF Encyclopedia

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Welcome to Wizards and Spaceships, the only podcast that’s about wizards and also about spaceships. Well, probably not, but it does involve wizards, spaceships, and the things we love (and complain about) in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

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  • Creator
    Rachel A. Rosen & David L. Clink
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    31
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Rachel A. Rosen & David L. Clink
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