69 episodes

College-level conversations about sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and weird fiction with writer G.L. McDorman.

Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast Claytemple Media

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    • 4.8 • 17 Ratings

College-level conversations about sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and weird fiction with writer G.L. McDorman.

    Ep. 70: The House With a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs

    Ep. 70: The House With a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs

    Horror for children!

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    Lovecraft? Poe? Check out Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast.

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    • 29 min
    Ep. 69: To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld) by Philip Jose Farmer

    Ep. 69: To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld) by Philip Jose Farmer

    Surrealist salvation!

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    Love Neil Gaiman? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast.

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    • 48 min
    Ep. 68: Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny

    Ep. 68: Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny

    Platonic forms, amnesia, and Shakespeare!

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    Want more science fiction in your life? Check out The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast.

    Love Neil Gaiman? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast.

    Lovecraft? Poe? Check out Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast.

    Trekker? Join us on Lower Decks: A Star Trek Podcast.

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    • 31 min
    Ep. 67: The Golem by Gustav Meyrink

    Ep. 67: The Golem by Gustav Meyrink

    Murder and madness in fin-de-siecle Prague!

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    Want more science fiction in your life? Check out The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast.

    Love Neil Gaiman? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast.

    Lovecraft? Poe? Check out Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast.

    Trekker? Join us on Lower Decks: A Star Trek Podcast.

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    • 54 min
    Ep. 65: The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter

    Ep. 65: The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter

    H.G. Wells has to get back to the future.

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    Trekker? Join us on Lower Decks: A Star Trek Podcast.

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    • 30 min
    Ep. 64: The Fisherman by John Langan

    Ep. 64: The Fisherman by John Langan

    Grief and the Cthulhu Mythos.

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    Want more science fiction in your life? Check out The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast.

    Love Neil Gaiman? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast.

    Lovecraft? Poe? Check out Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast.

    Trekker? Join us on Lower Decks: A Star Trek Podcast.

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    • 40 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
17 Ratings

17 Ratings

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Rome versus a Greece - why one was an empire the other was not

Greece was not an empire. Rome was. Why? Because one ended with no replacement for over a 1000 years. That’s because it was so big there was no replacement. The other just went away and was replaced by a competitor, Rome.

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Fun, fascinating

Everything under Claytemple Media is top tier quality work. Glenn is a wonderful storyteller and summarizes these works with great vividness and enthusiasm, and then dives into fascinating and insightful analysis. It’s a great way to expose yourself to new authors and stories. Whether you’ve read the stories or not these are really worth your time to listen to.

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Genuine Love For The Genre

Yet another great Claytemple Media production. Glen McDorman obviously love speculative fiction and loves telling us about. Clear and insightful looks into a variety of authors.

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