Breakfast in the Ruins STIMBOT5000
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Friends old and new join me in Derry and Toms roof gardens to discuss the work and influence of prolific British fantasist Michael Moorcock, as well as other bits of 60s and 70s genre fiction that came to me via my Grandad in the 80s and informed my world view. Books, music, role-playing games, wrestling in Featherstone Library and many other digressions await.
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The Blade in the Angel's Shadow w/ Andy Darby
Andy Darby is back in Derry and Toms to talk about his all-new novel, The Blade in the Angel's Shadow!
Enochian madness, brutal sieges, swordplay and the machinations of the Elizabethan court all combine to give our heroine a hard time, some gnarly powers and a profound ethical dilemma.
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QUATERMASS
Andrew Nette returns to Derry and Toms as we continue to muse over some formative telly, novelisations and other stuff but on this occasion to talk about Nigel Kneale's enduring and iconic character Professor Bernard Quatermass (and a load of other digressions, naturally, including brief musings on a favourite mercenary war flick). We roam around the original Hammer films, the impact of Quatermass on the zeitgeist and, most specifically, the 1979 serial and its novelisation by Nigel Kneale himself.
HUFFITY-PUFFITY PUFF!!!
Check out Quatermass III on Bandcamp -
ALIEN: When IPs collide (Colony Wars and Cold Forges)
In our continued deliberations about tackling Michael Moorcock's Doctor Who novel The Coming of the Terraphiles, several questions about the pitfalls of writing for established IPs have arisen, and a pressing one is:
What happens when Trumpton and British politics intrude upon the Alien universe?
We investigated so you don't have to, so join Miles Reid-Lobatto (writer and co-host of the Casual Trek Podcast) and SF Starship artist and designer Ian Stead AKA Biomassart as we look at what makes the Alien IP tick and how some recent books have tackled it. Mainly Alien: Colony War. But also Alien: The Cold Forge. Which we probably should have talked about more, because it's great.
You can read my 2012 feature on Alien 3 here (just don't start any more flame wars you Colonial Marines fans you). -
The Weird of the White Wolf
Loz returns to Derry & Toms to talk about the remaining tales we haven't covered that complete Michael Moorcock's The Weird of the White Wolf.
Elric tests some early chat-up lines in While the Gods Laugh, Moonglum finally shows up in The Singing Citadel and Loz bares all (though not his nipple) in a grievance-filled tirade against neopolitan ice cream.
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New Edges For Old Heroes w/ Oliver Brackenbury
Oliver Brackenbury returns to Derry & Toms to talk about the next phase of his excellent mag New Edge Sword and Sorcery. Moorcock talk, uncovering and unleashing a golden age hero anew and copious amounts of caffeine and lemsip dominate.
JOIN US.
Be sure to check out the Backerkit link for New Edge Sword and Sorcery issues 3 and 4 and Oliver's podcast So I'm Writing a Novel...
The conversation about The Dreaming City and The Folk of the Forest is on Youtube
Also check out Dan Charnley's podcast, Dan Rambles and the Preston Speculative Fiction Group's interview with MM -
Options (Robert Sheckley)
Derek AKA Imrryr returns to Derry and Toms to talk about fellow New Yorker Robert Sheckley, the late master of SF satire and absurdist parables, and his rather unusual and wigged-out 1975 opus... Options.
Spoiler... it's out there... AND I LOVE IT!
All of the Imrryr catalogue is available via Bandcamp, including merch, and when I get the links for the upcoming physical releases I'll add them here.
Customer Reviews
My favorite podcast
What luck to stumble across a podcast about such an exciting and influential author. The host and recurring guests are always charming and funny, and they bring unique perspectives to each subject or story discussed. These warm and comforting voices have given me healthy company over long working weeks, and it's such a treat to find polite conversations being had (and about such a specific topic). As an additional note to the host; I'm 23 years old, so your podcast does have a rather wide reach. Cheers.
Fantastic Fantasy podcast
Finally, one of Britain’s (and the all of fantasy’s) greatest and most prolific writers, Michael Moorcock gets his due in this funny, in depth look at his vast body of work. Come for the stories, stay for the hosts warm and witty banter with his friends and guests, and even enjoy the varied music showcased on the show. For a long time I wished for a podcast dedicated to Moorcock, and got that and more! Great stuff!
The Moorcock conversation you want...
...but so rarely get to have. Not a nerdy in-joke podcast, but a set of smart and down to earth conversations in and around Moorcock’s work and his influences.
If you don’t know how very much Moorcock has influenced genre media, then you have a set of works and worlds awaiting you, with an envy I share for you to discover. Start here, then read, a lot.