Science Fiction
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Episode 565: A Discussion of William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition with Rachael Tillman!
Episode 565 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). This week, Rachael Tillman and I discuss William Gibson’s not especially science fictiony, but post-modern systems thriller, Pattern Recognition. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #408: Eve of Destruction
The Curator of Schlock #408 by Jeff Shuster Eve of Destruction She is very sensitive. The Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, rigged up a hammock for me to sleep on. He took the hardwood floor. He didn’t have much furniture, kept extolling the virtues of minimalism before finally nodding off, his snores making… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #396: Moonfall
The Curator of Schlock #396 by Jeff Shuster Moonfall This movie is a disaster. I mean this is a disaster movie. I was waiting at a bowling alley after dark. I was disguised as the owner, waiting for a fentanyl delivery. I heard a knock at the back and opened it to see a pizza… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #395: Virtuosity
The Curator of Schlock #395 by Jeff Shuster Virtuosity Never mind American Gangster–this is the Denzel Washington versus Russel Crowe movie you’ve been waiting for. The Revenging Manta and I had a plan to disrupt a fentanyl delivery at a bowling alley called Tech 13 Lanes in downtown Orlando. I was to pose as the… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #166: The Long Violent
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #166 by Drew Barth The Long Violent How much do we really inherit from our parents? Right before the plague hit, I took a look at the first issue of Tartarus and how the dual narrative of parent and child influenced how the story presented itself and its… Continue reading
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Episode 494: Lindsay Ellis!
Episode 494 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On today’s show, I talk to science fiction novelist Lindsay Ellis! TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to… Continue reading
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Episode 456: Lily Brooks-Dalton!
Episode 456 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s show, Janna Benge and I talk to Lily Brooks-Dalton about the experience of having her novel adapted into a prominent Netflix flick,… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #338: Space 1999 (Season One)
The Curator of Schlock #338 by Jeff Shuster Space 1999 (Season One) Lightning strikes twice for Gerry Anderson. The kangaroo and I are finally getting along. Turns out she loves Fruit Roll Ups. I’ve gone ahead and named her Edwige. Apparently, she must be a professional boxer because she’s wearing baby blue gym shorts and… Continue reading
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