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  • This Episode is Epic ft. Sophus Helle

    This Episode is Epic ft. Sophus Helle
    2026/08/15

    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’ website
    • Electronic Babylonian Library
    • Babylonian Myths, Sophus Helle
    • Critical Antiquities, including Human: Babylonian Reflections on Labour, Sophus Helle
    • Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, J.R.R. Tolkien
    • Beowulf: A New Translation, Maria Dahvana Headley
    • The Complete Mahabharata (online)
    • The Mahabharata (Penguin Classics)
    • Ovid's Metamorphoses: A New Translation, C. Luke Soucy
    • Query, Zilla Novikov
    • The Ur-Pisode: The Queer Heart of the Epic of Gilgamesh, ft. Julian Gunn

    Continue the conversation on the Wizards & Spaceships Discord or on Facebook!
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    48 分
  • What the Big 5 Don’t Tell You ft. Jeremy Szal

    What the Big 5 Don’t Tell You ft. Jeremy Szal
    2026/07/15

    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 website
    • Follow him on:Bluesky
    • Instagram
    • TikTok
    • “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!
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    50 分
  • Indigenous Survivance for the Zombie Apocalypse ft. Daphne Singingtree

    Indigenous Survivance for the Zombie Apocalypse ft. Daphne Singingtree
    2026/06/15
    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 NotesDaphne'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
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    57 分
  • Didactic Fiction ft. Vajra Chandrasekera, Samantha Mills, and Gregory A. Wilson

    Didactic Fiction ft. Vajra Chandrasekera, Samantha Mills, and Gregory A. Wilson
    2026/05/15

    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 website
    • Samantha's website
    • Gregory's website
    • Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein)
    • Dante’s Inferno
    • Katabasis, R.F. Kuang
    • Rabbit Test, Samantha Mills
    • A Sound of Thunder, Ray Bradbury
    • Dune, Frank Herbert
    • The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski
    • Le Roman de Silence
    • From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain, Minister Faust
    • The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
    • Island of Doctor Moreau, H.G. Wells
    • Star Trek TOS: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
    • One star review of Pride and Prejudice
    • World Bank literacy stats
    • Grendel, John Gardner
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    1 時間 2 分
  • In Praise of Difficult Women ft. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    In Praise of Difficult Women ft. Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    2026/04/15

    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 Notes
    1. Silvia's website
    2. Silvia's Instagram and Threads
    3. Signal To Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (find out why Rachel is correct and all of the Goodreads reviewers are wrong)
    4. Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    5. Countess by Susan Palumbo
    6. Unknown Number: The High School Catfish

    Rachel’s Problematic Faves

    1. Bellis Coldwine (The Scar by China Miéville)
    2. Baru Cormorant (The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickson)
    3. Essun (The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin)
    4. Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power by Nate Stevenson)

    David’s Problematic Faves

    1. Morgan Le Fay (Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory)
    2. Cersei Lannister (A Song Of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin)
    3. Jadis (The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis)

    Silvia’s Problematic Faves

    1. Eleanor and Theodora (The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson)
    2. Constance and Merricat (We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson)
    3. Everything by Tanith Lee
    4. Rebecca and Rachel (Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier)
    5. Emma Bovary (Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert)

    Are they genre? Nah, but we still love them

    1. Cass Neary novels by Elizabeth Hand
    2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
    3. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
    4. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
    5. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
    6. Washington Square by Henry James
    7. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
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    50 分
  • Amazing Stories 100th Anniversary ft. Steve Davidson, Kermit Woodall and Lloyd Penney

    Amazing Stories 100th Anniversary ft. Steve Davidson, Kermit Woodall and Lloyd Penney
    2026/03/15

    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:

    1. Amazing Stories Magazine online
    2. Wikipedia's entry
    3. Galactic Central
    4. SF Encyclopedia
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    50 分
  • Charles R. Saunders ft. Jon Tattrie

    Charles R. Saunders ft. Jon Tattrie
    2026/02/15
    Charles R. Saunders was a Halifax journalist and, with his Imaro novels, the founder of the "sword and soul" genre and a Black Canadian literary icon. When he died in obscurity in 2020, journalist Jon Tattrie joined fans worldwide to uncover where he was buried, commemorate his life, and bring him the prominence he deserved. For Black History Month, we're joined by Jon to tell us about Charles' remarkable career and his new biography, To Leave a Warrior Behind: The Life and Stories of Charles R. Saunders, the Man Who Rewrote Fantasy.Show Notes:To Leave a Warrior Behind: The Life and Stories of Charles R. Saunders, the Man Who Rewrote Fantasy by Jon TattrieWrite Now with Jon TattrieThe New Moon’s Arms by Nalo HopkinsonThe Broken Earth by N.K. JemisinThe Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia SamatarInterview With the Vampire (2022-)BladeStar Man’s Son by Andre NortonSkin of the Sea by Natasha BowenAnnaka by Andre FentonDark Fantasy zineJaycen Wise URAEUSMshindo I. KuumbaCharles in the CSFFA hall of fameCharles R. Saunders' select biography:Imaro (1981) Second Edition (2006) Third Edition (2014)The Quest for Cush (1984) Second Edition (2008)The Trail of Bohu (1985) Second Edition (2009)The Naama War (2009)Nyumbani Tales (2017)Dossouye (2008)Dossouye: The Dancers of Mulukau (2012)Other novelsDamballa (2011)Abengoni: First Calling (2014), fantasy novelNon-fictionSweat and Soul: The Saga of Black Boxers from the Halifax Forum to Caesars Palace (1990)Spirit of Africville (1992)Share & Care: The Story of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (1994)Black & Bluenose: The Contemporary History of a Community (2002)
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    1 時間 4 分
  • Editing Roundtable ft. Alexandra Pierce and Josh Wilson

    Editing Roundtable ft. Alexandra Pierce and Josh Wilson
    2026/01/15

    Magazines and journals have been a foundational part of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror since the very beginning and provide us with the stories, art, and critical analysis that keep the genre vibrant. These collaborations are a labour of love and the lifeblood of the literary scene. With us to talk about the work of editing and producing them are two rising stars in the field, Josh Wilson, editor of The Fabulist, and Alexandra Pierce, editor of Speculative Insight.

    Show Notes:

    1. The Fabulist
    2. The Fabulist on Bluesky
    3. The Fabulist on Instagram
    4. Speculative Insight
    5. Speculative Insight on Bluesky
    6. Speculative Insight on Instagram
    7. Letters to Tiptree
    8. Luminescent Threads
    9. Radon Journal
    10. Clarkesworld
    11. khōréō
    12. Trollbreath
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    49 分