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Post-colonial Africa // Alien: Earth // District 9 | Realms Unknown

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Max Carnage @doktorg.bsky.social · 10d

@realmsunknown.bsky.social 😈

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J. Schuberth (they/them) @jmschuberth.bsky.social · 14d

Hone your arcane magic & join the suggestible @tpneenan.bsky.social, the less-suggestible @alicefraser.bsky.social & pro-ick normy @podchris.bsky.social to discuss emote scandals, talking cloud/angel/dead people tropes, kings of w(H)ales, & Xenomorph plushies! shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

With Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan

Installing buttons // Katherine Rundell // Harry Potter | Realms Unknown

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J. Schuberth (they/them) @jmschuberth.bsky.social · 17d

Install your buttons, put on your fingerless gloves, & join lice-less orphans @alicefraser.bsky.social & @eleanormorton.bsky.social as they discuss dry swallowing, pocket knives (cool?), carbonated beverage Han Solo, & harnessing horniness to gain life skills.
shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

With Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton

Competence // Star Trek // Outlander | Realms Unknown

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Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · 16d

The @realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive for this week is Postcolonial African sci fi and fantasy meeting western anglosphere markets.

Whether it’s district 9, Nnedi Okorafor novels, Black Panther, the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, give me your recommendations!

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J. Schuberth (they/them) @jmschuberth.bsky.social · 23d

If you’re tired of experts, this is NOT the show for you. Competency porn stars @tpneenan.bsky.social & @alicefraser.bsky.social talk pale buttocks in the gloom, Patton Oswald in the wild, Straight-to-camera-blogging, the benevolent internet and BELTERS!!!
shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

With Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan

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Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · 23d

This week on Realms Unknown we’re going to talk about what books gave you weird ideas about how the world worked / what was sexy / what was cool.

Let us know which works in sci fi or fantasy installed your ideas, and which ones!

Alice Fraser riding a dragon in space; the icon for Realms Unknown

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Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · Sep 14

@realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive this week is Competence. Sometimes known as competence porn, it’s just work that has people doing a good job of whatever they’re doing.

Suggestions for competence in Science Fiction or Fantasy? Give them to me!

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Realms Unknown @realmsunknown.bsky.social · Sep 12

Hold tight, Realms Unknowners.

There will be good news of some sort at some point possibly soon (ish).

Back to regular broadcast schedule next week, realms willing.

To the book pile 📚

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Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · Aug 30

@realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive for this week is Paladins!

Righteous, mighty, fraught? What are your favourite paladin storylines and why!

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Realms Unknown @realmsunknown.bsky.social · Aug 29

Sub genre deep dive incoming!

ALT: a cartoon gnome with a red hat and a green coat

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Realms Unknown @realmsunknown.bsky.social · Aug 23

Has 2025 seen the greatest summer of cinematic horror in recent history? 🧟‍♂️

Hear @tpneenan.bsky.social state his case!

Meanwhile he and @alicefraser.bsky.social deep dive into the interesting use of bodies and embodiment in sci-fi and fantasy 📚

youtu.be/578iEKNFJl4?...

Has 2025 seen the greatest summer of cinematic horror in recent memory?

Has 2025 seen the greatest summer of cinematic horror in recent memory?

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Realms Unknown @realmsunknown.bsky.social · Aug 23

And right here for the ears only crew

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Realms Unknown @realmsunknown.bsky.social · Aug 23

Has 2025 seen the greatest summer of cinematic horror in recent history? 🧟‍♂️

Hear @tpneenan.bsky.social state his case!

Meanwhile he and @alicefraser.bsky.social deep dive into the interesting use of bodies and embodiment in sci-fi and fantasy 📚

youtu.be/578iEKNFJl4?...

What are the most interesting uses of POV in romance?

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Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · Aug 17

@realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive is bodies! Good uses of embodiment in science fiction or fantasy.

Slightly more abstract subgenre this week, so go wild with your recommendations and tell me why you think your game / book/ movie / show / manga fits the brief.

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Realms Unknown @realmsunknown.bsky.social · Aug 16

Feast your eyes upon the episode, should you be so inclined 📺

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Arthurian legends // Perfume // The Dark is Rising | Realms Unknown

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Realms Unknown @realmsunknown.bsky.social · Aug 16

On this week's Realms Unknown, @alicefraser.bsky.social and @jenreadsromance.bsky.social from the excellent romance novel podcast @fatedmates.net discuss the use of POVs 📚

And Dave Bautista in Outlander? Imagine!

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nervechannel sound system @nervechannel.bsky.social · Aug 13

Listening to the new @realmsunknown.bsky.social and spotting that Apple Podcasts’ transcription model thinks it’s called “Chad GPT” has made my morning

An auto transcript from the latest episode of Realms Unknown where ChatGPT has been transcribed as Chad GPT every time

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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · Aug 12

I did not expect my scifi/fantasy love to intersect with my bluegrass/Bela Fleck love but today's or yesterday's or was it tomorrow's episode of @realmsunknown.bsky.social did so.
Bravo Alice!

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Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · Aug 2

This week’s @realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive is time loops!

From Groundhog Day to Source Code, from Edge of Tomorrow to Russian Doll, let us know your favourite shows, games, books and TV shows that deal with time loops!

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Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · Aug 9

This week’s episode of @realmsunknown.bsky.social will have the brilliant @jenreadsromance.bsky.social of one of my favourite podcasts, @fatedmates.net

The subgenre deep dive for this week is interesting uses of Point Of View (POV) in sci-fi and fantasy!

Across all media! Recommend away, please?

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Realms Unknown @realmsunknown.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · Aug 2

This week’s @realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive is time loops!

From Groundhog Day to Source Code, from Edge of Tomorrow to Russian Doll, let us know your favourite shows, games, books and TV shows that deal with time loops!

Alice Fraser in a red dress riding a dragon

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Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · Aug 2

This week’s @realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive is time loops!

From Groundhog Day to Source Code, from Edge of Tomorrow to Russian Doll, let us know your favourite shows, games, books and TV shows that deal with time loops!

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J. Schuberth (they/them) @jmschuberth.bsky.social · Jul 30

Unsheathe your sword with aplomb (insert schwing sound here) while enjoying @eleanormorton.bsky.social & @alicefraser.bsky.social discuss buff little piggies named Ralph, Muppet baby Odysseus, and @pendaraniwys.bsky.social Welshian epic! It’s awesome!
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With Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton