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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · 6h

Hey everyone, bit of a slow down in output as Eden tries not to get worked to death. It's not going well. But we have some killer books for you so stay tuned. In the meantime, let's listen to some weird metal together.

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Yearning Arrows; Cloven Suns, by ARROWS

4 track album

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · 15d

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Eddington and Weapons

Naruto run with us to the local picture house to watch a double bill of Ari Aster's Eddington and Zack Cregger's Weapons, with Kayte Terry of the excellent Tender Subject podcast. Music by Umulamahri

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · 15d

NEW EPISODE

@wormbuxx.bsky.social from @tendersubject.bsky.social joins us at the Movies! We have watched Eddington and Weapons and have the full range of opinions, from hatred to liking to not sure!

Links below:

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natasha @natasharedmane.bsky.social · Sep 7

I'm 1h into this episode and it is excellent 🤌

Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Sep 6

We discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but, "One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve"! Body horror and familial obsession mix in this arresting and clever novella about a man sawed in half!

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One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve

Langdon and Eden discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but,

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Sep 6

Make sure to check out @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, they have a lot more sick stuff in their roster!

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Sep 6

Music played:

Rintrah - Fearful Symmetry rintrahmusic.bandcamp.com/track/fearful-symmetry

Kayo Dot - Oracle By Severed Head kayodot.bandcamp.com/track/oracle-by-severed-head

Fearful Symmetry, by Rintrah

from the album The Torrid Clime

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Sep 6

We discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but, "One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve"! Body horror and familial obsession mix in this arresting and clever novella about a man sawed in half!

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One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve

Langdon and Eden discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but,

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Aug 19

🌞 NEW EPISODE ☀️

Ishiguro season finishes with 2022's Klara and the Sun, the story of a M3gan learning what it is to love. We also talk about anime because of Satan.

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Aug 6

Music played:

Hypomanic Daydream - Dissociative hypomanicdaydream.bandcamp.com/track/dissociative

Editrix - The Big E editrix.bandcamp.com/track/the-big-e

Dissociative, by Hypomanic Daydream

from the album The Yearning

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Aug 6

Langdon and Eden peer into the world, which is actually many things and not just one (and that's good!)

Then, they look at @yarntheory.bsky.social's North Continent Ribbon! Weird ships, radical politics, and interesting AI mix in this short story suite!

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The Multitude of Existence and North Continent Ribbon

This time around, Langdon and Eden peer into the world, which is actually many things and not just one (and that's good!) Then, they take a look at Ursula K. Le Guin award nominee, Ursula Whitcher's

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Jul 30

we do literally have a dungeon on there

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Jul 7

Eden is part of this awesome initiative to add a Translated Speculative Fiction award to the Hugos! If you've listened to the podcast, you know how much amazing Speculative Fiction in non-English languages is out there. We should recognize them!

Translated Hugo Initiative @translatedhugo.bsky.social · Jul 3

Hello, Bluesky! This is a weird day to go live with this project, but: this is an initiative to add a Translated Speculative Fiction category to the Hugo Awards. If you are a fan of global SF, and want to put some more "World" in "Worldcon", check out our site! Lots more to come.
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The Translated Hugo Initiative

Putting the World in Worldcon

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Jun 27

Music played:

Mathilde - Kepler- 186f mathilde-blackmetal.bandcamp.com/track/kepler...

Imipolex - Martian Blood Mother imipolex.bandcamp.com/track/martia...

Kepler-186 f, by Mathilde

from the album 32 Décembre

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Jun 27

We start by asking the important questions: which member of the Friends cast would you follow into battle?

Then, we tackle Roger Zelazny's feverish Creatures of Light and Darkness, touching on myth, explosive prose, and Zelazny's unfortunate misogyny.

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The Futility of War and Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness

Langdon and Eden kick things off by asking the important questions: which member of the Friends cast would you follow into battle? They also discuss the inherent futility and horror of war. Then, the

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Jun 17

Music played:

Knives - PHD knivesnoise.bandcamp.com/track/phd

PHD, by Knives

from the album GLITTER

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · Jun 17

New episode! We explore Nisi Shawl's Everfair, a mostly successful attempt at writing less racist and more "complete" historical fiction. Nuclear dirigibles, proto-socialist societies, and lots and lots (and lots) of character PoVs mix with complex racial identities!

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Everfair, Colonialism, and Better History Fiction

Gareth and Eden explore Nisi Shawl's Everfair, a mostly successful attempt at writing better, less racist, and more

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · May 25

He's going to the House Absolute to negotiate with the Autrach. He will be frightened by Dr. Talos's play.

Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · May 25

As well he should

A very fashionable chihuahua in sunglasses. Caption: “This tiny dog had everyone's attention in Japan”

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · May 25

uuuggghhh forgot to say music played - this is the music I played on this episode :P At the end :P Like always :P Prog death :P Enjoy :P

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · May 25

BIG NEWS: @erikhane.bsky.social at @headwaterlit.bsky.social is now my literary agent, and he'll be working with me to get a book called Just Plain Evil published (possibly with a cover that looks like a Neon Genesis Evangelion episode title card, as illustrated below).

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · May 25

Changeling - Changeling

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Changeling, by Changeling

from the album Changeling

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · May 25

Eden flies solo on this episode, diving into the masterful, subtle, and rich Growing Up Weightless by the under-read and under-recognized John M. Ford. Lunar politics, coming of age, and weird interstellar drives clash in this unique, hard sci-fi bildungsroman!

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Growing Up Weightless and the John M. Ford Revival

Eden flies solo on this episode, diving deep into the masterful, subtle, and rich Growing Up Weightless by the criminally under-read and under-recognized John M. Ford. Lunar politics, coming of age, a

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · May 20

Slave Agent - Forced to Suffer slaveagent.bandcamp.com/track/forced-to-suffer

Grails - Silver Bells grails.bandcamp.com/track/silver-bells

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · May 20

Langdon and Eden kick things off by discussing their favorite Metallica tracks and also how good Metallica really are.

Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's "Calypso", a beautiful, if limited, verse novel about terraforming, memory, personhood, and endings.

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Calypso and Topographical Verse

Langdon and Eden kick things off by discussing their favorite Metallica tracks and also how good Metallica really are. Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · May 16

NEW EPISODE!

Nocturnes isn't Kazuo Ishiguro's best loved book, but it does let us talk about ambition, editing and The Driving Crooner - but first some 🎮 GAMER TALK 🎮

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Kazuo Ishiguro - Nocturnes

DEATH // SENTENCE · Episode

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Lyta 🐅 Dangerous Fictions is OUT 🐅 Gold @lytagold.bsky.social · May 6

HEY! me and Gareth had a lot of fun! check it out!

Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · May 6

NEW EPISODE!

@lytagold.bsky.social joins us to ask the question: are books dangerous? Which books are dangerous? Are there any non-dangerous books? Probably not.

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Lyta Gold - Dangerous Fictions

Are books... dangerous? A lot of people think so, from Moms For Liberty to the mostly-imaginary internet spectre of the censorious Puriteen. Lyta Gold joins us to talk about which books are most dange

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