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1: Non-Confrontational Fisticuffs

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Rian and Kris introduce the podcast and themselves, and have a very non-confrontational debate about sci-fi vs fantasy because the first episode is way too early for the friends to enemies narrative trope.


Books and authors mentioned:

  • Jeff Vandermeer - Area X (series)
  • Stephen King
  • Adrian Tchaikovsky - Elder Race (novella)
  • Christopher Ruocchio - The Sun Eater (series)
  • Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind
  • Steven Erikson - Malazan Book of the Fallen (series)
  • Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • Terry Pratchett
  • Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore
  • Susanna Clarke - Piranesi
  • James S.A. Corey - The Expanse (series)
  • Peter Watts - Firefall (duology)
  • Guy Gavriel Kay
  • Tom Dumbrell - A Killer and a King
  • Robert A. Heinlein
  • Arthur C. Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama
  • Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (series)


    • Films and TV mentioned:

    • Annihilation (2018)
    • Star Trek - Deep Space Nine (1993, 7 seasons)
    • Earth 2 (1994, 1 season)
    • Farscape (1999, 4 seasons)
    • Battlestar Galactica (2004, 4 seasons)


      • Kris's social links:

      • A Fictional Escapist (YouTube)
      • A Fictional Escapist (Instagram)
      • The Escapist (Goodreads)


        • Rian's social links:

        • Rian Floyd (Instagram)
        • Rian Floyd (TikTok)
        • Rian Floyd (Goodreads)


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