Brothers Reading Books: A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club

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William Gibson’s cyberpunk classic, Neuromancer, drops us right into the action in the neon grime of Chiba City. 

Read along with us to find out why the book still feels like the blueprint for hackers, body modification, and the idea of cyberspace itself. 

Along the way we talk about the noir tone, and the genre’s core promise: high tech wrapped around low society.

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We wrap up our current run through of Robert E. Howard by reading two more tales: “The Vale of Lost Women,” regarded as one of the most controversial Conan stories, and “The Devil in Iron,” a more traditional Conan sword and sorcery story with those elements of supernatural horror we've come to love.

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We follow Conan through “Rogues in the House” a plan for an assassination job turns into a trap filled nightmare. We talk pacing, pulp, horror, and why we enjoy Conan so much when he leans into his skills for improvised violence.

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Conan arrives on the ship dripping wet from Crom knows where.

Conflicts with captain and crew lead to typical Conan solutions. Punch it or stab it if possible. As the ship goes in search of ancient treasure a new and frightening enemy appears that will test Conan's limits.

Read The Pool of the Black One with us in this episode.

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A mysterious city rises out of a waterless desert, and for a second it looks like salvation. But there is more than first meets the eye in this supposed oasis.

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We read Robert E. Howard’s “Iron Shadows in the Moon” and follow Conan from a marshland showdown into cursed ruins, pirate politics, and a moonlit escape. 

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We read and react to Robert E. Howard’s “Black Colossus." Grave-robbing and treasure hunting goes wrong and unleashes an ancient evil to sweep across the nations. We get to see Conan as a military commander when he is chosen by prophecy to assume a position of leadership in one nation's military defense against the hordes that have been assembled from the south. 

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We follow Conan from a run-in with “civilized” law to his escape to the sea. From there it's on to piracy, pillaging, passion, and exploration of haunting ancient ruins.

We also get some insights into Conan’s bleak theology, the visions of the black lotus, and a show down with Lovecraftian horrors.

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Today we cover Robert E. Howard’s “The Scarlet Citadel” and look once again at Conan as King which goes well with our previous episode on the "Phoenix in the Sword."

This story hits our classic Conan tropes: betrayal, unsettling sorcerers, daring escapes, and last minute rescues. 

Overall a rollicking good time!

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We dive into a pair of classic Conan heist tales. Join us as we follow a young Conan as he multi-classes as a rogue in the classic stories "The God in the Bowl" and "The Tower of the Elephant."

We have the usual Conan tropes of murder, monsters, and unsettling sorcery that reminds us of Howard's pen-pal Lovecraft. 

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