Interrupting our series on music (thanks, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!), we return to our ongoing journey through Istvan Csicsery-Ronay's wonder of a work, "The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction." This week, we tackle Beauty #6 (the Grotesque). What exactly *IS* the Grotesque, and how does it relate both to science fiction at large as well as to Beauty #5 (the Sublime), which we discussed way back in Episode 55? We set out to answer this question, with deliberate pushback against the urge to get all academic up in here. Which is to say, if you *haven't* read "The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction," that's alright! You don't actually need to have done so in order to listen to this episode, or to enjoy our general bonkers-ness.

And yes, if you're wondering, we *do* talk a lot about "Alien" in this episode. And the intersection of queer and science fiction and the Grotesque.

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