Fiction Fans

In this episode your hosts discuss “Nona the Ninth” by Tamsyn Muir, the third book in the Locked Tomb Series. They censor spoiler talk in the first ten minutes, attempt to dive into some mushy details, and compliment Muir’s unusual use of perspective in narrative. They also determine that this novel requires a study guide.

This incredible person wrote out a whole ass timeline for the first two books in the series which your hosts appreciate immensely https://darkveracity.tumblr.com/post/638331299048849408/presenting-the-complete-locked-tomb-timeline

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Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:

- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”
- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”

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Your hosts journey farther into the center of the Discworld with “The Fifth Elephant” by Terry Pratchett. Elephants feature very little in this conversation, and indeed, this book. But they DO talk about poor husbanding played for laughs, the true introduction of the Igor family, and Uberwald from the Witches’ vs Sam Vimes’s perspectives. This episode also features a Words are Cool.

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Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:

- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”
- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”

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Your hosts celebrate their 100th episode with the Fellowship of the Ring, first sequel to The Hobbit (oh, and the beginning of that Lord of the Rings series).

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Big huge thank you to Fellowship! The Musical Parody of Fellowship of the Ring, for use of their songs “Overture” and “The Fellowship” as the intro and outro to this episode.

Find more about Fellowship! The Musical Parody of Fellowship of the Ring on their website: http://www.fellowshipthemusical.com/ 

You can also listen to the soundtrack on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/2opWVaQteDW6qVszMdUYpM?si=ISHkOvKBSVK6KLbqPAaxvQ 

Or buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fellowship-Musical-Parody-Ring/dp/B000QQX0BO

Your hosts are joined by Nick Martell. He may be the author of The Legacy of the Mercenary King, but the discussion was centered entirely around manga. They talk about how they discovered the genre, some of their favorite series, weirdest series, and boring series. They also discuss keeping up with weekly chapters,  the morally gray area of fan translations, and harem stories. They also drop a heck ton of slang.

A short glossary of Wikipedia definitions:

Shounen - a genre of Japanese comics and animated films aimed primarily at a young male audience, typically characterized by action-filled plots.

Shoujo - a genre of Japanese comics and animated films aimed primarily at a young female audience, typically characterized by a focus on personal and romantic relationships.

Mangaka - a person who creates manga.

Hentai - a genre of Japanese manga and anime characterized by overtly sexualized characters and sexually explicit images and plots.

Ahegao - a term in Japanese pornography for a facial expression of characters (usually women) during sex, typically with rolling or crossed eyes, protruding tongue, and slightly reddened face, to show enjoyment or ecstasy.

Isekai - a genre of speculative fiction—both portal fantasy and science fiction are included.

Harem - a story where the protagonist is surrounded by three or more suitors, love interests, and/or sexual partners.

Reverse- Harem - the same thing but where the love interests are men

sub/dub - subbed anime is when the voiceover is in Japanese and the subtitles are in the viewer's preferred language. Conversely, dubbed anime is when the voiceover is in the viewer's preferred language

Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:

- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Your hosts journey into the Discworld once more with "Carpe Jugulum" by Terry Pratchett. They discuss the allure of vampires, try to define Trash Villains and talk about Granny Weatherwax's approach to hard decisions. They also bring up the nostalgia value of books and question if you need to be challenged by everything you read.

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Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:

- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”
- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Your hosts discuss “Before the Shattered Gates of Heaven” by Bryan S. Glosemeyer. They talk about intense content warnings, trusting an author, and interpreting custom slang. They also bring up space shrooms, space cats, and space sex. Lilly spends a bit of time comparing this book to Starship Troopers and Frankenstien, but not at the same time. This episode contains a default Words are Weird segment.

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Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:

- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”
- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Your hosts are joined by authors Nicholas Eames and Peter McLean (“Kings of the Wyld” and “Priest of Bones” respectively) to drink whisk(e)y and talk about the publishing industry. They aren’t drinking tea, but a little bit is spilled.

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Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:

- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Your hosts talk about The Cleaving by Juliet E. McKenna, and how it didn’t quite live up to their expectations. Sara knows too much about Arthurian legend, and Lilly doesn’t know enough for either of them to really engage with this retelling. Something, something, girl power.

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Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:

- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Your hosts are joined by Andrew Cartmel to talk about “Death in Fine Condition,” the first novel in his new Paperback Sleuth series. They discuss likeable main characters, morally grey main characters, kind of horrible main characters, and endearing main characters (all at the same time!). They also bring up the delightful character crossovers between this series and the Vinyl Detective series, as well as how different the two series are.

Find Andrew here:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewcartmel
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyldetectivelondon

Listen to his radio show here: https://www.mixcloud.com/discover/vinyl-detective/?order=latest

Find us on discord: https://discord.gg/dpNHTWVu6b or support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fictionfanspod

Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:

- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”
- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License