Advent day 7: Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey and Dan Harmon’s Story Cycle (plus Christopher Vogler) Links, etc. This is Dan Harmon’s story circle (graphic from https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/dan-harmon-story-circle/) And here’s a cycle I noted for Beyond the Wall where “Order” is the Village and “Chaos” is Beyond the Wall from here (old DepartmentV site, bit of a…Read more 111.7: Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces

Advent 6: the Books of Abarat by Clive Barker Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

Advent day 5: Paper Girls by Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

Advent calendar day 4: TENET, entropy and time travel Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

Advent calendar day 3: White Fang by Jack London. Animals, their gods and gods’ laws. Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

Advent calendar day 2: space travel in the universe of Cordwainer Smith’s Instrumentality of Mankind space travel // sacrifice // journeys // closed environments Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

On day 1 of the advent calendar I ramble about The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie magical realism // hooks // nested stories // metamorphosis // Nephilim RPG Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

This is the Fictoplasm Advent Calendar. I’ll update this post with links to each new episode! Mmm, jingle bells. Episodes None yet… Music Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

Breakers — Saving Harper Ross (dir. Chason Laing) TV Tropes: Time Loops image credit Introduction 00:07 // Synopsis 01:00 (book and film) // Other media and time loops 08:45 (Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow, Palm Springs, Before I Fall, Russian Doll) // Remarks 14:17 (insiders and outsiders, organising the day, end of the day) //…Read more 110: Breakers (and other time loops)

The Running Man by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) The Running Man (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, directed by Paul Michael Glaser) Introduction 00:07 // Synopsis 01:40 (book and film) // Remarks 13:11 (scope, legality, arena, timeframe, higher authority; games commission, hunters, runners, the underground; playing — sandbox, sprint/night witches versions) // Media 31:51 (Series 7: The Contenders;…Read more 109: The Running Man by Richard Bachman